Greetings, medievalists!
Right now, you'd play the game, you'd get good at it and after some time you'd reach 100% on the map, a pop up would appear acknowledging that and... That would be it?
Ever since we entered Early Access we wanted to have a proper endgame, something clear, something that will work as a final goal.
Hence why we are removing influence from the game. Honestly, it didn't do much except showing that numbers would go up. We are replacing it with the Global Stats system.
Global stats are these global counters that are increased and decreased by your actions. We are going to have several of them and they'll track what you do. For instance, when you win a battle, the Military Renown stat will be increased. When you kill an innocent NPC, the Infamy Stat increases etc.
Once one of these Stats reaches 100%, you will be able to accept a grand objective tied to it.You can accept only one of those.
A grand objective is a collection of specific actions that will happen within your settlement and are going to be tied to certain events/moments.
Let's take the Oak Brethren stat and the objective as an example. You’ll increase that stat by leveling your druid and holding rituals. Once you accept the grand objective, a pilgrim might appear as an event and they'll show you the location of a dying mighty oak - a last stand of sacred oak trees that once flourished in these lands.
Send someone to find it and extract the mighty oak sapling from it…
…and bring it to your settlement. Plant it somewhere on your map and once it grows, build an Oak Brethren Sanctuary around it.
Keep in mind that this tree will turn massive during its growth, so be sure to provide it with enough space.
Other pilgrims will come to witness the wonder and spread the word of your religious influence.
After enough pilgrim’s visits, all the restitutionist settlers (the opposing faith) will leave your base and your settlement will become the region's religious center and you'll "finish" the game. Congrats!
Nothing stops you from continuing the game, but you can also start anew since we plan to have 5 different grand objectives and achievements tied to them - we'll “show” them in the official log when that is ready.
In the meantime, let us know how this sounds to you. Share your thoughts in the comments and we are continuing our MMT next week. What a time to be alive! Until then...
Stay medieval!