Update to version 8.27

Update to version 8.27

Dear players,

Update coming up! It will be released on Monday, the 15th of September , between 10:00 and 11:00. As usual, this means that the worlds will be unavailable for a couple minutes.
Please let us know what you think of the content in the discussion thread!


Changes to notifications in the menu

We've made a couple of changes to the way notifications are displayed in the menu.
Notably, we'll now display a number next to notifications, indicating the number of new items.

Example:
Old notification for new forum posts



New notification for new forum posts



Additionally:
- The menu will now indicate a new tribe forum post immediately, instead of on the next page load.
- Added notifications for new friend requests and tribe invitations.
- If there is nothing new, the menu icon will be faded out.

Market

- Changed wording of some menu options in the Market to make it more clear what they're for. The order of menu options has now also been adjusted to place the most useful screens at the top.
- Moved "Village merchant" premium feature into the list of trades. We think this is an improvement over the old location (at the top of the "My offers" and "Other offers" screens) in 3 ways:

• Takes up less space now
• It can now show players more relevant resource exchanges based on what they're searching for
• The old location giving some (mobile) players the impression that they need to spend Premium to use the "My offers" and "Other offers" screens because it was at the top of the page

- Instead of displaying a blank ratio for premium trades, the market will now display how much 1 premium point is worth in resources according to that trade. This is to help you search for better deals, like the ratio display for "resource for resource" trades.
- Some layout improvements to the mobile version of the Market, mainly to make things feel less cluttered and easier to tap on a smartphone.
-We made changes to premium trading, in terms of blocks and display. Premium points given out for free or coming from certain payment methods will now be blocked from use in Premium Trading similarly to how they are blocked for use in the Transfer feature. We will also make sure that the tradable premium points are displayed on the market screen. We feel these changes will guarantee a better use of the option for all players.

Command Sharing

Following a global poll we organized in July about this feature that received positive input, we added the possibility to view the commands of your tribemates on the screen of the village that they are attacking. Note: Premium Account required for viewing. (Builds on an existing Premium Account feature)
Shared commands only show their approximate strength, which is done using the existing command icon system. (Differently coloured axes for different command strengths, and additional icons are added if a Nobleman or Paladin is accompanying it).
- Find "Command Sharing" in your Settings menu and choose which tribemates you want to share your commands with, and who's commands you want to see.
- You'll be able to see your tribemate's commands if they've chosen to let you see them.

Other

- Added more information about how to earn flags, and what your current progress towards the next flag is.
- Added option to view the status of your Account Manager for a single village from the village overview.
- Added an option for tribe leaders to allow players to join their tribe without an application process. We feel this will help new players join a tribe more easily and allow tribes to integrate new members more efficiently.
- Added a new achievement for having an account for 1 years, 2 years, etc. When earned, this achievement will give out gradually increasing amounts of Premium Points. These Premium Points cannot be transferred or traded.
- Notifications about new mails and achievement progress that pop in from the bottom right will now stay for a longer time to allow them to be more easily read.
- Recruitment: values will no longer start at 0, and it is again possible to use values suggested by your browser based on history.
- Loot Assistant entries will now start off as being sorted by distance by default for new accounts.
- A small "phone icon" will be displayed on mails and forum posts that were sent from a mobile app.
- Moved tribe "welcome message" editing to the tribe's "properties" page.
- Made some layout adjustments to the tribe's Noble Planner, and provided tribe leadership with the option to enable or disable the Noble Planner for their tribe.
- If a dynamic group doesn't have any filters defined, no villages will be matched to it.
- If you were looking for more dynamic group improvements - we're in the process of gathering your feedback and looking into the possibilities.
- Minor UI improvements.
- Bug fixes.