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The Battle of Polytopia gets a huge diplomacy update

The Battle of Polytopia, a very highly rated turn-based strategy game that hopped over from mobile to PC back in 2020 is still expanding with a whole new diplomacy mechanic.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/the-battle-of-polytopia-gets-a-huge-diplomacy-update

THE DIPLOMACY UPDATE



Diplomacy Launch and 25% Discount On Everything!


The moment you've all been waiting for - Diplomacy! It needs no drumroll or further hype because it is finally here! This update adds a whole new technology to research, which finally makes the entire tech tree symmetrical (and adds Diplomacy stuff, of course)!

So, regardless of whether you've been following our posts on Diplomacy or this news is completely new to you, we'd like to give a quick rundown on what this technology adds.

[h2]Diplomacy Tech Key Features [/h2]

[h3]Peace Treaties[/h3]
Become friends with former enemies…until one of you calls it quits. Teammates cannot attack one another and can share roads.

[h3]Tribe Relations[/h3]
With Tribe Relations systems, players can evaluate which tribe they can become friends with. Colored bubbles offer detailed explanations of what the tribes think of them.

[h3]Capital Vision[/h3]
View the location of the Capital City of any tribe you’ve encountered. Capital Vision will also take effect when players meet someone new, thus aiding them in making tactical decisions.

[h3]Embassies[/h3]
Diplomatic buildings which can only be built in other tribes' capitals when players are not at war with them. Embassies reveal the surrounding eight tiles and provide monetary rewards every turn, with greater rewards between allies.

[h3]Cloaks[/h3]
These infiltration specialists are trained in the arts of subterfuge and clandestine operations and arrive armed with two new abilities: Stealth and Infiltrate. Cloaks are invisible to enemy units until they perform an action, and using them to infiltrate a city will create a horde of Daggers!

[h3]Daggers[/h3]
Rebels incited to action by the Cloak to attack an enemy city. Daggers are the ultimate surprise attack, guerrilla warfare units, meaning enemies won’t retaliate when they pounce.

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With that being said, we're also doing a 25% discount on the game and all DLC! Yep, a full 25% discount!!!! If you were looking for a good time to get the game or some DLC, this is the time!

Now, what are you waiting for? The Update is probably fully downloaded on your device by now, so now you have no excuse not to play it....unless it isn't done yet or you were hoping to see the proper changelog, which we've posted below:

[h2]Changelog[/h2]
New Diplomacy Tech:
- Peace treaties, create alliances with bots & players
- Cloak Units, invisible to enemies, can infiltrate cities and create Daggers
- Dagger Units, used to assault cities
- Embassy, built in players' capitals, income for both
- Capital Vision - see all capitals
- Tribe Relations - see what your friends think of you

Balancing:
-Clear Forest moved to Forestry, earning 1 star instead of 2
-Knights hp reduced from 15 to 10, price reduced to 8 stars
-Kiton hp reduced to 15
-Swamp provides 1 population again
-Smarter & more fun bots

Something Big Is Coming...



This unmoving countdown represents the time when Diplomacy is going to be released to you, the public, but relative to some point in the near past when we simply screenshotted the promotional webpage!

Yeah, you heard us right, we're finally releasing Diplomacy! After YEARS of development, Diplomacy will move out of beta and right to your fingertips (or cursor-tips, if you're on Steam) regardless of whether or not you were in the beta!



When was this countdown counting down to? Some point in the near future!!!! We'll also be closing the beta program for Steam at that time, too.

If you want to see the moving, real time countdown to Diplomacy, as well as the rest of the snazzy things on our promotional webpage, just head to https://polytopia.io/diplomacy!

Already in the beta or just want someone to talk to about this? Head to our official Discord by clicking this sentence!

-Zoythrus

Update 2.2.0.7703 Beta Patch Notes

Hello Polytopians!

You might have noticed two recent updates for the beta, and we'd like to give you some more details on what they entail.

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Update 2.2.0.7514

This build doesn't contains replays

- Chopping was moved to Forestry tech
- Update Daggers graphics
- Improved AI behaviour
- Added info button in Riots messages
- Update broken peace and destroyed embassy popups
- Added "Hostile" state when peace is broken
- Added info popup when player cannot establish embassy or send peace treaty
- Removed diplomacy actions from bottom menu, now they are only available in tribe info popup
- Adjust animations when placing and destroying embassies
- Invisible cloaks are not revealing by splash attacks now
- Prevent possible diplomatic contacts with nature
- Update camera zooming when revealing player's capitals
- Other UI improvements

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Update 2.2.0.7703 (the current version)

- Added diplomacy translations
- Added new message when get peace offer from unknown tribe
- Added touch feedback on all sliders
- Small UI improvements in Game Stats screen
- Improved relation buttons appearance
- Improved tribe button appearance
- Improved Tribe Info popup
- Improved Elyrion names
- Improved detect skill design
- Fixed attacking players right after breaking the peace

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Remember, if you'd like to test Diplomacy, just use the beta access code "TestDiplomacy"!

-Zoythrus

It's Time For The Luxidoor Tribe Moon!



"The Luxidoorian Emperor always sets the “hottest fashion” which all Luxidoorians try to emulate, even if it’s impractical in the hot sun. The current Emperor prefers turbans, but the last one loved shawls"

Hello Polytopians,

It's the Luxidoor Tribe Moon, a whole month dedicated to celebrating the Luxidoor, our favorite money-grubbing snobs!

Not enough Luxidoor in your life? We're having discounts on all Luxidoor merchandise at https://shop.midjiwan.com until May 31st!

Now, tell us what you think about the Luxidoor in the comments!

P.S. Thanks for the art, Beauxtron!

-Zoythrus