State of War: Development Update

Welcome Warriors

Today, we are bringing you a bunch of improvements to the State of War feature, what is ahead of it and announcing the winners of the weekly contest.

State of War

State of War has officially returned to Gloria Victis in its reworked form, and it is already shaping up to be one of the game's core highlights. Guild vs. Guild battles have seen great activity over these first few weeks, and we want to extend a huge thank you to every guild and player who jumped straight onto the battlefield!

Seeing so many of you rally, fight, and have fun has been fantastic. At the same time, we know the current version still needs fine-tuning. Between our data and your community feedback, it is clear how much this feature means to everyone. To keep our development transparent, here are the key areas we are actively prioritizing for improvement

- Individual Rewards & Tech Points: Implementing a dedicated participation reward system for individual players, alongside balanced tweaks to guild Technology Point gains.
- Matchmaking System: Refining how matches are found and organized to ensure competitive, balanced clashes.
- Search & Filter Tools: Introducing clearer UI search and filtering options so guilds can navigate battles effortlessly.
- Allied Reinforcements: Allow more allies to join the battle.
- System Polish & Bug Fixes: General smoothing, optimization, and bug fixing across all underlying systems tied to State of War.

These additions will make State of War significantly more dynamic and rewarding for every participant. While our team is eager to roll these updates out as soon as possible, our top priority is ensuring they hit the live servers with the polish and quality you deserve. We are currently finalizing the designs and working on implementation. Thank you for your patience, your passion, and your ongoing feedback!

Changelog

1. Fixed the issue where teleportation to the State of War battle didn’t work as intended.
2. Fixed various interface glitches in the diplomacy panel.
3. Fixed glitches in the Upcoming Event panel related to the State of War event.
4. Fixed the issue where players could interact with structure scaffolding while having a building menu open, causing annoying noise.
5. Fix for displaying guild activity level in the visiting window.
6. Introduced various fixes to the alliance feature, causing other systems not to work properly.
7. Introduced a fix for the Announcement Board, where guild recruitment posts are being displayed.
8. Improved the logic controlling the number of players during the State of War.
9. Improved the logic controlling when players can teleport to the guild island and remain on the island.
10. Improved the logic controlling spawn points for the defenders and attackers.
11. Improved the text in the scoreboard window.
12. Players can’t lift technology boxes on islands from other guilds of the same nation.
13. Players can't destroy a ballista while visiting another guild's island.
14. Placing deposits on the ships for the attackers.
15. We are changing the required guild level to build fortifications at certain levels.
    - Upgrade Tier 1 - available at Guild Level 15 (changed that to level 10 based on players’ feedback)
    - Upgrade Tier 2 - available at Guild Level 30
    - Upgrade Tier 3 - available at Guild Level 45
    - Upgrade Tier 4 - available at Guild Level 60
    - Upgrade Tier 5 - available at Guild Level 75
    - Upgrade Tier 6 - available at Guild Level 90
16. Players' feedback: Increased the number of technology points gained from stolen technology boxes. From now on, a single stolen technology box gives 12k technology points if the battle takes place on the non-loot island, while 48k if the battle happens on the loot zone island.
17. Players’ feedback: Guild level requirements for building first level structures have been changed from level 15 to level 10.
18. Players' feedback: Reduced the damage dealt by siege engines to structures on Guild Island during a State of War battle. Siege engines have been dealing 50k damage to structures, but now it is reduced to 30k.
19. Players' feedback: Increased the spawn rate of building packages on the Guild Island. Building resource packages have been spawning every 10 seconds; now they respawn every 2 seconds, making building more pleasant and convenient.

Community Spotlight Winners

A new week brings a fresh set of unforgettable moments from the Gloria Victis community!

Big congratulations to this week’s winners.

Best Screenshot:

@torgasky

Best Gameplay Clip

@sultanofaudunstede
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADljaZEUj_U

Each winner will receive 600 Amber as a thank-you for sharing their adventures with the community.

Thank you to everyone who continues sharing screenshots and gameplay clips with us!

Winners of the contest, please contact Spectre via direct message at discord and please share your Steam ID.