Dear gamers,
In order to update Tiger Knight to version 0.1.82, we will be bringing our servers down for maintenance on 9th May 2017.
Servers will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours, with the exact times as follows:
If it fails to update normally please close Steam and relog in.

New DLC-Righteous White Horses is available at the steam store now.
It includes the following content:
1. Righteous White Horses——Brand new special troops. These troops are equipped with an eye-catching appearance, outstanding horseback archery skills and strong assault abilities, to help players excel on the battlefield.



2. Camp Expansion——Increases your number of camps, allowing players to recruit more troops.
3. Shu Refined Harness with bells——All-new horse accessory. This is a Wei-Jin style piece of horse equipment, decorated with many bells that not only dazzles the opponent but also strikes fear in their hearts.




Bloodthirsty Warrior Attire: With our horses receiving attention in the fashion department, we can’t have our generals lagging too far behind! So we have designed a new general fashion inspired by the ancient Celts of Europe. The Celts advocated force and were passionate about war, their monstrous reputation striking fear into the hearts of their enemies and all who heard tales of their exploits. We have designed this fashion according to historical records, which describe shirtless warriors stepping onto the battlefield without fear.



A new function to allow the players to open ten chests with one single click.
Supply Chest Pool: added in 6 rare weapons.
Basic Supply Chest: Long-handle knobbed mace, Feijing Sword
Intermediate Supply Chest: Baihong Sword, Parrying Blade, Feijing Sword
Advanced Supply Chest: Parrying Halberd, Qixing Sword



The protection time after revival is increased from 3 seconds to 6.

White Feather Warriors: melee defense ability decreased by 5; ranged defense ability decreased by 7.
Zhongyuan Rangers: the amount of stamina consumed by Focused fire skill is lowered to 2.
Qingzhou Horse Archers: the amount of stamina consumed by Focused fire skill is lowered to 2.
Nanman Elite Raiders: movement speed is increased by 12%.
Shu Armoured Crossbowmen: the duration time of the ambush skill is extended by 4 seconds.
Wu Fearless Squad: the chance of triggering Parry Attack skill is increased by 15%.
Jiangdong Pikemen: movement speed is increased by 8%.
Wedge formation: movement speed is increased by 10%; attack ability increased by 15%.

Ferghana Horse II: the fastest galloping speed is lowered by 0.15.
Slowing Smog: the slowing effect is increased by 20%.

Incorrect display on English loading interface when the general level is lower than 4.
A bug causing the general to constantly fall down on Yangzhou Map.
General’s level remained the same when levelling up at the result screen.

Last week we spoke about the battlefield adjustment plan and received many great suggestions from the community. Thank you for your continued support!


In next week’s update, you will see a brand new special unit, a general fashion outfit from ancient Europe, a dedicated horse fashion from the Three Kingdoms Period, and rare weapons in the Supply Chest. Below is a brief introduction to these new elements.





Righteous White Horses are named after the distinctive horse they ride on the battlefield. They served as the light cavalry of a famous warlord - Gongsun Zan, growing from just a few dozen people into an army of thousands and making their name on the frontier of the Han Dynasty. They were seen as the best light cavalry in the late Eastern Han Dynasty period. Gongsun Zan, as an adjutant in TK, has been added into the game from the last update. We look forward to seeing our players leading Gongsun Zan and the Righteous White Horses to glory on the battlefield.






Another important update, and something new for us, is the first Horse fashion on the market. As Tiger Knight is a game based on mounted melee warfare, horses play a critical role on the battle field. To help give the horses more personality and attitude, we decided to create some new horse fashions. The first horse fashion of the game is inspired by the Wei and Jin dynasties of the late Three Kingdoms Period. Their horse decorations are luxurious. One of the most prominent features are the many brass bells hung on the saddle. Putting a set of decorations on your horse will definitely give it a completely new look. If our players like this kind of decoration, we will consider designing more horse fashions in the future.






With our horses receiving attention in the fashion department, we can’t have our generals lagging too far behind! So we have designed a new general fashion inspired by the ancient Celts of Europe. The Celts advocated force and were passionate about war, their monstrous reputation striking fear into the hearts of their enemies and all who heard tales of their exploits. We have designed this fashion according to historical records, which describe shirtless warriors stepping onto the battlefield without fear.






