Evony News

**Official news from Evony.com**

## Login Changes - Bookmarks Redirected

01-17-2011
As some of you have noticed today we changed the login procedure slightly. You will no longer be able to autolink directly to a server using a book mark, you will need to go through evony.com to login to the game at this time.

TO LOGOUT:

1. Close all Evony windows and go to www.evony.com and click Play.
2. When your account comes up, click "Logout" at the right.

TO LOGIN:

1. go to ww.evony.com and click play
2. Login either via e-mail or facebook connect.
3. For Age I servers, scroll down to the bottom where it says Age I Servers.
4. For Age II servers, scroll down to where it says age II servers

(Please be aware that just a Facebook login will not get you access to Age1 servers, you need to have an email login or a linked email to your Facebook account)

So why did we do this? It came to our attention that users were using a different login process than what we intended, while unintentional, was a violation of the terms of use and rather than logging in from www.evony.com, users were logging into servers directly through a URL. While all Age II servers did not allow this type of access, Age I servers did and so we have corrected that. We have had one main access point for users to login from to obtain access to all servers and create accounts, and we want to ensure that this route is used rather than other methods.

## Patch Notes: Display Updates, Strategem Fix and more

01-07-2011
Age II Client

* Fixed: We corrected a display error that would sometimes show star level chances over 100%.
* Fixed: When attacking Historic Cities via the map, the button would sometimes appear grayed out if the owner was in Holiday mode. It will now always appear lit up.
* New: A prompt has been added when changing a player's portrait and gender to inform the player that this can only be done once.

Age II World

* Fixed: Players can no longer use experience gain items on heroes at their max level.
* Fixed: There is now a cooldown before players can be affected by the strategem Ambush From All Sides after they use Advance by a Hidden Path.

## New Age II Server Rapier Opening January 5th!

01-04-2011
Greetings!

Its time for the first new server of the new year! We'll be opening the new Age II Rapier server on January 5 at 7 p.m. (server time). As always, the exact time may vary, but we expect the server to go live on schedule, so plan accordingly!

Good luck with your land grabs and we'll see you on the battlefield,

## Server ss46 Maintenance Complete

12-30-2010
Because of the unexpected maintenance on the server, we want to make it up to our players on this server by giving a buff. Beginning on January 6 at the server maintenance, well be giving all players on ss46 two days of no upkeep. We're delaying this buff so there is no overlap with Santa's Milk & Cookies.

We hope this lets you make up any time that was lost due to the maintenance and we appreciate your patience and understanding as we corrected a hardware fault.

## Ring in the New Year With Double Cents!

12-30-2010
It's New Year's in the lands of Evony, and what better way to ring in the New Year than exchanging gifts with your friends. We're keeping our Christmas festivities alive, so for every transaction worth $30 or more until January 4th, you'll be getting a FREE Evony's Christmas Gift. What's more, you'll also be given a Secret Santa Key in your FREE Evony's Christmas Gift which can be used to open a Secret Santa Chest.

When you make a purchase worth $30 or more, you'll also be able to send a Secret Santa Chest FREE to your friends! Just remember, you will need a Secret Santa Key to open the Secret Santa Chest that your friends send you!

On top of all this, we're feeling extra generous this New Year so until January 4th, we'll DOUBLE all purchases for FREE! This means if you spend $30, you'll receive 600 Cents instead of the usual 300! Read more...

## New Age I Server Opening Tomorrow!

12-20-2010
It's that time again. Another new Age I server is getting ready to open. We'll be opening the new Age I Server s149 on tomorrow December 21st at 7 p.m. (server time). The exact time may vary, but we do expect the server to go live on schedule, so plan accordingly!

Good luck with your land grabs and thanks for playing!

## It's Christmas Time in Evony!

12-16-2010
It's Christmas in the lands of Evony, and what better way to celebrate the spirit of giving than exchanging gifts with your friends. For every transaction worth $30 or more from you get this mail to January 4th, you'll be getting a FREE Evony's Christmas Gift. What's more, you'll also be given a Secret Santa Key in your FREE Evony's Christmas Gift which can be used to open a Secret Santa Chest.

When you make a purchase worth $30 or more, you'll also be able to send a Secret Santa Chest FREE to your friends! Just remember, you will need a Secret Santa Key to open the Secret Santa Chest that your friends send you!

