Hi everyone,

Endless Legend Shifters is coming to Steam this week, on April 7th! We're very excited to continue the support for Endless Legend two years after the official release. In case you've missed our recent livestream that featured the new expansion, here's a focus on the Allayi units, the new faction that's coming this Thursday.





(...) Fearful and beaten, the Allayi scattered themselves in the cold places of Auriga, hiding and dwindling, surviving the horrors of the Dust wars through their extreme toughness, their skills with native life forms, and their close bond to the planet.
Now, finally, the Guardians have awakened; taking this as a sign, the Allayi are coming together and daring to rebuild something of the life they once had. With the Guardians weak, and Auriga dying, they view it as their fate to do what is possible to preserve their once glorious homeworld.



Shifting
The Allayi faction is deeply bound to the life and death of Auriga, which the player mostly experiences through the prism of the changing seasons. Their gameplay is centred around exploration and the collection of a new resource, Auriga Pearls, with which they have a particular affinity. All their units change form based on the season, becoming more active in winter and more settled in summer. Also, they will gradually manage to control these form-shifting abilities.

Overview

• All faction units have the "Shifting" capacity which alters their attributes and capacities depending on their current "shifter form":
  In summer units assume their "Light Form":
  
  • +20% Defence.
    
  • +10% Regeneration
    
  • -50% Unit upkeep
  In winter units assume their "Dark Form":
  
  • +20% Attack.
    
  • Immunity to Winter movement and vision reduction
    
  • +1 Vision Range
    
  • +1 Map Movement
    
  • +1 Battle Movement
• This form can later be modified artificially (out of season) using an exclusive Blessing available in the Altar of Auriga:
  The effect last for 1 turn and cost 1 orb per unit level.

Garth of the Allayi
The faction has access, as a starting trait, to a very specific city borough, in place of the usual one. It costs Pearls and Industry :industry: to build, but has also much improved attributes:

• 1 per city Pop
  
• -5 Approval / +15 per extra level on district
  
• +2 Food
  
• +2 Industry
  
• +2 Dust / +4 per extra level on district
  
• +2 Science / +4 per extra level on district
  
• +2 Influence / +4 per extra level on district
  
• +20 City Fortification per extra level on district

Pearl Sensitive
The Allayi have a particular relationship with the Auriga Pearls, and much of their gameplay centers around collecting and using them. We wanted the faction to lead the "arms race" as far as voting for winter effects is concerned: other factions should be pushed to join them as a result.

• The empire can see the locations of pearls through the fog of war, so in all the areas they have explored
  
• This ability is shared with friendly empires when a map exchange treaty is ratified
  
• In addition the Allayi receive pearls whenever they successfully search a ruin, in addition to the loot

Breath of Auriga
The Allayi have a special relationship with the seasons, so it is important that they have access to superior powers of prediction. This will help them to collect pearls (as they will be ready) and to vote more effectively (because they know when the voting will end).

• -100% winter prediction margin of error.

We Chosen Few
The Allayi are explorers, ecologists and pioneers, not empire-builders, so will tend to have small empires of only a few cities. Their production needs to be intensive not extensive. Until now we've not had a faction midway between the Cultists' single-city empires and the Necrophages sprawling hive clusters. They should play very differently from other factions and provide experienced players with a new challenge, with each unit of population feeling precious and special. This penalty will also oblige the Allayi player to focus on pearl collection in order to prop up their economy and to defend themselves: their special borough in particular will come in handy.

• +50% Growth required for each new population on cities.
  
• +150% Expansion Disapproval on cities.

Mercurial Diplomats
The Allayi have a lunatic nature, subject to mood swings as the seasons change. This trait will mostly serve the lore, but it does contribute to the faction's season-based planning gameplay. We wanted the shifting to affect every part of the game, including diplomacy.

• -25% influence cost in summer for all diplomatic treaties.
  
• -25% influence cost in winter for all diplomatic declarations.

