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| 4s | Hello, Forge fans! |
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| 6s | Today we are excited to show you the first iteration |
| 9s | of a brand new feature, the Historical Allies! |
| 13s | Open your City gates to welcome your favourite historical figures |
| 17s | that will surely add a new layer to your gameplay. |
| 20s | Before we proceed, we want to highlight that we’re |
| 22s | presenting the very first iteration of the feature, |
| 25s | which introduces the core functionality of Historical Allies into the game. |
| 31s | We designed this feature to expand the reward pool and introduce even more flexibility |
| 36s | with bonus effects that further improve your City. To ensure those intricate |
| 41s | functionalities are well integrated into the game, we chose to work in iterations. |
| 46s | This means that with every new iteration, we will introduce new aspects of functionality |
| 51s | and possibly adjust the feature balancing to make it fit Forge of Empires in the best way possible. |
| 58s | And as we monitor the way our players play with Historical Allies |
| 62s | and what they have to say about them, we can adjust more gradually and cohesively. |
| 67s | So, what are the Historical Allies? |
| 69s | Inspired by real-life historical figures, Historical Allies are new elements |
| 74s | that provide even more bonuses to various aspects of your gameplay, |
| 79s | be it your army or something else. |
| 81s | Depending on their level and affinity, Allies will provide different bonuses. |
| 86s | For now, you will mostly see level 1 Allies, and most of them will have a Military affinity, |
| 92s | meaning they will focus on providing army-related boosts. |
| 96s | Stay tuned for future iterations for which |
| 99s | we aim to expand the level system to enable you to use it to the fullest. |
| 104s | The Allies can also be distinguished by rarity, |
| 107s | which for the first iteration will be limited to Common, |
| 111s | although in the future you are very likely to see more rarities, such as Uncommon and Rare Allies. |
| 118s | The higher the rarity, the more powerful is the Ally. |
| 122s | You can use Allies for as long as you like, |
| 125s | for they are different to the consumable boosts we already have. |
| 129s | We also do not treat them quite like buildings you place in your City to boost your stats. |
| 134s | Then how do we make room for them? |
| 137s | Well, by literally doing so. |
| 138s | From now on, some of the buildings we will be adding to the game will feature a special room |
| 143s | to accommodate your wise advisors. Once an Ally is placed in a room, |
| 148s | they start providing bonuses that stack with your other ones. |
| 152s | Just like Allies, rooms have rarity and affinity, and you can only place a matching Ally in a room. |
| 159s | To get started, research the “Roof Tile Houses” technology in the Iron Age. |
| 164s | Note that this Technology grants you a starter Ally |
| 167s | AND a starter building – the Timeless Junction. |
| 170s | This is the first building in the game to ever feature an Ally room. |
| 175s | If you have already researched this Technology, those items will become available |
| 179s | to you with the release of the first iteration. |
| 183s | All your Allies will reside in the Hall of Legends that you will now see next to the Antiques Dealer. |
| 189s | Enter the building to see your very first Ally – the valiant Spartan Soldier! |
| 194s | As you play, more Allies will appear in the Hall of Legends. |
| 198s | This is also where you manage Allies, |
| 201s | which for now means placing and recalling Allies between available rooms in your City. |
| 207s | If you don’t have any fitting rooms, you will see a corresponding message about it. |
| 212s | But remember – you get a starter building that features a Historical Ally room. |
| 217s | To see your Spartan Soldier in action, first build the Timeless Junction from your Inventory. |
| 223s | Then, select the Ally you want to place, |
| 226s | hit the corresponding button, and bring the Ally to their building. |
| 230s | Keep them there for as long as you like and swap them when you are ready. |
| 234s | An active Ally that resides in a room will show up in the tooltip |
| 238s | of the building where you placed them and in the Hall of Legends. |
| 242s | From there, you can recall a placed Ally with the corresponding button |
| 246s | and return it to your Ally selection for later use in a different building. |
| 252s | As you get more Allies and more rooms in your City, this mechanic will allow you |
| 256s | to customise your bonuses by combining different Allies |
| 260s | in a way that benefits your current strategy. |
| 263s | In the future, we will introduce more buildings with Ally rooms, |
| 267s | like the starting Timeless Junction. |
| 270s | Stay tuned for our updates to find out which new reward buildings can fit Allies, |
| 276s | and which new historical advisors will soon knock on your door. |
| 280s | And if you play on our BETA server, you might already know that our future Fellowship Event |
| 286s | will feature both new Allies and new buildings for them to reside in! |
| 290s | This Event will soon arrive to our LIVE servers as well. |
| 294s | The Historical Allies are prepped and ready to lend their wisdom and military prowess |
| 300s | to the prosperity of your City! |
| 302s | Are you ready to heed their call? |
| 304s | Let us know what you think about the very |
| 306s | first iteration of Historical Allies in the comments below! |
| 310s | And to discuss how this feature may evolve in time, |
| 314s | consider joining our official Discord server. |
| 317s | See you in the next one! |