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Topic: New Event - Underworld Unleashed!
Posted By: GM Cerberus
Subject: New Event - Underworld Unleashed!
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2017 at 23:44

We're excited to announce the roll out of a new event involving the invasion of new, mysterious underworld forces that have been spilling out across the whole of Elgea & the Broken Lands for the past weeks: Underworld Unleashed!

Reports have been trickling in that Kerberos troops have been showing signs of hostility, so be on your guard!  

The hordes of Kerberos troops have begun leaving behind a strange new unique item, the Heart of Darkness.  When volumes of Hearts are brought together in the same town, the hearts are consumed when increasing thresholds are reached.  Players that reach these thresholds are awarded with medals and a spot on the leader board.  There are rumors that the College of Silence is hard at work investigating these strange objects, perhaps there are more layers in this enigma...

HEARTS OF DARKNESS LEADERBOARD & REWARDS
The College of Silence is fervently dredging through ancient texts and manuscripts, attempting to decipher the most recent enigma to emerge from the Kerberos invasion: the Heart of Darkness. The College now encourages leaders of kingdoms across the realm to assemble the Hearts together; it would appear that specific volumes combined react destructively, leaving behind strange arcane energies in their wake.  More study is needed, and the College is awarding leaders with medals as they progress their research on the destroyed Hearts of Darkness.



  • When Hearts of Darkness are collected in one settlement, increasing volumes are consumed as they are brought together awarding the account with a reward.
  • Players are awarded with a unique, leveling medal to show their progress in the Invasion Event.
  • Medal progress is unique to a player's account. 
  • Hearts of Darkness are a tradable commodity on the marketplace.
  • Players can see their progress and compete on the Underworld Unleashed leader board.



Regards,

GM Cerberus



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Posted By: Stukahh
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 00:39
OP says "We're excited to announce the roll out of a new event involving the invasion of new, mysterious underworld forces that have been spilling out across the whole of Elgea & the Broken Lands for the past weeks: Underworld Unleashed!"

Are the hellmouths in BL working yet?  I have yet to see an Underworld Army in BL other than the forces that come out of the Tower in Calumnex.

Please advise

Stukahh


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Posted By: white willow
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 02:26
I am speechless(almost) an unbalanced easter egg hunt only for some ??? Please tell me there's more to this.


Posted By: Ten Kulch
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 02:43
Originally posted by white willow white willow wrote:

I am speechless(almost) an unbalanced easter egg hunt only for some ??? Please tell me there's more to this.

Tournament announced. Two hours, forty-two minutes until the first whining. That's got to be a new record.

Muggles should be rejoicing about a hunting tournament. You can attack stationary enemies with elite commanders. All it takes is a little effort and minimal skill. If you are too lazy to hunt, apparently you can even have other people send you the materials for your medals, or you can buy them. Willow, as a chat gamer, you should be happier than a feline roleplayer in a lurker tree. Now people can express their friendship for you by helping you to accumulate a new medal. Chat gamer paradise.

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Posted By: white willow
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 02:47
this is not whining ten this is serious. Is this the best they can do stuk is right where is BL in this so called tourney


Posted By: Ten Kulch
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 03:05
I was under the impression that faction armies from The Tower also drop the Heart of Darkness material.

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Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 11:08
http://prntscr.com/gr48ua" rel="nofollow - http://prntscr.com/gr48ua

Proof that they ARE in bl, these Underworld camps.

Zaphod B found this one and posted in GC.
[09:53]<Zaphod B https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/203/-1911" rel="nofollow - https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/203/-1911


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Posted By: Ten Kulch
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 12:27
Last night, people explained to me that the BL Hellmouths were not spawning Kerberos units. Then Cerberus acknowledged that the distribution had been uneven. So I retract my criticism about the whining. Even if The Tower faction armies drop hearts (which nobody has confirmed conclusively for me), it doesn't matter much because their armies are still running the typical routes in Calumnex, not the whole continent.

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Posted By: Tensmoor
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2017 at 13:00
I've scanned the whole of BL now for the Underworld camps and you can see the results https://www.factionaction.dewt.me.uk/html/index.html" rel="nofollow - here . I'll scan Elgea later but now I need to go get some sleep.

This is the development version of the site so may go down every now and then as I sort stuff out before moving it to the normal Faction action page.


Posted By: Jadefae
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 00:55
I am curious what rate the hellmouths are spawning.  I haven't seen an underworld faction near any of my towns since they were released.


Posted By: Starry
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 02:34
I've found the hellmouth openings but they are not spawning underworld factions in Tallimar, at least not in areas around my cities or others in this region.

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Posted By: GM Stormcrow
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 02:49
Originally posted by Starry Starry wrote:

I've found the hellmouth openings but they are not spawning underworld factions in Tallimar, at least not in areas around my cities or others in this region.

Hey Starry - Many thanks for this specific info; we'll have a look-see.

SC


Posted By: Starry
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 03:26
Thank you SC!

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Posted By: Haxs
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 04:11
#/World/Map/163/-2711
have seen zero spawn from this one, I check it daily.

