Age 71 — The Metamorphosis

WoL Age 71 Start: 11 Mar 2017
WoL Age 71 End: 20 May 2017
Duration: 10 weeks

Mechanics Changes

Science
Scientist Recruit rank from 6 hours to 3 hours
Scientist Spawn rate lowered slightly
Food Science will now be Food and Rune Production
Food and Rune Production Science maximum will be 120% from 200%
Magic Science will no longer increase Wizard Production
The science effects produced by scientists will have a diminishing return (instead of the current linear system in place)
Revelation will increase scientist spawn rate by 35%, down from 100%
Revelation duration will be lowered
Other bits and pieces
Blood Lust will provide +10% Offensive Military Efficiency & +15% Higher Military Losses for the attacker & +10% Military Losses for the defender
Anonymity will no longer destroy honor during war
The Attack Gains formula will include a land factor such that attacks that may have previously yielded little to no gains will now yield gains, example: a 1000 acre province with 75,000 NW being attacked by a 1000 acre province with 250,000 NW would normally yield a 0 acre gain. This attack would now produce an acre gain.
The Attack Gains formula may also receive tweaks to adjust the scaling of how relative net worth affects gains in such a way that further discourages bottom-feeding and promotes protecting your own land.
The War Win bonus choice of 'Land' or 'Honor' will be removed. All War Wins will yield a single bonus, which will be an increased amount of both Land and Honor. Similar to the minimum land bonus, a minimum honor bonus will also be added.

Races

Avian

Bonuses: -30% Attack travel time; Cannot be ambushed; +40% Birth Rate; Train Elites with Credits
Spell Book: Fanaticism, Greater Protection, Blood Lust
Penalties: -10% Battle Gains; Cannot Use War Horses
Elite Unit: 11/4, 775gc, 10.5NW

Dwarf

Bonuses: +25% Building Efficiency; Free Building Construction and Can Use Credits to Raze Buildings; -50% Building Construction Time; +1 Offensive specialist strength; +1 Defensive specialist strength
Spell Book: Mystic Aura
Penalties: Can't use Accelerated Construction; +100% Food consumption
Elite Unit: 8/8, 900gc, 10NW

Elf

Bonuses: +2 Defensive Specialist strength; +35% Spell Success (WPA); +25% Combat Instant Spell Damage; +50% Rune Generation; -35% Military Casualties (on both offense and defence)
Spell Book: Fool's Gold, Pitfalls, Invisibility
Penalties: +50% Military Wages
Elite Unit: 8/7, 900gc, 9.5NW

Faery

Bonuses: +40% Combat Instant Spell Damage; +40% Sabotage Operation Damage; +1 mana per tick in war
Spell Book: Aggression, Fanaticism, Fools Gold, Greater Protection, Invisibility, Mage's Fury, Mystic Aura, Pitfalls, Quick Feet, Reflect Magic, Town Watch, Tree of Gold, Bloodlust
Penalties: -10% Income; -5% Max Population
Elite Unit: 5/10, 1050gc, 11NW

Halfling

Bonuses: +15% Max Population; +50% Thievery Operation Success (TPA); -50% Thief cost; +1 Stealth per tick; +2 Offensive Specialist Strength
Spell Book: Mage's Fury, Aggression
Penalties: -5% Building Efficiency; -10% Birth Rate
Elite Unit: 6/8, 700gc, 10NW

Human

Bonuses: +30% income; Immune to Income Penalties
Spell Book: Greater Protection, Quick Feet
Penalties: -10% Spell Success (WPA); +50% Rune Cost
Elite Unit: 10/4, 1000gc, 9.5NW

Orc

Bonuses: +25% Battle Gains; Free draft; +20% Enemy casualties when attacking
Spell Book: Reflect Magic, Blood Lust
Penalties: +15% Battle Losses; +10% Own casualties when attacking; +10% Own casualties when defending; -10% Thievery Operation Success (TPA)
Elite Unit: 13/2, 1000gc, 11.5NW

Undead

Bonuses: +570% Plague Contagiousness; -100% Food Consumption; -50% Own casualties when attacking; -50% Troop deaths (converted to soldiers); Convert Specialists into Elites; Always Carries and is Immune to the Plague; +3 Offensive Specialist strength
Spell Book: Town Watch
Penalties: No Elite Training; -35% Science Effectiveness
Operation Access: Basic Thievery (Intel Operations Only)
Elite Unit: 15/1, 11.5NW

