Caelumora — v2.1.0: Faction Presence Redesign
The combat operations UI got a redesign, and with it the headline mechanic change: you can now pick how many of your army’s units to commit per fight, instead of always being forced all-in.
Picking your fight
The thing that bugged me about the old operations flow was that committing was binary — your full army or nothing. If you were under-leveled and mid-grind, every operation felt like a full-stakes throw, and there was no way to test the waters with a smaller squad. The math underneath always supported partial commits; the UI just never let you express it.
So v2.1.0 adds an army composer: a ten-tick row where you click to set the commit count, and a cost grid (presence cut / reputation / spoils) that updates live so you see exactly what you’re paying before launching. Default is still full commit, because momentum stacks within a single op and that’s the optimal play — going partial is a survival lever, not a max-yield one. But a smaller op is finally a real option when you’re not sure you can survive the full one.
The redesign that wraps the composer splits the right-rail panel into a peaceful-mode view and a war-mode view that crossfade based on whether there’s a stationed rival army. I’m honestly not sure the visual split is the right call for players who don’t engage with conflict much — it might just read as an extra layer. Feedback on that especially welcome.
Also in this update
- Insano mode economy rebalanced (lvl 21-60 gold income up ~1.5-2×)
- Enchant workbench now lets you convert plain gear into enchanted on the spot — no more bouncing through the bank
- Combat plays a sound on every landed attack and incoming hit
- Dying mid-operation now has real stakes (rep hit, 5-min cooldown on that faction’s ops)
- Capped-skill quest objectives no longer get stuck — they substitute to “complete actions” once you’re at level cap
- A visual refresh across the UI (cleaner modal rims, unified tabs, consistent button colors)
Full patch notes are in-game (Settings → What’s New).
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