Battlefield Symbiosis
The symbiotic and shifting nature of the faction is further emphasized by the interdependence of their units. This trait reinforces the importance of morale and should make the Allayi faction interesting to play with on the battlefield.

• +15% initiative per point of positive morale on units (up to +90%)
  
• -15% initiative per point of negative morale on units (up to -90%)

Hero
The only Ranged unit of the Faction, with a bonus when collecting Pearls. In summer, they can indirectly also support units by using Shifting Nova ability.

"Shifting Nova" ability:

• If in "Light Form": Automatically heals surrounding friendly units (15% of Damage)
  
• If in "Dark Form": Circle area of effect on targeted enemy unit (15% of Damage)

Starting unit: "Seeker"
A faction based on exploration needs a fast starting unit to cover a lot of ground in the first turns.

Overview

• A decent cavalry unit which can equip a spear or sword and shield.
  
• "Shifting charge" ability:
  
  • If in "light form": -10% to enemy attack per movement point spent.
    
  • If in "dark form": -10% to enemy defence per movement point spent.

Era 1 unit: "Skyfin"
A very special support unit with an extremely high movement range, created primarily to collect pearls but also to support other armies. It can, in addition, deploy on a resource deposit, allowing the Allayi empire to compensate for the lack of regions it directly controls. If done, this also provides an approval bonus to the hosting region, creating an interesting symbiotic relationship between empires.

Overview

• An especially fast, solitary, flying support unit, which can equip wands or claws.
  
• "Shifting Awe" ability:
  
  • If in "light form": +1 morale on the target ally, jumps across friendly units like chain lightning.
    
  • If in "dark form": -1 morale on the target enemy, jumps across friendly units like chain lightning.
• "One with Auriga" ability:
  
  • Can deploy on any unclaimed resource deposit to extract resources each turn.
    
  • The amount of resources extracted depends on the level of the unit.
    
  • The region owner shares the unit's vision and their city gains +10 approval
    
  • The unit cannot be attacked by Minor faction roaming armies

Era 2 unit: "Monk"
The faction line-up can't be entirely made up of scouts. There needs to be strong fighting unit. It should, however, still be highly mobile.

Overview

• A powerful flying combat unit which can equip a spear or 2-handed sword.
  
• "Shifting combo" ability:
  
  • If in "light form": increasing hit ability, up to 3 consecutive attacks
    
  • If in "dark form": increasing hit ability, up to 3 consecutive counters

Stay tuned for more reveals on the Shifters expansions! ;)
~Amplitude Studios

Hi everyone,

Endless Legend Shifters is coming to Steam this week, on April 7th! We're very excited to continue the support for Endless Legend two years after the official release. In case you've missed our recent livestream that featured the new expansion, here's a focus on the Allayi units, the new faction that's coming this Thursday.





(...) Fearful and beaten, the Allayi scattered themselves in the cold places of Auriga, hiding and dwindling, surviving the horrors of the Dust wars through their extreme toughness, their skills with native life forms, and their close bond to the planet.
Now, finally, the Guardians have awakened; taking this as a sign, the Allayi are coming together and daring to rebuild something of the life they once had. With the Guardians weak, and Auriga dying, they view it as their fate to do what is possible to preserve their once glorious homeworld.



Shifting
The Allayi faction is deeply bound to the life and death of Auriga, which the player mostly experiences through the prism of the changing seasons. Their gameplay is centred around exploration and the collection of a new resource, Auriga Pearls, with which they have a particular affinity. All their units change form based on the season, becoming more active in winter and more settled in summer. Also, they will gradually manage to control these form-shifting abilities.

Overview

• All faction units have the "Shifting" capacity which alters their attributes and capacities depending on their current "shifter form":
  In summer units assume their "Light Form":
  
  • +20% Defence.
    
  • +10% Regeneration
    
  • -50% Unit upkeep
  In winter units assume their "Dark Form":
  
  • +20% Attack.
    
