So they posted the information about the summer event which coincides with the world cup, and looks to at least be partially based on it
http://forum.thesettlersonline.net/t...pionship-Event
A few thoughts about the event:
Event calendar: it gives an improved storehouse. Really? A lot of 50s are not going to bother making sure they log in 30 consecutive days just for an improved storehouse. An extra of a limited item is a powerful driver towards excitement about an event. The gold tower was that (there is also the fact a gold tower is worth about 10x what an improved storehouse is).The first event calendar was decent, but it was the reward at the end that made it special.
New explorer: looks great, though will need to test it to see its effects on the artifact/rarity searches. Still, we already have a lot of explorers (18). Another one is not huge. Another item primarily geared towards newer players.
Non-combat event adventures: interesting idea, i guess they copied the players nuking a complete BLT. Will see how onerous the resources needed to manufacture the buffs are. If some of those buffs are gem only, there will be a bit of protesting.
ONE ITEM OF NOTE: CALLING A SOCCER BALL A FOOTBALL IN THE US IS A CAPITOL OFFENSE. geeze.
Lvl 6 buildings: Choosing these 3 buildings is a bit....disappointing.
Stone mason - works out, but nothing exciting. Stone is a peripheral resource for most of the players that would have a lvl 5 mason.
Marble mason - deposit size is a big issue for marble. Lvl 6 marble mason will hardly help that out. A complete waste.
Farm - most people with lvl 5 farms also have silos/improved silos. Allowing just 1 of the 2 to be upgraded is rather frustrating. It was a grueling inconvenience balancing out improved silo walk times with their asinine 3x speed rather than 3x amount so that each field was serviced by equal numbers of improved silos and farms. Adding more silos is not possible. There is no room. making room would involve moving dozens of level 5 buildings. The only alternative is buffing the improved silos once every 45 hours.
Finally - grout. Really? the pinnacle resource for level 6 upgrades is grout? Couldn't you have used another exotic stone or wood?