Age 65 potential changes
Hi all. Here's roughly what we have lined up for Age 65. There are several significant changes to races and personalities. As always please remember to comment constructively here and remember than numbers can easily be tweaked, we'd really like feedback on concepts.


Schedule
Age 64 End: Friday 8th May at Noon GMT
Age 65 Freeze Start: Friday 8th Mayat 6PM GMT
Age 66 Protection Start: Monday 11th May at 6PM GMT
Age 66 Protection End: Tuesday 12th May at 6PM GMT

Race

Avians
-25% Attack Time
+30% Birth Rate
-30% Building Construction Time
-30% Military training time

Cannot Use Stables

Spellbook: Fanaticism, Greater Protection
Elite: 6/1, 700gc, 4.75NW


Dwarves
+30% Building Efficiency
Free Building Construction and Can Use Credits To Raze Buildings

Can't use Accelerated Construction
+ 50% food consumption

Spellbook: Fools Gold, Mystic Aura, Clear Sight, Pitfalls
Elite: 6/3, 700gc, 5.25NW


Elf
+ 30% Combat Instant Spell Damage
+ 30% Sabotage Operation Damage
+ 30% Spell Duration
+1 mana per tick in war

+1 defensive specialist strength

Spellbook: Nightmares, Pitfalls, Mages Fury
Elite: 5/4, 750gc, 5.75NW


Faery
+30% WPA
+30% TPA
+1 offensive specialist strength

Spellbook: All racial spells
Elite: 3/5, 800gc, 5.25NW


Halflings
+ 1 Stealth
- 50% thief cost
+ 15% population

-10% Gains

Spellbook: Invisibility, Aggression
Soldiers 2:2 Elite: 4/4, 400gc, 5NW


Human
+ 15% Offensive Military Efficiency In War
- 50% defensive losses
Every 3 acres generates 1 book of science

+ 30% Cost of Science

Spellbook: Tree of Gold, Fountain of Knowledge
Elite: 6/3, 900, 6.5NW


Orcs
+30% Attack Gains
Free draft
+25% Enemy casualties when attacking

-10% science effectiveness

Spellbook: Reflect Magic, Clear Sight
Elite: 7/1, 800gc, 5.75NW


Undead
-75% Offensive losses on attacks you make
Spreads and is Immune to The Plague
No Food Required

Basic Thievery (Intel operations only)

Spellbook: Town Watch, Animate Dead
Elite: 7/2, 900 gc, 6.25NW


Personality
The Merchant
Gain 75% more Specialist and Building Credits
Immune to Income Penalties
Starts with +1600 specialist credits


The Sage
+40% Science Effectiveness
Access to Amnesia
Starts with 40000 science books


The Rogue
+1 Stealth recovery per tick
+ 100% land effect from Thieves Dens
Access to all thievery operations, including 3 unique to rogues: Greater Arson, Assassinate Wizards and Propaganda
+75% Thievery Science Effectiveness
Access to Vermin
Starts with +400 thieves


The Mystic
All Guilds are twice as effective
+1 mana per tick in War
+50% Magic Science Effectiveness
Access to Meteor Showers, Chastity, Nightmares
Starts with +200 Wizards


The Warrior
+1 General
+10% Offensive Military Efficiency
Enhanced Conquest range
Access to Bloodlust
Starts with +800 soldiers and +800 specialist credits


The Tactician
-15% Attack Time
Accurate Espionage
Access to Clear Sight
Starts with +800 soldiers and +800 specialist credits


The Cleric
-40% Your Military Casualties (on attack or defense)
Immune to The Plague
Access to Pitfalls
Starts with +800 soldiers and +800 specialist credits


The War Hero

+100% Honor Effects
Converts some Specialists into Elites on successful land attacks
Access to War Spoils
Starts with 400 elites

Mechanics/Other

Kingdom and Islands
Kingdoms will fill to 22 players, rather than 20

Kingdom allocation per island will increase

Discovery of islands will be every 2 hours after OOP, rather than every 3 hours

Vacation Mode
Cannot interact with a dragon for 24 hours after leaving VM. Cannot send aid for 24 hours after leaving VM.

Admin
Lots of admin interface improvements and fixes

Protection duration for invited provs
Fixed a subtle bug causing the duration to be incorrect for certain provs.