Ryvirath
Lochagos
Hello Players!
Last year, our developers finalized work on our overhaul of the World Wonders endgame. Our first Beta world for these changes was released in late 2021, and our first live world was released on our German market in January. We believe this creates a buffer for any bugs or major design issues to be ironed out before most worlds reach the era of World Wonders. With this in mind, it's time to announce these changes to the world, as we will start to release World Wonders worlds with these changes from our February world starts! Not all markets will get a World Wonder world this time, but the next release you get will have the changes detailed below.
Below you can see a full list of the mechanical changes which we've implemented. We've added a lot, so the content below is pretty detailed. In posts 2 and 3 we'll cover the UI changes and reports changes, just to break this thread up a little. As with all changes, we're really keen to hear your feedback, so please go ahead and share it here in the feedback thread. Please also report bugs you find on the bugs forums, or via support. We're sorry for the length of this announcement, there is a lot of ground to cover, so, lets get started!
Start/End Date
To simplify the endgame start time, we will trigger World Wonders era after a pre-determined amount of time based on the world’s speed. Below you can see a table which details when WWs will begin on various speeds:
| Game speed | Endgame speed Slow | Endgame speed Regular | Endgame speed Fast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 365 | 274 | 183 |
| 2 | 310 | 233 | 156 |
| 3 | 256 | 192 | 128 |
| 4 | 201 | 151 | 101 |
| 5 | 146 | 110 | 73 |
| 6 | 91 | 69 | 46 |
Another change we’re making is when the endgame counter starts. As soon as the first alliance has finished building 4 of 7 World Wonders, the world’s endgame counter will begin. Once a world’s endgame counter reaches 0, the world will enter a period of 14 days Peacetime. Once this peacetime expires, the world will close. Below you can see another table showing the values of the time given once the world is won.
| Game Speed | Duration |
|---|---|
| 1 | 60 |
| 2 | 51 |
| 3 | 42 |
| 4 | 33 |
| 5 | 24 |
| 6 | 15 |
In a breaking from the norm set by Domination and Olympus, once an alliance reaches 4 of 7 World Wonders, this is the point at which the World is considered ‘won’, however, the endgame continues for the remainder of the world’s time, and the Artifacts will be given out based on the ranking once the endgame timer ends. This means the period between the world being won and the world’s end should remain competitive, as alliances try to secure a spot in the top 3. More on ranking later!
Fixed World Sizes
On Olympus, the number of islands which are unlocked is fixed and predefined. With this rebalancing, we will apply this same system to both Domination and World Wonders worlds going forward. This change should drive competition on these worlds, as well as preventing players from settling in far away oceans away from the action. We’ll start using this as the default setting for all worlds once the first new WW worlds have been released on live.
Endgame Ranking
We’re adding a ranking system to World Wonders. The ranking is based on the Wonders levels. Each completed Wonder level gives it’s level’s value to the alliance’s ranking. To give an example:
An alliance has 1 World wonder on level 9, 1 on level 5, and 1 on level 1.
- The level 9 Wonder gives 45 points (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)
- The level 5 Wonder gives 15 points (1+2+3+4+5)
- The level 1 Wonder gives 1 point
Level 10 World Wonder Cooldown
We have added a new cooldown mechanic for completed world wonders. This cooldown is triggered in the event that an alliance’s world wonder is downgraded from level 10 to level 9. This cooldown is simple, it prevents the alliance from starting the construction of level 10 again until a predefined time has passed. This time is determined by game speed, much like the other settings described earlier, and in this case is determined by multiplying the base value by the game factor. The base value is 7 days.
| Game Speed | Game Factor | Cooldown time (days) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 0.85 | 5.95 |
| 3 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| 4 | 0.55 | 3.85 |
| 5 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 0.25 | 1.75 |
This new mechanic makes it imperative that you and your alliance protect your cities on your level 10 World Wonders, or risk losing the level and having to wait to upgrade. And remember, the whole world will be notified in the event one of your level 10 wonders is downgraded to level 9. Once the cooldown has expired, alliance leaders can once again start the construction of level 10.
We hope you're as excited as we are for the release of these changes. Keep your eyes on your local forums to find out when your first rebalanced World Wonder world will be released.
See you ingame
Your Grepolis Team