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Sep 11, 2015, 11:1209/11/15
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Gateways of Chance and Precision!

New Feature: Gateways of Chance & Precision!

Relocate your Castle to New Coordinates! Gain the Strategic Advantage!

Lords and Ladies!

Have neighborhood trolls become too bothersome? Would you like to live closer to your Beacons or League Members? If so, then I have great news!

From this day forward, you shall be able to relocate your Castle to a new location on the Map by using Relocation Gateways! On the Map, you will see new places called Vacant Lots. These are designated locations to which you can move your Castle. When a Castle is relocated, it will leave behind a Vacant Lot. Vacant Lots cannot be raided, besieged, spied upon, etc.

Relocation Gateways are special items that are used to change the location of a Castle. There are 2 types of Gateways:

1. Gateways of Chance are used to relocate a Castle to a RANDOM Vacant Lot.

2. Gateways of Precision are used to relocate a Castle to a specific Vacant Lot.

Once you have relocated your Castle, you will need to wait about 5 minutes before you may use another Relocation Gateway.

BE ADVISED: Once you relocate your Castle, you CANNOT move it back to its previous coordinates.

To obtain one of these new Items, go to the “Misc.” section of the Black Market, select the “Special” tab, then choose the Item you would like to purchase.

Charge boldly into a Relocation Gateway! Expand your horizons and improve your Castle’s strategic value!

Lord Oberon

Heir of Veyon, Scion of the Firstborn, Lord Regent of Stormfall


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Sep 11, 2015, 12:0809/11/15
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And when will the stormfall gnomes seed the market with the actual gateways?



Sep 11, 2015, 14:1409/11/15
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To obtain one of these new Items, go to the “Misc.” section of the Black Market, select the “Special” tab, then choose the Item you would like to purchase.


I don't appear to have the option to purchase these new items. Although I've noticed you've added "reduce food consumption" buyables. 



Sep 11, 2015, 16:0109/11/15
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What's the rule so that inactive castles become vacant? a month inactivity? 2 months? And what if those players decided to come back?
Sep 11, 2015, 17:3209/11/15
03/01/15
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People who were sieging the low level inactives that have now become vacant lots are not happy about this.  It arbitrarily damaged some player's siege rankings significantly in the last few days before weekly rankings...and for a feature that you have to pay to use.  


I'm not sure I like this change.  Aside from the theft of properties players were sieging, this now allows powerful players who have the sapphires to do it to warp around the map and launch devastating attacks with no warning.  


Add in the fact troops no longer desert when you don't have enough food to support them, and we're likely to see teleporting PvP hunters with insane armies just teleporting in, stomping everyone in the area, then teleporting to the next area to harvest points.
Sep 12, 2015, 00:5709/12/15
Aug 12, 2019, 12:34(edited)
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I assume that I can dodge an incoming attack with these portals.  So if I'm logged in to see an incoming raid, 1k sapphires makes me pretty much impregnable.

Related questions:

1) What if I'm lucky enough to relocate just as somebody launches 10 fireballs at me.  Do they get to launch 10 more at my new location, or do they have to wait 24 hours?

2) What if I can't break a siege of my castle?  Can I just relocate to escape the siege?

Wait a minute, I just thought about that!  It works both ways.  So the only way I can successfully raid another player now is if they're not logged in or they're poor?

Sep 12, 2015, 07:4709/12/15
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IronApex Turok said:


want someone to quit. port a few players next to him and raid in timed waves so that he cant do anything.


for players that spend coin, you have just been granted vampire like powers, with impunity.


you may now appear out of thin air, attack attack attack, then vanish back into the midst from whence you came.


a 5 day cool down before you can port a castle would have been a good idea. that way you are stuck someowhere and have to face the repercussion of your move.

Most f2p games the consequence of new features is more based on how much cash they can make of it, not what it actual does to the game itself and the players. Spending 4k saphires to keep move around a lot, is quite pricy though. Also the slot to move to need to be vaccant, so be able to move right next to your target might he hard, but closer? sure..


