Hello Kings and Queens,
In our ongoing quest to improve the usability and accessibility of Forge of Empires for all players, whilst making the game as consistently designed as possible between platforms, we present to you a visual refresh of the Research Tree.
The main purpose of the refresh is to improve the research tree's usability as a whole, making eras collapsible and easier to navigate. The current system requires a lot of scrolling if you want to go back and check something in a previous era, or even if you want to see what's coming in a future era. With this overhaul, you'll now be able to easily navigate between eras. We've added a counter at the top of the Era you're currently in when it's collapsed, so you know how many of the available researches you've completed:
Not only that, we've also added highlights to the collapsed form of each era, giving a sneak peak on what is unlocked. This includes new features and GBs:
We've also improved the view available in an expended era. Each technology which unlocks something special will have an Golden Card attached to it to indicate this special unlock:
Last but not least, our artists have redesigned the layout of the research tree to be more visually pleasing. You'll notice when you collapse all of the eras, you're presented with a beautiful historical mosaic of the eras:
As this is new content, and a little different in nature to Events, the Research Tree Improvements will be immediately available on the App version of Forge of Empires, so if you've got a mobile device, please pay close attention to the mobile version too!
As always, your feedback is very important for us, so don't forget to comment here! Please also be sure to report any bugs found on our bugs forums, or via the support system! Thank you for playing Forge of Empires Beta!
Yours,
The Forge of Empires Team