The supply chest has been well received since its inclusion. However we acknowledge that the current supply chest rewards can be far from satisfying, so we will keep on improving their contents. Six more rare weapons will be added into the supply chest pool next week. Also, to make it more convenient to open the chests we have added a function allowing players to open ten chests with a single click. We will continue to improve the settings and related gameplay of supply chests in the future. Please stay tuned!

To ensure the quality and stability of the servers, we will shut them down for maintenance on May 2nd. Please get offline in time!

Servers will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours, with the exact times as follows:

Asia Server: 2017/5/2 15:00-18:00(GMT+8)
NA Server: 2017/5/2 08:00-11:00(BST)
EU Server: 2017/5/2 00:00-03:00(PDT)

Maintenance content:
1: The wrong picture of Ladder Tournament Event is corrected.
2: The teaching video can be played after maintenance.

Thank you for supporting us!

This week we have raised the General level cap to 60, added 3 new adjutants, and brought May Day events to the game which we hope you will enjoy. In the following development plan, we will be adjusting battlefield performance to bring it closer to how units and formations would behave in real life. Related optimizations concerning soldiers’ movement and collision models will be performed in the future.

Each unit has a corresponding concept of an army, and their fighting and movement will be conducted with this conceptual in mind. The single AI logic still exists on the soldiers, but they will tend to execute commands as a whole army. For example, where before players could lead the unit in a loose straight line, after the adjustment the unit is prone to move within a certain range and moves as a whole. In general, the unit’s behavior retains the characters of single AIs while maintaining the integrity of an army.

In previous battles, the soldiers would stick together when engaged in tangled warfare. We hope to change this situation by directly modifying the collision size, however as this can cause a chain reaction with formations, horses, relations between players, and more, we are handling this with extra discretion. The collision distance of AIs between the two sides will be increased and the movement collision of soldiers will also be optimized. Longer distances will ensure the soldiers will not stick together in a tangled fight, thus behaving more realistically than before. For instance, when the player switches into Testudo Formation, enemy soldiers will not be able to squeeze into their own unit.

These are just parts of the adjustments being made to battlefield performance, and more will be coming in the future. We will also continue to work on optimization and network trouble shooting. As always, we welcome your ideas and suggestions regarding any of the above.

Dear gamers,

In order to update Tiger Knight to version 0.1.81, we will be bringing our servers down for maintenance on 27th April 2017.

Servers will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours, with the exact times as follows:

Asia server：2017/4/27 15:00-18:00（GMT+8）
NA server：2017/4/27 00:00 - 03:00（PDT）
EU server：2017/4/27 08:00-11:00（BST）

If it fails to update normally please close Steam and relog in.



1.General Level Cap has been raised to 60.

2. The following new adjutants are now available to recruit:

Chen Dao , also known as Shuzhi, was a Shu Han General and governor of Yong'an from Runan, Yuzhou. Known to be loyal and brave, Chen Dao joined Liu Bei when serving as the highest ranking official of Yuzhou. This started a long battle with Liu Bei, with him leading the elite Shu Han forces, the Baier soldiers. During the Jianxing era, he became the "General Who Subdues the West". In the fourth year of the Jianxing era, he was stationed in Badong as Yongan governor, and died at his post.

Gongsun Zan , also known as Bogui, was a warlord near the end of the Eastern Han from Lingzhi, Liaoxi, and was Zhangshi (official position) in the early years of Youzhou. He was often engaged in fierce battles with the northern Hu people. In the second year of the Chuping era, Gongsun Zan's 20,000 troops annihilated over 10,000 Qingzhou Yellow Scarves in Dongguang. In the second year of the Chuping era, he began to fight with Yuan Shao for control over Jizhou. The following year, he attacked and killed Liu Yu, was promoted to general, and controlled all of Youzhou. In Yuyang, in the second year of Xingping, Bao Qiu was defeated by Liu Yu's remaining troops and retreated to the capital. Later, he had a confrontation with Yuan Shao and Liu He's troops, and in the fourth year of Jian'an, Gongsun Zan was lured out and defeated by Yuan Shao. He ultimately ended his life through self-immolation.

Huang Zhong, also known as Hansheng, Huang Zhong was a famous general of the Eastern Han from Nanyang. He was originally one of Liu Biao's royal security members, stationed in Changsha. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, following the fall of the Jingzhou army to Cao Cao, he surrendered once again to Liu Bei. From the eighteenth to the nineteenth year of the Jian'an era, Huang Zhong performed outstandingly during Liu Bei's attack on Yizhou's Liu Zhang and was appointed as the general of enemy invasions. In the twenty-fourth year of the Jian'an era, Huang Zhong led his troops to attack Cao Cao's subordinate, the famous general Xiahou Yuan, during the battle of Mount Dingjun, killing him in the process. After Liu Bei became the emperor of Hanzhong, his title was changed to the later general, a high ranking position. The following year, Huang Zhong died of illness and became known as Ganghou.