Very few seem to be spawning in The Orken Coast.
none seem to be spawning in The Long White



Posted By: Millia36
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 09:23
I haven't seen any Underworld armies in Azura since the Hellmouths appeared.



Posted By: Tucic
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 10:40
so much for an invasion.....


Posted By: Captain Kindly
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 11:45
I have a more general complaint.

When giving a member a medal, you can opt to not have it announced in AC. (actually you have to check a box to have it announced in there)

Could the devs please turn these announcements off for this tournament? It is very irritating when every medal upgrade results in a big AC announcement. It also makes real discussion go out of sight fast.


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Posted By: zzal
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 14:39
Why do some Region's in BL only have 1 Hellmouth silbeaur for instance, thats according to tens map , if thats the case you dev's cocked it up plus never seen a underworld in silbeaur.

I think you dev's need to to create another event just for BL seem most of us cant participate. harness the elementals would be good??...

while I'm in moaning mode dev'S explain this from your own BL faq on website.

Q: How do the new Quests work on the Broken Lands?
Soon after The Broken Lands launch (once players and cities have begun settling in) a new Quest arc will begin – a series of interlinked Quests which will run for several months. Individual players and Alliances will be presented with choices, where they can investigate, scout, thieve, attack, defend, and raid through an evolving story arc.
This is not simply following instructions or doing what the Quest text tells you. It is about making choices. There will be little consequences and small rewards along the way, and then at the end the continent will be permanently changed by the players' combined actions.
This is a new continent. The Quests allow you to explore it, and change it.

WHERE ARE THEY!!!!


Posted By: lordzeal
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2017 at 23:17
I have seen no spawns from the two hellmouths in the area

https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/800/68" rel="nofollow - https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/800/68
https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/797/66" rel="nofollow - https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/797/66


Posted By: Millia36
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 00:49
There are 2 Punisher of Kerberos IV medals in the leaderboard. The second one should have been Punisher of Kerbeors V.


Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:04
I've discovered that they move around fairly quickly. 
When they arrive at camp site, they sit there for around 4-12hours. Mostly They camp at the squares: Standing Stones, Monastery's, Mausoleum, Lawstones, stuff like that, etc.

I have not discovered a fixed spawn rate. They have been appearing every now and then with intervals. Maybe new pops 3 times a day or something like that?

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Posted By: Tensmoor
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:09
Originally posted by zzal zzal wrote:

Why do some Region's in BL only have 1 Hellmouth silbeaur for instance, thats according to tens map , if thats the case you dev's cocked it up plus never seen a underworld in silbeaur.


Having checked the worldmap datafile for the number of tiles in each region and my database for the number of Hellmouths in each region I got the following:
Continent totals





Elgea Broken Lands Ocean Neither Total
Land Area 10816114 3016225 2000384 2290 15835013
Hellmouths 360 268 0 0 628






Land Area 68.31% 19.05% 12.63% 0.01% 100.00%
Hellmouths 57.32% 42.68% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00%

So the land area in BL only accounts for 19% of the total map area while it has almost 43% of the Hellmouths. If you take the Ocean out of the total area equation then you get revised land % of 78% and 22% for Elgea and BL respectively. So BL does actually have more Hellmouths than the land area breakdown would suggest there should be.
What is beyond question however is the number of Underworld armies that are being spawned by those Hellmouths. Reading previous posts about the lack of those armies in certain areas gives the impression  that the devs are relying on us to tell them which areas are not getting any spawns. Given that the devs are the ones controlling the server that does the spawning I'm sure they have a much better way of finding that out rather than sitting waiting on us telling them so the impression is probably down to my poor reading/understanding of my native language.

I have to agree with the sentiment of the post from zzal that this is a completely biased tournament. Even if the collecting of the HoDs is only the first stage of a truly multi stage event the bias in the spawns has given a massive advantage to those that are based in Elgea. I'm not sure what could be done at this point to truly level the playing field however.

Tens


Posted By: Corwin
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:22
npc's from tower faction also drop hearts. other then that I havn't found any underworld forces around in calumnex or farshards so far. I don't know how many hearts are left by regular underworld forces, but the shadowmages left only 1 heart behind in 4 attacks on a mine that I occupy. when I attacked 'many' of them they didn't leave anything


Posted By: Jamie
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 11:48
I think they mainly spawn at the top of the map :(


Posted By: Tensmoor
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:12
They now seem to be spawning in Jurgor as well.


Posted By: Corwin
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2017 at 14:44
I have seen a lot in Jurgor. mostly in a small area of jurgor though.


Posted By: Corwin
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2017 at 08:33
http://https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/680/-2826" rel="nofollow - http://https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/680/-2826
http://https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/870/-3101" rel="nofollow - http://https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/World/Map/870/-3101
both hellmouths havn't spawned anything as far as I can tell


Posted By: Lord Stanley
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 04:45
It also appears that there is a huge imbalance in hellmouth distribution within the upper and lower continent. So far it appears there is only one Hellmouth in Chulbran and Kingslands respectively, but there are a boatload in the High Hills.
If Tensmoor's map is correct, it appears that the hell mouth distribution is fairly even throughout Elgea, but not in the BL.  

