[quote=author]Happy Tuesday Vikings! Today, were releasing a yet another MASSIVE balance patch that brings a plethora of changes to Northgard and each of the clans that inhabit these mysterious lands. With this update, we've made a number of changes and additions, heavily balancing the clans based on your wonderful feedback over the last few months and fixed a multitude of issues that have been reported in the time since our last major update! You can find the whole list of whats been addressed below![/quote]


Recipe

• Fish fillets :
  • +1 month cost: [strike]200 vegetables[/strike] 200 fishes
  • Mining / Forging Bonus [strike]25% / 50% / 75% / 100%[/strike] => 50% / 75% / 100% / 125%

Fishes were accumulating too much. We want you to use meals other than Venison & Ratatouille and Meat Stew. Prices of meals in Food is increased depending on the number of clan you share the meal with:

• 1 clan : population x 2
  food
• 2 clans : population [strike]x4[/strike] => x 6
  food
• 3 clans : population x 6
  food
• 4 clans : population x 8
  food

Clan's Description [strike]Special Squirrel Win Condition[/strike] Special
Fame Victory for the clan of the Squirrel is removed and replaced with a new
Fame 1500.
Fame 200 - A Helping Hand ( +5
Fame per player affected by a meal)
Fame 500 - Plot of the Thrones You gain
Fame based on your extra population compared to your most populous opponent. Arrival of new villagers increases by 5% every 100
Fame. Multiply the amount of
Fame it gives when you have extra population compared to your most populous opponent by 2.
Fame 1500 (3rd level) - Most Beautiful Banquet

• Unlock a specific new recipe at the Stove
• 1.000 Meat, 1.000 Fish, 1.000 Vegetables, 1.000 Mushrooms
• It takes 3 months to prepare
• While preparing this recipe, all other recipes are not available
• Every clan is notified and invited at the great Banquet
• When the preparation is complete, the game is won

Allowing or not
Fame Victory have no more relations with Special Squirrel Win Condition. Rumor-mongering No other clan can befriend any neutral faction which has become your ally. This faction gains +20%
defense against all your enemies. It also becomes more aggressive towards them (this also affects Jtnars). If neutral factions are befriended and you have Rumor Mongering, they will attack as soon as possible. Economics You gain +4
krowns during meals and all meals gain +2
Happiness (Only
Happiness bonus is shared with ally clans) Your units gain Cloaked within these factions' territories. Relic Yggdrasil's Root The chances of being disturbed are reduced. In some cases we saw that the discord effect of Eldritch zones turning enemy units against one another was too efficient, so we reduced its defensive power slightly.

The clan of the Lynx was always intended to have a strong early game, but was excessively powerful in this case.
Fame 500 - Oskoreia Oskoreia ability:

• Cast time : [strike]0[/strike] => 1.5 sec
• Oskoreia spirits disappear 10% faster

Relic : Gleipnir The Trap no longer triggers the instant the player clicks on the skill. It triggers in 2 steps : First, the trap appears on the area with no effect, then after 3s the trap inflicts damage. It lets the enemy react and leave the zone to decrease the effects on its army. Sharp Eyes You can now use Lynx with Sharp Eyes like Scouts. Hunting paths Double arrows:

• [strike]30%[/strike] => 20% damage on the second arrow.

Ox is a late game clan, but it was a bit off the curve compared to other clans: too weak in early game and too strong late game. We increased early game power and reduced late game power. Torfin
Attack power [strike]15[/strike] => 14 Torfin's Throne Torfin's Throne now produces +2
Lore when Torfin is not summoned. Military Training Military units in territory produce military XP. Upgrade cost for Training Camps [strike]-50%[/strike] => -30% Ferocious Charge Warriors gain [strike]+50% [/strike] > +30% damage on a charge attack.

The Clan of the Kraken was too map generation dependent and we wanted to give it more control. Starting Bonuses Fresh fish tech is removed and become a starting bonus +20% fishermen production. Valkyrie Units Valkyries produce +1
Happiness. Valkyries regenerate
Health near Horgr. Knowledge From Beyond Trade routes with neutral factions +20%
krowns and relationships. Foresight replaces [strike]Medicine[/strike] > Colonization Valhallas reinforcement - replaces Legendary Hero You will have 1 Valkyrie at your Town Hall and you can control +1 Valkyrie. Valkyries also regenerate
Health on High Tides tiles and outside combat. Passive regeneration increases by 100%. Wyrd - High Tides Now makes fish appear in lakes if there are none. Army of the Dead (new conquest bonus) No more
Happiness penalty when specter warriors are in your territory.

