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Hey! @AveeBee here to give you a rundown of what we’ve been up to recently. Since Graveyard of Empires released, we’ve been working hard to polish and refine the new content to make it more enjoyable. Some of this has taken the form of bug fixes of course, but we’ve also fully reworked significant sections of some focus trees, as well as added some completely new content that we really hope you enjoy. Many of you may have seen these changes already if you participated in the open beta recently and I’d like to say thank you to all who did! Your feedback was much appreciated and really helped us refine the new content. So without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the highlights.
What changed
- Compatibility
- Events
- Gameplay
Saadabad Pact The Shared Saadabad tree is a joint focus tree that is shared between Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkey. This tree represents the historical Treaty of Saadabad, which was a pact of non aggression signed in 1937 between these countries. Historical AI will only complete the first focus in the branch, which is what creates the non aggression pact and gives all nations that agree a (weak) national spirit. However, on alt-history there is potential for expanding this into a much stronger alliance. Every focus completed will improve the national spirit bit by bit, until it eventually becomes a major boon to all members.
The focus tree brings back the joint tree banners as seen in the Congo in Götterdamerung. The banner with all four flags can be taken by any member, and will give rewards to everyone, often with an additional bonus for the originator. Focuses with a specific flag can only be taken by that country, but these will also give bonuses to everyone.
The “ Military Cooperation ” focus leads to the focuses “Expand our Influence”, giving war-related diplomatic bonuses to all members, “SAVAK to Protect Us All” which Iran can complete after it has formed SAVAK, and “Joint Military Exercises”, which gives military XP gain to everyone.
On the other side you have the “ Economic Cooperation ” focus, which leads to the focuses “Expand Road and Rail Connections” and “Integration of our Infrastructure”, which opens the borders between the pact members, constructs a railway through the region, and gives every member a trade discount when buying resources from each other. There is also the “New Branches for the Baghlan Sugar Company” and “Joint Trade Through the Berlin-Baghdad Railway” focuses. These two can only be taken by Afghanistan and Iraq respectively, and allow them to share their resources with the rest of the pact, giving bonuses to every member including themselves.
After either “ Joint Military Exercises ” or “ Integration of our Infrastructure ” has been taken, the second half of the tree is unlocked.
Every member has one or two dedicated focuses that center on something they are good at. This focus can only be completed by said country. When they complete the focus, they get a relevant bonus, and a lesser version of the bonus is given to every other member.
An exception to this is the “Turkish Chromium Exports” and “Iranian Oil Exports” focuses. In the Open Beta, these received valuable feedback that adding resources they already have is not useful. They will now allow Iran & Turkey to export some of their primary resources (Oil & Chromium respectively) to private corporations across the pact, in exchange for small amounts of other resources.
Completing any one of those focuses unlocks the last two focuses of the tree,
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