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Year 32, Day 1, Feb 22, 2012 08:30 pm

News

Game Update Log
Posted Description
24-01-2012 New SEO company to be hired
I had hired an SEO company to promote the site back in October and after being with them for 4 months i decided to drop them and hire someone else more "competent". I spent quite a bit on google ads as well, however once again the traffic results do not justify the costs.

I will be hiring a new SEO company hopefully by the end of this week and they will be working on the site promotion and optimization for approximately 90 days.

More on the topic and discussions can be found here:

https://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/new-seo-company-1021
16-01-2012 Recruitment campaign
We are increasing the benefits for recruitment from 100 land to 200 land per recruit you bring to the game, for more information please read this:

https://www.lordempires.com/referrals

We are also increasing the bonuses for voting for Lord Empires on the rating sites from 0.5 land per vote to a staggering 5 land units per vote! For more details go to this section here:

https://www.lordempires.com/rating_sites

To comment or ask questions related to the above please go here:

https://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/recruitment-campaign-1020
14-01-2012 Tutorials Uploaded
All the new tutorials have now been uploaded onto the Lord Empires site and can now be found in the help sections here:

https://www.lordempires.com/tutorials/view/helpUrl:Communication-index
21-12-2011 Lord Empires Tutorials
I have uploaded several LE tutorials to youtube, most of the important information is now on our channel here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrLEAdmin
14-12-2011 Happiness changes
I have increased the effect happiness has to land peasant growth daily. You should see an increase in land by 2x as of tomorrow.
14-12-2011 Almost 40 countries added!
I have added another 40ish countries to the game, more in that can be found here:

https://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/35-new-countries-added-1011
09-12-2011 Server Issues
We had (as you may have noticed) some issues with the site over the past few days. This issues was actually not connected to me or the game itself, but instead it was a problem with the server company. I ended up making a transfer and we are now on a private dedicated server with Inmotion. I hope that there will no longer be any issues with the site and everything will run smoothly from now on.

In addition the problem we had with the bills, land and so on, were also issues connected to the server not updating properly, so those should now be totally fixed. In any case i would like if you find any problems connected to the "stats" not being updated to be posted here.


https://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/server-issues-1009
29-11-2011 General game overview


19-11-2011 Building Tutorial
Building Tutorial:

14-11-2011 Stage progress
We have completed about 30% of the current stage and hope to be fully done in the next 2 weeks
09-11-2011 Nations added to game
I have added 8 new nations into the game, most of the large European countries are now in.
01-11-2011 November site update
I will be making some changes to the site, here are the more significant ones:

- More share options for social networks
- Adding a cap on days you can bank interest (currently no limit)
- Have vote "red bubble" for voting to make it easier to see where voting takes place
- I am adding a similar option for treaty requests
- Adding an option to "deselect" yourself from presidential and religious elections
- Adding a forum suspension option (until now we could only give a total game ban)
- Adding an option for clan admins to send mail according to mask (currently you can only send to clan members)
24-10-2011 New Countries
Every month i will be adding new countries depending on how much activity members from those particular countries had during the previous month.

Currently i am considering the following countries:

Greece
Netherlands

If you want your country added to the game then simply get more people from your country playing!
28-09-2011 Quiet
We have been a little quiet recently, that is not because we are not doing anything.

I recently went to a seminar in the UK about site promotion and SEO and hope to be working on our strategy soon. If what i am doing is right we should be getting more members in the upcoming months.
05-09-2011 Manual
I have updated the manual and FAQ to include the latest changes.
30-08-2011 More Roads
I have increased the total maximum roads to 10 per city.
25-08-2011 Buttons + Icons
We have now added the remaining icons and buttons to the site, next in line is to do is:

- update the manual
- add the text to the help pages
- add screen-shots to the main page
11-08-2011 Happiness
I have made adjustments to the happiness. There is no longer any "base happiness", it has been replaced by a level 9 market. Overall you can gain allot more happiness now, however you start off with 0 if you have no trades or roads connected.
01-08-2011 Major changes to logic
I have made some serious changes to the game logic, please read the below thread:

https://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/major-changes-to-game-logic-947

Youtube Video Here:

28-07-2011 Design Uploaded!
We have uploaded the design to the site, however there are still a few little issues here and there which we hope to find and clear within the next 10 days. If you find something unusual with the design or have a suggestion post it here:

https://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/design-issues-943
21-07-2011 More War alterations
- Decreased the influence of Armory from 5% per level to 2% and decreased the influence of Generals from 25% to 15%

Note: If you had an Armory previously it was downgraded to 0, you retrieved the original cost of it though

- I added a "secret" aid slot, which basically is a slot which will allow you to send or receive the minimum amount of aid at all times, even if you lack a caravan

Note: This is to allow for recovery after a war

- Decreased the raided resources from 50,000 to 25,000 and food raiding from 50,000 to 10,000.

Note: The results were too extreme and were causing serious damage within just a week.
20-07-2011 War tweaks
I made quite a few changes to the war module based on the results i saw in the previous wars.

- Increased the importance of progressions in warfare by x2
- Decreased all based values by 50%

Note: This is to increase the importance of progressions in war and to favor quality over quantity when attacking.

- Increased the values of Cavalry somewhat, they are particularly effective against Rams and Catapults now

Note: Mainly done because Cavalry was a "swift" attack unit, but since travel no longer exists i needed to improve their values to make them viable.

- Decreased the effectiveness of Archers on certain divisions (H.Infantry, Cavalry and Knights), rest stay the same

Note: Basically Archers were an easy way to do damage without retaliation (which is still the case) just now that damage is less.

- Decreased the damage done on Economical buildings of around 25%

Note: This is mainly to protect cities from being demolished fast by a raiding enemy. At least their economics will be somewhat preserved so as to rebuild later.
06-07-2011 Security measures
We are taking some important security measures, i highly suggest everyone read the announcement below:

https://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/hacking-of-member-accounts-829
04-07-2011 Design testing
We will be entering the initial stage for the design testing and i need people interested in participating in this stage. For more details please read this:

http://www.lordempires.com/forums/development-team-140/design-testing-826
22-06-2011 Military icons
If you are good with graphics or design and wish to help with some icons please read the following link:

http://www.lordempires.com/forums/development-team-140/icons-for-military-780

Note: You can earn "credits" which can be used to expand your city!
22-06-2011 Weather
We will be making some modifications to how the weather influences the war module, if you have any suggestions post them here:

http://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/weather-effect-discussion-779
07-06-2011 Youtube: Creation of LE
Youtube video. In this first video i talk about the creation of Lord Empires:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrGuruland?feature=mhee#p/u/0/TG_TXa2077k
30-05-2011 Homepage Design
We have been working on the design for some time now and now have the first screenshots of the main page. Please post your views and suggestions here:

http://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/homepage-design-659
09-05-2011 Alternative donation options
We are considering alternative payment options, if you have any suggestions please post them here:

http://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/donation-alternatives-589
03-05-2011 Design
We are now working on the site design, if you have any ideas or suggestions please post them here:

http://www.lordempires.com/forums/announcements-23/design-560