Queosia

Minimum vacation time set back to 72 hours

2009-01-03T04:54:00.000+01:00

With the holiday season over, the minimum time of the vacation mode has been set back to the usual 72 hours.

Happy new year!

2009-01-01T12:17:00.002+01:00

Happy new year to all Queosia players! :)

Don't forget that the special 3-hour minimum vacation is only active till 24:00 on January 2, 2009 (UTC time).

If you don't want to wait 72 hours before coming back, please bring your countries back from vacation before this time.

We have plenty of plans for 2009, so keep playing! :)

Good luck to everyone in 2009! :)

Happy New Year's Eve! :)

2008-12-31T13:06:00.001+01:00

Have a great party tonight! :)

See you in 2009! :)

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-23T23:18:00.003+01:00

Merry Christmas to all Queosia players!

During the holiday season (December 24 - January 2) the in-game vacation is a little different from the usual. While normally the minimum time of vacation is 72 hours, during the holidays, it is reduced to just 3 hours.

This gives you the chance to have a family celebration, or go visit some relatives, and still be able to come back to the game soon.

If you put your country on vacation, you will be able to continue playing as soon as after 3 hours.

Maximum time is not set, as usual.

This special vacation module is only active until January 2nd. Then the minimum time will change back to the usual 72 hours.

Once again, Merry Christmas, and good luck in the game! :)

Queosia 7.1

2008-12-16T12:33:00.001+01:00

A few changes to make your life in Queosia even more easier:

Maximum area. In the normal game, you can no longer gain more land than 1.5x the leveling limit. This should not affect normal gameplay.

Allies on vacation. The Alliance page how shows if any of your allies are on vacation. You no longer need to check their events, or the scoretable to find out.

Better navigation on the saved crystallballs page. The navigation menu is now displayed at both the top and the bottom of the page for easier access.

Older information shown in the scoretable. If you have no fresh information about a country, but you have a saved crystalball from the past, that information is now displayed in the scoretable. One click, and you can browse through the available history of that given country.

Visual result of farsight spell. One glimpse on your country data page, and you can see if there has been a farsight spell cast in thus round, and what the result of it was. Yellow shows no farsight spell this round. Green shows a farsight spell has already been cast, and no troops are coming towards you or your allies. Red shows a noticed attack in progress. One click, and you can cast your farsight spell, without the trouble of having through the list of spells, confirming and again confirming the spell you wish to cast. (This modult is only available for VIP members.)

We hope you like the new changes and these will make your in-game experience even more enjoyable!

Good luck!

Queosia 7.0 final

2008-07-17T17:59:00.000+02:00

After many weeks of testing, the current game engine is now declared stable. There are no known bugs or other issues in the game.

Enjoy! :)

Queosia 7.0 beta

2008-05-13T15:11:00.000+02:00

Queosia 7.0 beta is here! We will keep the game in the beta stage for a few days. If you notice any errors, please e-mail us at support@queosia.com. Once we declare this version final, we will let you know in another news post.

Enjoy! :)

Here is the list of changes:

We brought back the option to leave some of your land behind when levelling. Unlike in the past, this is now completely optional.
1/A: if every member of an alliance is under protection, the entire alliance gets protected. You cannot start an alliance attack against them, nor csn they start such an attack.
1/A: we have removed the limit that only let you join/create 50 alliances total. You can now join as many alliances as you like (only one at a time, of course :)). The land you need to give the Emperor when doing to has been maximized in 50% of your land, even if you join/create more than 50 alliances.
1/A: joining and creating an alliance is now easier if you are in the top30%. For every 2000 top30% rounds you currently have, you receive 1% allowans on the land you need to give the Emperor. The minimum is 1%, you cannot get lower than this.
“Exploration rate” has been removed. A new feature has been added instead:
You can collect “cheap exploration” by winning battles and gaining land from other countries (you can also lose them if you lose land). You can use these to explore at a much cheaper rate above 3000 acres.
Some functions may require you to enter an identification code. This is to ensure that all players are humans, and not computer-scripts. This does not affect most of the countries, only certain countries get flagged by the system, based on in-game behaviour.
You can now put money into the aid. With strong restrictions, of course.
You can tell the Governor in what order to sell your soldiers if there is no space for the in the barracks.
Freeze country. If you have more than one country, and one of them cannot level because of the other one, you can now choose to freeze your upper country (the one that prevents the other from levelling). While the country is frozen, you cannot enter it. Once you clear the level, you can come back to the game with it.
You can choose if you want to see countries on vacation in the scoretable.
The army of a protected country cannot be used by its allies. It cannot be taken to war, it cannot be asked in for help, and it cannot be sent to help. In return, alliances that have protected members, receive the same bonus that alliances with members on vacation receive. (Does not affect 1/A alliance attacks.)