  • Immunity to Winter movement and vision reduction
    
  • +1 Vision Range
    
  • +1 Map Movement
    
  • +1 Battle Movement
• This form can later be modified artificially (out of season) using an exclusive Blessing available in the Altar of Auriga:
  The effect last for 1 turn and cost 1 orb per unit level.

Garth of the Allayi
The faction has access, as a starting trait, to a very specific city borough, in place of the usual one. It costs Pearls and Industry :industry: to build, but has also much improved attributes:

• 1 per city Pop
  
• -5 Approval / +15 per extra level on district
  
• +2 Food
  
• +2 Industry
  
• +2 Dust / +4 per extra level on district
  
• +2 Science / +4 per extra level on district
  
• +2 Influence / +4 per extra level on district
  
• +20 City Fortification per extra level on district

Pearl Sensitive
The Allayi have a particular relationship with the Auriga Pearls, and much of their gameplay centers around collecting and using them. We wanted the faction to lead the "arms race" as far as voting for winter effects is concerned: other factions should be pushed to join them as a result.

• The empire can see the locations of pearls through the fog of war, so in all the areas they have explored
  
• This ability is shared with friendly empires when a map exchange treaty is ratified
  
• In addition the Allayi receive pearls whenever they successfully search a ruin, in addition to the loot

Breath of Auriga
The Allayi have a special relationship with the seasons, so it is important that they have access to superior powers of prediction. This will help them to collect pearls (as they will be ready) and to vote more effectively (because they know when the voting will end).

• -100% winter prediction margin of error.

We Chosen Few
The Allayi are explorers, ecologists and pioneers, not empire-builders, so will tend to have small empires of only a few cities. Their production needs to be intensive not extensive. Until now we've not had a faction midway between the Cultists' single-city empires and the Necrophages sprawling hive clusters. They should play very differently from other factions and provide experienced players with a new challenge, with each unit of population feeling precious and special. This penalty will also oblige the Allayi player to focus on pearl collection in order to prop up their economy and to defend themselves: their special borough in particular will come in handy.

• +50% Growth required for each new population on cities.
  
• +150% Expansion Disapproval on cities.

Mercurial Diplomats
The Allayi have a lunatic nature, subject to mood swings as the seasons change. This trait will mostly serve the lore, but it does contribute to the faction's season-based planning gameplay. We wanted the shifting to affect every part of the game, including diplomacy.

• -25% influence cost in summer for all diplomatic treaties.
  
• -25% influence cost in winter for all diplomatic declarations.

Battlefield Symbiosis
The symbiotic and shifting nature of the faction is further emphasized by the interdependence of their units. This trait reinforces the importance of morale and should make the Allayi faction interesting to play with on the battlefield.

• +15% initiative per point of positive morale on units (up to +90%)
  
• -15% initiative per point of negative morale on units (up to -90%)

Hero
The only Ranged unit of the Faction, with a bonus when collecting Pearls. In summer, they can indirectly also support units by using Shifting Nova ability.

"Shifting Nova" ability:

• If in "Light Form": Automatically heals surrounding friendly units (15% of Damage)
  
• If in "Dark Form": Circle area of effect on targeted enemy unit (15% of Damage)

Starting unit: "Seeker"
A faction based on exploration needs a fast starting unit to cover a lot of ground in the first turns.

Overview

• A decent cavalry unit which can equip a spear or sword and shield.
  
• "Shifting charge" ability:
  
  • If in "light form": -10% to enemy attack per movement point spent.
    
  • If in "dark form": -10% to enemy defence per movement point spent.

Era 1 unit: "Skyfin"
A very special support unit with an extremely high movement range, created primarily to collect pearls but also to support other armies. It can, in addition, deploy on a resource deposit, allowing the Allayi empire to compensate for the lack of regions it directly controls. If done, this also provides an approval bonus to the hosting region, creating an interesting symbiotic relationship between empires.

Overview

• An especially fast, solitary, flying support unit, which can equip wands or claws.
  
• "Shifting Awe" ability:
  
  • If in "light form": +1 morale on the target ally, jumps across friendly units like chain lightning.
    
