[2023] Balance changes - Guild Expedition level 5 difficulty and level 1-4 rewards

It has been few days since the release on Beta of Guild Expedition level 5 and the Levels 1-4 reward update. We have seen your feedback and we have now implemented additional adjustments.

Guild Expedition level 5
It is still intended for Guild Expedition level 5 to be challenging, but we do want to adjust it further.
We have now lowered the difficulty of the last 8 encounters of Level 5 by the following percentages:

Encounter	IronAge	EarlyMiddleAge	HighMiddleAge	LateMiddleAge	ColonialAge	IndustrialAge	ProgressiveEra	ModernEra	PostModernEra	ContemporaryEra	TomorrowEra	FutureEra	ArcticFuture	OceanicFuture	VirtualFuture	SpaceAgeMars	SpaceAgeAsteroidBelt	SpaceAgeVenus	SpaceAgeJupiterMoon
1 to 8	No Changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes
9	-8%	-8%	-7%	-7%	-6%	-6%	-6%	-5%	-5%	-5%	-5%	-4%	-4%	-4%	-4%	-4%	-4%	-4%	-4%
10	-20%	-18%	-17%	-16%	-16%	-15%	-14%	-14%	-13%	-13%	-12%	-11%	-11%	-11%	-10%	-10%	-10%	-10%	-9%
11	-26%	-25%	-24%	-23%	-22%	-21%	-20%	-20%	-19%	-18%	-18%	-17%	-17%	-16%	-16%	-15%	-15%	-14%	-14%
12	-31%	-30%	-29%	-28%	-27%	-26%	-25%	-24%	-23%	-23%	-22%	-22%	-21%	-20%	-20%	-19%	-19%	-19%	-18%
13	-30%	-29%	-28%	-27%	-27%	-26%	-25%	-24%	-24%	-23%	-22%	-22%	-22%	-21%	-21%	-20%	-20%	-20%	-19%
14	-29%	-29%	-28%	-27%	-26%	-26%	-25%	-25%	-24%	-24%	-23%	-23%	-22%	-22%	-22%	-21%	-21%	-21%	-21%
15	-29%	-28%	-28%	-27%	-26%	-26%	-26%	-25%	-25%	-24%	-24%	-23%	-23%	-23%	-23%	-22%	-22%	-22%	-22%
16	-29%	-28%	-28%	-27%	-27%	-26%	-26%	-26%	-25%	-25%	-25%	-24%	-24%	-24%	-24%	-24%	-23%	-23%	-23%

Guild Expedition level 1-4 rewards

• Rewards granting additional attempts in Guild Expedition Level 2 have been increased.
  • From 2 to 3
• Adjusted number of rewarded fragments in Guild Expedition Level 1-4
  • Clearing all encounters in Guild Expedition Level 1 to 4 will reward 100 fragments, on average, for each selection kit
• Adjusted number of fragments required for the following selection kits
  • Selection Kit Guild Expedition Level 1 from 180 to 100
  • Selection Kit Guild Expedition Level 2 from 360 to 100
  • Selection Kit Guild Expedition Level 3 from 360 to 100
  • Selection Kit Guild Expedition Level 4 from 720 to 100

We also want to give you better access to Terrace Farm and Terrace Farm Upgrade Kit. This is why we have changed the content of the Selection Kit for Guild Expedition Level 4. It will now only contain Terrace Farm and Terrace Farm Upgrade Kit.

The Fountain of Youth and Fountain of Youth Shrink Kit were previously included in this selection kit and will now be available through fragments from various encounters.

This change will make it possible for you to get a lot more Terrace Farms than before while the new structure in place for The Fountain of Youth and Fountain of Youth Shrink Kit will allow you, on average, to obtain the same amount of these buildings as before in the medium term.

For example, comparing the reward structure before and after this last balance update, on average you will get the same amount of The Fountain of Youth and Fountain of Youth Shrink Kit as before in a 16-week period. But now, in this same timeframe and on average, you will get Terrace Farms related rewards every single week.

Thanks again for your feedback on Guild Expedition, we really appreciate it. It truly helps to keep growing Forge of Empires together!