Can't get enough of the Infernal Assault and Battle of Asteria modes we launched in v1.4? It seems that no sooner do we manage to put a stop to one evil Gnome plan, two more pop up in their place. In v1.5, the Gnome General Malena will launch an unprecedented attack, willing to sacrifice Gnome treasures and humanity's honor in a ferocious assault on our cities. "Malena's Ambition", a brand new event, will test your alliance like never before. Contention of Relics has also been overhauled with improved pacing, reward distribution and the new mode to challenge Chaos Beasts for a smoother combat experience. Six new skills have also been added to the Tower of Knowledge to expand your strategic arsenal. Continue reading for all the details of these latest upgrades, so you can be ready for the new challenges that await you.
NEW FEATURES
1. Malena's Ambition
How does one accomplish the twin goals of bringing the glorious light of human civilization to new places whilst defending every inch of humanity's lands from invaders? This is the dilemma you're about to be faced with.
The Malena's Ambition event is divided into four stages: Select City – Select Defensive Strength – Complete Fortification – Gnome Invasion.
⬤Select City
Alliance Leaders or Officers must select a city to use as a fortification site within the Alliance territory.
Difficulty overview: The difficulty of each invasion increases with city size (ordinary city or Provincial Capital) and level.
⬤Select Defensive Strength
The Alliance Leader or Officers can select 6 types of defensive booster strengths: 3 here represents the maximum strength and 1 the lowest defensive strength. The lower the defensive strength rating, then the greater the bonus points given to the prevailing alliance.
⬤Complete Fortification
Your alliance must have completed 6 Cooperative Missions and 1 Alliance Donation Mission (the difficulties of which increase depending on the city's size and level) before the Alliance Leader or an Officer can give their consent for a Gnome Invasion to take place. Note: Invasions can take place from UTC 00:00-23:35 daily.
⬤Gnome Invasion
1) A Gnome Invasion lasts 17 minutes total. The first 2 minutes will be taken up with preparations, which will involve the activation of a Protection Barrier over your city, and the dispensation of 6 buff types and Bloody Rage effects by Lords within the area of the invasion (6km square centred around the city).
2) The Alliance will encounter 3 types of Gnomes once the invasion begins: Common, Elite, and Leader Gnomes. Common and Leader Gnomes will attack the Alliance city directly. On the other hand, Elite Gnomes will randomly pick out a number of Lords within range of the invasion (i.e. within 6km of the city) and launch attacks on these Lords.
3) Alliances will have more to contend with than hostile Gnomes. Hostile Alliances may well take advantage of a Gnome invasion to do a bit of conquering, and so Alliances would do well to prepare for this possibility.
⬤Victory Conditions
1) A defender with at least one stronghold remaining under their control once the invasion has ended wins.
2) If an invading party (the Gnomes or a hostile Alliance) seizes complete control of all strongholds during the invasion, then they will be declared the winner, and the invasion will end immediately.
3) The victor will go on to exercise full control over the city obtained.
⬤Rewards
1) Fortification Rewards: Alliances that complete 6 Cooperation Missions in total will receive a matching treasure chest and speedup reward. These rewards will be sent by mail.
2) City Defense Reward: The city defense rewards will be sent to every participant involved in defending the city after the engagement is over. These rewards will be sent by mail.
3) Leaderboard Rewards: A leaderboard will rank alliances based on their respective Alliance Points. Alliance Points are calculated based on city size, level, and structural integrity. "Structural integrity" is calculated from the city's remaining health and the number of strongholds left following the engagement. Final rewards will be tallied and sent out at UTC 00:00 once the whole event has ended.
Note: Each player can only claim Cooperative Mission rewards and City Defense rewards once per day.
⬤ Event Period
Keep an eye on the Event Calendar for the event times.
Each round of the event lasts 3 days with every Alliance receiving one challenge opportunity per day. The event is reset daily at UTC 00:00, following which Lords must reselect a city afterwards and complete their fortification task once again. The Alliance Leader or Officers can embark on this challenge daily between the hours of UTC 00:00-23:35.
2. New Tower of Knowledge Skills
⬤Sacrifice (33F, L1)
Rarity: Elite
Category: Aura
Effect: Increases damage of 2 random allied units by X%, but reduces your damage by X%. Also has a 15% chance of increasing your Initial Energy by 100.