3. New items on the Market:
Moire Copper Chest: A basic battlefield military supply box which can be gained by accumulated battle victories or bought in the store. Open “supply box” interface to receive random supplies.
Thunder Silver Chest: An intermediate battlefield military supply box which can be gained by accumulated battle victories or bought in the store. Open “supply box” interface to receive random supplies.




Purchase Event in May
From April 27th to May 23rd, players purchasing any DLC or charging any amount of money will receive Feather Wu Bian, 3-day VIP and a Combat Gift Box. The gifts will be sent to your in-game mailbox.

Other Events in May
Laborers are Most Glorious (Daily): Dates: 4.29—5.01: Complete any 5 battles in Match Mode (resets each day).
Everyone is Busiest in May (3 Days): Dates: 4.29—5.01: In PVP Match Mode, defeat 510 enemy troops.

Ladder Tournament Events
Winning a Ladder Tournament - Command Mode will grant you a battle reward.
Winning a Ladder Tournament - Duel Mode will grant you a battle reward.




Generals
When the HP of a General is equal to or lower than 80, defensive capacity will be improved but movement speed will stay the same. When his HP returns back to above 80, everything will go back to normal.

Soldiers
Shu White Feather Warriors: 8% less mobility.
Jiangdong Heavy Infantry: 10% less damage to soldiers.
Qingzhou Horse Archers: 10% more damage dealt by the Focused Fire skill and 10% increased firing range.
Nanman Elite Raiders: 8% more damage on enemies, and Shield Wall lasts 8% longer.
Leves: Hurl and Strike does 10% more damage.
Xuzhou Heavy Infantry: Shield Wall lasts for a further 9 seconds.
Xuzhou Militia: 15% more overall damage.
Fearless Vanguards: Crossbow Shield Array lasts for a further 8 seconds.

Others
The time on the bottom right corner of the lobby shows the current time of the server (in 24 hour system).



MVP didn’t appear normally at the result page following a battle.
Observer view was incorrect for General Assembly.
After finishing a battle, the system would prompt a ‘plugin warning’ in error.
After a PVE loss, the system prompted Victory.
Using a ranged weapon would prevent a horse from staggering.


Tiger Knight Team

Next week we will be releasing a new update to Tiger Knight. In this developers’ note, we will provide a brief description of that update, and also address some further common player issues.

At this stage, we can see that many players have reached the current General level cap of 40. As a result, players have been requesting that we raise this cap. In the next update, we will indeed extend the General level cap to 60 – giving our current level 40s something new to aim for!

The adjutant system has been an important gameplay element of Tiger Knight since the very beginning. Our goal was to bring these famous faces back from history, and lead troops into battle by your side! The next update will bring you three new adjutants from the Three Kingdoms period of the Han Dynasty, some of the most celebrated generals in history.

The next update will also include many new events, such as May Day event, Ladder Tournament events and first purchase of the month event. May Day is an international holiday, and during this event battle participants will receive rich rewards.
In order to engage more players into the Ladder Tournament, we will be holding related events there too.
Finally, purchasing any amount of gold or buying any DLC from April 25th to May 23rd will grant you a new specialized gift!


Before we sign off, we’d like to address a few more issues that have frequently come up in the community:

A: This question has been asked a million times since Tiger Knight was launched! We can tell you for sure that we are preparing for the development of female characters and will release them in the near future. We ask for a little more patience as you await the good news!

A: After the introduction of Roman Cavalry in a previous devs’ note, many players have been eagerly anticipating these new units. We are still in the process of developing the Roman Cavalry, and this is one of the priorities in our recent work schedule. We want to do this unit justice, and this means taking the time to get them just right. Keep your eyes peeled for more information soon!

A: As a new battle system, we wanted players to focus more on rank than the gains received from this mode. However we will carefully consider the feedback we have received and will inform you immediately if we decide to make adjustments.

A: As battlefield level increases, its gains should increase accordingly. This is a key point of the game, and we will keep adjusting it to get the balance right.