Weve heard that
Fame 200 Craftsmen became less impactful. We buffed it.
Fame 200 - Craftsmen Improved tools for civilians get an additional [strike]+5%[/strike] > +10% production bonus. Selling
Stone or
Iron earns +20%
krowns. Allied receive double resources.

The relic was weak, we improved it. Skull of Hrungnir Zombie Giant has its move speed increased. Zombie Giant costs [strike]200
Food 100
krowns[/strike] => 200
Food

The Clan of the Snake is complicated to balance. We are reinforcing Skirmishers to encourage some early-game interactions. Skirmishers Dodge +10% The way the dodge is effective has been overhauled. Black Market Trading with neutral factions no longer reduces relations with them. Relic Gungnir All military units Dodge + 10% Unlocks the Stealth ability for all your military units. Stealth : Cant be targeted by Watch Towers for [strike]5s[/strike] until attacking it

Majority of complaints for this clan were about the weak Gullinbursti relic. Pay food to get food, we changed that and gave a bit of control over the Giant Boar. Bartering Trade routes with neutral Factions +20%
krowns and relations +1
happiness per trade route. Osmosis replaces [strike]Trading Caravan[/strike] Negotiation Relic Mask of Gullinbursti +10
Food (even if the Giant Boar is not summoned) [strike]Reveals all forests.[/strike] Pay 200 [strike]
Food[/strike]
Lore to summon one non controllable Giant Boar. Giant Boar is not controllable while in combat.

Relic was a bit too strong, so weve changed the way it works to avoid the perma freeze. Relic Scabbard of Gram Your Warchief wields the sword Gram. Enemies hit by Gram are frozen, along with the area around them. Gives +10%
attack +10%
defense to shield maiden. Apply Chilling Aura : freeze enemies hit and adjacent and apply penalties:

• -15% attack speed
• -15% move speed
• effect lasts 2s 5s cooldown

Kaija When on a tile with lake fishes (neutral or ally territory), Kaija regenerates
Health and produces +2
Food.

Very strong in rush builds, good everywhere with a strong economy, the Clan of the Stag was more powerful than all the other clans in Northgard. Value of the Great Deeds Skalds produce 1.5
krown (+2 if upgraded). Skalds tools are free and -50% forge time Food Preservation +3
Food for each Silo (+5 if upgraded) [strike]+1[/strike] +0.5
Happiness per silo (+1 if upgraded).
Fame 200 [strike]Gain +150
Food +150
Wood +150
Krowns +75
Lore +10
Stones[/strike] You gain +50
Food,
Wood and
Krowns, +25
Lore and +5
Stones for each completed year, and again at the start of every subsequent year.

The Clan of the Raven is very dependent on beach tiles and thus map generation. We tried to give the clan more control by reducing this dependence. We also redesigned Mercenaries to make them more central to the Clan identity and rebalance their impact, which was too strong against beginner players and too weak against experienced ones. Negotiators (replace Shipbuilding instead of Mining Efficiency) Unlock the lighthouse. Gain +2
Krwns production and 10% Commercial Influence. Increases Sailors resource production by 20%. Mercenaries from Homeland (
Fame 200) You can hire Mercenaries from your Harbor and send them to raid coastal areas without a Town Hall on it. Allow to trade with your Homeland at better rates. [strike]+3 Villagers, +3 pop max, +1
happiness[/strike] Upgrades for your raids are available at the forge. Sea Supremacy (
Fame 500) [strike]RavenPort can hire mercenaries for
krowns[/strike] You can send your Mercenaries to coastal zones with a Town Hall. More upgrades for your raids are available at the forge. You can assign 3 more Sailors in your Harbor with a Lighthouse. New upgrades availables in the Forge Upgrades available in the Forge at
Fame 200

• More Mercenaries : Add 2 mercenaries to the raid.
• Better Preparation: Reduce the time it takes to recruit by 1 month

Upgrades available in the Forge at
Fame 500

• You can upgrade your mercenaries at the Forge
• Up to 3 times for 2 more mercenaries per Raid and a maximum of 8 mercenaries per Raid
• Better Preparation: Reduces the time it takes for Mercenaries to approach the coast by 15 seconds
• Fire Javelins: The mercenaries fleet throws fire javelins that damage and burn the zones buildings.

Mercenary unit
Attack power : [strike]10[/strike] > 8 Mercenary tool forge upgrade : +20% projectile defense +40%
Attack power.

