Beta Announcements

Historical Allies - Iteration One!

Get ready to embark on an exciting new journey with our latest feature: Historical Allies! This new addition introduces a dynamic layer to your gameplay, bringing historical depth and strategic complexity. Begin your quest to gather the greatest heroes in history to bolster your city's power!

Here's everything you need to know about getting started and what to expect!

Unlocking the Feature

A new perk will appear on your Technology tree, signifying the addition of Historical Allies:
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Unlock Historical Allies by researching the 'Roof Tile Houses' tech found in the Iron Age section of your tech tree.

New Building: The Hall of Legends

Upon unlocking the feature, a new off-grid building, the Hall of Legends, will appear next to the Antiques Dealer. This building is central to the new feature:

	Unlocked State: Click on the new building to access the Hall of Legends and manage your Allies!
	Locked State: If you haven't unlocked the feature yet, the building will appear in a demolished state. Clicking on this will display a teaser with information and images about Historical Allies.

The new Hall of Legends provides a comprehensive view of all your Historical Allies and allows you to manage them.

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Icons Display: Each Ally is represented by an icon showing its picture, level, rarity, and an additional icon for active status (when slotted into a building).
Placing and Recalling: Use the "Place" button in the UI to slot Historical Allies into compatible buildings, enhancing their effectiveness and utility in your cityscape. Use the "Recall" option for already slotted Allies to call them back to the Hall of Legends and free up their room for a different Ally.
Selection and Sorting: Allies are sorted by rarity, level, and name, with inactive and active (assigned to a building) Historical Allies neatly organized.
Detailed Information: When an Ally is selected, details such as name, rarity, level, era, and information text are displayed, providing insights into its historical significance and stats.
Notification System: A red exclamation mark icon alerts you when new Historical Allies are added to your inventory.

How to use Historical Allies

The Historical Allies' stats vary by rarity, level, and affinity, i.e. which bonuses they provide. The first iteration of the feature we're releasing will focus on familiarizing you with the Allies. Further down the road, we intend to expand the Allies' progression, offering you more ways to improve your City's stats.

At the beginning, you will be able to make use of the following rarities:

Rarity
Pioneers - Common
Innovators - Uncommon
Visionaries - Rare

Each Historical Ally has unique requirements and brings specialized advantages, making their placement a critical part of your city planning. To start utilizing the bonuses, you need to place an Ally into a "room" of a corresponding building. Rooms are special slots for Historical Allies.

The Art of Placement
To activate a Historical Ally's powers, you must slot it into a building equipped with the appropriate room type. For instance, a Military Room is required to harness the capabilities of a military-oriented Historical Ally. This system allows you to tailor your city's attributes by matching Historical Allies with corresponding buildings, enhancing your strategic depth.

Room Specifications and Varieties
Buildings feature designated slots, such as Military or Science Rooms. Rooms vary in rarity, mirroring the rarity system of Historical Allies themselves, and this can influence which Historical Allies you can place, for instance:

Standard and Rare Rooms: A building with a standard Military Room might house any Historical Ally, from common to rare, whereas a rare Military Room is reserved exclusively for rare Historical Allies.

As the feature progresses, we intend to expand the selection of rooms available in your City buildings. To begin with, only newly introduced buildings will feature rooms that can accommodate Allies. In the future, it is possible that some high-tier buildings may be expanded retrospectively to offer you more options for Ally placement.

Acquiring Historical Allies

As soon as the feature becomes available for you, you will receive both the starter Ally -- the Spartan Solider -- and the starter building -- the Timeless Junction!

The Spartan Soldier - Ally	The Timeless Junction - starter building with a military Ally room

Level: 1 Rarity: Common Boost: 12%Attack for Attacking Army	Military Room (all rarities) 760 - 10,000 Happiness 10Forge Points 10Current Age Goods 10Previous Age Goods 10Next Age Goods

Going forward, we plan to introduce multiple ways of getting Historical Allies as rewards.

With their first iteration, Historical Allies will become available in the upcoming Fellowship Event. You may also win Historical Allies Fragments, which can be found and assembled in the Inventory’s fragments tab. Stay tuned for the Fellowship Event announcement to learn more about which Allies will become available!

What's Next?

This is just the beginning of a richly integrated feature that will evolve based on your feedback and our ongoing development plans. We're excited to see how you'll leverage these historical titans to fortify your cities and strategize your growth.

As always, we invite you to share your feedback on our official Discord server!

Dive into the past to empower your future—try out the new Historical Allies feature and begin your journey with history’s greatest allies!

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