Damage Increase/Decrease Ratio (X): 4.5/6/7.5/9/10.5/12/13.5/15
⬤Duel Master (33F, L2)
Rarity: Elite
Category: Passive
Effect: After entering battle, increases your Physical Attack by X%, and grants you immunity to Wound.
Physical Attack Increase Ratio (X): 15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50
⬤Absolute Defense (35F, L1)
Rarity: Elite
Category: Passive
Effect: Every 6s after battle starts, has an X% chance of triggering Defense status, blocking all damage from 3 attacks for up to 6s.
Chance of entering Defense (X): 15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50
⬤Oaken Guard (35F, L3)
Rarity: Epic
Category: Blessing
Effect: After battle starts, reduces physical damage received by 3 random allied units by X% for 18s.
Physical Damage Reduction Ratio (X): 15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50
⬤Energy Burst (37F, L3)
Rarity: Epic
Category: Triggered
Effect: Gain X additional Energy when you deal a critical hit.
Additional Energy gained (X): 30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100
⬤Annihilation (37F, L2)
Rarity: Epic
Category: Triggered
Effect: Every 6s after battle starts, 45% chance of dealing magical damage (Damage Factor X%) to all enemy units.
Damage Factor (X): 90/120/150/180/210/240/270/300
OPTIMIZATIONS
1. Contention of Relics
Following the overhaul, Contention of Relics will be split into three successive phases, Chaos Beast will be a single-player mode, and Valor Marks will be assigned by the Alliance Leader. With the new early match pacing, you will have clearer objectives for each phase, more intense battles, and greater teamwork with your Alliance.
⬤Event phases (all times are in UTC)
1) Phase 1: 0:00 on Day 1 to 23:59 on Day 3
Content: Chaos Beast spawns in the Forbidden Zone
2) Phase 2: 08:00 on Day 2 to 23:59 on Day 3
Content: Energy Nodes, the Five Relics and Contracts
3) Phase 3: 08:00 on Day 3 to 23:59 on Day 3
Content: World Heart
Note: If you are already playing Contention of Relics when the update takes place, you will keep all currently unlocked content and the remaining phases will follow the rules described above.
⬤Chaos Beast
1) Improved attack mode: Changed from rally to single-player mode, the same as Gnome Bosses.
2) New buff drops: There is a chance that Chaos Beasts will drop a buff when defeated. Getting the same buff will stack the attribute effect and reset that buff's duration. The available buffs and their maximum stacks are:
- Reduces the number of troops seriously wounded by the Chaos Beast by 3% for 5 min, can be stacked up to 10 times
- Increases damage dealt to the Chaos Beast by 1% for 5 min, can be stacked up to 10 times
- Increases Marching Speed by 3% for 5 min, can be stacked up to 10 times
Note: If you are already playing Contention of Relics when the update takes place, the new rules will immediately apply to any subsequent Chaos Beast drops.
⬤Five Relics and the World Heart
1) Occupation Rewards: New Valor Mark rewards added, which will be gained in line with occupation time. These Valor Mark rewards are shared by the entire Alliance, and assigned by the Alliance Leader during the closing stages of the event.
2) Peace Time adjustments:
- The time of Protection Barrier when you have occupied 5 relics has been reduced from 6h to 1h
- The time of Protection Barrier when you have occupied the World Heart has been reduced from 12h to 2h
Note: If you are already playing Contention of Relics when the update takes place, the new Valor Mark rewards will instantly come into effect. The total protection time for occupying relics and the World Heart will not be changed; the new protection time rules will only come into effect from your next occupation.
⬤New King Appointment Conditions
Only Alliances who have occupied the World Heart during Contention of Relics may crown a King.
Note: If you are in the active or closing stages of the event when the update takes place, this appointment condition will not come into effect. If you are in the preparation phase, the appointment condition will come into effect.
⬤Allocating Valor Mark Rewards
The Valor Mark rewards obtained by acquiring Energy Cubes will no longer be distributed indiscriminately, and will instead be allocated by the Alliance Leaders
1) Allocation time: During the closing stages of the event, the Alliance Leader can distribute all Valor Mark rewards earned during this Contention of Relics.
2) Reward distribution: Once the Alliance Leader has allocated all of the Valor Mark rewards, the system will send each allocated player a rewards message with the corresponding Valor Mark reward(s) attached. There will also be an Alliance notification message informing all members of the allocated rewards.
