Several changes with the new server format, tested in Public Test Realm and currently integrated into Steam Boiler. We'll see these changes with the restart of Firebox. Leaving the "older" new changes below for those who took a break last round.
Newest Changes:
Older Changes:
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Newest Changes:
- Passengers. A guide on how to handle those passengers to come. Warning: Cities need a LOT of passengers before they can level, starting at level 5.
- Licenses: New license for passengers.
- Museum. You start out with 4 slots, with 2 additional slots per engine house upgrade. Best to use when switching out between passengers/goods. Keep in mind that if you remove a train to the museum, it will sit for 10 minutes before being able to use. Especially important to remember those 10 minutes before comps.
- Tutorial: After you connect your first city, several extra tutorial levels regarding passengers/museum
- Several changes to train station, including EH for museum, station concourse for amount of passenger trains you can own, and a whole new design for lottery tickets.
- You know how when you clicked goods you only saw the person above you in level if you were not in the top 5? Like if you were #8 in leather, you only saw 1 thru 3 and #7? Now you can click to see EVERYONE who is hauling a good, or just click "My Position" to see exactly where you're at.
- When setting a train to a new schedule or good, your trains will finish hauling those goods before they park or change their schedule.
Older Changes:
- My favorite -- park ALL trains at once. Yes, you must have plus account in order to use. Great for comps and Endgame!
- Pick flag -- very start of restart. You may choose either Union Jack (UK) or American (US) flag. Both countries speak English, so either flag is fine.
- Piano music! It sounds nice, but it puts you to sleep after awhile, lol. Yes, you can turn this along with 5 other sounds off.
- Tutorial. The things you need to do are highlighted in red....you'll see red buttons flashing.
- Watch out! You'll instantly get a bug of owning 25 clothing items. DO NOT USE THIS MEDAL IF YOU'RE GOING FOR STARTER PACK. (This bug has changed with the newer system, no more clothing medals)
- Associations are renamed to corporations.
- Iron Ore is now an era 1 RG. Copper Ore and Quartz are now era 2 RGs. Each city only upgrades 8 levels, so the goods we were used to in certain eras are no longer there.
- Several new avatar styles you can choose.
- All cities listed on city ranks under statistics, easier to search for a particular city on the map.
- Pop-up for new license auctions -- yes, you can turn this off also.
- Choosing of name is based on the old servers leaderboard name, so make sure you like the name you have! You can change that name on any USA server BEFORE you restart. Like me, Ally was already taken, and I did not want to go back to Allyette, so I chose ~Ally~. Birthday and home city have also been removed.
- Trains now show 2/2 or 0/2 instead of "2" (based on using swallows).
- No deferring on medals.
- Instant dispatch, actually have to buy instead of just clicking plain ole instant dispatch on the tutorial.
- Different prizes on lottery, such as engine boosts (5), railcar boosts, and, of course, the normal cash, gold and free 24 hr plus. You'll also see vouchers for free mechanics, free engines, free investments, free tracks, and a free HQ upgrade.
- Railcar boosts mentioned above? Waggons, wagons, whatever, have been renamed to railcars.
- Cannot delete individual system messages.
- On tutorial, instead of finishing 5 competitions, you only have to finish 3 competitions.
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