  • If in "dark form": -1 morale on the target enemy, jumps across friendly units like chain lightning.
• "One with Auriga" ability:
  
  • Can deploy on any unclaimed resource deposit to extract resources each turn.
    
  • The amount of resources extracted depends on the level of the unit.
    
  • The region owner shares the unit's vision and their city gains +10 approval
    
  • The unit cannot be attacked by Minor faction roaming armies

Era 2 unit: "Monk"
The faction line-up can't be entirely made up of scouts. There needs to be strong fighting unit. It should, however, still be highly mobile.

Overview

• A powerful flying combat unit which can equip a spear or 2-handed sword.
  
• "Shifting combo" ability:
  
  • If in "light form": increasing hit ability, up to 3 consecutive attacks
    
  • If in "dark form": increasing hit ability, up to 3 consecutive counters

Stay tuned for more reveals on the Shifters expansions! ;)
~Amplitude Studios

Hi everyone,

Thank you for participating in the Closed Beta for the upcoming Endless Legend expansion: Shifters.

We are very glad to announce that Endless Legend Shifters will be available on April 7!

We'll be live on Twitch April 1st, at 5pm CEST: https://www.twitch.tv/amplitudestudios Come say hi and ask your questions about the new expansion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za9Hzr72E00


Introducing a richer winter season! With a new resource to collect around the map during winter, the Pearls of Auriga, players have the opportunity to influence the effects of winter, to gain advantages and hinder their enemies. Factions can spend their pearls to acquire blessings on the Altar of Auriga, a new building that can be built in your city. Winters will have a few surprises in store with the possibility of lakes and seas freezing over to allow passage of troops!




Endless Legend: Shifters also adds a new faction, the Allayi.

The Allayi are few in number and have an intrinsic relationship with the Pearls of Auriga. Shifting with the seasons from friendly neighbours to enraged raiders, in the right hands the Allayi can prove extraordinary opponents.










Bought out instantly by spending Pearls, the new Blessings are bound to the number of elapsed winters. They have a unique appearance and function, such as defensive towers to protect your territory from marauding armies, unique districts and city improvements, pearl stockpiles & pearl item sets. Moreover, the new Allayi faction has exclusive blessings, allowing them for instance to shift form at will!



Winters are going to be a lot more interesting, don't you think?

We'll share more information regarding these new features as we get closer to the release so stay tuned! :)


~Amplitude Studios

Hi everyone,

Thank you for participating in the Closed Beta for the upcoming Endless Legend expansion: Shifters.

We are very glad to announce that Endless Legend Shifters will be available on April 7!

We'll be live on Twitch April 1st, at 5pm CEST: https://www.twitch.tv/amplitudestudios Come say hi and ask your questions about the new expansion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za9Hzr72E00


Introducing a richer winter season! With a new resource to collect around the map during winter, the Pearls of Auriga, players have the opportunity to influence the effects of winter, to gain advantages and hinder their enemies. Factions can spend their pearls to acquire blessings on the Altar of Auriga, a new building that can be built in your city. Winters will have a few surprises in store with the possibility of lakes and seas freezing over to allow passage of troops!




Endless Legend: Shifters also adds a new faction, the Allayi.

The Allayi are few in number and have an intrinsic relationship with the Pearls of Auriga. Shifting with the seasons from friendly neighbours to enraged raiders, in the right hands the Allayi can prove extraordinary opponents.










Bought out instantly by spending Pearls, the new Blessings are bound to the number of elapsed winters. They have a unique appearance and function, such as defensive towers to protect your territory from marauding armies, unique districts and city improvements, pearl stockpiles & pearl item sets. Moreover, the new Allayi faction has exclusive blessings, allowing them for instance to shift form at will!



Winters are going to be a lot more interesting, don't you think?

We'll share more information regarding these new features as we get closer to the release so stay tuned! :)


~Amplitude Studios

Hey guys and gals!