It is our goal to ensure a fair and inclusive gaming environment for all our players. Occasionally, some individuals will knowingly seek to disrupt this by breaking the rules, and in these cases it becomes necessary to take action.
As such, a number of players have been suspended from the game due to violation of the terms of service, effective from Apr20th. Please keep in mind that profanity, inappropriate comments or behavior, cheating and exploit use, consistent AFK, and illegal use of third party plugins are all grounds for suspension.

We regret having to take action on any player accounts, and hope that together we can create an enjoyable and exciting in-game Tiger Knight community!

For queries relating to the above, please feel free to mail us at:
tigerknighten_support@oasgames.com

The terms of service can be reviewed here:
http://store.steampowered.com/eula/534500_eula_0

Hi, dear TK players!
To help solve the problems happened when you played the game, our community manager Pender #TigerKnight will hold a Q&A event on Discord at 15:00 (Eastern Standard Time) on April 20th, which will last one and a half hours. If you have any questions to ask, just join us at our official Discord:
https://discord.gg/zNUPQUh


Official Website:
http://tk.oasgames.com/
Forum:
http://forum-tk-en.oasgames.com/
Facebook：
https://www.facebook.com/tigerknight.en/
YouTube：
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUakGeTdTKiwPyBYQW3s7w
Reddit：
https://www.reddit.com/r/TigerKnight/
Discord：
https://discordapp.com/invite/zNUPQUh

To ensure the quality and stability of the servers, we will shut them down for maintenance on Apr 18th. Please get offline in time!

Servers will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours, with the exact times as follows:

Asia Server: 2017/4/18 15:00-17:00(GMT+8)
EU Server: 2017/4/18 00:00-02:00(PDT)
NA Server: 2017/4/18 08:00-10:00(BST)

Thank you for supporting us!

This week we have updated the game – introducing some balance adjustments, adding a new Supply box reward element with some new gear, and fixed a number of bugs. However, as can often be the case, the updated version contained a few new bugs of its own! Two emergency maintenance periods later and most of these should now be resolved, however please continue to report any issues you come across. In the meantime, we’d like to address some topics and feedback raised by the community.

A：Thanks to community feedback and detailed descriptions (including useful screenshots and videos), these problems should be mostly eradicated by this point. At the same time, we regret that frequent maintenance became necessary this week, and we are grateful for your understanding and tolerance. We will work to limit these frustrating periods of unscheduled downtime in the future.

A：Thank you to all players who highlighted this balance problem in Ladder-Duel mode. We are in the process of developing further balance adjustments for cavalry and infantry players; please keep an eye out for this future update!

A：The entire development team of Tiger Knight wish to apologize to both EU and NA server players. Following this week’s update, the EU server should now operate as extended, and the NA server issues will also be fixed very soon. We acknowledge that this has detracted from player’s enjoyment of the new game mode, and we have been working hard to isolate and resolve this problem. We will also be adding a new function to show the server time in game.
This is the opening time of ladder tournament:
Asia server: 19:00-23:00（GMT+8）
NA server: 19:00 -23:00（PDT）
EU server: 19:00-23:00（BST）

A：We have made some big adjustments in this area and now the equipment and weapon stats of high level players have reduced further when entering lower level battlefields. But it’s inevitable that some high level players can still win with their powerful battle capabilities. Don't lose heart; you will also be strong soon with continuing efforts. For our part, we will keep on adjusting the balance in order to level the playing field.

A：Thank you for pointing this out. This is indeed a bug, and it will be fixed in the next update.

After a series of testing, we are certain that this function is normal. Before you enter the battle, please check hide enemy’s fashion in settings on the right corner of the screen.

A： We acknowledge that there are a number of problems concerning high ping, disconnections, lag and log in issues. The causes are numerous and very complex, so if you happen upon any of the above please describe the situation with as much detail as possible to help us locate the root cause. For example: whether the ping value changed or not at the moment when lag happened? How much time passes from one disconnection to the next? And when was the last time you could log in successfully?
To help solve the problems, please send the following information to our customer service mailbox
tigerknighten_support@oasgames.com
1. Character name:
2. Server:
3. Ip address:
4. Description of the problem:
5. Screenshots/videos of the problem:
6. Download the troubleshooting bat tool from the following link, and after finish running it, please send the result screenshot to us:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1VHquvsYm9uaWprQU5taEhTX3M

As always, your feedback is very important in the optimization process. Thank you for your continued support!