Additionally, I have seen none around my cities in Perrigor, Arran, Keshalia, or Kul-tar in Elgea.



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Posted By: Groo
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 05:14
Just an FYI, there are Underworld units active in Glanhad and Strendur that I have seen. Hard to catch, but they do seem to respawning there.


Posted By: Tensmoor
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 06:54
Originally posted by Lord Stanley Lord Stanley wrote:

It also appears that there is a huge imbalance in hellmouth distribution within the upper and lower continent. So far it appears there is only one Hellmouth in Chulbran and Kingslands respectively, but there are a boatload in the High Hills.

A complete breakdown of the number of tiles and hellmouths by region is below. I doubt it would be possible to get a completely balanced distribution of the hellmouths by region as they are dependent on the terrain. The number of possible hellmouth locations (suitable terrain) in each region is shown in the 6th column.





#

# Suitable

% Suitable

% of Total

% of Total

Continent

Id

Name

# Tiles

Hellmouths

Tiles

Tiles

Land

Hellmouths

Neither

0

Unknown

0

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Elgea

1

The Wastes

1196011

3

3656

0.31%

8.65%

0.48%

Elgea

2

Kal Tirikan

1136437

20

3139

0.28%

8.21%

3.18%

Elgea

3

Wolgast

2470689

17

1520

0.06%

17.86%

2.71%

Elgea

4

Ursor

797602

7

14875

1.86%

5.77%

1.11%

Elgea

5

Qarosslan

875482

8

50336

5.75%

6.33%

1.27%

Elgea

6

Windlost

789272

12

10513

1.33%

5.71%

1.91%

Elgea

7

Tamarin

934224

9

10377

1.11%

6.75%

1.43%

Elgea

8

Fremorn

206124

22

559

0.27%

1.49%

3.50%

Elgea

9

Norweld

200460

23

696

0.35%

1.45%

3.66%

Elgea

10

Laoshin

83766

3

241

0.29%

0.61%

0.48%

Elgea

11

Ragalon

82563

8

251

0.30%

0.60%

1.27%

Elgea

12

Taomist

70006

10

287

0.41%

0.51%

1.59%

Elgea

13

Meilla

155905

18



Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 08:46
Highest Elgea:
Elgea24Lan Larosh153724251.11%3.98%

Highest BL:
Broken Lands45Clarien79388250.57%3.98%
Broken Lands59Newlands109332350.79%5.57%
Broken Lands51High Hills158812911.15%14.49%

Lucky Josh




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Posted By: zzal
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 11:37
although the dev's have tried to give us illians different style event which we do appreciate there effort, even if its a flawed attempt.

We would like however some explanation or solutions if possible from the dev's to what's happening if anything.

Seems to me since you started making AGE OF ASENT content for illy has slowly dried up to a trickle which we as a community begrudgingly understand because of AOA , but come on guys couple of years ago you showed us a new UIv4 that got put on the backburner you introduced broken lands great!! but it seem to be devoid of any meaningful content that I can see anyway. No story arc , no poi like the rift HOC ect ect.

we the community would like some answers to these questions. How about a Q and A session with your vision for illy post AOA???



Posted By: Tensmoor
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 12:16
Original table got completely screwed up when I updated it. Here i the new one...





