Mount up and ride out, the first content update for Conqueror’s Blade is now available to download for free from the Game Center and Steam! The Knights & Squires update introduces a host of important changes to the game, including gameplay improvements and balancing, five new units, an endgame progression system, and lots more new content!



Reinforce your armies with the new Crusade unit line! This expansion makes five new units available to recruit: Demesne Spearmen (Tier 2), Squires (Tier 3), Spear Sergeants (Tier 4), Men-at-Arms (Tier 4), and Monastic Knights (Tier 5). Inspired by the chivalric orders that fronted a number of European militaries for centuries, these soldiers can provide reliable heavy support to your forces, with their considerable staying power making them a worthy addition to any army.

If you’re looking for more ways to show off your progression after hitting the level cap, we’ve got you covered. Military Ranks are part of a new progression system that will show other players an overview of your in-game military expertise and achievements! The system will activate when you reach level 60, with the Military Ranks displaying as a special frame around the class icon. 

The Knights & Squires update also contains a number of crucial gameplay and quality of life improvements. Several balancing changes have been made to certain units. Notably, cavalry units have received a boost to their health and base attacks, while the clout of their charge has been reduced by 10%. Additionally, the Dual Blades and Nodachi warlords now have new or altered skills, and join the Longbow and Glaive warlords in receiving stat adjustments in service of a more balanced combat experience for all players.



In the multiplayer arena, we’ve analyzed player behaviour and win rates to optimize certain maps, which will provide a better balance between attacking and defending teams during siege battles. Some additional changes have also been made to Territory Wars and the open world map.

If you feel like you’ve exhausted all your usual warlord tasks, don’t hang around your empire twiddling your thumbs – there are new quests at hand! New tutorial quests will provide more help to warlords still in training, with stellar rewards and equipment available upon completion. If you’re a seasoned warlord, a new set of daily, weekly, and fief quests are also available, with some tweaks made to the criteria for existing quests. You’ll now also have the ability to select a Skill Page for any class from the chests earned from weekly quests and drops!

Download the Knights & Squires update to experience all the changes and new content for yourself, and if you want a full breakdown of this update’s contents with all the juicy details, check out the patch notes!

Please be aware that from 07:00 CEST on Tuesday 2nd July (22:00 PDT 01/07) the Conqueror’s Blade servers will be inaccessible. The downtime is expected to last for 5 hours. 

• Knights & Squires is being deployed

Stay tuned to our Discord channel for any immediate server updates.

Once again, Evo Loz Gaming has taken a gander at the patch notes and provided a video summary for your viewing pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-NUKvtExDY

• New Crusade Unit Line
• New Military rank system for players above level 60.
• Balancing adjustments to Dual Blade, Nodachi, Glaive and Long Bow Warlords.
• “Random Skill Page Chest” will allow players to choose any class skill page when opened. The amount of Skill Pages within the current reward pool has been increased.
• Crafting level requirements for many items have been reduced.
• A bunch of new tutorial quests have been added.
• New daily and weekly quests with corresponding rewards have been added. To balance it, some rewards for older weekly quests were adjusted.
• New fief quests have been added.
• Existing Unit skins can now be applied to any units.
• Smuggler now stocks  some crafting materials.
• It is cheaper to declare war if you do it with advanced notice.
• Balancing adjustments for various units. Cavalry is receiving a slight buff to its attack and HP.

Activated the Crusade Unit line which is comprised of 5 units:

• Demesne Spearman (Tier 2)
• Squires (Tier 3)
• Spear Sergeants (Tier 4)
• Men-at-Arms (Tier 4)
• Monastic Knights (Tier 5)

Activated the Military Rank System for players level 60 and above.

• Military Ranks will display as a special frame around the class icon.
• Removed level display for players above level 60 and replaced with Military Ranks

Matchmaking Optimization:
Siege and Field Match-making has been updated

Brackets will merge if the system is unable to match a viable game within a certain time period. Stages will not merge together, meaning Newbies will NOT be matched with Veterans.

