We are back with a new update featuring a complete overhaul of the world map and the new playable elven faction Alfendor joins the game!

General

• Added totally revamped world map UI - Powerscores and unit counts are now both shown directly on the world map and holdings have icons indicating recruitment or upgrade options as well as defenses. This makes it a lot easier to read the world map without having to rely on tooltips.
• Added new world map fog of war and unexplored terrain special effects. This beautified the world map dramatically and has made it feel more interesting to explore.
• Added faction colors and symbols to Alfendor unit shields. This looks really cool on the battlefield, so we will roll this out to other factions over time.
• Added new mouse cursor to the game, replacing the old with a Godking themed and stylized version.
• Added resource income tooltip stacking, making it easier to read income tooltip in the very late game.
• Added experimental edge of screen scrolling for the world map. This is an unfinished feature that can be turned on under options for anyone interested in an early look.

Content

• Added faction number eight to Godking - Alfendor is a faction of nature and life aligned elves, and comes with 40 new faction specific units and the most holding upgrades so far. They start the game slow, but if they get a good economy going while building out the Forest Castle, it is hard to stop them.
• New Incarnation Jaden Lightmaid - The new elven themed incarnation joins the game. She is a great healer mounted on a sacred Jaden Suntiger and can call on elven warriors to aid her in combat. She can summon guinian killer penguins and craft mighty undying and regenerating umberhulks.
• Several units from the Daughters of Gaia minor NPC faction had shields but were missing their block traits. Gaian Vanguard, Gaian Shieldmaid and Gaian Lancemaid will now correctly start blocking incoming attacks.
• Mercian ritual Promote Archer has been made much cheaper, now only costing two food to perform.
• Minor NPC faction Quanta, a dangerous group of interdimensional invaders, have shields but were missing their block traits. Heads up as they are now more difficult to deal with.
• Alfendor can recruit guinians at Holy Grove, Sacred Henge, Mana Well, Mana Spring and Secret Garden.
• Added many new random encounters to the game, some will join Alfendor.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where selecting and then deselecting the faction HQ would take you back to the HQ again through the player action bar.
• Fixed an issue where saving a game would not correctly save the name of faction HQ.
• Fixed an issue causing an error message to appear for The Returned when using a trading station.
• Fixed an issue on the Manage Armies UI, where dragging and dropping an artifact on a unit would not correctly show the change in stats and powerscore instantly on the unit card.
• Fixed an issue where pressing shortcut ‘r’ to open Manage Armies while the Holding UI was open, did not work correctly.
• Fixed numerous smaller bugs and lore description issues, many based on community feedback - thanks a ton to all that helped!