Hello! A lot of time has passed since the release of the last version. During this time, we have added a lot of new things and want to tell you about them. Pssst, plus, at the bottom you will find the release date.
To begin with, we, unfortunately, didn’t have time to finish the Military overhaul about which we spoke in the past diaries. It was planned that it would be ready for this patch, but it requires much more time and effort than we were able to invest. But we did not stand still and implemented our other ideas to make the gameplay fascinating. Let’s talk about them now.
As you most likely know, not so long ago we got the new patch of CK2, which added Great Works. It gave us a lot of trouble, but fortunately, we managed to adapt it almost completely. All vanilla Great Works, with the exception of some temples, are available in the mod. Amphitheaters for trolls and ogres, pyramids for tol'vir, aztec pyramids for trolls, and so on. At the same time, we added 5 of our own Great Works: Karazhan, Sunwell, Necropolis, Soul Generator and Twilight Citadel. New Great Works will be added later down the road.
World Trees will appear in the new version. Only the best of the druids can plant and grow these giants. A World Tree will give your province two holding slots and extra moral authority towards your religion. In addition, the World Tree is a special building with its own bonuses. However, these trees are very vulnerable. They can be set alight even during a siege, and if the cultists of the Old Gods get to them, they will defile it. Corrupted Trees can only be cleaned by fire. It is especially important to protect Nordrassil if you play as a night elf. If it falls, you will lose immortality. This will make you vulnerable to diseases... which will be discussed in the next paragraph…
Yes, we have returned the good old epidemics. If you are already dead, then your character has nothing to worry about. Anyway, they can presenta couple of problems to mortals. You can no longer get Syphilis, but now the Devouring Plague took over its function. Epidemic typhus? Nope, doesn’t exist. Now we have Frost Fever. It was very difficult to find these diseases in the lore, but we added them. Enjoy!
All of the reformed religions have gained religious heads with rather broad powers. Many of them exist from the very beginning like the Church of the Holy Light or the Tidesages. Others should create their own religious head via a decision. To do this, you need to build an empire and control a sufficient number of holy sites. The created religious head will become your vassal. This will open up new methods to influence rulers around the world. Also, the creation of a religious head will open the way to adopt feudalism. It should be mentioned that this is not a reformation. A full reforming of religions will be available later for the religions of murlocs, kobolds, centaurs, quilboars, and so on.
The next change is rather minor, but in my opinion, interesting. We made changes to the mechanics of corruption. You will receive corruption from various decisions, and not just from your religion or class. Now you need to be more thoughtful about the use of abilities, if you do not want to become a bloodthirsty demon or puppet of the Old Gods.
In addition, due to popular demand we have implemented a new story event that should fire around the time the events of the Burning Crusade expansion for WoW start in the canon, and with it come the Draenei, alongside the Prophet Velen, their holy order Hand of Argus and two feudal playable count-tier characters that people should recognize from the draenei starting zones, as well as some unlanded lore characters that appear in the Prophet’s court.
Moreover, we have done work on the bloodline system for several historical dynasties, as well as some obtainable bloodlines that can be granted to your character through important events.
Also, a new formable empire for troll characters is now available and should provide a decent challenge similar to the restoration of the Roman Empire in the base game.
And now about the main thing, we chose May 17 as the release date. This means that we still have quite a lot of time to polish all the new features and add a couple of new ones. The most complete list of changes will be our patch notes, which we will post with the release of the patch.
Thank you for your attention and thank you so much for your support. We could not have gone so far without you.
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This is by far the best mod for this game. Keep up the good work.
Patiently awaiting to breach and butcher some orc's sire!
So now I can play as Jaina and Bansh queen?
You can play as Jaina and that emo-girl just switch character.