#

# Suitable

% Suitable

% of Total

% of Total

Continent

Id

Name

# Tiles

Hellmouths

Tiles

Tiles

Land

Hellmouths

Neither

0

Unknown

0

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Elgea

1

The Wastes

1196011

3

3656

0.31%

8.65%

0.48%

Elgea

2

Kal Tirikan

1136437

20

3139

0.28%

8.21%

3.18%

Elgea

3

Wolgast

2470689

17

1520

0.06%

17.86%

2.71%

Elgea

4

Ursor

797602

7

14875

1.86%

5.77%

1.11%

Elgea

5

Qarosslan

875482

8

50336

5.75%

6.33%

1.27%

Elgea

6

Windlost

789272

12

10513

1.33%

5.71%

1.91%

Elgea

7

Tamarin

934224

9

10377

1.11%

6.75%

1.43%

Elgea

8

Fremorn

206124

22

559

0.27%

1.49%

3.50%

Elgea

9

Norweld

200460

23

696

0.35%

1.45%

3.66%

Elgea

10

Laoshin

83766

3

241

0.29%

0.61%

0.48%

Elgea

11

Ragalon

82563

8

251

0.30%

0.60%

1.27%

Elgea

12

Taomist

70006

10

287

0.41%

0.51%

1.59%

Elgea

13

Meilla

155905

18

427

0.27%

1.13%

2.87%

Elgea

14

Lucerna

73321

11

265

0.36%

0.53%

1.75%

Elgea

15

Middle Kingdom

128973

16

411

0.32%

0.93%

2.55%

Elgea

16

Mal Motsha

107225

12

312

0.29%

0.78%

1.91%

Elgea

17

Keppen

92799

15

351

0.38%

0.67%

2.39%

Elgea

18

Tor Carrock

152835

12

365

0.24%

1.10%

1.91%

Elgea

19

The Western Realms

102392

12

395

0.39%

0.74%

1.91%

Elgea

20

Keshalia

112579

7

284

0.25%

0.81%

1.11%

Elgea

21

Perrigor

75747

19

302

0.40%

0.55%

3.03%

Elgea

22

Kul Tar

33050

3

62

0.19%

0.24%

0.48%

Elgea

23

Kumala

104822

5

258

0.25%

0.76%

0.80%

Elgea

24

Lan Larosh

153724

25

541

0.35%

1.11%

3.98%

Elgea

25

Arran

118387

9

261

0.22%

0.86%

1.43%

Elgea

26

Turalia

68179

8

197

0.29%

0.49%

1.27%

Elgea

27

Zanpur

80038

9

238

0.30%

0.58%

1.43%

Elgea

28

Elijal

33431

0

28

0.08%

0.24%

0.00%

Elgea

29

Azura

105555

6

291

0.28%

0.76%

0.96%

Elgea

30

Djebeli

54369

1

131

0.24%

0.39%

0.16%

OCEAN

31

OCEAN

2000384

0

0

0.00%

14.46%

0.00%

Elgea

32

Tallimar

137587

23

459

0.33%

0.99%

3.66%

Elgea

33

Larn

69366

6

250

0.36%

0.50%

0.96%

Elgea

34

Kem

1988

0

9

0.45%

0.01%

0.00%

Elgea

35

Farra Isle

6478

0

7

0.11%

0.05%

0.00%

Elgea

36

Trome

1141

0

2

0.18%

0.01%

0.00%

Elgea

37

Rill Archipelago

2969

1

28

0.94%

0.02%

0.16%

Elgea

38

Stormstone Island

618

0

5

0.81%

0.00%

0.00%

Neither

39

Unknown

1801

0

0

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

Broken Lands

40

Calumnex

51918

4

808

1.56%

0.38%

0.64%

Broken Lands

41

Puchuallpa

174339

2

520

0.30%

1.26%

0.32%

Neither

42

Unknown

3

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Broken Lands

43

Pamanyallpa

100593

1

950

0.94%

0.73%

0.16%

Broken Lands

44

Huronire

86917

2

259

0.30%

0.63%

0.32%

Broken Lands

45

Clarien

79388

25

10165

12.80%

0.57%

3.98%

Broken Lands

46

Pawanallpa

139451

5

1090

0.78%

1.01%

0.80%

Neither

47

Unknown

459

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Broken Lands

48

The Poisoned Isle

7645

0

21

0.27%

0.06%

0.00%

Broken Lands

49

Glanhad

58220

8

851

1.46%

0.42%

1.27%

Broken Lands

50

Northmarch

61017

2

399

0.65%

0.44%

0.32%

Broken Lands

51

High Hills

158812

91

29470

18.56%

1.15%

14.49%

Broken Lands

52

Westmarch

68861

2

274

0.40%

0.50%

0.32%

Neither

53

Unknown

1

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Broken Lands

54

Oarnamly

99569

3

953

0.96%

0.72%

0.48%

Neither

55

Unknown

11

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Broken Lands

56

Gremont

51049

11

4714

9.23%

0.37%

1.75%

Broken Lands

57

Coanhara

161669

9

4023

2.49%

1.17%

1.43%

Broken Lands

58

Lapo'a Lua

17625

1

53

0.30%

0.13%

0.16%

Broken Lands

59

Newlands

109332

35

10171

9.30%

0.79%

5.57%

Neither

60

Unknown

14

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Broken Lands

61

Aindara

109154

6

992

0.91%

0.79%

0.96%

Broken Lands

62

The Pirate Isles

39811

4

993

2.49%

0.29%

0.64%

Broken Lands

63

Silbeaur

65388

1

449

0.69%

0.47%

0.16%

Broken Lands

64

Fellandire

140886

5

2151

1.53%

1.02%

0.80%

Neither

65

Unknown

1

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Broken Lands

66

Vindorel

92122

2

1510

1.64%

0.67%

0.32%

Broken Lands

67

Almenly

106221

3

724

0.68%

0.77%

0.48%

Broken Lands

68

Kormandly

96421

8

2322

2.41%

0.70%

1.27%

Broken Lands

69

The Orken Coast

70802

2

1155

1.63%

0.51%

0.32%

Broken Lands

70

Kingslands

78418

2

497

0.63%

0.57%

0.32%

Broken Lands

71

Farshards

131885

5

1809

1.37%

0.95%

0.80%

Broken Lands

72

Shardlands

109527

8

1604

1.46%

0.79%

1.27%

Broken Lands

73

Strendur

179851

11

3804

2.12%

1.30%

1.75%

Broken Lands

74

Chulbran

74896

1

267

0.36%

0.54%

0.16%

Broken Lands

75

Jurgor

164380

7

1769

1.08%

1.19%

1.11%

Broken Lands

76

The Long White

130058

2

358

0.28%

0.94%

0.32%



Posted By: Lord Stanley
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 21:42
I am very grateful for the tourney. 
It just seems very strange to me that entire regions could have unr 5 hell mouths when others have 50.  I am just trying to understand if this is some part of a grand plan that will balance out later in the tourney, a random occurence that is part of the programming, or a glitch that the devs intend to fix.


