Lords of the Empire, the Portal of Time is opened and is full of mysteries of the past. The stars to be aligned only for 8 days and the Portal will be sustained until March, 24th inclusive (+2 additional days to complete all the battles, till March, 26th inclusive). Every lord of combat level 5 and above is welcome to an exciting journey into the Past and to challenge its inhabitants. Everyone will be credited with a starter lot of 250 Crystals of time. The portal is a sophisticated device that does not allow passing through it under normal conditions:
- Chosen talents have no effect;
- Faction skills and unique racial abilities have no effect;
- Only shop artifacts are acceptable to pass through the portal;
- Enchantments on artifacts have no effect.
- If creatures of different factions are recruited, their morale will decrease;
- The 'Hall of Unity' allows preventing the decrease in morale.
Battles are of 2 vs 2 type. Lords cannot take their normal armies, instead, they may recruit any playable faction creatures they would like to accompany them in the Past: of one or more factions; basic and upgraded ones simultaneously. Initially the Portal only allows first level creatures to go through, though the Portal can be upgraded with the use of Crystals of time, therefore creatures of higher levels can be recruited. The amount of Crystals of time that each creature needs to charge them may be significantly different from the amount of previous journeys in the Past. Same goes for magic spells: by charging the portal with crystals, lords are able to access any spells of their interest, of any Magic school, at Expert level.
Abu-Bakir guarantees safe return of all lords and ladies, but limits the number of time travels by 12 per day (unused travels stack up and may be used on later days). Victorious time-travelers earn a good amount of skill points for their current faction, as well as some minor amount of gold. More importantly, every travel earns additional crystals of time that may be used to upgrade magic or to improve recruitment.
[Important] Abu-Bakir emphasizes the battle priorities. The main aim is to get as many Crystals as possible. Therefore one must be considerate of some specifics of the Portal of Time:
The number of Crystals gained depends on the difficulty of your battle. Initially there are 5 difficulty levels available: from 1 to 5, and you may start from any of them. When you pass level 5, there will be 10 levels available: from 1 to 10. When you pass level 10, there will be 15 levels available, etc. During the event you can win only 5 battles on each level.
Use your previous experience wisely: think over how to distribute Crystals and choose an appropriate difficulty level. This is what the result depends on. If you win the battle, you may gain creature artifacts, shop artifacts, elements, gold. Keep in mind that traveling to the past may lead to fatal consequences in the future…try not to make mistakes! |