Various changes have been made to items for sale in various vendors and stores throughout the world.
Cosmetics:
The following cosmetics have had their unit type requirement removed meaning they can now be applied to all units:

• Vadász Corps Attire
• Eagle Guard Attire
• Fleur-de-Lys Attire
• Golden Sun Mercenary Attire

Please note that the Fleur-de-Lys Horse Attire Set is still only usable by cavalry units.
Military Supply:
Added Soldier Training Document for 100 Gold. This item allows players to reset a unit’s Veterancy Points.
Smuggler:
Added a handful of new items which cost 100 Silver each to the Smuggler’s store:

• Scrap Iron
• Scrap Copper
• Piece of Wood
• Bolt of Cloth
• Piece of Leather

Auction House:

• Added a refresh button.
• Removed pending item display from the Auction House, only items for sale will be shown.
• Adjusted guiding prices for all items and resources.

Skill Pages:
The “Random Skill Page Chest” which is awarded from weekly quests and open world treasures has been changed to an “Optional Skill Page Chest” which will allow players to choose any class skill page

A handful of Warlords have been adjusted to provide better and more balanced gameplay.
Nodachi:

• Increased basic swing damage (left-click) by 20%.
• Added a new passive: Life Drain
  • When you hit an enemy with any of these three Nodachi skills, (Samurai's March, Fearless & Steadfast, and Bloodthirsty), you get a leech buff that stacks up to five times. Each stack confers a 4% leech effect.
  • The Bloodthirsty skill adds five stacks of the leech buff at a time.
• Tiger’s Claw Skill: Health regeneration has been decreased from 1000/1500/2000 to 600/900/1200 dependant on the level.
• Dragon’s Leap -  Removed the speed acceleration upon hitting the target.

Longbow:

• Staggering Time has been reduced by 30%.
• Staggered arrow speed has been increased by 37%.

Glaive:

• The damage dealt by Flying Reaper I, II and III has been changed.
  • Originally, they were (511%+1548),  (511%+1788), and  (511%+2028) of blunt damage, respectively. Now they are  (682%+2065),  (682%+2385), and (682%+2705) of blunt damage, respectively.

Dual Blades:

• Reworked the following skills while in stealth:
  • Removed the stun effect that resulted from Ambush. It has been replaced with a 260% slashing damage effect.
  • The Dusken Pall skill has been reworked and re-added back to the game. Now, when you use it, you kick the enemy’s head, dealing some damage and stunning them for 1.5 seconds.

Several quality of life improvements have been added to units.
Unit Balance Adjustments:
Upon reviewing all unit data, it was found that the cavalry’s overall stats are weak, based on those findings we have increased cavalry’s health and base attacks.
We also have received feedback that the cavalry’s charge was very difficult to predict and the damage was unbearable, so adjustments have been changed to chargeable units.
All Cavalry Units have had their charge damage reduced by 10%.
Prefecture Pikeman

• Charge damage has been reduced.
• This unit now makes a gesture before accelerating towards the enemy.

Ironcap Cavalry

• Health increased by 7%.
• Basic attack damage increased by 10%.

Prefecture Heavy Cavalry

• Health increased by 3%.
• Basic attack damage increased by 10%

Dagger-Axe Lancers

• Health increased by 6.5%.
• Basic attack damage increased by 15%.

Coutiliers

• Health increased by 3.5%.
• Basic attack strength increased by 20%.

Lancers

• Health increased by 3%.
• Basic attack damage increased by 25%.

Winged Hussars

• Health increased by 3%.
• Basic attack damage increased by 11%.

Cataphract Lancers

• Health increased by 8%.

Yeomen

• Health increased by 3%.
• Basic attack damage increased by 25%.

Fire Lance Cavalry

• Health increased by 4%.

Ironcap Bowriders

• Health increased by 18%.
• Basic attack damage increased by 12%.

 

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  Weapons and Armor sold by the Blacksmiths have had their level reduced from 15 to 10.
  
