Lords and Ladies, our march to greatness continues with Update 68! Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create! In this update we rallied our efforts, aiming to create a better balance for most of our time-limited events and some progression systems. Without any further ado, let’s see what the future of the Realms holds. [b][BALANCE CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS][/b] [b]ALLIANCE RAIDS[/b] 1. Dark Citadel • Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations • New Reward Chests (including Steel and Animal Licenses) • A new pool of Equipment Items to gain, that can be upgraded to Mythic rarity 2. Heroic Dark Citadel • Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations • New Reward Chests (including Steel and Animal Licenses) • A new Equipment Item “Argent Edge” • Increased amount of Equipment Items rewards • Increased Gold for the best Reward • T6 Healing Tickets for Castles Level 35 as a Wave reward (instead of T5) • Increased difficulty 3. The Brotherhood Assault • Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations and a different Battle Tactic • Slightly increased difficulty • New Reward Chests (T5 to T6 Upgrade Vouchers and Animal License Chest) • Increased Gold Reward [b]SPY IMMUNITY[/b] 1. 2h Immunity for 20 Security Points changed to 8h Immunity for 30 Security Points 2. 8h Immunity for 60 Security Points changed to 24h for 100 Security Points 3. 24h Immunity for 100 Security Points changed to 72h for 200 Security Points [b]BARBARIAN ASSAULT EVENT[/b] 1. Army changes: • Army Size in Hordes slightly increased • March Size of Barbarian Marches toward Capitals slightly increased • March Size of Barbarian Marches toward Regional Structures increased • The frequency of Barbarian Marches of higher-level Horde Camps towards Regional Structures slightly increased • Slightly increased Army Attack and Health of all Horde Camps • Slightly increased the March Speed of Barbarians, coming from Horde Camps Level 6 and 7 • Barbarian armies can now be in 2 additional Army Formations • Barbarian Ranged Units can now shoot without moving 2. Gold Reward: • Slightly increased the Overall Gold reward for defeating a Horde • Slightly increased the Repulsion Gold reward for a Capital • Slightly increased the Repulsion Gold reward for a Regional Structure ***Dev notes: The Barbarian Hordes’ changes affect only the Barbarian Assault event. They do not affect the Resistance Hordes that are spawned from an Imperial Decree. [b]PARAGON[/b] 1. Maximum Paragon level is now 275 2. New Paragon Skill – Super Boost • +800% to your current highest Attack or Health bonus of an Army Units type (once activated it does not change upon switching Equipment Presets) • Duration: 20 minutes • Cooldown: 12 hours [b]EVENT REWARDS[/b] ***Dev notes: We are currently working on increasing and improving the Milestone and Leaderboard rewards for all existing events. Those changes will take place around 10 days after we release Update 68. The goal is to improve the balance for the acquisition of some resources that are crucial for the mid-late game progression. 1. Paragon Experience in all Paragon events is slightly increased 2. Healing Vouchers have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards 3. Animal Food and Licenses have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards 4. Mythic Bars have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards 5. Some store-exclusive Equipment Chests have been added to the Leaderboard rewards of the Tug of War event and all Grand events (*might be added to other events’ rewards in the future) 6. Blitz events now have additional rewards for 51 – 100 place 7. Upgrade to Tier 6 Vouchers have been added to the Blitz Lottery Leaderboard Rewards, Realm Rivalry Leaderboard Rewards and Grand World Encounters Rewards 8. Milestone Rewards have been added to the History Narrative Events for each completed mission. Bonus rewards can be received if you activate the Event Pass. 9. Steel acquisition increased • Steel received from Daily Quests Milestones from 180k to 480k • Steel received from Traveling Hero Missions from 150k to 500k • Steel received from Super Adventure from 100k to 600k • Steel received from Alliance World Encounters solo progression from 1m to 10m • Steel received from Warpath Battle of the Day Leaderboard from 300k to 1m • Steel received from Warpath Battle of the Day Monthly Leaderboard from 5m to 20m *Only players above a certain Castle level can receive Steel from the listed channels [b]DISTRICT ENHANCEMENTS[/b] 1. All District Buildings now have 4 Enhancement Slots 2. New District Enhancement Items have been added * To be unlocked a few days after the release of Update 68 [b][NEW FEATURES][/b] 1. 9 new Scepter Equipment Items have been added to the game 2. Added a Fast Healing button in Atlantis 3. Event Buff for Historical Story Missions has been added – purchase this Buff to acquire 1 additional march and reduce all timers in World Map objects by 50% [b][SEASONAL CONTENT][/b] 1. World Encounters Theme Rotation: Thieves will invade the Realms! March against their camps and pillage them to retrieve the treasures they have stolen! 2. New Path to Glory 3. New Realm Age: Age of Valor [b][QUALITY OF LIFE][/b] 1. Battle Report notifications now have different colors based on the outcome of the battle