Beta Server

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Beta Server

This is The Reincarnation's server for live testing changes to the game-code.

Basics

Turn Rate: 3 per minute, 480 max turns

Guilds allowed (max 5 members).

No Guild Alliances / No Guild NAPs

Chronicles will now display in 24hr increments

Server Status: Active

Examples

The following types of developments are tested out on the beta server first.

• Nerfed spells, units, items for balance issues
• Changed game mechanics
• Changed coding to speed up page display, database-actions, avoid server lag during the rush hour at armageddon
• Changed graphics to speed up day-to-day play
• Changed interfaces for the game-admins and developers themselves
• New features
• New spells, items, units

Current Beta Features

• Increased exploring rate similar to Lightning Server.
• Land Inflation - Explore cap raises 1-3% a day.
• 12 Hour Damaged Status
• 24 Hour God Favor
• Land Counters enabled.
• Individual NAPs disabled.
• Seals will now break in increments of 12 hours leading up to Armageddon. Additionally, the end of the world has been reduced to 12 hours.

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• Guild Supremacy
• Lucky Cauldron (Enabled)
• Black Market except for Altar of Darkness(Disabled)
• Skill Training (Similar to devoting turns to double the speed of Researching.)
  • Skill points accrue more slowly similar to Lightning Server.
• Training Grounds Heroes can now be trained.
  • Visit the Audience screen to speak with your Heroes, and then click on the new link for the "Imperial Training Ground". You can select one hero to train, and they will gain 5x XP for each turn spent training. (Subject to balance changes.)

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• Spell Changes:
  • Conflagration enabled, Inferno disabled.
  • Battle Chant lures ~100-1000 goblins to your army per turn, on-color only. Upkeep raised to 350 MP/turn.
  • Contract of the Soul similar to Lightning Server: Devils last 13 hours. Devil Prince lasts 36 hours.
  • Gate disabled.

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• Item Changes:
  • Horn of Valhalla disabled.
  • Staff of the Archmage
  • Wand of the Moon
  • Unique items will no longer be subjected to minimum bid price increases, and will be able to sell for high values again.

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• Hero Changes:
  • White Knight's Honor ability is replaced by Inspire and generates Preachers instead of Knights (due to the lack of Spawning Hatchery.)
  • The Heroes Killed and Heroes Lost section of the Statistics page will once again show enemy mage information.

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• Units Disabled:
  • Crusader
  • Paladin
  • Knight

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• New Units:
  • Storm Giant — (Spell: Call Storm Giant)
  • Goblin — (Spell: Lure Goblins, Battle Chant)
  • Phantom — (Recruitable)
  • Empyrean Inquisitor — (Spell: Call Empyrean Inquisitor)
  • Elven Blade Dancer — (Spell: Call Elven Blade Dancer)

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• Several Flying Units' Power Rank Reduced:
  • Wyvern — 150 np (~25% less from 190)
  • Djinni — 1550 np (~10% less from from 1700)
  • Vampire — 1858 np (~10% less from 2058)
  • Wraith — 130 np (~25% less from 160)

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• AI/Bot Changes
  • AI mages can now gain and use Illusionary heroes through the reset
  • AI mages can now get favor from the gods
  • AI mages have a chance to have the Divine Balance effect applied to them
  • AI mages are now far more aggressive and will attack more often
  • AI mages will now have access to complex/ultimate spells and enchantments much sooner.
  • AI mages are smarter and more aggressive with their counters; they are more likely to counter mages above them if the mages have smaller armies
  • AI mages will now ally each other and receive reinforcements
  • The ratio of AI to human mages has been increased dramatically

When a regular server resets, those changes that succesfully passed beta-testing are ported to the main server.