  • 
    Scimitar & Shield
    
  • 
    Steel Glaive
    
  • Arming Sword
  • Steel Poleaxe
  • Steel Spear
  • Kosho
  • Precision Musket
  • Recurve Bow
  • Rebel Shortbow
  • Steel Daggers
  • Nubuck Camisole
  • Recruit’s Gambeson
  • Tempered Steel Mail Armour
  • Nubuck Circlet
  • Recruit’s Helmet
  • Tempered Steel Helmet
• The lowest tier of craftable weapons and armour has had their wearable level reduced from 30 to 20.
  • Honed Scimitar & Shield
  • Crescent Moon
  • Knightly Sword
  • Berserker
  • Ox Tongue
  • Imperial Nodachi
  • Iron Spitfire
  • Iron-tipped Recurve
  • Ambush Shortbow
  • Shadow’s Wrath
  • Scout’s Tunic
  • Warrior’s Mail Skirt Armour
  • Conscript’s Camisole
  • Scout’s Headband
  • Warrior’s Red Plumed Helmet
  • Conscript’s Helmet
  • Scout’s Cloth Mitten Bracers
  • Warrior’s Bracers
  • Conscript’s Gloves
  • Scout’s Boots
  • Warrior’s Boots
  • Conscript’s Boots

Equipment Property Changes:

Adjusted the attributes for the Royal Sentry set.

• Four pieces of the set have been adjusted:
• Arc of Steel: Hit more than seven enemies to enter the Heat of Battle skill state for six seconds.
• This description has been changed to: Arc of Steel: Hit more than seven enemies and your warlord gets the Wild Frenzy skill buff.

Tutorial Quests:

• Added guide on the ground for new players when they choose their region which helps direct them to the capital city.
• New Level 10 tutorial quest: Blacksmith’s Greetings
  • Players will receive a level 10 Uncommon Helmet as a reward.
• New Level 20 tutorial quest: Learning Crafting, Equipment Disassemble and Equipment Crafting
  • Player will receive level 20 uncommon bracers and chest armour as a reward.
• New Level 25 tutorial quest: Artillery Crafting
• Added two new serial quests: In Gratitude and Grand Designs
  • Players will receive warlord equipment and a whole set of schematics from completing these quests.
• New main quest: Join a house.
  • Players will receive a Migration Token. This item allows you to move your armies camp from one Fief to another.

Daily and Weekly Quests:
Added new daily quests after level 15:

• The Riches of The Earth
  • Head to the open world and collect resources once.
• Let's Go Scavenging!
  • Head to the open world and collect three treasures.
• Let's You and Him Fight
  • Activated after level 18. Duel another player.
• On Patrol
  • Seek and finish a fight with roaming bandits in the open world.

Added new weekly quests:

• Take & Hold
  • Three victories in Siege Battles, can be repeated up to three times.
• Fields of Glory
  • Three victories in Field Battles, can be repeated up to three times.
• Local Hero
  • Complete five Fief quests.
• Forge & Fire
  • Craft one piece of warlord equipment.
• Engines of War
  • Craft one piece of artillery.
• Vie for Victory
  • Join and play the Deathmatch mode three times.
• Iron & Blood
  • Join and play the Ironman mode two times.

A handful of Weekly Quests rewards have been adjusted.

• Reliable:
  • House XP has been reduced from 175 to 50.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 10 to 5.
• Faithful:
  • House XP has been reduced from 175 to 50.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 20 to 10.
• Field Officer:
  • House XP has been reduced from 150 to 100.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 15 to 5.
• Turf War:
  • House XP has been increased from 150 to 200.
• All “Kill Warlord” and “Kill Soldier” requests:
  • House XP has been reduced from 125 to 50.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 10 to 3.
• Fire On My Order:
  • House XP has been reduced from 200 to 100.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 15 to 10.
• Bombardier:
  • House XP has been reduced from 150 to 100.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 15 to 5.
• On Campaign I, II and III
  • House XP has been reduced from 50 to 10,20,30 respectively.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 5 to 1,2,3 respectively.     
• Rebel Fighter, Peacemaker and Justiciar:
  • House XP has been reduced from 50 to 20,30,40 respectively.
  • Prestige has been reduced from 5 to 2, 3, 4 respectively.

A couple of Weekly Quests have had their conditions adjusted:

• Bombardier:
  • Requirements for completion raised from 50 to 100 kills.
• Half a Hundred
  • Requirements for completion raised from 5 to 50 matches required.
  • This quest can now only be completed once.

Fief Quests:
New fief quests have been added which require food and horses.

Various additions and changes have been made to the Open World and Territory Wars.

