The December update has arrived!

Greetings, esteemed Lords and honourable Ladies! Today we prepared for you two remarkable news.

To begin with, the Winter sale came to Steam, which means you can buy "Diplomacy is Not an Option" with a discount to spend in our game long nights during the holidays.

For you to have even more pleasant moments in DiNaO, today we released the December update. Let us tell you a bit more about it.

The most severe changes affect the late game, so they are most noticeable in the Endless Mode.

Among our players, there are those few who feel like fish in water in 'Diplomacy is Not an Option' and who deal with enemies casually and easily. As if enemies were sleepy autumn flies. For these players, it doesn't really matter, whether the attack took place on the hundredth or on the bicentennial day of in-game time. Well, their life becomes a little bit complicated. Before the update, the enemy's army could no longer get any stronger at some point. But even all of its strength was not enough to break the defenses of true RTS experts. No doubt, this is about to change, since the enemy strengthens infinitely in the Endless mode. From now on, no matter how good you are in Diplomacy is Not an Option, the enemy will get you.

The most important improvement designed for the late game is the appearance of the infinite Stone and Iron sources. We've been teasing them for quite a long, and they're finally here. And now we're going to show you how exactly they work.

Attention: new deposit types - Fields of Iron and Stone ore - are not available in the saves from earlier versions of the game

The first thing you need to do is to find a new type of deposit: fields of stone or of iron ore.

Your second step is to conduct the research that opens up access to buildings capable of processing the ore. (For each resource there's a separate research.)

Only after completing both of these steps can you finally build Iron works and Stone Works on the ore fields, which will bring you Iron or Stone endlessly.

The appearance of new buildings led to interface expansion. We made a separate 'Advanced Resource Extraction' tab in the construction menu, where you can find Stone works, Iron works, and Workshop.

An important feature that should be mentioned: from now on, the production of Iron consumes Wood. This applies to both Iron works and Iron Mine of any level. In addition, Wood is also consumed by the Stone works.

Many of you have requested that you would like to have cavalry units on earlier stages of the game. Starting from December update Stables will have two levels. On the first level, you can hire Horse archers and Horsemen, and the second one unlocks Mounted knights. The fundamental change is that Stables I is available once you have your Townhall upgraded to the second level.

There is no Wall Street or quarterly investor reports in the world of DiNaO. However, we decided you wouldn't mind against some not-quite-Medieval info-graphics. From today on you will be able to track the dynamics of income and expenses of different kinds of resources by visual schemes. Those of you who prefer the "good old days approach", when the counselor comes and tells you in the very last moment something like "No more wood in storage, sire" or "the whole population died from the plague, my Lord" - just avoid clicking new tab on the Statistics panel.

Speaking of visual improvements, it should be noted that we have worked on the UI fonts to your numerous requests. The interface became more readable, you can put aside your magnifiers (just not too far in case you need them for other games).

The next one should be followed by a drum roll. Because the day has come to present you brand new mountain models. The first time we mentioned this improvement was when... last summer? Let us tell you, it was easier said than done. A lot easier.

As a cherry on top - from now on you can turn off the voice notifications of enemy attacks, so they do not bother you too much.

A couple of final touches to conclude the story about the December update. "Soul steal" research introduced in October and made to provide you with soul crystals now gives a guaranteed minimum amount of this rare resource. Killing war machines or cavalry units from large enemy waves will deliver you this particular amount. You can get more, yet not less. Hopefully, soul crystal management finally became predictable. Also, remember the option to display kill zones for Catapult and Trebuchet? It hasn't been working properly for everyone. We fixed that. Now everything is just fine.

That will be all for today. Thank you so much for being with us. We know that the continuous waiting of the single-player campaign may be exhausting. And perhaps some of you think we are not enough devoted to the development process. But behind the many changes that seem not so noticeable to users, there is in fact a lot of hard work and tons of time spent. Once again, we confirm, that in the next year the main goal of the entire team is to finish the Story Campaign

See you next time!
Yours, Door 407 team