UPDATE 3: ENHANCED COMBAT

UPDATE 3: ENHANCED COMBAT

Welcome to the third and free major update to Evolution Of Ages: Settlements. This update focuses not only on overhauling the combat screen and combat mechanics but also on adding lots of extra equipment, bosses and feats as well as high definition portrait artwork.

For new players, the game offers 100's of hours of gameplay and for those who have played before, this is an ideal time to take up the challenge once again and enjoy not only the new combat system but also the more balanced and enjoyable progression path through the game.

Here is an overview of some of the new changes to combat. The combat screen visuals have changed, enemy agro is now clearly displayed as each of the front line enemy move towards the character generating the most threat. This new mechanic allows for quick and easy understanding of threat generation, enabling ideal tank-agro management.

All monsters and characters now record and generate threat throughout the combat. There is no more sneaking off to the back in order to drop threat. (Although threat is quickly lost while you are out of sight.) Armour damage has been introduced into battle. Your characters are able to repair this damage between fights, however losing armour in the middle of a fight could be devastating. All equipment and pets have been reworked so that they are specialists in certain types of combat, making all set-ups viable and increasing options. This is especially so with regards to new bosses and some of the new boss mechanics that have been added.

Another long requested feature has been added. The ability to let the computer fight the battle for you. This feature can be turned on at any point in the fight, allowing you to manually handle the difficult parts of the combat until it is clear that victory is at hand. Once activated, the computer will only hand back control if your characters are about to die. (Please note: No experience is earned while in automatic mode).

As part of the combat overhaul, all equipment was re-balanced and many new items added. These include: 11 Suits of Armour, 33 Weapons, 6 Misc Items, 3 New Shields as well as several new Recipes, a Science research step and 7 new Character Feats.

To add more challenges for those of you who wish to test themselves. 4 new bosses have been added, including the first Era 9 Boss. 4 new Steam Achievements have been added so you can show off your victories over these bosses.

It has long been requested by the community that the portraits were improved. This update is happy to answer this request with all portraits now being upgraded to high definition. This is just the first planned upgrade to the games artwork, with plans to improve more of the games art in the future.

Thanks to the testing of the dedicated and much loved community of this game, many historical bugs have been brought to light and squashed. Adding to this an overall performance sweep, the game is more accessible than ever.

Now is the time to take up the challenge. Save mankind and defeat the blight.