On top of all this, we're feeling extra generous this yuletide so until January 4th, we'll DOUBLE all purchases for FREE! This means if you spend $30, you'll receive 600 Cents instead of the usual 300!

Did you get a Secret Santa Chest from your friend? Once you make a purchase of $30 or more you'll also be able to send a Secret Santa Chest back to your friends. Plus, you'll receive the FREE Evony's Christmas Gift and your Secret Santa Key for a Secret Santa Chest too.

We also have a great new item called Santa's Milk and Cookies which makes your troops consume NO food in ANY of your cities for 24 hours, and is stackable (meaning if you already have this buff or Vesta's Blessing, it will add a further 24 hours). People who receive a Secret Santa Chest from their friends during this time will also get this FREE buff item. What's more, we've extended the duration of Santa's Milk and Cookies this year. Instead of lasting for 5 days, Santa's Milk and Cookies now works from December 15th through January 4th! You heard right: a maximum of 21 DAYS NO UPKEEP! We have never before offered 21 days DOUBLE CENTS and NO UPKEEP so be sure to join in the festivities and take advantage of this unprecedented deal. Remember, the more presents you send to your friends, the more presents you'll be receiving back!

So how does it work?

* $30 gets you 600 Cents plus 1 x Evony's Christmas Gift and 1 x Secret Santa Key in the Gift (the friends you pick will get 1 x Secret Santa Chest and 1 x Santa's Milk and Cookies)
* $60 gets you 1200 Cents plus 2 x Evony's Christmas Gift and 2 x Secret Santa Key in the Gift (the friends you pick will get 1 x Secret Santa Chest and 1 x Santa's Milk and Cookies)
* $90 gets you 1800 cents plus 3 x Evony's Christmas Gift and 3 x Secret Santa Key in the Gift (the friends you pick will get 1 x Secret Santa Chest and 1 x Santa's Milk and Cookies)

What's contained in Evony's Christmas Gift?

* 1 x Lion Medal
* 1 x Rose Medal
* 1 x Cross Medal
* 1 x Primary Guidelines
* 1 x Intermediate Guidelines
* 1 x War Horn
* 1 x Corselet
* 1 x Holy Water
* 1 x Hero Hunting
* 1 x Truce Agreement
* 5 x Amulet
* 1 x City Teleporter
* 1 x Secret Santa Key

When you get a Secret Santa Key and open the Secret Santa Chest, you will receive a random assortment of either Secret Santa Chests A, B or C below:

Secret Santa Chest A:

* 1 x Freedom Medal
* 1 x Justice Medal
* 1 x Nation Medal
* 1 x Michelangelo's Script
* 1 x Plowshares
* 1 x Arch Saw
* 1 x Quarrying Tools
* 1 x Blower
* 1 x War Ensign
* 1 x Excalibur
* 1 x The Wealth of Nations
* 10 x Amulet

Secret Santa Chest B:

* 1 x Primary Guidelines
* 1 x Intermediate Guidelines
* 1 x Hero Hunting
* 2 x Merchant fleet
* 2 x Plowshares
* 1 x Double Saw
* 2 x Quarrying Tools
* 2 x Blower
* 1 x Michelangelo's Script
* 1 x Tax policy
* 5 x Amulet
* 1 x The Wealth of Nations

Secret Santa Chest C:

* 1 x Excalibur
* 3 x War Horn
* 3 x Corselet
* 1 x Truce Agreement
* 1 x War Ensign
* 1 x Adv City Teleporter
* 1 x Michelangelo's Script

**TERMS AND CONDITIONS:** The Christmas Gift offer is valid only to new purchases, new AutoCents subscribers or AutoCents renewals of a single transaction of $30 or more during the specified period. The Double Cents Offer is valid only to new purchases, new AutoCents subscribers or AutoCents renewals of a single transaction during the specified period. Offers are valid now and end on January 4th. To receive the no food consumption buff, "Santa's Milk and Cookies" item must be used between December 15th and January 4th. On January 5th, all buffs and all unused "Santa's Milk and Cookies" items will be removed. There are no refunds for items not used during this period. To open the Secret Santa Chest, you must have a Secret Santa Key. Secret Santa Keys are obtained through a single transaction of $30 or more during the specified period.