Upgrade to version 7

2008-05-08T12:18:00.000+02:00

Development for version 7 is complete. We will start upgrading our live environment on Tuesday. Some of the new features may require fine-tuning during the first few days. Anyone uncomfortable with frequent changes during the first few days is advised to put their country on holiday while we finalize everything. Queosia will not be shut down during the upgrade, the game will be constantly available.

Queosia 6.5

2008-02-25T15:12:00.000+01:00

As we prepare for the next "big version" of Queosia (7.0), many small fixes and enhancements were needed. These are all part of the current 6.5 engine.

Major changes include:

"At war" status now remains active when you restart a level. Previously, restarting the level caused this status to terminate immediately.
Another change to the "At war" status is that it gets terminated when you level up. Previously, the status remained, and you were at war with a non-existing country, until that country levelled up.
To prevent countries from "freezing", that is: all actions stopping, people who are constantly logged in, are now automatically logged out after 2 days, and need to log back in.
If the end of the timelimit is approaching, a warning appears, so you can prepare for the next level. This information has always been available ("Start of level" date under "Level" menu), but we feel this will remind more people to get ready before the time is up.
As gameplay in the 1/A group is different from the gameplay in the 4 lower levels, a welcome message is sent to everyone who reaches the 1/A group. This points out the major differences, and directs everyone to the 1/A help, which has all the information you need to get started in the most exciting group of the game! :)

Good luck!

Queosia 6.4

2007-12-09T14:38:00.000+01:00

Many new modules have been added to Queosia today, to make your gameplay even more enjoyable than ever. The help files have been updated to reflect the changes.

Here's a brief list of the things that have changed:

Remaining time of protection is now displayed below the country data. This helps new players prepare more easily.
Your registration date – when available – is now displayed on the „Level” page. Many of you have requested this feature.
Scrolls now get worn away at different acre limits. The limits were raised by 1 acre. Not much change you could say, but it WILL make a lot of difference.
The minimum help you can give your allies is now 0% instead of the previous 10%. This helps reduce some unfair revenges that became more and more common, when someone was forced to leave an alliance.
Time till the next round is now shown under your country data. This feature is only available for VIP members.
Crystal balls can now be saved, and stored for a longer period of time. You can even search your crystal ball results to find the best opponent for a loot, or robbery. This feature is only available for VIP members.
The governor can now train mages and thieves beyond free capacity. So far this was only available for soldiers. This requires extra attention, be sure to understand what this does before using! This feature is only available for VIP members.
You can set a default scorelist in the 1/A group. Until now, the default scorelist was the alliance scoretable, but this can now be set as you like.
E-mail notification of market events can have a minimum amount. If a transaction brings you less gold, you will not be notified, and not get as many e-mails.
When giving help to your allies, you can now set how much shar you want. So far this was a „yes/no” option whether you want a share or not. Now you can set a value between 0% and 25%. If everyone sets their request to 25%, the alliance can stay together, even if you only have one warrior in the alliance.
Besides the password, the username can be changed as well.
The „Minimum land” requirement has been added to all groups. This was already a requirement on levels 1 and 2, now it is a requirement on all levels. The minimum land is a unique value to each country, and you must have at least this much land to level up. The minimum land is 85% of your country's all-time biggest size on the given level.
Instead of the previous 1800 rounds, moral now starts to decrease after spending more than 2000 rounds in the upper parts of the group. The rate of decrease has also been changed: the more time you spend in the upper parts of the group, the more your moral will drop. Your people will burn up not only houses and barracks, but all other buildings as well. Not only one per round, but more and more, as time moves along.
The Dwarf race got a new racial speciality: it can now excavate its lands, and find quarries on areas up to 15% of its land, without having to explore new areas.

We hope you will like these changes, and that they will make your time at Queosia even more enjoyable. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at support@queosia.com

Good luck!

Prepare for the upcoming changes

2007-11-26T17:16:00.000+01:00

Lots of new modules are coming to Queosia before this Christmas.