Territory War and Pursuits:

• War declaration prestige cost now depends on the time period that war is declared.
  • 24 hours or more: 75% Prestige cost.
  • Within 24 hours: 100% Prestige cost.
  • During Territory War: 150% Prestige cost.
• Added system broadcasts after successfully defending during a Territory War.
• Optimized pursuit systems: If you are pursued by an enemy while outside the safe zone, their pursuit will automatically end if you then enter a safe zone.
• Players who defeat enemy soldiers during pursuits and territory war have a chance to drop defeated enemy soldiers equipment.

Inns:

More Inns have been added near region borders.

Foraging:

Greatly increased the limit of Trade Colonies (Smuggler Towns).

Resource Mining:

The number of remaining mining times per week will be clearly indicated to players and a message will pop up when the limit has been reached.

Open World Map:

• Optimized the icon of Border Forts and Inns.
• Optimized the Difficulty display of bandits and rebel camps.
• Disabled the mouse wheel rolling out to the open world map.

We have optimized the following map mechanics to balance between attack and defending states based on player behaviour and map win rates.

Border Fort (Siege)

• Decreased the damage of 2 defending grapeshot cannons at wall pass.
• The respawn point of the defenders has a barrier added to prevent the attacking party from entering it.
• The initial game time is increased by 90 seconds, adjusted to 14 minutes and 30 seconds, increasing the duration of the first phase of combat.

Augolia (Siege)

• Deleted two ladders in the final respawn point of the defending area.
• Adjusted the placement of the Supply Point in the defenders’ final respawn area. It is now closer to the main road.

Hidden City (Siege)

• Removed one ballista from attackers side.
• Removed one artillery from attacker side.
• Adjusted the positions of a cannon and Hwacha on the forward-facing wall and reduced the time to use the cannon when the defending side spawns.

UI:

• Text display of Fame has been optimized.
• Added information to the alliance and house lists where players can check published information from alliances and houses.
• Players can now copy and paste text to and from the chat system.
• Unit Settlement Page has been added to the Combat Settlement
• Basic Rewards are displayed separately from Premium bonuses.
• More Weapon Descriptions at Weapon choice in the character creation which includes attribute recommendation, difficulties, armour type, etc.

Item Icons

Optimized the following item icons:

• Return Order
• Requisition Order
• Migration Token
• Elite Player Zebra

Item Icons for Page’s Gift, Squire’s Gift, Knight’s Gift and Marshal’s Gift have been changed from Treasure Chests to Money Bags.

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  Players can no longer use ESC to skip some training missions, those involving: weapons training, unit training, horse riding training, artillery and siege engines.
• 
  Fix the appearance and attributes of an NPC Pikemen as they did not match.
• Fixed the display issues of some military equipment models in the open world.
• Fixed the problem whereby warlords were getting stuck between the Supply Point and the rampart in the southeastern corner of the map in Kurak Castle.
• PVE units that feature Inner Growth have been replaced by level one units. Their appearance has not changed, but their attributes are the same as the player’s level one units.
• Pertaining to specific levels:
  • Hold the Line (Moderate)
  • Hold the Line (Hard)
  • The Siege of Eagle Pass (Easy)
  • Siege of Eagle Pass (Normal)
  • Siege of Eagle Pass (Hard)
  • Raid on an Outpost (Easy)
  • Siege of Dasuo Fort (Hard)
  • Siege of Dasuo Fort (Moderate)
• Fixed the medium difficulty in the rebel patrols battle. The second wave of enemies originally had a chance to not move upon reset.
• Fixed some healing irregularities with the Avalanche and Tiger’s Claw skills.
• Fixed the Deploy Caltrops I skill, which had a bug with its bleed damage effect.
• Fixed Mercy of Heaven II skill description and a bug pertaining to its actual interval of effect.
• Fixed Mercy of Heaven III skill description and the bugs pertaining effects that were supposed to apply only to allies but ended up affecting warlords as well and replacing their original recovery effects.
• When Blood Oath reset the Tiger’s Claw skill, some people were unable to immediately use Tiger’s Claw. This has been fixed.
• A label was missing when warriors in the Drill Ground detonated powder barrels with their muskets and suffered burning and bleeding as a result. No longer shall they suffer in silence, or at least without adequate labels!
• There was a bug with kit boxes whereby some boxes contained the currently unreleased Viper Archer's Kit. This has been rectified.
• Fixed the buggy messages pertaining to insufficient level when using the apothecary.
• The rebels and their camp weren’t properly resetting. Now they do.
• Some soldier types were apportioned unrealistic Inner Growth points. These have been adjusted. For players who had organized these units, we have come up with a Soldier Training Document that can reset Veterancy Points.
• We have nerfed the buff that increases the attack and defence abilities of bosses in the novice stages. This affects the following levels: The Battle on The Plain, Valen's Last Stand, and Battle at the Storehouse.
• Bosses have been nerfed somewhat in lower-level bot training stages. Specifically, we snipped off 1,500 points of their health.
• When using Personal Histories, a sentence now clarifies that using such items will reset attribute points that result from the questions asked during character creation.
• Now when players choose to leave their House, and the base in the castle town of the House will be forcibly relocated to a safe fief, no further unit losses shall be incurred.
• The mechanism for resetting the battering ram after it has been destroyed following the capture of point A in Augolia has been optimized. When the battering ram is destroyed, it will be replaced after a specified period. If the current gate is already destroyed, whether battered by a ram or via other means, the battering ram will not be replaced.

