Castlot goes HD

I got an interesting email today and apparently now you can play Castlot on your iPad in HD. 

If you have a QR code reader you can scan this code here to download the game in the app store.

I am unsure if the game is the same as the web based version but I suspect it will be.  If oyu have had a chance to play the ipad version of the game let us know.  Tell us your thoughts.

Hello Biz Tycoon

I haven't been blogging much about Castlot because quite truthfully I couldn't stand playing the game anymore which became nothing more than a way to get you to buy gold for real life money.

They seemed to forgotten that the best way to motivate us to spend our real life, hard earned money was to provide us with a good game.

So after a few months of being away I got an email from the guys who created Castlot, telling me about a new game they have called Biz Tycoon.  As a sucker for a great "Tycoon" game I had to check it out.

I've been playing for a few weeks now and find the game rather enjoyable but it is indeed quite a different beast than Castlot.  It's about building a financial empire instead of building an empire itself.

I'll try and post more about the game itself later.

For now I really just wanted to update you as to what I've been up to lately in terms of the game.

It's all about the cards!

When the powers that be announced they would be introducing a new card system, there was a lot of bitching about it but truth be told, it really is a good system that if done right can bring a lot of power to your heroes.

Cards are broken down into 3 categories.
First there are the war element cards.  These work just like before, in that you assign each hero a special war element and if grouped properly they can produce great powers.

Here is a card I am using right now ...
Valor - Level 3. 
Element Power 9.  A 4-hero combined invincible skill summs Dragon to attack the enemy. 

Now what this means is that I have a Valor card (blue) that I have gotten to level 3.  It has 9 elemental power points (the higher the points the more damage done).  When bomined with 
Enrage, summon and ban, these cards cast the spell call of dragon.

War elements are used by your heroes in explore mode.

Next there are talents.  These give your heroes a boost in a more passive sense.   Here are some of the talent cards.

Fortitude (Level 3) - Increases HP of soliders by 12%
Thump (Level 1) - Increases Damage of soldiers by 4%
Raid (Level 3) - Increases speed of soliders by 18%
Trick (Level 2) - Increases speed of rival Mage by 240
Enchantment (Level 1) - Increases speed of rival archer by 120

Last but surely not least there are the skill cards.  Skill cards are used when it comes to arena battles. 
  There are some really powerful cards out there.  Here are some that I like

Dragon Chop (Level 3)  Group attack.  Deals 62% damage
Bloodlust (Level 5) Common attack.  Absorbs HP in the amount of 34% damage dealt to the target.
Druid blessing (Level 7) Single healing. Recoers HP.  Affected by the heero's level, intellect and the quality and level of the skill.

Now let's look at how these work ...

My first attack is a normal hit and I do 561 damage.
Next I do a Dragon Chop.  I do 396 damage.
Next is Bloodlust and I do 435 damage and recover 118 health.
Next is Druid Blessing.  I recover 823 health points.


Dragon Chop will do more and more damage as I level it up.  So eventually instead of that 396 damage it could be 1500+ in that one hit.

See what I'm saying about how powerful the right cards can really be?

A tip for keeping control of seized cities

If your server is anything like mine there is no doubt a lot of low level abandoned cities laying around for you to seize.

But then what is to stop soming from taking them from you?  It can be costly to create a bunch of troops to guard each city but not to worry, I have an easy fix for you.

LEVY!  Every day levy twice per city (the max the game allows) and don't recall them.  Just keep the levied troops there for guard duty.

The low level cities will get you about 20 troops per levy but in time those add up and 20 here and 20 there soon become hundreds and even thousands, which now all defend your city and it cost you nothing.

Prestige Needed for Ranks

• Knight - Prestige: 50; Cross Medals 5
• Baronet - Prestige: 500; Cross Medals 10
• Baron - Prestige: 5,000; Cross Medals 20
• Viscount - Prestige: 20,000; Cross Medals 40
• Earl - Prestige: 50,000; Cross Medals 80
• Marquees - Prestige: 400,000; Cross Medals 200
• Duke - Prestige: 2,000,000; Cross Medals 400
• Minister - Prestige: 8,000,000; Cross Medals 800

 

These are the number of cross medals and the amount of prestige you will need to obtain each rank in Castlot.

Military Discharge

How does military discharge work?

Once an hour the system checks and if you have more troops than you should it dismisses the extras and refunds the resources it cost you to create them.

Race Up Heros

When doing the RACE UP quest line in the arena, here are the epic knights you'll need to assist you along the way ......

 

• Level 7 Brent - Gareth
• Level 10 Stewart - Gareth
• Level 17 Keith - Gawain
• Level 20 Clark - Gawain
• Level 27 Alex - Garheris
• Level 30 Marcy - Gaheris
• Level 37 Ford - Gareth
• Level 40 Ben - Gawain
• Level 47 Tim - Gaheris
• Level 50 Roger - Bedivere
• Level 57 Hank - Bors
• Level 60 Leonard - Gawain
• Level 67 Bert - Percivale
• Level 70 Benjamin - Percivale
• Level 77 Eddie - Galahad
• Level 80 Stanley - Bors
• Level 87 Mike - Lancelot
• Level 90 Cole - Bedivere
• Level 97 Garfield - Merlin
• Level 100 Ulysis - KingArthur

 

1 Gareth 7,10, & 37

2 Gawain 17,20,40, & 60

3 Gaheris 27,30, & 47

4 Bedivere 50 & 90

5 Bors 57 & 80

6 Percivale 67 & 70

7 Galahad 77

8 Lancelot 87

9 Merlin 97

10 King Arthur 100

 

The names used here are for the Bright faction. For the Dark faction it is the same just their own version of the heros name.