Ikariam v0.3.0 , A new beginning

Well folks, the coming update for Ikariam will change gameplay drastically. An admin said the Ikariam version 0.3.0 will be implemented in a few weeks. Maybe in 2 or 3 weeks time?

Some are crying foul about the cost and building times because they built past the soft cap. I don't see much problem with it as long as the developers try to make the game more appealing. This update will be a new begining for Ikariam.

Here are some of the upcoming changes for version 0.3.0:

1. 10 new buildings will be added.
2. 6 new researches will be added.
3. There will be no more sudden increase of building costs at a certain level.
4. The cost and building times for buildings will change.
5. Costs for troop formation,upkeep and ship construction will be reduced.
6. The military advisor is redesigned.
7. There will no longer be gold looting.
8. Storage capacity of trade ships has been increased to 500.
9. The amount of looted resources will not depend on the port size of the attacked city, but on the amount of trading ships sent with the attack.
10. Each trading ship will load up 15 resources per minute for 20 minutes. An attacker can loot every resource which is not protected by a warehouse.
11. You will be able to build more than one warehouse per city.
12. The number of available action points for each city will be increased. You will have 3 points for each city (instead of 2) and get one more for every 4 building steps (instead of 5).

Now.
Town Hall level 1 = 2 action points
Town Hall level 6 = 3 action points
Town Hall level 11= 4 action points
Town Hall level 16= 5 action points
Town Hall level 21= 6 action points
Town Hall level 26= 7 action points

Update (version 0.3.0)
Town Hall level 1 = 3 action points
Town Hall level 5 = 4 action points
Town Hall level 9 = 5 action points
Town Hall level 13= 6 action points
Town Hall level 17= 7 action points
Town Hall level 21= 8 action points
Town Hall level 25= 9 action points

*Update ( 10/01/2009 )

Good news, version 0.3.0 is expected to rollout on 19th January. So start upgrading your ships and units, build higher level walls, baracks, hideout because all these will cost more on version 0.3.0. Also make sure to keep resources in the warehouses at the new limit levels:-

Level 16 : 128 000 of every resource
Level 17 : 136 000 of every resource
Level 18 : 144 000 of every resource

*Update ( 16/01/2009 )

The patch has been delayed for another day. Expected to patch on 20th January.