It’s been a pretty good week for Conqueror’s Blade in the wake of the new European server being fired up last week. Full-blooded Territory Wars are back on the menu and there’s a tasty release being lined up for next week. You can sample all these stories and more besides in this week’s Weekly News Summary video.

https://youtu.be/OuyoJYNVgbw

We’re very proud to announce the Knights & Squires Update, the first content upgrade for Conqueror’s Blade, which will be adding new units to the game when it arrives next week. Of course, there will be a whole host of tweaks and changes, too...

At the vanguard of Knights & Squires are five new units making up the new Crusader line: these are predominantly heavy troops that hit harder and stay in the battle long after weaker units have turned and fled.  

We’re also adding Military Ranks, a progression system that kicks in when players hit level 60. These new ranks will show others at-a-glance just how advanced you are in the art of war! 

Matchmaking is being improved, so that players shouldn’t have to face players that are too far in advance of them, but might have to during moments when the population for one-off Field and Siege battles is small.

Some tweaks to Territory Wars include changes to the pursuit rules, and to the prestige cost of waging a war depending on when it is declared - surprise attacks soon to be rather more expensive than telegraphed ones  

Changes to open world treasure and weekly quest reward chests mean less randomness: you’ll be able to choose what skill pages you want rather than always having to accept what you’re given. 

Also worth mentioning are a whole slew of class and unit changes to help level the playing field, with a general boost to cavalry units being the most prominent.

Keep an eye out for next week’s planned maintenance period, during which the Knights & Squires Update will be deployed and more changes and insight shared.

With smouldering towers forlorn against the grey sky and stocky battlements in a permanent state of reconstruction, Harbour City feels like the kind of place where war doesn’t just visit, but regularly outstays its welcome. Its barricaded streets and deserted houses betray what was once a thriving regional market, one that now seems barely able to regain its composure before another brace of warring factions passes through.

All the same, it’s a city worth fighting over, and, as with all Siege maps, its walls are the key to victory: 

The attackers might seem to have the tactical advantage, with plenty of room to manoeuvre and places to shield its intentions before a breach is attempted. Meanwhile, the defenders have a broad and open front to defend. All it would take for the attackers to enter the city is for a cunning warlord to climb the wall and slip below to unlatch one of the two hidden side entrances.



But, the attackers have to take point A before it can move to take B and both capture zones - indeed, all areas within the walls - are easy for the defenders to focus on once the outer defence is lost, especially if it can retain the ability to reinforce and re-arm from both flanks simultaneously. Although there are no obvious areas in which the enemy can be boxed into a desperate standstill, to be able to outmanoeuvre the foe can be just as effective.

All Siege maps offer up a game of two halves - breaching the walls and then moving to take the urban centre - but in the case of Harbour City, with its broad battlements and short, closed-off lanes, those two halves have the potential to play out more distinctly than across some of the more established cities in Conqueror’s Blade. Let battle commence!