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Posted By: Ten Kulch
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 22:17
Just because some regions have more Hellmouths, does not necessarily require that they spawn more Kerberos armies. The spawn speed could be different. Each point could also send armies into nearby regions.

Also, just because some regions have more Kerberos armies, does not necessarily mean that they are of identical size. People have reported Gathering size up to Myriad size. That's a lot of variation.

If the number of hearts dropped in each region varies wildly, then that specifically indicates an imbalance. The other factors are just visual. Drop rate corresponds directly to medal advancement, as I understand this particular tournament.

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Posted By: Tensmoor
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 22:46
I think Ten Kulch pretty much nailed it. As he points out - they can send armies anywhere from any Hellmouth and - certainly at present, the important thing seems to be the gathering of the HoDs. Whether that will change at some point in the future who knows - all we can do is go with what we know at present.

Having said that, after an initial sighting of two armies near me (which I killed) I've seen no more despite constant checking. I've no idea if the spawns have dropped of in Elgea as well or if it's just a case of they don't feel like coming near me. To be honest, I don't really care anymore.


Posted By: Kimmyeo
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2017 at 23:49
I have killed over 10 packs of these NPC's without receiving a single HoD or Exp for my commanders. At most, I get 1000 gold...I also haven't seen anything larger that a pack where they are popping up near my cities. You cannot hunt very far out, since they move pretty fast. I've missed more than I have killed. This is my first tournament since I have started  playing, and I must say, I am disappointed. There is no way I can get to the upper levels of the medals, in fact, I gave many away so everyone I knew had a chance of getting a medal. I don't like to complain, but it would have been okay, if I at least could get commander Exp for hunting them, but I guess the groups are so small it doesn't even register. It seems very unfairly distributed across the map, and the groups sizes are inconsistent as well, across the map. I also should point out that the hearts I did get were from the very beginning when I went out and cleared all the paws I could find that weren't being collected because no one realized yet they started dropping parts. 


Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 08:37
Kimmyeo:
Try and scout the squares you have killed Underworld Armies at. Maybe you will discover something is dropped on the square. 

It is correct you get gold on the actual report but you don't see the HoD drops in the report.

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Posted By: Haxs
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 15:54
This is a bad event Ouch because:

1) Location. It plays too large a role, due to spawn rate, spawn density and despawn rate.  Anyone who has cities within 3 hours of the spawn locations have such a huge advantage since the spawns move so quickly.  If you have a cluster of cities within 3 hours, you have won the jackpot.

2) Cavalry is the best attack units because of #1.  
    -->If you have mostly cavalry and a good location your advantage over all other players is laughably huge.

3) Prestige speeding harvesters for the win. 

Good Idea, bad execution. 

A better event:
1) spawns much more random (not clustered)
2) spawns don't despawn until killed or event ends 
    -->(more in theme with a wave of them coming to overtake the land)
3) the longer a spawn is around the more it grows: every 8 hours double unit amount.
4) some spawns seriously punish different types of units.  i.e, if you want this spawn camp you better send swords or archers, if you send even a 100,000 cavalry they will all die.  ... force people to scout the squares.  Like literally units with stats like:  
Spawn Example Defense: 15/5/15/100000 
Spawn Example Defense: 25/1511111/25/10 
Spawn Example Defense: 15111111/275/115/10111111
etc (just never one that has all crazy defense)
or the idea of instant death for some units vs defense:  DEATH / 123/ 122 / DEATH
if you send the death types they die. 


This would make scouting a requirement.  Currently there is no requirement, calvary is just 1000% better due to speed and lack of any kind of real punishment (for large players).




Posted By: Celebrant
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 20:36
Prestige eater,  like every tournament organized by developers.

Money is god of Illyriad,  unfortunately.



Posted By: GM Cerberus
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 21:41
Hey folks,

Just wanted to make some clarifications.  First off, this isn't a tournament, this is a running event that will have a conclusion.  After the event is over, the Kerberos units will be sticking around as the link forged between the underworld and Elgea & Broken Lands by the Tower is permanent(?).  

The Underworld Unleashed event is something new and will continue to evolve and impact Illyriad with things yet to come.

I should have been explicit in the post, I just thought that saying it's a "New Event" and not a New Tournament would be sufficient.

We have adjusted spawn rates for Broken Lands and will continue to monitor the event as it progresses.

Regards,

GM Cerberus




Posted By: Hopper
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 22:02
Thanks for the update, GM C,

good to see you (and the devs) adjusting the next developments!

I'd  be interested  to know how Count Rupert can be credited with an average of more than 500 Hearts of Darkness gathered per city on his account (or is he draining all the x-Crows allies?), since the beginning of the event, when in my neighborhood, I can't see Underworld troops in more than gatherings, yielding less than a score of parts whenever we can hit them!



Posted By: Yitshak
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 22:23
We have killed some legion strength units, yielding over 150 hearts...

