Community Update beta part 1
[b]v3.6.54.41027-public-beta[/b] [i]Entering the year 2025 and the 8th year of development post-release of Northgard, we want to start by taking some time to address community requests. Those changes will be added to the open-beta progressively and evolve based on community feedback. We start with 2 main focuses this week : The [b]PvP experience[/b] and [b]Military balancing[/b].[/i]Quality of Life
[hr][/hr] [expand type=details expanded=true]General
- It is now possible to transform a specialized worker back into a villager by assigning it to build or repair a building.
Pvp
- [b]2v2 mode is available for Quick and Ranked games[/b]
- [b]New pick system for 3v3 and 2v2[/b] [list]
- [i]In Quick and Ranked team games, players will now have to select their clans one after another, in order to allow each team to see the strategy of their opponents, and react accordingly and suppress the problem of last-second picking.[/i]
- [i]Following the same idea, clans picked in Quick and Ranked games in Duel and FFA modes will not be displayed to opponent players in the lobby, to avoid the same problems[/i]
Balancing
[hr][/hr]Military Units and Camps
[i]As many players have reported, Legion Military Path is currently not as interesting as the other two, and requires a complete rework. We want to take this opportunity to also shake-up a bit the overall military meta, to make diverse armies a viable option, as well as reinforcing the power triangle as it was originally intended. Warriors > Shield-Bearers > Axe-Throwers > Warriors As the two main points preventing multi-units armies to be viable currently are the investment represented in forging a unit, and upgrading camps associated with this unit, we are proposing those changes:[/i] [expand type=details][b]Military Camps[/b] [expand type=details expanded=true]- All Military Camps upgrade bonus are now a flat stat bonuses, rather than an gain in % (except for attack-speed)
- Those bonuses now impact the stats of ALL military units of the clan, and not just the type associated with the camp. [list]
- [i]For example - Upgrading a Shield Camp increases the Defense of Warriors and Axe-Throwers, while upgrading and Axe Camp increases the Attack Power of Shield-Beares and Warriors as well[/i]
- Warriors now have a native passive ability, allowing them to ignore 25% of the Defense of their target.
- Warriors forge no longer gives them a charge ability.
- Warriors forge armor-breaking ability now also reduces the target Projectile Resistance.
- Shield-Bearers forge now unlock a charge ability (while also keeping the previous defensive effect)
Military Path: Legion
[i]To support all of those other changes, we wanted to rework the Legion Military Path to not be about supporting big armies, but about supporting multi-units armies instead.[/i] [expand type=details][b]Level 1 - Weapons rack[/b]- All military forges are free.
- You generate Military XP based on your Max Warband (max: +10).
- Military units recruitment costs only increase based on the number of units of the same type already recruited.
- Once a Military Camp is upgraded, the other camps in the zone are 50% cheaper to upgrade as well.
Known Issues
[expand type=detail]- [b]UI -[/b] Upgrading a warrior camp will not display the 5% earned on unit UI
join the open beta and help us shape the Community Update!
To not affect the game, the following changes are available in the [b]Public beta branch[/b]! You will be able to test them and send us feedback before it reach the actual game next week. [b]↓How to join the public beta branch↓[/b] [expand type=showmore] If you want to test those features, [quote]
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How will the beta work?
As always, we have opened some channels on Discord and Steam for you to share your feedback. [b]Starting tomorrow, we will ask questions in those places to receive your constructive feedbacks on those points![/b] An open feedback thread will also be created for us to receive your more generic feedback. Be sure to be constructive in those as well and to not start debates with other feedbacks.
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