Note: If you are in the preparation or active stages of the event when the update takes place, this new allocation system will still come into effect. If you are in the closing stages, it will not come into effect.
⬤New Leaderboards
1) Between Alliances: The new Valor Marks leaderboard ranks Alliances based on the total number of Valor Marks they have gained from occupying relics or the World Heart during the event.
2) Within Alliances: The new Alliance Contribution Rating leaderboard ranks Alliance members based on their Contribution Rating during this Contention of Relics. Contribution Ratings are calculated using the following factors, in order of importance:
- Total Honor gained in the Forbidden Zone
- Total Wall Durability destroyed and total Defense losses inflicted in the Forbidden Zone
- Total damage dealt to Chaos Beasts
2. Battle of Asteria
⬤Personal Challenge upgrade mechanic
The first time a player clears a certain difficulty and unlocks the next one during the event, they will be able to play on the new difficulty immediately (without stopping, up to difficulty 6). If clearing a stage does not unlock a new difficulty (clearing a stage more than once won't unlock new difficulties, for example), the system will not automatically increase the difficulty.
⬤Personal Challenge downgrade mechanic
After selecting the downgrade difficulty, players will continue all subsequent levels on low difficulty without having to restart from Lv. 1.
⬤Distributing Personal Progress Rewards
Rewards will be issued based on the player's progress in the last challenged difficulty. If the player clears one or more difficulties for the first time, they will receive additional Progress Rewards for these cleared stages.
3. Talent Page – Saving Talent Point Allocation Plans
⬤Talent Page settings
You will be given 3 Talent Pages for which you can customize the name and set a Talent Point allocation plan.
⬤Switching between Talent Pages
This is the same as resetting Talents, and costs 200 Gems. You do not have to spend Gems to modify Talent Point allocation on inactive pages.
4. Artifact Attribute Pool
Tap the icon on the left of the Attribute to view all the attributes an artifact can randomly give in that slot.
5. Troops
When troops have been occupied, you can go to the Shortcuts menu to view their info, speed up or recall.
6. Rallying
If you are the only one in a rally, you will not be able to benefit from "Fight Side by Side" Alliance technology. Instead, the effect of the Fight Side by Side will change to: Attack increases as the number of rally participants increases.
7. @ (Mentioning) Feature in Chats
In noisy chat environments, the @ feature helps you make sure important information is seen by the person you're talking to.
⬤Sending an @
In the chat channel, hold down the avatar of the person you wish to @ and wait for their name to appear in the text entry field before composing your message. When you hit send, the mentioned player will receive a notification.
⬤Receiving an @
Tap the @ notification to jump to the first message in which you have been mentioned.
8. Illusion Battlefield
⬤Registering
If your Alliance does not meet the eligibility criteria, the system will now explain why.
⬤Minimap
Icons have been improved so it's easier to tell the difference between different types of building.
9. Lord's Card
"Total Troop Number" has been replaced with "Highest Power" to better reflect a player's strength.
BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS
1. Immortal Skills
⬤Ramesses II
Damage caused by the Disarm effect has been adjusted according to the following ratio:
6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20⇒7.5/10/12.5/15/17.5/20/22.5/25
⬤Dido
When targeted by a normal attack, the chance of the attacker being Chilled is: 25% ⇒35%
⬤Cyrus the Great
1) Number of skill targets: 2⇒3
2) Chance of skill targets being Stunned upon crit:
7.5/10/12.5/15/17.5/20/22.5/25⇒10.5/14/17.5/21/24.5/28/31.5/35
2. Tower of Knowledge Skills
⬤Adrenaline Rush (30F, L1)
Extra Energy gained changed to:
60/80/100/120/140/160/180/200⇒45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150
⬤Shelter (40F, L1)
HP Recovery Rate changed to:
7.5/10/12.5/15/17.5/20/22.5/25⇒12/16/20/24/28/32/36/40
That's all the changes coming with the 1.5 update. Thanks for reading! If you have any questions, then please feel free to get in touch with us over Facebook, Discord, VK, or any other official channels. Malena's Ambition is on fire right now, and your cities will be too if you're not careful. Are you strong enough to take her on? Share your thoughts with us on Facebook!
The Infinity Kingdom Team