## SS60 Maintenance Complete

12-15-2010
The delay in reports has been resolved, you may experience some brief delays over the next few hours as the system comes back into balance, but there should be little if no delay in reports at this time. We will be leaving zero cost upkeep on for another 24 hour period to help make up for the issues. We are aware that the Holiday promo items offer the same benefit, but we will be extending this to all players for this time period.

Just a note on the rollbacks. Due to an exploit we were forced to roll the server back over a brief time period. We apologize but all actions taken during that time period are gone. Any items you had before the rollback will be still be present on your account. Items and cities acquired during this time period will have reset to before the rollback period.

As for people that purchased items during this window, your items and cents have been restored from your purchase. We apologize for the delay.

Thank you for your continued understanding on these issues.

## Super Server Maintenance Update

12-14-2010
As part of our ongoing attempts to resolve the issues on some of our Super Servers, a bug has been identified that could cause an exploit. In order to rectify this situation, we will be rolling back the data for servers ss56, ss57 and ss60 to today's maintenance time.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and hope to have the servers back up as soon as possible.

## SS60 Maintenance

12-13-2010
We've taken ss60 offline for maintenance to address issues with NPCs and population. While the server is offline we're also implementing some performance upgrades on the server hardware. This means the maintenance will take slightly longer, and we'll update this post once the server is back online or we have more news.

## Patch Notes: Hero Capture Bug Fixes

12-07-2010
**Age II World**

* Fixed: A bug would sometimes cause a King/Queen hero to vanish when reinforcing a fully-occupied allied city. This has been fixed.
* Changed: Players may now freely truce or enter Holiday mode when under attack. This will prevent new attacks from being launched, but will not affect attacks already on the march.
* Fixed: It is now impossible for players to use Truce or Holiday mode while they have troops marching.
* Fixed: A bug sometimes caused heroes to appear on a city's Hero Ransom list without being captured. This has been fixed.
* Fixed: A bug allowed alliance members without invite permissions to invite players into their alliance. This has been fixed.
* Fixed: A bug that allowed duplicating historic heroes has been corrected.

## New Super Servers Are Now Online!

12-06-2010
We are pleased to announce that we completed the super server mergers faster than we expected and so we're able to open them up ahead of schedule! Super Servers 53-60 are now online and ready for you! Let the battles begin!
Thanks for your patience during this process and we'll see you on the battlefield,
## New Super Servers Are Coming!

12-03-2010
As part of our continuing effort to pursue player happiness, we're bringing together several servers for a battle royale in our famous Super Servers. If your server is selected to take part in this merger, it will mean more players, a bigger world and the best server performance!
It's going to be a blast! Read more!
## New Age I Server Opening November 17

11-16-2010
It's that time again. Another new Age I server is getting ready to open! We'll be opening the new Age I Server s148 on November 17th at 7 p.m. (server time). The exact time may vary, but we do expect the server to go live on schedule, so plan accordingly!
Good luck with your land grabs and thanks for playing!
## Patch Notes: Bug/Exploit Fixes

11-14-2010
Age II World
* Fixed: There were several bugs players could exploit to maintain troops for free or reduced cost. These bugs have been corrected.
* Fixed: A bug sometimes allowed heroes to be captured by another player without persuasion. This has been corrected.

**Note:** These fixes were in place several days ago but we wanted to make sure they were effective before posting notes. Thanks to all of our great players who help us out by reporting these bugs!
## New Age II Server Opening November 16!

11-14-2010
By popular demand, a new Age II server is coming! We'll be opening the new Age II Martel server on November 16th at 7 p.m. (server time). The exact time may vary, but we do expect the server to go live on schedule, so plan accordingly!
Good luck with your land grabs and thanks for playing!
## Patch Notes: Battle and Scout Report Fixes

11-04-2010
Age II World
* Fixed: When city gates were closed, battle reports were sometimes showing incorrect data. Battle Reports should now display correctly.
* Fixed: Scout reports would sometimes not show the correct number of troops if some troops had been healed automatically. Scout reports should now be more accurate.

## New Age II Server Opening November 1

10-31-2010
By popular demand, a new Age II server is coming! We'll be opening the new Age II Falcata server on November 1st at 7 p.m. (server time). The exact time may vary, but we do expect the server to go live on schedule, so plan accordingly!
Good luck with your land grabs and thanks for playing!