ADSL
Squire
When can this really be introduced? What will happen to those sitting in the Bronze Age who have already opened events?
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Spoiler New Tutorials - Egypt cowboy
- Thread starter beelzebob666
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Some time between two events would be the ideal time. Sure, a few might not like having to move up, but in reality why would you want to camp in BA? And it's not like it takes long to unlock the first IA tech, can easily be done in days.
For events that require producing X productions in a production building of you're age, with no good alternative. Cause then you can use black smiths until you've obtained a decent number of event production buildings.
For me you just lose out on way too much for that small benefit (GBs, daily challenges (which you need for fall event, for example), settlements, pvp and even the reconstruction mode). Most of those productions quests are current or previous age anyways, so you can still use the blacksmiths.
@MooingCat yeah good points, still though there are some who like the challenge BA camping poses due to the limitations.
HannahMecoe
Merchant
It’s an interesting challenge, with no guild responsibilities. I have cities camping in BA, which I started when my main city accidentally went up to SAM without preparation.
The BA guild-helping buildings provide IA goods, which is a nice touch. Admittedly, Events can be tricky, but I usually manage to complete them.
Emberguard
Emperor
Doing your first Event in BA is much easier than doing it in IrAge. Lower Forge Point requirements, lower Goods needs. More time to set up your city properly
A few more images, some on streets (probably going over how they work), and one for the egypt settlement
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if there were I would definitely keep it to myself
@Juber has provided some cryptic info on the next settlement on my discord channel. First of all that he "knows the reason" why there hasn't been a new one yet, but that he can't say why (but that it's not relating to $$). In reply to a question if the reason was a "positive" or "negative" for players, he said "hmm, difficult to rank. I would say positive, but not for the reasons you might think ^^".
This makes me think there might be some behind the scenes stuff going on, perhaps reworking of how settlements work or something of that scale. It has now been around 13 months since Mughals, which is longer than all the previous gaps between settlements (6, 8, 8 and 10 months).
This makes me think there might be some behind the scenes stuff going on, perhaps reworking of how settlements work or something of that scale. It has now been around 13 months since Mughals, which is longer than all the previous gaps between settlements (6, 8, 8 and 10 months).
Knight Roland
Squire
it could also mean they deem video ads and the great GBG nerf far more beneficial to the players than a new settlement, and therefore focussed all their manpower on those two things.
I think this is more likely, because he wasnt even sure if positive or negative for the players
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Atokirina
Squire
I honestly think they are taking resources from Forge of Empires to invest in other games like Rise of Cultures.
FoE is their most grossing game but that doesn't mean it still needs that many devs at this current stage.
Currently, they are in the established stage (I think) and maybe they deem the game as good as finished which would mean only small changes, re-using events and era's, ... The (remaining) resources would be used for bug fixes and new building designs.
Anyways, this is just my opinion (although I heard they have less devs now - but I can't get it confirmed).
FoE is their most grossing game but that doesn't mean it still needs that many devs at this current stage.
Currently, they are in the established stage (I think) and maybe they deem the game as good as finished which would mean only small changes, re-using events and era's, ... The (remaining) resources would be used for bug fixes and new building designs.
Anyways, this is just my opinion (although I heard they have less devs now - but I can't get it confirmed).
They've added a new function in the code "OldAgesNewCampaignMapConfig", which as far as I can tell is exactly the same as "OldAgesCampaignMapConfig" except for a new background image. The new background looks very similar, though the lines around the sectors of the first sector are made a bit clearer on the new image. This probably suggests that @beelzebob666 is right and that it is being split into 3 provinces with 1 sector (the lines are now of the same width as other province lines).
It is triggered if the "foe_abtest_first_session_22" A/B test is active: (bnb = new config, cnb = old config)
Also, a completely unrelated sidenote, I never realized there was provinces marked behind the fog next to the CA map. So a CA bonus map was planned, but never made? I don't know if there was any talk about this in the past, but I would love to see a new bonus map added here - the graphics are already there!
It is triggered if the "foe_abtest_first_session_22" A/B test is active: (bnb = new config, cnb = old config)
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return cv.isABTestEnabled("foe_abtest_first_session_22") ? bnb.getConfig() : cnb.getConfig();
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var bnb = function() {};
h["de.innogames.strategycity.campaignmap.view.components.maps.config.OldAgesNewCampaignMapConfig"] = bnb;
bnb.__name__ = "de.innogames.strategycity.campaignmap.view.components.maps.config.OldAgesNewCampaignMapConfig";
bnb.getConfig = function() {
return {
requiredAssets: ["campaign/overlays/old_ages/old_ages_o", "campaign/fog_of_war/old_ages/old_ages_f", "shared/gui/hud/hud"],
fogAssetNames: "mist_age_02 mist_age_03 mist_age_04 mist_age_05 mist_age_06 mist_age_07 mist_age_bonus_3 mist_age_bonus_7".split(" "),
mapLibraryId: "campaign/overlays/old_ages/old_ages_o",
fogLibraryId: "campaign/fog_of_war/old_ages/old_ages_f",
backgroundSubPath: "old_ages_new/old_ages_new_bg",
entryShipProvinceId: -1,
exitShipProvinceId: 100,
continentShipPrefix: "old_",
scoutBitmapName: "scout_old",
exitShipArmyPosition: new m(2250,1450),
moveToDefaultStrategy: xj.Ship,
provinceColorStrategy: Vj.Normal,
sectorBlendMode: 9,
shipPositionStrategy: Wj.Default,
scoutXOffset: 0
}
}New:
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Also, a completely unrelated sidenote, I never realized there was provinces marked behind the fog next to the CA map. So a CA bonus map was planned, but never made? I don't know if there was any talk about this in the past, but I would love to see a new bonus map added here - the graphics are already there!
