Emberguard
Emperor
There’s also another factor that likely contributed to why it won’t be this year (and yes, this is purely speculation on my part)I was only commenting on the test running longer and it being understandable
Thread 'Changelog for Versions 1.168 and 1.169'
https://forum.beta.forgeofempires.c...changelog-for-versions-1-168-and-1-169.12456/
Thread 'Changelog for version 1.195'
https://forum.beta.forgeofempires.com/index.php?threads/changelog-for-version-1-195.14155/
Thread 'Changelog for Version 1.220 & 1.221'
https://forum.beta.forgeofempires.com/index.php?threads/changelog-for-version-1-220-1-221.15249/
The last three years ^ (I’m not checking further back) the January updates have been lumped together “due to the holiday period”.
If they already know they’re not going to be able to pay it their full attention during a major updates release, particularly one they expect to be a sensitive topic for at least 1-3 seasons after it’s initial release, they’re probably going to want to delay it until they know they’ll be able to give it their attention for the entire duration of that time period where it might need close monitoring