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28 Apr

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Originally posted by anickapart

Maybe it is to show the thermal layer, which would indicate we’re getting submarines!

No


27 Apr

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Originally posted by bloodyNASsassin

Is there a max price for skins that you guys have talked about that you can share?

The ai mo skin looks like it had just as much change to it, but it doesn't look as pretty. The luxidoor skin looks like it has as much change or more(with the boat alteration) and it looks about as pretty.

I might buy them all if the skins ever go on sale for like half off.

We actually can't put the skins on sale since $1 is lowest we can price something on Android or iOS, so that sale won't happen.

There isn't a set max price, but more like "Regular skins are $1, Specials are $2." Mainly to match the tribe prices.

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Originally posted by bloodyNASsassin

What do you mean by "more involved"? All the skins have music changes, outfit changes, city changes, most have an animal or fruit change. I would think a color change of the land would not be enough to double the price from one skin to the next. I'm not sure what I am missing.

I really love that you guys stay so passionate with the game and keep working on it to make things better. I have bought every tribe and several of the skins in support.

I just am worried about having double the price now, only for even better skins to come along, and the price gets doubled or more again to the point where skins are costing a third or half the game's price point like call of duty or something. Skin pricing is out of control in gaming today. Of course, a $5 skin for a roughly $15 game is more understandable than a $20 skin for a $70.

Nah nah, we don't want that, either.

We want to keep them cheap.

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Originally posted by bloodyNASsassin

Luxidor isn't $2, though. It's just weird to ask as much for cosmetics as is asked for game-enriching content.

This was actually a debate in the office about how much Lux's skin should cost.

We settled on $1 to match the other skins instead of breaking the pattern.

The Special skins are meant to be "more involved" than the others so we are okay with making them $2.


26 Apr

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Originally posted by chickennuggets3454

Skin looks great probably the best one, I think it would be better if all the Elyrion territory had the new skin though instead of just cities you’ve captured, kinda looks weird it being half and half.

We wanted to make it feel like you were "spreading the darkness", so we overhauled the skin system to allow for the spreading mechanic.

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Originally posted by TemporaryTight1658

The music of Elyrio Midnight is better than the skin. The skin look too "reverse colors".

Yeah, but that was the point. We designed them as "opposite Elyrion".

So, we succeeded, apparently.

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Originally posted by sanscatt

One of the best skins yet, it has: New music, skin for the heads and the city like all the other tribes. recolor for the ground, the trees, the monuments, the flower. Polaris mechanic that terraform the map. New skin for the polytaurs that becomes graves and demons, with the sanctuaries becoming crypts. New skins for the mountain that looks awesome, and for the dragon. New skin for the shields, basic weapons, sword,mount and mind bender staff. Most units have a black cape.

They are just lacking skins for their ranged weapon, catapults, cloaks and farms compared to all the other skins.

Most complete skin yet, with three things that only it has even when you don’t count elyrion unique features : unique mountain (more than the luxidoor recolor) , unique mind bender staff, and its "wild animal" is different from the mount. Also the only skin with terraforming.

I’d say this is the skin with the best value, like you could expect from a special tribe skin.

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Thank you!

We can say that we don't think that a skin needs everything changed if it doesn't need it. That sets a poor precedent.

Not opposed to adjusting the skins a bit in the future, but it's not like it's "missing" the ranged skins. We just don't think it needs them.

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Originally posted by bloodyNASsassin

I noticed that the skin costs double the price of other skins. Why is that? I know the tribe costs double other tribes, but more work goes into the special tribes. Did the skin take double the effort?

It did, and we do want the Special skins to be more than the regular ones.

But mainly, the cost was to match the cost of the tribe.


25 Apr

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Originally posted by mr_pineaple

Already Best skin ever. I just have one question, what is the name of the new ride? and what real life animal does it represent?

It's a Dire Wolf

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The special ₼idŋighţ skin for ∑∫ỹriȱŋ allows you to create graves, build crypts, and summon demons from the graves in the dark forests.
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

24 Apr

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Originally posted by Prestigious-Slip-795

Any updates on this? It seems to still be an issue

Hmmm, I thought we fixed that.

I'll have to look into it further.


23 Apr

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Originally posted by 1st_Ave

Please don’t be like Clash of Clans and release new skins every month. It just becomes a money making operation and a lot of the fun is lost.

We promised people that every tribe would get a skin. Right now, we're making good on that promise.

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Originally posted by TheSignMaker

In the tech tree, shouldn't necromancing be called necromancy?

Well, "necromancing" isn't the most grammatically incorrect thing possible. I think it adds to the charm.

But hey, whatever, might change it later. shrug