Lots of changes to the Goat. We want to give him back his identity. Clan description Goat units get -20% military XP
Fame 500 You gain 1 free feast per year. Your Defense Towers gain 25% resistance when feasting. Amenities Costs [strike]80%[/strike] => 50% less to develop a zone. Periodically, a sheepfold containing 2 sheeps makes a new sheep appear. Industrious Upgraded food-producing buildings and brewery have 4 slots instead of 3. [strike]Barricades[/strike] removed [strike]Civils +20%
defense per building in the zone[/strike] Wool trade replaces Erudition Sheep in Sheepfold earn +0.5
krowns Sheep can be sacrificed for 40
krowns Food Trade Trading food earn +50%
krowns +50% Relationship with Jotunn

Veiled Threats Trade Routes [strike]+50%[/strike] => +75% if you have a Berserker, [strike]+100% for trade route in the same tile as Berserker[/strike] After Berserker died at least once, -50%
krowns costs and no
Iron to recruit him again.
Mining Efficiency Miners extract ore from deposits [strike]50[/strike] => 30% faster. Wyvern projectiles Wyvern projectiles impact is still reduced by projectile resistance and can be dodged. Wyvern projectiles make splash damages that cant be avoided or dodged Every target damaged by splash damages becomes burnt and suffers burn damages over time. Wounded units A wounded unit suffers 20% production penalty A unit is wounded only if it goes under 75% HP A unit stays wounded until it reaches 100%
Health Adding a white bar to the
Health bar to see when your units will be wounded. Neutral Factions The conditions and the turn over that allow Myrkalfar attacks are reworked to make them more regular and more fair. Relationships increase time no longer scales with teamsize. Myrkalfar and Kobold no longer spawn indefinitely Jotunns Eradicating the Jotunns faction give [strike]150
Fame[/strike] > 100
Fame AI improved Less Warchief and armies suicides Weve corrected a bug that makes Warchief abnormally recruited too soon Port and Longship Dock - (Quality of Life) When assigning a sailor, the raid starts directly (
Lore selected by default) Monster Slayer (for every clan) +10%
attack power vs Dragonkin, +30%
attack power vs other mystical creatures +50% XP from mystical creatures Expeditions You can now claim rewards for completed achievements. Scripting Added the VMealSquirrel victory condition for scripting (to disable the squirrel victory) Others changes Townhall can now be hit by Mjllnir and Fire javelins, and it can burn. Its now possible to copy / paste in text zones
Minimap New buttons to filter icons

• 
  Food
• 
  Lore
• 
  Stone /
  Iron
• Wolf / Draugr Camps
• Special /
  Fame

Build menu Add a little icon to show which resources are mainly produced by each building.
Expeditions The weekly completion reset time/day now remains visible once you completed all weeklies
Alternate team Spawn Same teams are scattered across the map. Free Teams Cant be combined with Balanced games, Alternate Team Spawn games and Ranked games. Players can freely build teams
New skins : Signy Ceremonial
Signy Brutal
Valkyrie Ceremonial
Norn Brutal
Dragonkin Ceremonial (man)
Dragonkin Ceremonial (woman)
Dragonkin Brutal (woman)
Dragonkin Brutal (man)

Fixed several performance issues with Torfins ram ability. Please report any issues. Fixed several UI issues Silos now raise notifications when building is complete Torfins Ancient Battleground can not longer spawn on poisonous swamp Fixed special rule from The Cursed conquest mission Fixed relic Gefjuns bar : Required happiness for population wasnt reduced Fixed negative life bar for Vedrfolnirs in Story Mode Remaining time before next ranked season is displayed Fixed Bodyguard visualisation. Fixed several crashing issues. Fixed Eldthurs stuck in Story Mode Fixed Horse fame 500 deposit which was giving 29 iron or stone instead of 30. Echap now works in the editor with an active brush Mythical Lure no longer displays hunter icons in the tooltip. Fixed the sword of Odin in conquest. Forge button was disappearing. Fixed Sharp eye cursor issue Fixed blocked Lynxes after Sharp eye being used. Fixed no Sheepfold limit exploit In the editor, changing tile elevation no longer regenerate map and no longer override changes on the terrain texture You can no longer exceed Sheepfold limit by using the transfer zone feature. If you have already reached the limit, the sheepfold from the transferred zone will be destroyed. Military XP gain for expedition quests are no longer multiplied by 10 Balanced map generation improved [quote=author]As always, thank you all so much for your support and feedback these last few months. Keep the feedback and suggestions coming, stay awesome and well see you all out there in Northgard! - Shiro Games[/quote]

[ 2021-07-20 13:48:29 CET ] [ Original post ]