We are super busy at the moment and are working on a whole lot of new features that we will release next week.
The core idea is a new nobility and privilege system for the player. Starting from the title of the simple lord, you have the possibility to work your way through different levels up to the Archduke. Each level up comes with different privileges, such as the right of veto in city council meetings, hiring city servants and much more.
The next higher title of nobility, however, can only be awarded by the king and requires an increase in your standing at the royal court in before.
One way to achieve this is by fulfilling tasks for the king. At regular intervals, a messenger of the king will visit you in your city and hand over new tasks. These can be classic tribute payments. But also tasks for city expansion such as building a chapel in a given time or sending troops are among the task options.
A second way to increase your standing with the king is a newly added message system. You now have the possibility to visit your messenger in the writing room of the city hall and write letters to the king. Besides poems, apologies and homages, the King will also give you smaller tasks from time to time, such as crafting certain items.
There will also be a number of new city servants. Next week, the Beadle, the Night Watchman and the Tax Collector will make it into the patch. Depending on your nobility title, you can hire a certain amount of servants in your city to make your life easier. For example, the Nightwatchman will take care of the thieves and the Beadle will warn you early on about the lack of resources.
In addition to these systems, we have also taken care of the simulation of the villagers. Your construction workers will no longer run wildly through the construction sites, but will now look for different points next to the trusses to build the building.
We also added a campfire site to all farms, where your workers can rest from their work from time to time.
In excitement for the next patch,
Your team from Empires and Tribes