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Posted By: Jamie
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 22:34
Good to see more event being hosted on the server :D, keep up the great work and can't wait to see future content !


Posted By: zzal
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2017 at 09:49
still no underworld npc's appearing in Silbeaurs ONLY hellmouth..


Posted By: Wartow
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2017 at 14:04
Originally posted by zzal zzal wrote:

still no underworld npc's appearing in Silbeaurs ONLY hellmouth..

What do they say about real estate?  Location, location, location...  I don't know the algorithm used for hellmouth placement but there are plenty of examples in Illyriad where resources and NPCs are not evenly distributed throughout.


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Posted By: Hopper
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 01:01
let me add that an Illy where all resources/opportunities were evenly distributed, region by region, would make a tedious, predictable world.

Please remember that physicists postulate a big bang, for our universe, where some discrepancies emerged straight from the 'singularity' event: uniformity wouldn't have let any differentiation...


Posted By: Jadefae
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 02:18
Yay!!!! Some in Western Realms, makes me a happy player. Thank you for fixing it.


Posted By: Captain Kindly
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 08:19
Originally posted by Hopper Hopper wrote:

Thanks for the update, GM C,

good to see you (and the devs) adjusting the next developments!

I'd  be interested  to know how Count Rupert can be credited with an average of more than 500 Hearts of Darkness gathered per city on his account (or is he draining all the x-Crows allies?), since the beginning of the event, when in my neighborhood, I can't see Underworld troops in more than gatherings, yielding less than a score of parts whenever we can hit them!


Sorry, but I have to reply to this.

I have been in a hunter tournament organized by nCrow, and back then, Count Rupert was a Beast.  I was pretty dedicated and I managed to get more kills than the #2 in the +10 city league, while being in the -10 league myself. Using only 4 cities. I cleaned out every Legion of Giant Rats in the whole NW of Elgaea to do that.

Rupert is dedicated to tournaments like this. He's shown it before and he does it again now. It's all about attitude.


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Posted By: Captain Kindly
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 08:29
Originally posted by GM Cerberus GM Cerberus wrote:

Hey folks,

Just wanted to make some clarifications.  First off, this isn't a tournament, this is a running event that will have a conclusion.  After the event is over, the Kerberos units will be sticking around as the link forged between the underworld and Elgea & Broken Lands by the Tower is permanent(?).  

The Underworld Unleashed event is something new and will continue to evolve and impact Illyriad with things yet to come.

I should have been explicit in the post, I just thought that saying it's a "New Event" and not a New Tournament would be sufficient.

We have adjusted spawn rates for Broken Lands and will continue to monitor the event as it progresses.

Regards,

GM Cerberus

Thanks, Cerb,

But tournament or not, you might want to check their movement. 

I don't mind them moving around, but maybe you should try playing with bows or swords for a bit. It's very annoying to see them move within 4 hours of showing up (I had one moving away within a way shorter time yesterday).

I am not even trying beyond map visibility range. But I think I should at least be allowed a decent chance. Which I do not think I have atm.


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Posted By: Hopper
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 10:01
Don't be mistaken: my question was only meant to clarify the reasons for this feat.

Regional difference, offering more legions/myriads than elsewhere

or

teamwork within alliances


Posted By: zolvon
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2017 at 06:36
A Myriad...

From: System
Subject: FW: Victorious battle against NPC units's forces at ...
Received: 10 Oct 2017 10:08
Original Message:

Your army has defeated the defenders and your occupation of this location has begun.

Attackers:Unit:Quantity:Casualties:Survivors:
Commander: Montorvo[@i=5|77] Knight1Damaged for 32, 568 health remains.
Troops:[@i=5|77] KnightsXXXX3265XXXX


Defenders:Unit:Quantity:Casualties:Survivors:
Troops:[@i=5|737] Hellmaws4964960
Troops:[@i=5|738] Behemoths356535650
Troops:[@i=5|739] Hunters6436430
Troops:[@i=5|740] Deatherunners291329130
Troops:[@i=5|741] Firesingers8708700
Troops:[@i=5|742] Demons189118910
Troops:[@i=5|743] Imps5275270
Troops:[@i=5|744] Impalers220022000



Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2017 at 16:34
In terms of teamwork within alliances, I can say as an nCrow player that Count Rupert sent me hearts; I didn't send him any.  Rupert is a dedicated player with a LOT of experience harvesting.  If you're impressed by his hearts, you should see his pile of rat furs.

I don't have an visibility on imbalances of hearts between region or spawn rates, but there are a lot of players in northeastern Elgea, and he still stands out from the pack.

He really is just that good.  It's a privilege to be in an alliance with him.


Posted By: Hopper
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2017 at 18:33
thx Rill, for this testimony.

Again, my question shouldn't be seen as any whining/complaint against Count Rupert or any alliance, but an open enquiry to 'dem devious devs' developments.

We (more or less seasoned) players of what I like to consider as a real time, extensive, ecologic  model of a social system, try and understand how it works.

(And I'd consider as  a clever and mind challenging, feature that many regions in Illyriad shift from an average, tedious set of features.)