Personalities

Heretic

Bonuses: +20% Magic Science Effectiveness; +20% Spell Success (WPA); +35% Runes Refunded on Spell Success; +20% Thievery Science Effectiveness; No wizards killed from failed spells; No thieves lost on failed ops
Spell Book: Nightmare, Blizzard, Revelation
Starting Bonuses: +100 Wizards and +200 thieves

Sage

Bonuses: Protect 30% of scientists on abduct attack; Scientists are 25% more effective; Increase base Scientist spawn rate by 25%
Spell Book: Amnesia
Starting Bonuses: 25% extra scientists

Rogue

Bonuses: +1 Stealth recovery per tick; Thieves Dens are 50% more effective; +75% Thievery Science Effectiveness
Operation Access: All thievery operations, including 3 unique to rogues: Greater Arson, Assassinate Wizards and Propaganda
Spell Book: Gluttony, Revelation
Starting Bonuses: +400 thieves

Mystic

Bonuses: All Guilds are 100% more effective; +75% Magic Science Effectiveness
Spell Book: Meteor Showers, Chastity, Revelation
Starting Bonuses: +600 Wizards

Warrior

Bonuses: +10% Offensive Military Efficiency; +1 General
Special Access: Enhanced Conquest range
Starting Bonuses: +800 soldiers and +800 specialist credits

Tactician

Bonuses: -20% Attack Time
Special Access: Accurate Espionage
Spell Book: Clear Sight
Starting Bonuses: +800 soldiers and +800 specialist credits

Cleric

Bonuses: -35% Your Military Casualties (on attack or defense); Immune to The Plague
Spell Book: Animate Dead, Greater Protection
Starting Bonuses: +800 soldiers and +800 specialist credits

War Hero

Bonuses: +120% Honor Effects; Converts some Specialists into Elites on successful land attacks (increasing this amount by ~20%); Immune to Dragon and Income penalty effects; +5% Battle Gains; Increase honor gains by generating honor in all land attacks (in or out of war)
Spell Book: War Spoils, Pitfalls, Fanaticism
Starting Bonuses: 800 elites

Stances

Normal: No effects
Aggressive
- +10% Combat Gains
- -15% Attack Time
- +30% Military Wages
- +10% Military losses
Fortified
- -50% gains hitting in and on magic/thievery ops in (slides in over 24 hours)
- -40% Military training time and cost
- +40% draft speed
- -50% Construction time and cost
- +200% Birth Rate
- 72-hour maximum duration with 96-hour cooldown
- -50% gains hitting out and on magic/thievery ops out
- +500% Explore costs
- No Paradise spell
- No scientist progression or new scientists

Relations

Ceasefire
- Prohibits attacks, spells, and thievery operations
- Annuls the Hostile Meter
- End Of War Ceasefire lasts 12-72 Utopian days
- +500% birth rate
- -30% troop training costs
- -50% draft cost
- Combined with War relations
- War and Ceasefire relations can be cancelled separately
- All land currently out returns home immediately at war end
- Instant population growth of 20% of max population if below 50%
Normal: No effects
Unfriendly: Unlocks Unfriendly/Hostile/War spells and thievery operations against the other kingdom
Hostile: +10% Combat Gains, increases Conquest networth range, offensive spells cost 2% mana, offensive ops cost 2% stealth
War
- Immediate effects
  - Annuls the Hostile Meter with everyone
  - -10% Attack Time
  - Enhanced Massacre destroys buildings
  - +10% Combat Gains
  - Offensive spells cost 2% mana
  - Offensive ops cost 2% stealth
- Penalties
  - +500% Exploration Costs
  - No Paradise spell
  - Science limited to Active
- After 12 hours
  - -25% Attack Time
- After 24 hours
  - -25% Military Losses
  - -25% Military Training Time
  - No distance penalties for attacks
  - -75% gains/effectiveness for operations to and from other kingdoms

Dragons

Emerald: +20% Military losses in combat and -15% Attack gains
Sapphire: -25% Thievery & Magic Effectiveness
Gold: -25% Building Efficiency
Ruby: -10% Military Efficiency
All dragons result in 10% lower income and the loss of 20% of new draftees.