The TattleMaster

The TattleMaster is BattleMaster's first, and only, OOC newspaper dedicated to discussions about the game of BattleMaster itself. Here you will find information regarding bugfixes, new features, changes in game mechanics, and probably even a few FAQs and interviews.

New Treaty System Preview November 16, 2009 The dev team is moving ahead with implementation of the Enhanced Diplomacy system. In a soon-to-be-published update to the servers, players will begin to receive messages, when appropriate, of the effect the new system would have on their actions. If you move into a realm with which which your realm does not have a Passage Rights treaty, you may receive a warning that you may have been captured if the new treaty system was active. Additional notifications may occur during trading actions, while sending caravans, and when using facilities in allied realms. These warnings will have no game-play effects at this time. They are meant as a way to increase the players' knowledge of the effects of the system, and how it will impact their actions. Players should take advantage of this time to familiarize themselves with these treaties, their effects, and the changes they will have to implement to work with them in the future. While there is currently no schedule as to when the enhanced diplomacy will go active, it will eventually replace the current diplomacy system. Indirik Servers Updated Again October 6, 2009 Tom has uploaded another set of bug fixes and changes to the live servers. The following new features are available on testing islands: Huge Battle Reports will now include the names of the participating armies, as well as the names of the army sponsor, and the name of the Marshal/Vice Marshal that took command. Region lords have a new setting for automatic transfers: "needed to next harvest". This will allow the game to calculate the food needed by the region to feed it until the next harvest, and then send all excess to the next specified region. This should greatly simplify food management for lords, especially on islands with seasons (Dwilight and the Far East). In addition, all recent bug fixes have been uploaded to the stable islands. Indirik

October 20, 2009 Feature Request Implemented - The following feature request has been implemented on testing islands: Add Army and Sponsor Names to Battle Reports. Army, sponsor, and Marshal names are now shown in battle and huge battle reports on testing islands. October 20, 2009 Feature Request Approved - Tom has approved the following feature request to be added to the game: Leaving Religion With Debt. When implemented, a noble will be able to leave a religion without having to pay off their debt. This will, however, incur a significant honor penalty. October 20, 2009 Feature Request Approved - Tom has approved the following feature request to be added to the game: No New Realm Restrictions for Secessions. When implemented, this will remove various time-in-realm based restrictions for nobles in realms that have recently been formed via secession. October 7, 2009 Trade offers with no owner should be able to be canceled by the region lord. October 7, 2009 The position of "Second in Command" has been renamed to "Vice Marshal". October 5, 2009 Bug 5336 You now need 4 hours in your time poll to build a recruiting center, instead of 3. October 5, 2009 Bug 5335 Special characters in council titles should no longer prevent appointments.

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