[2020] News from Beta (may contain spoilers!)

News from Beta

Dear Humans and Elves,

Since we are seeing a desire to discuss Beta-related topics on our Elvenar International forums, we've decided that we will be creating this thread solely for that purpose, in which we will be able to allow discussions for Beta-related topics. This also means that, from now on, all other threads attempting to discuss our Beta version will be either merged with this thread, or will be locked and redirected here. That way, we have a single point on the forums where beta can be discussed.

This ensures that:

• anyone who doesn't wish to read about Beta-related topics doesn't have to.
• anyone who does want to read about Beta-related topics knows exactly where to look.

Should you feel that this single thread does not provide enough space for the discussion you want to have, we would like to encourage you to visit the Beta forums, which are dedicated to the Beta version, and offer broader possibilities.

We want to thank you for your dedication to Elvenar, and are looking forward to discussing Beta with everyone in this thread!

Kind regards,
Your Elvenar Team  

Of course we thought of that, and we agree. Hence this thread.

Do realize, though, that not everything that comes to Beta will also be seen on the International version in the exact same way. There is always a chance that things change on Beta, it's the nature of it. The purpose of this thread is to offer the possibility to discuss Beta on the International forums, be it in a more concentrated way than we have been used to until now. As also mentioned in the first post, these forums are here to discuss Elvenar International, and we have dedicated forums for the Beta version. Still, we see the desire to discuss Beta here on the International version too, and that's of course fine. We do think it's best if that's done in one place that is easy to find for those who want to find it, and at the same time easy to avoid for those who like it better to only read about news once it's been officially announced on Elvenar International. That's the reason why we've made this (relatively small) change. You can still discuss the same topics that were discussed before. In that regard, nothing changed whatsoever.  

Dizzy Lizzie said: I believe this was referring to the creation of this thread not any possible changes in-game.

It was indeed.  

conqueror9 said: It is interesting to say it is relatively small change

Again, the "relatively small change" referred to having a single thread to discuss Beta-related topics on this forum, not to changes of the Crystal Lighthouse / Bell Spire Ancient Wonder that were made on Beta.  

As of right now, we can confirm that the changes to the Crystal Lighthouse / Bell Spire will come to International with next week's update, and that there is only a very small chance that this will be changed. We will, of course, monitor the effect(s) of the changes and iterate on them if we see a need for that. Your feedback is being heard, and is being forwarded as well.

For those who're reading along now, but are unsure what exactly the changes will be, see the spoiler below:
Spoiler The Crystal Lighthouse / Bell Spire Ancient Wonder gives an amount of Goods each time you help one of your Neighbors. With the update, this will change slightly: the Goods you get from the Ancient Wonder effect will not be added automatically, but will be added to the Treasure Chests that can spawn in a player's city when you help them. To compensate for the lower occurance, you will 10x the current amount you'd currently get per help in each of the three chests you can get each day.
We believe that these changes will, generally speaking, be good for the game and players alike. We realize that some players visit a lot of neighbors each day, but we also know for fact that not everyone does that. With these changes, most players (also the ones who are not talking on the forums now), will be getting more goods per day and/or will be able to get their goods easier. For those very active players that do help more than only their Fellowship's members, it can indeed mean that they will get fewer Goods each day.

Timneh said: Muf-Muf please could you ask one of the dev team to come onto this thread and explain the real reason for this change, but not Timon as he is a liar.

Sorry, but no. Our developers (and game designers, for that matter) have other tasks to focus on. It is my job, as community manager, to make sure that you all are heard and that your questions and/or concerns are answered, and that's exactly why I am here, together with the rest of the Elvenar Team you can find here on the forums. If you have any question, we will be able to provide the answers as well, and those answers won't change based on who is giving them.

conqueror9 said: sorry for my poor english.....mis-understanding your words

No worries there.

lika1961 said: This made me shake my head. Discuss Beta issues on live servers? Why?

Some people want to know what's coming to the Live servers before it's announced here, and discuss it. That is fine, and has happened since forever already - the only difference now is that we're concentrating it all in one thread from now on.