The Conqueror’s Blade dressing-up up box recently got a little fuller with the addition of three new warlord skins, allowing those of you who like to stand out on the battlefield - or confuse their enemies by looking like one class but being another - a few more options to do so.

The Empyrean Order, Eagle Knight and Solar Order attire sets are available in male and female variations and can be equipped by any class. As with all warlord attires, they don’t change the effectiveness of a character or their equipment; instead only seeking to make you look even more badass than you already are.

Be aware that when bought in-game, the sets will be automatically issued to your currently-active character and cannot later be transferred to another.

It’s all very well having the shiniest armour and a well-groomed horse on which to strut around the battlefield, but if your weapon looks like it’s been pulled out of a bog then it’s going to bring the whole look down. No, if you want to appear all regal and indomitable, as all the best warlords do, you should consider buffing up your weapon of choice with a new skin.

Weapon skins are brand new to the game and are applied to equipped weapons much like cosmetic warlord and horse armour items. They don’t change the base items in any way, nor do they add or subtract from its attributes, but they do look awesome, which is pretty important in any medieval setting.


For this first release, there are ten weapon skins to choose from; one each for the ten current weapon specialisations. All of them are available for purchase as separate items in-game (F6) and cannot be transferred once bought - so be sure you’re logged in with your spear dude, for example, if you want to poke your enemies with your niftier-looking spear.

Weekly News Summary has been off-air for a couple of weeks and will be returning to its usual format next week. In the meantime, here’s a recap on what you might have missed:

• There’s a new server opening up tomorrow
• Territory Wars is changing, for the better
• There was a new map this week (and one last week)
• Sign up to the MY.GAMES Content Creators Program 
• Have you checked out the advantages of Premium Account Time? 

Finally, some breaking news that's straight from our producers, who have just announced the completion of the following, just in time for the weekend!

• We've given out compensation packages to all eligible players across all three 3 servers (7 days Premium Account time + 2500 silver). Players should see it in their Mailboxes.
• We’ve fixed the City upgrade issue and given out compensation to those affected, with the cost difference transferred to players automatically.
• Auction House issues are fixed and the feature is now fully functional.
• Guild leaders affected by camp transfer issues have been compensated with 5 Migration Tokens.
• Last but not least, the Mountain Struggle DUEL Mode will be enabled today at 20:00 CEST (11:00 PDT), allowing players to earn some extra skill pages. The mode will be enabled at the same time as IRONMAN and will last for 3 hours rather than 2.

That’s it for now, Warlords. Rest assured that we’ll be back next week with more Conqueror’s Blade news - in video form this time! Until then, see you on the battlements!

We are pleased to announce that, in addition to our continuing efforts to increase server efficiency across our established servers, we will soon be launching a new European server.

“Europe West 2” will be accessible from the main screen after a scheduled maintenance period on Saturday 22nd June, and will offer a fresh start for those that venture forth to explore unclaimed lands. Of course, we don’t expect them to remain unclaimed for long!  

New server FAQ:

Why are you creating a new server?
To provide a fresh start for those that wish to experience it, and to ease some of the pressure on “Europe West”, which is the most populated of our three current servers.

Can I transfer my existing/current character to the new server?
There are no plans to offer character transfers at this moment in time. You will need to create a new character to play on the new server.

Can I create a new character on the new server and also keep my character on the old server?
You can have up to 10 characters on each server, so with a new server, you can create 10 more characters than you could before!

Can I send my pre-order pack and Collector’s Pack items to the new Europe West 2 server?
If you have items in your Account Inventory that have yet to be issued to one of your characters, then you can create a new character on EU West 2 and transfer those items to it.

Can I transfer any of my Storage items from the website to the new server?
Though you must select a server, Account Inventory (aka Storage) items are issued directly to characters. If you have items in your Storage area and a character on the new server, you can make a transfer.

Can I transfer items I have already sent in-game from my current character to the new server?
No. There are no character-to-character transfers. If you have already transferred an item to a character on another server, it is permanently bound to that character and cannot be retransferred to another.

Will there be other new servers for other regions?
New servers will be considered if it becomes necessary.