Content Update & Ally System Changes

Content Update
A ton of new content has been added, including

• Additional Dragon Levels
• Additional Dragon Tiers
• New Monster, Resource Node, and Titan Levels
• New Shrines Research Tree
• Updated Biome Research Trees
• Ally System Changes

Additional Dragon Levels & Tiers
Keep pushing your Dragons’ power with Research to unlock new, higher Level and Tier caps for all your Dragons!

New Monster, Resource Node, and Titan Levels
New Research unlocks your ability to hunt stronger Monsters hoarding better loot, and gather even more Resources from new Resource Nodes located at the center of the Realm.

New Shrines Research Tree
Become a master of the Shrines with Research to improve your ability to take and hold Shrines for your Clan!

Updated Biome Research Trees
As part of the Content update, the Biome Research Trees are seeing some changes. These tweaks are aimed to tighten end game power gaps while rewarding player investment.

New Avatars to Unlock
By completing a significant portion of the Biome Research trees, players can unlock the new Biome Mastery Avatars to show off their accomplishment and commitment to their favorite Biome! Complete the Biome Mastery research to earn an Avatar from the accompanying Feat.

Improved Bonuses per Level
Many of the Research items in these trees are getting higher starting bonuses and bigger bonuses at each level, ending at the same max bonus. This change gives more bonuses to players still working on their research trees, while bringing the bonuses for players closer together.

Ally System Changes
Allies are a player driven economy, providing huge bonuses. We love the system, but there are extreme cases where the power earned through allies led to an imbalance in the game.

To better balance the Ally system, we have made changes so that Kingdoms of Heckfire can continue to grow and release content for years to come.

Change #1 - Capping PVP Ally Bonus
To better balance Ally Bonus with the other system in the game, there is now a cap on the maximum bonus that can be applied in PVP battles. You are able to increase the cap through upgrading your Waritorium, new research we have added to the game, as well as the new Ally Bonus ability that some Dragons will give. This cap only applies to PVP, and is set such that it affects only 0.02% of our active players.

As the game grows, we will add new opportunities to further extend this cap. Our goal is to ensure that Ally bonus is balanced with the research and dragon bonuses.

Change #2 - Updating Ally Bonus Research
The Bonus from Allies and Bonus to Allies research have been updated to offer a flat +2.5% bonus at each level, and cap out at 50% bonus at level 20. This helps bring the bonuses from Allies back inline what’s available from other areas of the game.

Change #3 - Weekly Gold Transfer Cap

The below items now have a rolling cap on the amount you can send or receive that refills every hour. Our goal is to only limit transfers that are outside of normal game actions. Most players will never hit this cap.

The following items now have their own cap:

• Gold Sent
• Gold Received
• Gold Looted (as the defender)

If you perform an action that will exceed this cap, the game will warn you.

In addition, we have reduced the gold returned when you drop an ally you have recently hired. After holding onto an ally for 7 Days, you will be able to get the full drop ally refund, which is set at 59.99% of the price you paid for that ally.

Player Compensation
We are taking the following the steps to help players with this transition.

Full Ally Refunds for previously hired allies.
We will be providing 100% refunds when you drop an ally that you have hired before Wednesday, July 18th.

Gold Conversion Chest
There will be a new gold chest that will provide you with 1 Million Gold Token for 1 Million Gold. This will be available until Wednesday, July 25th

Speedup Timers Compensation
For those that have allies that will now be above our proposed max, we will be compensating you speedups to help unlock this new cap. Eligible players will receive an in-game mail with the details of this compensation.

Biome Research Compensation
All players who have researched levels of the “Bonus to Allies” and “Bonus from Allies” that now offer lower bonus amounts (Levels 14+) at the time the changes go live will get refunded the full amounts for these levels.

 

We'll be re-enabling PvP tomorrow (July 24th) at 2PM PT.