Applications for the Closed Beta of the Shifters expansion for Endless Legend are now open, and will run until March 7th (10 am, CEST)! ːsteamsaltyː If you think you're the Beta tester that we need, send us an email at: Playtest [at] Amplitude-Studios [dot] com. The e-mail address must be valid if you want to receive an answer! ;)

Please include:

• Your Amplitude forum username (not your Steam username!)
  
• Your first name, last name and date of birth
  
• A link to your Steam account (make sure to set it to public!)
  
• A DXDiag in text format so we can ensure you can run the game in satisfactory conditions (here is how to make one. Click on "Save all information" at the bottom right of the DXDiag window and attach the DXDiag to your e-mail)
  
• A couple of lines to tell us why we should choose you to be among the lucky ones to try out Shifters!

50 lucky players will receive:

• An access to the Closed Beta on Steam
  
• A unique forum badge
  
• An access to the Shifters private forum to post your impressions

Also, please, only sign up if you think you will have time to play the game and be able to provide some constructive feedback. :)



Thanks, and good luck!

Hey guys and gals!






Applications for the Closed Beta of the Shifters expansion for Endless Legend are now open, and will run until March 7th (10 am, CEST)! ːsteamsaltyː If you think you're the Beta tester that we need, send us an email at: Playtest [at] Amplitude-Studios [dot] com. The e-mail address must be valid if you want to receive an answer! ;)

Please include:

• Your Amplitude forum username (not your Steam username!)
  
• Your first name, last name and date of birth
  
• A link to your Steam account (make sure to set it to public!)
  
• A DXDiag in text format so we can ensure you can run the game in satisfactory conditions (here is how to make one. Click on "Save all information" at the bottom right of the DXDiag window and attach the DXDiag to your e-mail)
  
• A couple of lines to tell us why we should choose you to be among the lucky ones to try out Shifters!

50 lucky players will receive:

• An access to the Closed Beta on Steam
  
• A unique forum badge
  
• An access to the Shifters private forum to post your impressions

Also, please, only sign up if you think you will have time to play the game and be able to provide some constructive feedback. :)



Thanks, and good luck!

Hey guys and gals!


The Vaulters making you feel blue? How about... something a little more fiery?




As promised during the Endless Day last month, the Mezari faction is now free for all Endless Legend players! Simply update your game to get this pretty cool-looking skin for the Vaulters faction unlocked in your game. We hope you like them.



That's it, now get playing!

Hey guys and gals!


The Vaulters making you feel blue? How about... something a little more fiery?




As promised during the Endless Day last month, the Mezari faction is now free for all Endless Legend players! Simply update your game to get this pretty cool-looking skin for the Vaulters faction unlocked in your game. We hope you like them.



That's it, now get playing!

Hi all,

The Endless Day has returned! :) We're celebrating today our studio's 5th anniversary with in-game events, tons of giveaways on Twitter, a special live stream and an office party!


Play Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Space before Monday, January 25 to discover and permanently unlock rare Steam achievements or play with Tarosh the Archivist in each game. For more information, check out this FAQ:



ENDLESS SPACE

• How to unlock the Emlek Tarosh hero: you need to start a new game of Endless Space (make sure you have disabled your mods if you are playing with any), before January 25th (end of the event). If you manage to do so, the hero will be unlocked for your future games once the event is over.
  
• To unlock the “Endless Day” achievement: win a game in “Endless” difficulty, started between January 21st and January 25th, but completed at any time.

DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS

• How to unlock the archivist, Esseb Tarosh: you need to start a new game of Dungeon of the Endless. The hero will be available in your pool right away, for the duration of the event. Like any other heroes in DotE, you need to survive at least three floors with the hero or finish the game with it. If you manage to do so, once the event ends, you will be able to keep the Esseb Tarosh in your pool of heroes.
  
• How to unlock the “Endless Day” achievement: you need to start a new game in any difficulty, hire the archivist hero and keep it alive, and complete the game. Make sure you start and complete a game between January 21st and January 25th in order to get the achievement.