Posted By: kodabear
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2017 at 20:16
when I try to go the Tournaments page it errors out. 

Unable to complete request https://elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#" rel="nofollow - /World/Tournaments?_=1508094965295


Posted By: Fanuidhol
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2017 at 22:50
Clearly there are many more event related NPC units in the Wolgast and/or Winlost areas than most, I'm not sure why this is even a question based on the sheer numbers. There would be no way in hell someone could harvest that many units in the areas I've seen. Do we know when the event will conclude?

The link is not working for me either Koda :/


Posted By: Kieara
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2017 at 23:31
From GM Cerberus

https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=7316&PID=98730&title=new-event-underworld-unleashed#98730" rel="nofollow">Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Oct 2017 at 21:41 Hey folks,

Just wanted to make some clarifications.  First off, this isn't a tournament, this is a running event that will have a conclusion.  After the event is over, the Kerberos units will be sticking around as the link forged between the underworld and Elgea & Broken Lands by the Tower is permanent(?).  

The Underworld Unleashed event is something new and will continue to evolve and impact Illyriad with things yet to come.

I should have been explicit in the post, I just thought that saying it's a "New Event" and not a New Tournament would be sufficient.

We have adjusted spawn rates for Broken Lands and will continue to monitor the event as it progresses.

Regards,

GM Cerberus



Posted By: Kieara
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 00:30
In the Wolgast and Tamarin area, spawnings have now declined and other areas are showing increased spawning, ie; the BL; Aindara, Clarien, The Long White, and Strendur.

Fun fact: In an experiment to see if it was able to be done and if I could gather any info, I killed a legion sitting on the Hellmouth spawning portal near my town. I was successful in killing the Legion, but gained no useful info. Now there are 84 HoD sitting on top of the portal, unable to be harvested! I didn't think that far ahead, assumed my troops would die in the search for information Confused

Watch for two armies trying to occupy the same square. If they are not from the same Underworld Division, they will fight each other and drop hearts. I watched a Myriad in Wolgast, that I had just scouted, turn into a Host when another division tried to occupy the same square. I scouted after and found 2 units from the attacking army survived the fight and joined the winning army. Within an hour the army left, and I harvested the hearts. Smile


Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 01:45
Very interesting that some units survived.  Would love to see those scout reports.


Posted By: Yitshak
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 02:17
Originally posted by Kiearanfo, I killed a legion sitting on the Hellmouth spawning portal near my town. I was successful in killing the Legion, but gained no useful info. Now there are 84 HoD sitting on top of the portal, unable to be harvested! I didn't think that far ahead, assumed my troops would die in the search for information <img src=smileys/smiley5.gif border=0 alt=Confused title=Confused /> <div>[/QUOTE Kiearanfo, I killed a legion sitting on the Hellmouth spawning portal near my town. I was successful in killing the Legion, but gained no useful info. Now there are 84 HoD sitting on top of the portal, unable to be harvested! I didn't think that far ahead, assumed my troops would die in the search for information Confused 
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I have done the same, although only 7 hearts are out of reach in my case.
While it is possible to scout or attack on a hellmouth - or other impassable terrain - trade units cannot go there.

(The scouting and attack were achieved by selecting an adjacent tile and, using the red arrows on the 3 by 3 grid, (similar to when sieging a city tile) moving the target

I have done the same, although only 7 hearts are out of reach in my case.
While it is possible to scout or attack on a hellmouth - or other impassable terrain - trade units cannot go there.

(The scouting and attack were achieved by selecting an adjacent tile and, using the red arrows on the 3 by 3 grid, (similar to when sieging a city tile) moving the target tile onto the hellmouth before sending. This option is not available to trade units.)


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Posted By: Kieara
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 08:50
I wanted to show them and went looking for them, but thanks to the system cleaning out my system mails every 7 days, they have been deleted Angry


Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 12:31
I've made similar observations that the Underworld Armies are killing each other, and that the losing army (smaller one) joins the winning army (bigger one) afterwards with the remaining troops. It is a bit weird, since you should think the losing army would all die in a battle, like usual. 

There are plenty of "free Hearts of Darkness" around, after these battles, if you know where to look.

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Posted By: Count Rupert
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2017 at 23:30
Originally posted by Yitshak Yitshak wrote:

Originally posted by Kiearanfo, I killed a legion sitting on the Hellmouth spawning portal near my town. I was successful in killing the Legion, but gained no useful info. Now there are 84 HoD sitting on top of the portal, unable to be harvested! I didn't think that far ahead, assumed my troops would die in the search for information <img src=smileys/smiley5.gif border=0 alt=Confused title=Confused /> <div></td></tr></table>
</div><div><br></div><div>I have done the same, although only 7 hearts are out of reach in my case.</div><div>While it is possible to scout or attack on a hellmouth - or other impassable terrain - trade units cannot go there.</div><div><br></div><div>(The scouting and attack were achieved by selecting an adjacent tile and, using the red arrows on the 3 by 3 grid, (similar to when sieging a city tile) moving the target tile onto the hellmouth before sending. This option is not available to trade units.)</div>[/QUOTE Kiearanfo, I killed a legion sitting on the Hellmouth spawning portal near my town. I was successful in killing the Legion, but gained no useful info. Now there are 84 HoD sitting on top of the portal, unable to be harvested! I didn't think that far ahead, assumed my troops would die in the search for information Confused 

I have done the same, although only 7 hearts are out of reach in my case.
While it is possible to scout or attack on a hellmouth - or other impassable terrain - trade units cannot go there.

