Thursday, August 4, 2011
Empires & Allies Black Forest Jubilee - Goal 1 - Sausagefest
Sausagefest
"Talk to Sarah"
"Prepare for Sausagefest"It's time to celebrate Sausagefest. Let's get the island ready.
| Goals | Rewards | |
|---|---|---|
 | Build 4 of the Alpine Haus | Complete All 3 Goals |
 | Plant 6 Wheat Fields | Complete All 3 Goals |
 | Harvest 6 Wheat Fields | ? |
The Alpine Haus can be found under the Houses tab of the Build menu.
Black Forest Jubilee Brings German Theme to Empires & Allies
Another holiday has come upon us: It's time for the Black Forest Jubilee!
We've also introduced a new way to boost your army's power—you can now unlock the ability to build these powerful new units permanently!
Units
| Item | Costs | Unlock For |
|---|---|---|
 Tiger Tank |  2,000Coins 25 Oil 7 Ore |  120 Empire Points |
 Red Tiger Tank | 10,000Coins 100 Oil 15 Ore | 216 Empire Points |
 Bismarck | 20,000Coins 500 Oil 25 Ore | 504 Empire Points |
Decorations
| Item | Costs |
|---|---|
 Hermann Statue | 15 Empire Points |
 Edelweiss | 1,000 Coins |
 German Flag | 8 Empire Points |
 Army Obstacle Course | 18 Empire Points |
Housing
| Item | Costs |
|---|---|
 Alpine Haus | 2,000 Coins 200 Wood 20 Ore |
- To be able to build these units you either can purchase each unit for a set Empire Point price or you can Unlock the unit for a set Empire Point price to be able to build it at the relevant Military Building.
- you will have 12 days to unlock a unit, once unlocked you will be able to build it it permanently for ever
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Leaderboards Updates During Battle: Very Annoying!
I think I am not the only person that is completely annoyed by the leaderboards update during battles. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s that huge info screen that blocks half of the battle screen announcing you that you have moved from 9 to 8, only to come back one or two attacks later to tell you that you’ve gone up one more place.
This is really annoying because it interferes with the flow of the battles, it disrupts my bonus clicking and, well… it’s generally annoying especially now since it’s still early after the introduction of Leaderboards in Empires & Allies and people go up and down the charts pretty fast.
This is really annoying because it interferes with the flow of the battles, it disrupts my bonus clicking and, well… it’s generally annoying especially now since it’s still early after the introduction of Leaderboards in Empires & Allies and people go up and down the charts pretty fast.
Hopefully Zynga will find a fix to this annoying leaderboard update during battle or I’ll certainly lose my minds!
What do you think about this? Does the leaderboard update during battles annoy you too?
Leaderboards Released in Empires & Allies – Guide Here!
A highly anticipated feature has been launched in Empires & Allies today, the Leaderboards! This new feature adds a brand new competitive value to the game, as well as all sorts of interesting details about you and your neighbors, so read on this article to find out everything about the Empires & Allies leaderboards!
Next, you should know that there are three different leaderboards in Empires & Allies, actually that track the following:
First of all, it’s worth noting that the leaderboards start counting the stats starting today, the day of release and will not have a retroactive effect, which means that players that are already playing the game for some time won’t start with a huge advantage over you.
Campaign Progress: Complete the most campaign battles.
Ore Investment: Spend the most Ore within the time period.
Damage Dash: Deal the most combat damage within the time period.
Ore Investment: Spend the most Ore within the time period.
Damage Dash: Deal the most combat damage within the time period.
Apparently, we will not always have these three leaderboards: once they expire, new ones will take their place instead of the timer being reseted for all of them. Also, whoever wins the limited-time ones also receives some really cool trophies and prizes and you can see them in your own leaderboards menu. And when I saw Tactical Nukes there, I certainly started to feel the need to be competitive!
Just to make things clear: you don’t need to finish in the top three in order to get the prizes shown in the leaderboards. It’s enough to reach the indicated milestone(s)!
One really funny thing at the moment is the quality of the rewards offered for reaching the milestones, though: the damage leaderboard, for example, offers some really poor rewards – level 1 troops which are extremely useless for players level 30 or above:
However, we should be really happy to see this new feature introduced in Empires & Allies – I am actually very happy with it and I am sure Zynga will make it better and better.
What do you think about the E&A leaderboards feature? Like it or not?
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