ENDLESS LEGEND

• How to unlock the Eslek Tarosh hero and the “Endless Day” achievement: you need to start a new game of Endless Legend (make sure you have disabled your mods if you are playing with any), before January 25th (end of the event!). Once you have built your first city, a new quest will appear: “Day of the Awakening”. Complete it and you will unlock the new hero and the Steam achievement.

Twitter giveaways will be taking place all day long on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter (@Amplitude) for a chance to win Steam keys for all our games and a great Endless goodies package! This event starts at 10am CET, and we plan to continue giving keys away throughout the whole day! So stay tuned, and good luck!


As a thank you for being part of our community, we will be unlocking the Mezari faction (Vaulters faction skin) for everyone in Endless Legend!

We'll unlock the faction in a future update (no ETA yet) but we'll keep you posted.


Don't miss our Live Stream, starting at 4pm CET with Mathieu & Romain, our co-founders! They'll discuss the studio's recent achievements, give updates on current projects, and drop hints about what comes next. Follow us on Twitch and be sure to tune in!

--> Link to the replay: http://www.twitch.tv/amplitudestudios/v/36762831


A Beer2Gether event will be taking place over at our studio in Paris. There's no more room for this one, sorry, be sure to be among the first to register next week to be able to visit us!


The Endless Day events conclude on January 25th at 12am CET. Achievement hunters, make sure to get them before then!


~Amplitude Studios

Hi all,

The Endless Day has returned! :) We're celebrating today our studio's 5th anniversary with in-game events, tons of giveaways on Twitter, a special live stream and an office party!


Play Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Space before Monday, January 25 to discover and permanently unlock rare Steam achievements or play with Tarosh the Archivist in each game. For more information, check out this FAQ:



ENDLESS SPACE

• How to unlock the Emlek Tarosh hero: you need to start a new game of Endless Space (make sure you have disabled your mods if you are playing with any), before January 25th (end of the event). If you manage to do so, the hero will be unlocked for your future games once the event is over.
  
• To unlock the “Endless Day” achievement: win a game in “Endless” difficulty, started between January 21st and January 25th, but completed at any time.

DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS

• How to unlock the archivist, Esseb Tarosh: you need to start a new game of Dungeon of the Endless. The hero will be available in your pool right away, for the duration of the event. Like any other heroes in DotE, you need to survive at least three floors with the hero or finish the game with it. If you manage to do so, once the event ends, you will be able to keep the Esseb Tarosh in your pool of heroes.
  
• How to unlock the “Endless Day” achievement: you need to start a new game in any difficulty, hire the archivist hero and keep it alive, and complete the game. Make sure you start and complete a game between January 21st and January 25th in order to get the achievement.

ENDLESS LEGEND

• How to unlock the Eslek Tarosh hero and the “Endless Day” achievement: you need to start a new game of Endless Legend (make sure you have disabled your mods if you are playing with any), before January 25th (end of the event!). Once you have built your first city, a new quest will appear: “Day of the Awakening”. Complete it and you will unlock the new hero and the Steam achievement.

Twitter giveaways will be taking place all day long on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter (@Amplitude) for a chance to win Steam keys for all our games and a great Endless goodies package! This event starts at 10am CET, and we plan to continue giving keys away throughout the whole day! So stay tuned, and good luck!


As a thank you for being part of our community, we will be unlocking the Mezari faction (Vaulters faction skin) for everyone in Endless Legend!

We'll unlock the faction in a future update (no ETA yet) but we'll keep you posted.


Don't miss our Live Stream, starting at 4pm CET with Mathieu & Romain, our co-founders! They'll discuss the studio's recent achievements, give updates on current projects, and drop hints about what comes next. Follow us on Twitch and be sure to tune in!

--> Link to the replay: http://www.twitch.tv/amplitudestudios/v/36762831


A Beer2Gether event will be taking place over at our studio in Paris. There's no more room for this one, sorry, be sure to be among the first to register next week to be able to visit us!


The Endless Day events conclude on January 25th at 12am CET. Achievement hunters, make sure to get them before then!


~Amplitude Studios