As promised, the Castle War update is coming !!
This Thursday 01/10/2015, we will do a Server Maintenance during which we will deploy the new Castle War.
Since a lot of changes have been made in the Castle War's code, we will only deploy one Warfield this Wednesday, the Mountain Warfield, and it'll be available in BETA stage. The other warfields will follow next week-end hopefully.
So now, let me explain you what this update consist of.
The first major change is that the Castle War will no longer require participation votes to start. It will just start at a specific hour, like the Local, Snow & Monster Wars.
Also, you will no longer have a preparation time during which you will register in a unit before the war starts. Now you can directly join the Warfield after joining an unit.
The Core gameplay will more or less remain the same : One team attacks the castle and has to destroy the stones, the other defends.
However, we have removed the possibility to heal Stones & Doors and we have increased their HPs.
The rewards were also modified. You will now earn Money, Dual Fame, Fame and Experience based on how well you've performed in war, given your level and class.
The other major change is the Secret Area.
Now, you no longer need Fame to enter it, and you no longer have random monsters to kill that give you garbage rings. Now, every room of the Secret Area contains a boss and minions, with a different strategy for each one of them. You have a limited time to complete the room and if you manage to complete them before the end of the timer, you'll get a nice reward.
However, for pure BETA test purposes, we won't give the "nice" rewards during the BETA phase, we'll add them afterwards.
Finally, I want to inform you all that this is just a PART 1 update for the Castle War. We didn't have the time to include all we've wanted yet, but we feel confident enough that this is a good update already.
We will work on a PART 2 update that will hopefully come after the Update 2 and 3 and before the Dual 5 Update.
The PART 2 update will include something really new to wars in Dragon Raja. We will add the possibility for the teams to customize their attack and defense. For example, the defense team will be able to buy stronger doors for its castle or additional protection for its stone. Meanwhile, the attack team will be able to buy Siege weapons to increase its attack power.
If you have any question or any feedback already, feel free to post on the forums about it.
Regards
-the Sign Painter