Adjustment to the Season Activity Open Times for "Alexander: The Great"

Dear Warlords,
The ecosystem of "Conqueror's Blade" servers has entered a new era. In the future, we will have different types of servers: [Newbie Server], [Growth Server], and [Formal Server]. To ensure a smoother gaming experience for more generals, we will make the following adjustments to the open times of [Ranked Matches] and [Territory Wars], and we will also adjust the number of stars required for ranking up in [Ranked Matches].

Moreover, as generals from South America and Leadership Doctrines system are set to officially join on June 27, the CBL registration conditions are closely related to this season's ranked matches. To ensure overall fairness and give everyone more time to adapt to the new environment, we have decided to temporarily close [Ranked Matches] until maintenance on June 27. After maintenance on June 27, the opening times for [Ranked Matches] will be adjusted.

1. [Territory Wars] Related
   
   • [Formal Server]: To ensure that each family has enough time to raise their family level and accumulate family prestige at the beginning of the new season, the first [Territory War] for all formal and growth servers will open on June 25 (Tuesday). On June 22 (Saturday), we will open [Drills] to help generals familiarize themselves with this season's [Territory War] in advance.
     
   • [Newbie Server]: To ensure that new players have time to grow and learn, the first [Territory War] on the newbie server will open on June 29 (Saturday). There will be no [Territory War] or [Drills] on June 22 (Saturday) and June 25 (Tuesday).
     
   • The last official [Territory War] before the season's settlement will be on August 31 (Saturday). [Drills] will be open on all servers on September 3 (Tuesday).
     
   • The reward settlement time for this season's territory wars is September 5 (Thursday). After the settlement of territory war rewards, we will continue to open [Territory Wars] every Tuesday and Saturday on all servers until the new season update.
2. [Ranked Matches] Related
   
   • In past seasons, the lengthy daily availability of ranked matches, especially during low online periods, led to excessive fatigue from extended queue wait times. During low online periods, normal match-making was often difficult.
     
   • Additionally, requiring a large number of stars to rank up made many players feel bored and fatigued during the mid to late season.
     
   • To allow more players to enjoy high-quality matches with less pressure and to manage their time more reasonably throughout the season, we have adjusted the opening times of ranked matches and the number of stars required for ranking up:
     
     • Concentrate the daily opening times during peak login hours to enhance match quality with more participants.
       
     • Aiming to accommodate peak times for both Europe and Americas, opening ranked matches during both peak periods.
       
     • Open more days each week, allowing players to freely choose their participation times to suit different players.
       
     • Shorten the total time required to rank up and earn rank rewards throughout the season, reducing the grind for players.
   • Generals from South America will officially join the North American server on June 27, forming the new Americas server [Elysium Peak]. We believe their arrival will make ranked matches more exciting. To await their arrival and ensure overall fairness in ranked matches, we will not open ranked matches during the first week of the season.
     
   • These adjustments are uncharted territory for us. We will observe the overall situation during the season and make timely changes as needed. We thank all warlords for their attention and participation in ranked matches!

The specific adjustments to the opening times are as follows:
[Formal Server]:

• Ranked matches will not be available before maintenance on June 27.
  
• After maintenance on June 27, we will adjust the opening times for ranked matches as follows:
  
  • Ranked matches will be open every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (not open on Monday). The daily opening times are as follows:

[h2]Time Period I: More friendly to European players[/h2]

• (Attention: all those time settings will be adjusted according to Summer Time)
  
• All time slots are based on CEST (European Peak Hours). If you want to also play with your friends from the Americas during their peak times, you can see the related time slots referred to as "Americas Peak Hours".
  
• Meaning, if you want to catch the Sunday 14:00 - 16:00 time slot in the Americas (Americas Peak Hours, Sunday 2pm - 4pm in the table below), you'll need to log in at 23:00 and can play until 01:00 (Day+1).

[h2]Time Period II: More friendly to American players[/h2]

• All time slots are based on PST (Americas Peak Hours). If you want to play with your friends from the European Servers, during their peak times, you can see the related time slots referred to as "European Peak Hours".
  
• Meaning, if you want to catch the Sunday 8pm - 10pm time slot in the European servers (European Peak Hours, Sunday 20:00 - 22:00 in the table above), you'll need to log in at 11am and can play until 1pm.
  

• Since the EU & AM ranked matches are cross-server, you can freely choose to play during either of the above time slots!
  

The star requirements for ranks have been adjusted as follows:

• Rookie 3- > 2
  
• Contestant 3- >2
  
• Brawler 4- >3
  
• Fighter 4- >3
  
• Slayer 5- >4
  
• Gladiator 5- >4
  
• Arena Hero 5- >4
  

Special Instructions

• You can check the daily online activity open times in 【J】 - 【Activity Mode】.
  Server Information
  
• [Newbie Server]: Aegis Dawn
  
• [Formal Servers]: Eagle Range, Crystal Sea, Sicania
  

For our previous announcement on the server changes you can visit our website here: https://global.conquerorsblade.com/en/news/33/

Thank you for your continued support of Conquerors Blade!

Sincerely,
The Conquerors Blade Developer Team