A whole new era has begun for Crownrend. I can say that with complete confidence. The game has changed completely. Forget everything you know about stats, as most of them have been changed or removed. Today, I will try to explain all of this to you.

Images taken from Crownrend website

Since all these changes are new, I don’t know all the details yet, but I’ll try to explain things like how the combat system works and what the stats are for. Let’s start with the stats. I had around 17,000 Army Toughness. What happened to them? They were converted into army units. I lost all of them in battles, so I don’t know which units they were converted into.

The main screen has been updated like this. Three new non-tradable or non-sellable resources have been added to the game: Wood, Iron, and Stone. You can view your army’s details in the “Your Army” section. I currently have a total of 130 units, but I’m still producing more. I lost some of my units in an attack I just suffered.

When you click the “Train Units” button, you'll see that you can produce many basic and elite units. Elite units are much stronger than basic units. To produce them, you need items called “consumables.” You can obtain these by opening chests. Currently, I mostly have defensive units. As you can see, you need Denar, Iron, Stone, and Wood to produce each unit. There is a maintenance fee called “Base Maintenance” at the bottom. This fee is deducted from your production rate.

As you can see, the hourly maintenance cost for my units is 119 Denar. That's pretty cheap, isn't it? If I produce massive armies in later stages, this rate will increase significantly.

You can adjust the production rate of the Iron, Stone, and Wood I mentioned earlier from here. To increase the storage capacity for all of these, you need to upgrade the Warehouse.

From the new “Consumables” chest, you can obtain enhancements that you cannot obtain from classic chests in exchange for 1 Hive. You can instantly have an army or permanently increase your Domain stats. If you want to surprise your opponents, getting these chests could be a good choice. They might think you've destroyed your army and won't be expecting your attack. They'll be caught off guard.

With the changes to stats, items have also changed. They now provide bonuses to your units. I don't know if the changes to items are good or bad. From what I can see, Mine Level items are now much more valuable, but has this positively impacted the market? Definitely not. As far as I can tell, only one item has been purchased from the market in the last 7 days. That’s an incredibly low number. Though, when you think about it, if new players aren’t joining the game and old players have already strengthened their accounts enough, why would anyone buy items from the market?

The game developers are helping me test the Mrtats combat system XD So far, they’ve attacked me four times and managed to defeat me once. As far as I can tell, when you succeed in an attack, you don’t just get denar—you also get Wood, Metal, and Stone. That’s a very logical thing.

By the way, there's something I forgot to mention: each unit has strengths and weaknesses against other units. You can view and analyze these in the production screen. For example, Elite Infantry are strong against Archers but weak against Cavalry. Elite Pikemen are strong against Infantry and Cavalry but weak against Archers. So, if you strategize your army based on these weaknesses, you can defeat much stronger opponents.

Looking at the last battle, my total of 213 units successfully defended against his nearly 850 units. All of my units are elite. There are also elite units among his troops, but he couldn't win. I haven't fully figured out exactly why we won or lost. As I start making attacks myself, I'll understand it and explain it to you.

With the new system, you can now attack anyone. That is, you can send an army, but there's no guarantee of victory like in the previous system. Your opponent can see your army and prepare a defense accordingly. So maybe you should choose the times when they're asleep. This is entirely up to you.

Thank you for reading; that’s all I can share for now. If I missed anything or if you have any other questions, feel free to mention them in the comments section. I’d be happy to help if I can. See you in the next update, lords!