The only ones that got used were the EMA and Industrial. The other ones went unused and are sadly not planned to be added anymore.
UBERhelp1
Viceroy
I think those were added just in case. There's two assets for the campaign map, the map itself and the province outlines that are used to show them as green/red. They never added the province outlines for that area. My guess is that when they were planning for the game launch they thought there was going to be an additional age between CA and InA, but never got around to it.They've added a new function in the code "OldAgesNewCampaignMapConfig", which as far as I can tell is exactly the same as "OldAgesCampaignMapConfig" except for a new background image. The new background looks very similar, though the lines around the sectors of the first sector are made a bit clearer on the new image. This probably suggests that @beelzebob666 is right and that it is being split into 3 provinces with 1 sector (the lines are now of the same width as other province lines).
It is triggered if the "foe_abtest_first_session_22" A/B test is active: (bnb = new config, cnb = old config)
Code:return cv.isABTestEnabled("foe_abtest_first_session_22") ? bnb.getConfig() : cnb.getConfig();
Code:var bnb = function() {}; h["de.innogames.strategycity.campaignmap.view.components.maps.config.OldAgesNewCampaignMapConfig"] = bnb; bnb.__name__ = "de.innogames.strategycity.campaignmap.view.components.maps.config.OldAgesNewCampaignMapConfig"; bnb.getConfig = function() { return { requiredAssets: ["campaign/overlays/old_ages/old_ages_o", "campaign/fog_of_war/old_ages/old_ages_f", "shared/gui/hud/hud"], fogAssetNames: "mist_age_02 mist_age_03 mist_age_04 mist_age_05 mist_age_06 mist_age_07 mist_age_bonus_3 mist_age_bonus_7".split(" "), mapLibraryId: "campaign/overlays/old_ages/old_ages_o", fogLibraryId: "campaign/fog_of_war/old_ages/old_ages_f", backgroundSubPath: "old_ages_new/old_ages_new_bg", entryShipProvinceId: -1, exitShipProvinceId: 100, continentShipPrefix: "old_", scoutBitmapName: "scout_old", exitShipArmyPosition: new m(2250,1450), moveToDefaultStrategy: xj.Ship, provinceColorStrategy: Vj.Normal, sectorBlendMode: 9, shipPositionStrategy: Wj.Default, scoutXOffset: 0 } }
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Also, a completely unrelated sidenote, I never realized there was provinces marked behind the fog next to the CA map. So a CA bonus map was planned, but never made? I don't know if there was any talk about this in the past, but I would love to see a new bonus map added here - the graphics are already there!
However. The PE map actually has the same sort of lines on it that are usually covered by clouds, BUT there are also the province images there too. So I think that there was supposed to be a PE bonus of some sort that got cancelled for some reason. There's a total of 11 provinces there. The PE map is also the only map I could find where this is the case. Many of the other maps have the lines on the map (including ME-TE), but no actual province images.
Was probably the next one planned, but got scrapped in the progress. Just my guess.
I think this should be re-added in upcoming eras. One (of the many) things I dislike about the newest ages is that the maps and story are very uninteresting. Instead of having different options and different stories depending on your actions (both for main and bonus), all you get is a simple map you just have to get through to get all the rewards.
I think it would be really cool with more bonus quests like the ones we have in the early ages, with unique stories (that depend on your actions), with unique rewards at the end (like a one-off building or exclusive avatars), etc
Would be cool, yes, but there are also a lot of things, that are negative. Players complaining about unskipable Bonus Quest line, (almost) no monetisation potential, possible issues for already advanced players, etc.I think this should be re-added in upcoming eras. One (of the many) things I dislike about the newest ages is that the maps and story are very uninteresting. Instead of having different options and different stories depending on your actions (both for main and bonus), all you get is a simple map you just have to get through to get all the rewards.
I think it would be really cool with more bonus quests like the ones we have in the early ages, with unique stories (that depend on your actions), with unique rewards at the end (like a one-off building or exclusive avatars), etc
These were probably the reasons they were scrapped.