Empire War v3.3.1
Hello and welcome, dear members of our community, to the newest Empire War Mordor Update patch. Last major event, which was held on Saturday august the 2nd on the occasion of the Mordor Update release, was one of our most successful events with minimal bugs and maximal fun! Indeed, both of the new maps were extremely well received by the 56 players that were online simultaneously. Both Eastern Osgiliath and Black Gate (siege) were designed to fit smaller and medium player counts, which turned out to be confirmed as true over the last month.
That being said, we also celebrated our 2nd year anniversary of the new iteration of this server - Empire War v3. For those of you who didn't understand it yet, the versioning in our Major Themed Updates (such as Eriador Update (3.1), Moria Update (3.2), Mordor Update (3.3)) is a direct consequence of that. Today, we're here to talk about the newest version, v3.3.1, which is one of the smaller yet still significant updates. So as a present to the community, version 3.3.1 brings back an ancient map... EDHELLOND!
We shall let you discover the map, the classes and the flags yourselves
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Promotion
Another exciting news, is a new promotion! Congratulations to @Rio155 on being assigned to the Pre-Mod team. We are all sure he'll make a great addition to the Staff team, and will provide some much needed help. For those who are unfamiliar with this rank, Pre-Mods are effectively Trial Mods, who have fewer permissions but can still ban, mute and punish those who break the rules. On Empire War v3, their responsibilities expand beyond moderation, since they are expected to help develop the server be it through map setup, classes setup, planning or through various creative tasks. After all, somebody does have to work on Updates for you to enjoy! He'll be learning the ropes in the near future until he's ready to fully join the Moderator league, so give him some time to settle in!
New features:
- New Map: Edhellond
- Black Gate: The game now begins with a face-off between the two factions, who can't move until Aragorn finishes his speech and the gate is fully opened.
Bug Fixes & Balancing:
- Half-Troll: decreased armour (20 -> 16)
- Black Gate: Fixed Rhûn Camp gates
Closing
As we enter the final 3 months of this year, expect progress on new features to slow down a bit. We are planning on progressively adding the infamous buildable Gate Braces (which are essentially structures that Constructor classes can place to reinforce gates), and alongside it, we want to add a few more ram placeables for the attackers to use.
We are also almost finished with a revamp for the Western Osgiliath map (the conquest mode one, that has been here since the birth of the server). It will come out in patch 3.3.2 in the coming weeks. After that, our goal is going to be revamping at-least two flags on Edhellond: the Harbour and the 4th Level flags. We think that they are very bland, boring and lack nuance. Before moving on from Edhellond, we also need finish setting up the gates (currently, some gates are missing animations, others do not have a gate switch at all) and we would like to add more material piles (such as wood piles).
Long term plans include the Rohan Update. We know that initially 3.3 was promised to be the Rohan Update, but we had a change of plans and it was a lot easier to do the Mordor Update first and the Rohan Update second, so it is coming in 3.4. We have a bit of building to do, and a lot of coding too. The texture team as-well, has a very clear plan for what it is doing next and they too, have a lot of work. We remind you that applications to join our Resource Pack team are open! You can apply here if you would like to help our Resource Pack team with making new textures and improving the Lord of the Rings experience on our server.
To help our server grow, we are also looking for Media Assistants, who as part of the Media Team, are going to work on videos (shorts, reels, tiktoks, trailers,m etc...). Click here for more info.
Thank you all for playing with us, and see you on the next monthly event on Saturday October the 4th!
P.S: Don't forget to install Simple Voice Chat Mod if you want to use an in-game proximity chat during the battles!