(The scouting and attack were achieved by selecting an adjacent tile and, using the red arrows on the 3 by 3 grid, (similar to when sieging a city tile) moving the target tile onto the hellmouth before sending. This option is not available to trade units.)
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Actually trade units can go there and harvest.  Just an extra step over sending scouts or armies.  As you noted, diplomatic units and armies can be sent to hellmouths using the method you mention.  To send trade units simply use the method and send diplomatic units or an army.  Once sent, access the movements page for the units you just sent and click of the link to the square you sent them to.  You'll get the popup menu giving you access to sending harvesters.  Once you send the harvesters you should still be able to recall the diplomatic units or army you sent.

Actually trade units can go there and harvest.  Just an extra step over sending scouts or armies.  As you noted, diplomatic units and armies can be sent to hellmouths using the method you mention.  To send trade units simply use the method and send diplomatic units or an army.  Once sent, access the movements page for the units you just sent and click of the link to the square you sent them to.  You'll get the popup menu giving you access to sending harvesters.  Once you send the harvesters you should still be able to recall the diplomatic units or army you sent.


Posted By: Timrath
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2017 at 23:57
There's no love for Elijal!
How am I, a citizen of Elijal, supposed to catch any of those underworld thingies? I had to scroll all the way to Djebeli, and I found three of those mobs. I sent my fastest cavalry, but it took them 12 hours to arrive. By then, someone else had alraeady killed them.
Wouldn't it be fairer if there were a spawn in every province of the Realm?


Posted By: Timrath
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2017 at 08:51
I was just scrolling through my notifications for an entirely unrelated matter, and I discovered that Count Rupert sent me 19 Hearts of Darkness, shortly after I posted the above message. This was doubly unexpected, because Count Rupert and I don't know each other, and I hadn't asked anyone for Hearts of Darkness. If I hadn't scrolled so far down, I would never have learnt to whose generosity I owe my "Slayer of Kerberos V" medal.

Thank you very much, Count Rupert, for this precious gift! :-)


Posted By: Fanuidhol
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2017 at 04:33
Since the end date isn't clear...

Will there be time after the event concludes to consolidate the HoD's to one city?

Thanks.


Posted By: DeliciousJosh
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2017 at 14:37
The way I see the event running is that Underworld Armies will be forever available to us now. The resource they drop, Hearts of Darkness, will become useable in the near future for whatever. Bonuses to alliances attack/defense strength, gold income, or whatever. You will need a specific amount of Hearts to achieve these bonuses within the alliance and alliances should be farming the hell out of these right now to be able to be some of the first to get the bonuses and therefore an advantage over their foes.

So yes, I think you will be able to move your HoD's around till you quit. However, I am not sure :) This is speculation.

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Posted By: Yitshak
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2017 at 03:06
Originally posted by Count Rupert Count Rupert wrote:


Actually trade units can go there and harvest.  Just an extra step over sending scouts or armies.  As you noted, diplomatic units and armies can be sent to hellmouths using the method you mention.  To send trade units simply use the method and send diplomatic units or an army.  Once sent, access the movements page for the units you just sent and click of the link to the square you sent them to.  You'll get the popup menu giving you access to sending harvesters.  Once you send the harvesters you should still be able to recall the diplomatic units or army you sent.

 
Many thanks for that Big smile

I have also been told of another way to get there. It seem is there is much more to illy yet to uncover, some things known to long standing players, and, no doubt, things yet to be discovered.



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Posted By: Alred Reylynn
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2017 at 17:49
You actually can send trade units to havest HoD's; I've done it twice now at the same Hellmouth of Woe.

https://prnt.sc/h5duun  "sorry i blanked out all my other transactions.



Alred Reylynn's [MGOL] 9 Skinners from Location: [539|-565] in Zanpur deliver to Town: Mt. Blue9
14 hours ago
9 Skinners from Mt. Blue finished at [539|-565] in Zanpur having harvested 9 and are returning home.
15 hours ago


Posted By: Fanuidhol
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2019 at 15:30
So what gives with all the underworld attacks that drop nothing? 

In the last day or so there are reports of at least 4 legion and 1 myriad battles that have dropped nothing. That is a lot of troop loss and effort to be shooting blanks.


Posted By: spektor
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2019 at 05:39
Why do our medals still get upgraded? Will this event ever end?


Posted By: Wartow
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2019 at 17:41
Originally posted by spektor spektor wrote:

Why do our medals still get upgraded? Will this event ever end?

Ryklaw recently earned Dominator V and a new set of levels called Annihilator have been exposed.  I'm going to guess it will require someone to reach the top most level before an end may be announced.


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