Most of these modules will give you a more comfortable and easier playing experience.

Two of the upcoming modules, however, may require some preparation if you have a big country:

The "Minimum land" levelling requirement will be added to lower groups. This is already a requirement on levels 2 and 1, and it will now become a requirement on all levels. The "minimum land" is a unique value to every country in the game, and you must have at least this much land to level up. The minimum land is 85% of your country's all-time biggest size on the current level. (It does NOT get reset when restarting the level!) If you feel that your country has lost much land over the past weeks/months, and you will not have enough land to level up when this requirement gets added, we suggest you level up now.
When spending lots of time in the top30% of the group, your people start rioting, civilian mood drops drastically, and your people start burning up houses and barracks. This rioting will increase when the modifications are introduced: the more time you spend in the top30% of the group, the more dissatisfied your people will become. Your people will start burning up other buildings as well, not just houses and barracks, and they will set more and more buildings on fire... Once again, if you think you have spent too much time in the top part of the group (more than 2000 rounds in the top30%), we suggest you level up before this modification gets added to the game.

Of course, these are just minor parts of the upcoming new features. While the above two changes will positively affect most of the current players, some countries may need to get prepared for them. The rest of the changes will only have a positive effect on every country. :)

Good luck!

Queosia in German

2007-06-04T18:03:00.000+02:00

Queosia has been launched in German today. To log on, simply go to http://legendar.de, and create a new country.

We also welcome all German players to Queosia, we've been waiting for you! :)

Elf changes fine-tuned

2007-05-21T16:40:00.000+02:00

Based on your feedback, we have fine-tuned the Elf changes that were made two weeks ago.

Some of the previous "harmful" actions have been re-categorized, and are now in the "non-harmful" category.

Specifically, the following Elf specialities have been changed today:

Opening a portal is no longer a harmful action. This means that the extra 3% strength-loss does not apply, nor does the increased rune requirement.
"Tire thieves" is no longer a harmful action. This means that the extra 3% strength-loss does not apply, nor does the increased rune requirement.
The "Kidnap people" action is no longer a harmful action either. This means that this action only gets a -20% thievery effectiveness, instead of -80%.

We hope that with these changes, following the strengthening of the Elf, this race will be even more attractive to the more peaceful players.

Good luck, and enjoy the game! :)

Elf changes

2007-05-07T14:33:00.000+02:00

To compensate for the huge protections the elf countries have in all areas of the game, the following changes have been made to the elf specialities today:

- Harmful spells require more runes (+400% instead of the previous +100%)
- Harmful spells cause a +3% strength loss
- The -20% thievery effectiveness on harmful actions has been changed to -80%

Effectiveness of non-harmful thievery actions (such as stealing gold, runes, scrolls) remain unchanged at -20%.

Other specialities of the elf remain unchanged.

5/V forum now pointing to strategy forum

2007-04-13T15:52:00.000+02:00

To help new players learn the strategies of the game faster, we decided to make our external forum more accessible from within the game. The "Forum" menu now opens our external forum in a new window, where you can read previous strategy discussions, as well as more easily ask for help. The wider audience of the external forum will provide you with more answers.

While the external forum requires separate registration, we believe that it will give people more valuable information regarding strategies and in-game options, than the previous chat-like forum we used to have.

Once you level up, you will be able to access the classic in-game forum, but the link to the external forum will still be there.

Queosia skin on forum

2007-03-26T22:48:00.001+02:00

The Queosia forum has been updated to include the game's design. It now blends a lot better into the game (even though we call it "external" forum).

If you have not tried the forum yet, now is the perfect time. Many pro players await you there to help with your strategy, or just to chat a little.

1/A changes, thousands separator change, PayPal addition

2007-03-13T11:39:00.000+01:00

Being one of the best in the 1/A group is a prime objective of Queosia. To help more and more people achieve this goal, we have lifted the time-limit in 1/A.

This means that you can spend as much time as you want in the top group of the game, without having to worry about the 90-day limit. Their is no such limit in that group anymore.

We understand that many of you wanted to go to 1/A as prepared as possible, and this preparation may have caused you to run out of time in the lower, 2/B group. To help you level up, we have TEMPORARILY extended the 90-day limit in 2/B to 180 days. This will be changed back to 90 days over time, so please hurry. :)

In the upcoming weeks, more changes will be introduced to 1/A, to further enhance gameplay in the top group.

