Strange reports are coming in lately from the guards of the western borders. They say a mysterious haze settles about the wild forests’ outskirts, scaring honest men with either illusions or mirages. It could be some form of dark magic, or perhaps an ancient elven relic. A group of cultists and elders of the druid coven surely weren’t seen in the surroundings for nothing. Whereas the former merely chant their rituals in a wild frenzy, the latter just told everybody to stay away. A good piece of advice. For commoners. Her Majesty, however, prefers straight answers to foggy advice.
Lords and Ladies, the Empire seeks your help! By the order of Her Majesty the Empress, it is imperative to escort the councilor in special matters, Kh’Everst, to the site of the strange hazy anomaly, and follow his instructions upon arrival. This mission does not promise to be difficult, but it has been given a very high execution priority! Put your personal armies on alert and prepare your best ammunition!
Combat Briefing:
- All Lords and Ladies from combat level 5 are invited to participate;
- The battles will take place with the participation of personal factional army;
- Important! At each battle stage, there will be a choice of 3 opponents: 1 ordinary and 2 difficult ones;
- Important! You can challenge the ordinary opponent in any artifacts, enchantments have no effect;
- Important! You can fight one of the difficult opponents either in artifacts from the shop with non-working enchantments (AfS), or in any artifacts without restrictions (FFA) with the sum of the modifier power of at least 40. The minimum combat level for FFA battles is 12;
- Important! Fights against difficult opponents are mutually exclusive. After defeating one of them, the other becomes unavailable;
- Each battle will grant you event points, for which you can bestow magical enhancements on your army (valid only within this expedition);
- The number of points you receive will grow as you move along the map;
- Starting from the 20th battle stage, you will be able to reset all enhancements for 5,000 gold;
- Important! A total of 80 battle stages will be available with gradually increasing levels of difficulty. Battle stages 41-80 will be limited to 80 including fights against both difficult and ordinary opponents;
- Important! Once the limited attempts are exhausted, the difficult opponents in the corresponding section of the expedition will become unavailable for attack, and it will only be possible to complete the expedition in battles on normal difficulty from then on;
- Important! All difficult opponents up to the 40th battle stage inclusive are identical for all players of the same combat level, faction, and class;
- Important! At battle stages 41-80 the enemy factions will be the same for all players of the same faction and class, regardless of their combat level, but with a difficulty coefficient factored in;
- The enemy in regular battles is always selected individually based on the current strength of the player’s army, taking into account the event points scored. Defeating this opponent will allow you to advance further on the expedition map, but the option to return and challenge one of the difficult opponents for the remaining event points and gold will remain;
- Clearing each battle stage will give you its valuable reward only once; additional wins for improved results will only give you the remainder of event points and gold for that stage;
- On the first day, only the initial 10 battle stages will be available, with 10 new stages added each subsequent day;
- The expedition will last for 11 days, through July 6 inclusive;
- The Empire will additionally award a trophy artifact and an event achievement to all Lords and Ladies who defeat the enemy at the 10th battle stage. The artifact’s durability will depend on the number of event points scored;
- No additional rewards other than those listed in this announcement are planned.
Important! During this event, the "Battle Exhaustion" system is in effect. Starting from the 15th turn of any battle, the Lord’s or Lady’s 'Mana recovery' talent and the troop abilities 'Life drain' and 'Battledive' will cease to function for units in the Lords’ and Ladies’ armies, and all enemy units will gain the ability 'Attentive', as well as an increase in initiative and speed. Notifications corresponding to this exhaustion will appear as a warning 1 turn before and at the onset of exhaustion.
During this event you will be able to earn up to 15 parts of Fear Ring and up to 15 parts of Dark Helmet! As well as up to 5 parts of each artifact, based on expedition results.
- The top 75 military clans and all their active members will be specially rewarded. Awarding will be based on the final clan ranking, where each clan’s final score will equal to the sum of points scored by its top 100 members;
- All unblocked Lords and Ladies of successful military clans will be rewarded if they bring at least 25,000 points to their clan;
- If a Lord or Lady leaves or is evicted from their military clan, the clan loses all of that member’s points. If the member rejoins the clan, their points will be returned to the clan’s score;
- Important! Leaving the clan on the last day of the event and before the award ceremony is forbidden;
- Important! Admission to military clans from the second day of the event is limited to 3 Lords or Ladies per day;
- Important! Lords and Ladies who defeat the enemy of the 40th battle stage will not be able to join any military clan until the event is over.
Rewards for active members of top-ranking military clans:
| Clan rank | Reward | Glory | | 1 | | 1,500 | | 2 | | 1,300 | | 3 | | 1,100 | | 4 | | 1,000 | | 5 - 8 | | 900 | | 9 - 13 | | 800 | | 14 - 20 | | 600 | | 21 - 30 | | 500 | | 31 - 45 | | 400 | | 46 - 60 | | 250 | | 61 - 75 | | 100 |
Personal reward for the best 5,000 Lords and Ladies based on the expedition results:
| Lord/Lady rank | Reward | | 1 - 50 | | | 51 - 100 | | | 101 - 200 | | | 201 - 400 | | | 401 - 650 | | | 651 - 1000 | | | 1001 - 1500 | | | 1501 - 2250 | | | 2251 - 3000 | | | 3001 - 3750 | | | 3751 - 5000 | |
May valor lead your way! |