Sep 12, 2015, 11:3009/12/15
08/31/15
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It definitely does give cash players (and to a more limited extent, free players) more tactical options and a lot of power.  


There are a lot of possibilities that the forum announcement has not yet laid out.


How does teleporting affect friendly and unfriendly units?  If you have troops out and teleport away, will the troops go to the empty lot and be lost or will they magically know where you are and march to your new home?  Will teleporting away allow you to avoid raids and sieges (as a player earlier in the thread theorized)?  


Aside from the cost, is there really anything to limit player's ability to teleport all over the map and stomp people?  I know there are far fewer empty lots as you get closer to where the newer players are, but are there any other limits?


It will be interesting to see what tactics are born from this new ability.  Hopefully it'll be used for good and not just to stomp weaker players on a larger scale.
Sep 12, 2015, 21:1209/12/15
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Marcus said:


Yeah, I played a game once with this feature. The game died within a year after the feature was introduced and was shut down. Developer went bankrupt, i think. (Publisher did did fine though)

Lords online?  that was a great game, but i think the ability to port castles killed it.

Sep 15, 2015, 10:5109/15/15
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Thank you for the feedback, we actually may change the price or make the item free as a drop in the future. Everything can change and is subject to improvement
Nov 10, 2015, 09:2911/10/15
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It would be nice to see these as part of event rewards rather than as just a sapphires only item.  

I surely would, my Lord. I'm confident these items will be included in the rewards for for the future events.

Aug 22, 2016, 08:4808/22/16
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zach-rose11 said:

Why is this only available on server 1 and not 2? Why not offer a transfer of servers for people who wish to move their main castle the only well populated server to play where more than 300 people are active?
I will ask our developers when it will be added to Server 2.
Jan 21, 2017, 23:3301/21/17
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deeblack2012 said:

Is it true that you can teleport your castle for free once and after that you must purchase gate to teleport castle?
As far as I have seen, no. You must purchase a gateway to move your castle.
Sep 12, 2015, 07:4109/12/15
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Yeah, I played a game once with this feature. The game died within a year after the feature was introduced and was shut down. Developer went bankrupt, i think. (Publisher did did fine though)
Sep 12, 2015, 06:2209/12/15
08/03/14
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want someone to quit. port a few players next to him and raid in timed waves so that he cant do anything.


for players that spend coin, you have just been granted vampire like powers, with impunity.


you may now appear out of thin air, attack attack attack, then vanish back into the midst from whence you came.


a 5 day cool down before you can port a castle would have been a good idea. that way you are stuck someowhere and have to face the repercussion of your move.
Jan 21, 2017, 12:0001/21/17
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Is it true that you can teleport your castle for free once and after that you must purchase gate to teleport castle?
Sep 19, 2016, 10:3309/19/16
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keoshagrant23 said:

yes because its hard to do what I need to do to upgrade mi castle


Good news - we'll soon add them to S2. Probably even this month.
Sep 15, 2016, 16:2909/15/16
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yes because its hard to do what I need to do to upgrade mi castle


Aug 19, 2016, 19:5008/19/16
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Why is this only available on server 1 and not 2? Why not offer a transfer of servers for people who wish to move their main castle the only well populated server to play where more than 300 people are active?
Nov 10, 2015, 03:1511/10/15
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ThatGuy said:


It would be nice to see these as part of event rewards rather than as just a sapphires only item.  


It would also be nice if there was a thread for that quest to post on the forum.  I can see a lot of new players are just posting random "hi" and "hello" in other topics.  It doesn't do any harm, but does nothing for the conversation and sometimes acts to "bump" dead threads back up to the top.

Dear Lord ThatGuy,


Yes, the posting in the wrong threads can be a problem and Mods are actively on it.

Your suggestion about the Gateway`s and sapphire only or also in game drops/quest availability is noted. :)
Nov 5, 2015, 21:5611/05/15
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yes very good