Minecraft LOTR Castle Siege Server
IP: play.empirewar.org
Since 2012
Now that the server is opening every weekend, many have speculated when the server would finally open 24/7, like in the days of old. Today, I finally have some news on that subject!
Having discussed the topic, the staff have come up with a plan and a roadmap for the server to follow in order to create a new gameplay experience. I will begin by presenting the new philosophy behind future updates.
Themed Updates
We are thrilled to announce that henceforth, major updates on Empire War will be themed! Think of it as an analogy to the Minecraft updates (Village & Pillage, Caves and Cliffs, Update Aquatic, etc...). In fact, those of you knowledgeable in Empire War's history will certainly remember the Outer Gondor Update, the Inner Gondor Update, and more recently, the Westfold Update. Those are good examples for what shall be expected in the upcoming updates of this new era of Empire War, except that there will be a lot more hype around them!
Typically, those updates would include 1-3 new maps, many new classes and new features. Supporting the themed updates, we will release patches to fix any bugs and help rebalance the gameplay.
Our build team, the members of our sister-community from the build server EpicQuestz, are working hard to update older maps and make new ones, ensuring a high quality of our builds. You can apply for Builder and join the EpicQuestz build team to build maps both for the Middle-Earth project, and for Empire War! You can learn more here: EpicQuestz Builder application process
New roadmap reveal
We are very excited to reveal the first roadmap, which will cover our plans for the server for the next couple of months!
Eriador Update
The first Update will be called the Eriador Update! We are hoping to release the update between mid-November and mid-January. Among the most recent of the map releases from EpicQuestz, we have Setton (2020) and Weathertop (2022), which we are planing to repurpose for a Domination and Siege game modes respectively.
Yes, you read it right. We are indeed hoping to add a brand new game mode to Empire War, one that has never been seen on our decade-old server! Domination is a game mode focused on fast paced gameplay, usually in close quarters. It can be regarded as a smaller version of Conquest, but with slightly different winning mechanics.
We have still not finalized the winning mechanics, but we were thinking of having a system of Tickets, where all teams start with the same amount of tickets, and every death removes a ticket from your team. In addition to that, every controlled flag will be removing tickets from all the enemy teams at time intervals. The more flags you control, the more tickets will be removed from the enemy teams as the time goes.
Weathertop, also known as Amon-Sûl, will be repurposed to become a siege map, with similar scale as Eoford.
This shall be all we are revealing, for now. New features, teams, classes and strategic schemes will be revealed at a later time!
Moria Update
The Moria update, planned between mid-March and mid-May, is still quite a while ahead of us. The big classic of our community, Moria Great Halls, will undergo stylistic improvements, but you are not yet ready to see the splendour of our plans for it. We are certain you will be mesmerized by our work once we come to the point of revealing the updates to you! Another map might also make it's way to the update... But for now, none shall know.
The classes are going to be revolutionary, in comparison with both v1 and v2 Empire War. Expect an incredible improvement in gameplay, both mechanically and atmospherically. We are also looking into adding new unique siege features...
The Road Ahead...
Now that you are aware of our plans for the coming few months, I shall get back to work and code in my coding corner, while the moderators create new classes and the builders build new maps... See you soon!
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