Another change you might have already noticed is the display of the thousands separators. The point (1.234.567) has been changed to comma (1,234,567) since this is more common in English-speaking countries.

One final addition to Queosia today is the ability to pay for VIP membership via PayPal. From today, you can use PayPal to extend your VIP membership, either using a credit card as before, of using your existing PayPal balance. The WorldPay option still remains for those of you who have trouble using PayPal, but our primary payment processor is now PayPal.

To promote the use of PayPal for VIP membership, we have a special promotion: the first 100 VIP payments will receive an additional 50% bonus VIP rounds. The bonus rounds are added automatically if your payment is among the first 100.

Good luck! :)

Timezone update

2007-03-09T10:15:00.000+01:00

Queosia has updated its timezome information to reflect the recent changes about the US Daylight savings time.

If you notice any problems, please let us know.

8 years

2007-02-26T12:34:00.000+01:00

Happy birthday Hódító! :)

Queosia's big brother, Hódító is 8 years old this month.

Queosia is proud to have a game engine that has been along for so long, and has proven very successful.

A couple changes, specific to Queosia are coming soon, be sure to keep reading the news. :)

Queosia v6.2

2007-02-21T15:06:00.000+01:00

Lots of goodies today... :) Below you can find the major changes that have been introduced into Queosia with the new version. The help files have been updated accordingly.

Enjoy! :)

The search menu has been expanded, now it shows the number of personalities of the shearched country, and in the 1/A group, it will show you the [NA] sign if the country is not in alliance.

In the 1/A group, the initial protection has been changed from 7 to 24 rounds. Now the period of protection is the same as the time you are blocked from using the market. Both timeframes are 24 rounds.

The order of the raw materials has changed in some places: council menu, caravan, alliance warehouse and thivery. The new order is based on the order of the raw materials in the market menu, this is what most of you have gotten used to.

The order of the military units has changed in some places. The new order is based on the order of the military units in the "Your country" menu.

The council menu now shows you if there are more military units than place in your temples, inns, barracks and houses. In case of military units, it will be shown in red so you can see at once how many surplus units you have in your country.

In the events list, the distance (for VIP members only) will show if the country is below or above you. Distance of countries below you are shown with a netagive sign.

The list of goods you have on the market are noe broken down into the three main market-categories for better reading.

The "Best players" list now contains a toplist of the biggest attacks, and the biggest countries.

The governor now has an option to suspend the training of simple soldiers if your population gets below a certain point.

Your "important events" (if you allow access to them for your allies) are no longer gone if you delete them from your country. You and your allies can still read them in the "impornatn events" section in the alliance menu.

The "Events" menu now lists all your magical and thievery actions you did against others. If you give your allies access to your important events, they can also view these actions.

Many changes coming to Queosia

2007-02-19T15:12:00.000+01:00

Many changes are coming to Queosia this Wednesday. Mostly minor value-added features, most of which do not influence the flow of the gameplay. On some pages however, the order of the displayed items will change. This includes the market page, the council page, the military page, and some other pages. We ask you in advance to play very carefully in the next few days. READ what is written on a page, otherwise you might get some very unpleasant surprises.

Vacation back to normal

2007-01-02T14:06:00.000+01:00

Welcome to 2007! :)

First of all, let us wish all Queosia players a Happy new year!

As announced previously, the 3-hour vacation was only active during the winter holidays. With the holiday season over, the vacation has been set back to its original form: the minimum time is 72 hours.

Happy New Year!

2006-12-28T22:49:00.000+01:00

We wish all Queosia players a happy new year! :)

Happy partying! :)

3-hour vacation during the holidays

2006-12-24T13:48:00.000+01:00

The minimum time of the vacation has been reduced to 3 hours. On January 2, 2007, this will be changed back to the usual 72 hours.

The shorter minimum time is to give you the chance to visit friends, relatives, have a family dinner, enjoy opening the gifts etc in peace, not having to worry about your country, while giving you the chance to play Queosia over the holiday season, and not have to wait 3 days.

Once again, we wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas

2006-12-23T13:34:00.000+01:00

We wish all Queosia players a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

(Please note that this is only a message to deliver Season's greetings. The speacial 3-hour-minimum vacation will only go into effect tomorrow. We will post a separate announcement about it.)