Queosia

Changes to the 1/A warehouse

2011-01-25T14:58:00.000+01:00

To help 1/A alliance members transfer goods faster between each other, the following modification was made to the warehouse:

The warehouse can now hold more goods than its actual capacity; however, during the change of rounds, anything over the actual capacity is lost. The maximum you can put into the warehouse is 10 times the actual capacity. The amount of goods is marked in red where you have more than the actual capacity.

Queosia 7.4

2010-03-23T16:00:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

after a few months of discussions and development, we have a new version up and running.

There are a couple additions to the game (new personalities), and one change that affects the undead race. The helps have been updated to reflect the new conditions, but I am going to briefly describe each change.

Undead addition: A new advantage has been added to the undead race: +20% place in buildings, which increases with each level: on the 4th level there is a +30% bonus for place in buildings; on the 3rd level there is a +40% bonus for place in buildings; on the 2nd level there is a +50% bonus for place in buildings; on the 1st level there is a +60% bonus for place in buildings.

New personality: Wagonmaster. Wagonmasters can handle twice as many caravans as other people. (Please note that only VIP members have access to caravans. If you do not plan to become a VIP member, then this personality is of no use to you: two times zero is still zero.) You can use the two caravans to send goods to two diferent countries, or send both to the same place and reduce the losses on the way.

New personality: Architect. The architect needs 20% less raw materials for all builgings, and he even works one round faster. He also has a very good eye for usable materials: when demolishing buildings, he can save 20% of the raw materials for future use.

New personality: Strategist. The Strategist commands the troops in a way that avoids the destruction of the concored buildings, and saves the lives of many soldiers. When conquering land from opponents, no buildings are destroyed during the battle. Military losses during the battle are 30% lower.

New personality: Pedlar. A man of the market. The pedlar can visit each market one extra time each day. He can also extend the availability of his market goods by 24 hours whenever the remaining time of the given goods is less that 3 hours. If the goods are on their way back, this extension can no longer be done. Each item can only be extended maximum 3 times.

Restart restriction: to ensure fair market conditions, restarting countries will get back a maximum of 3 million scrolls (per scientific area) and a maximum of 100 million runes.

We hope that you will like these changes.

Good luck!

Mininum vacation time restored to 72 hours

2010-01-03T09:50:00.002+01:00

With the holiday season over, the minimum time of the vacation mode has been set back to the usual 72 hours.

Happy new year!

2010-01-01T01:05:00.000+01:00

Welcome to 2010! :)

Happy new year!

And happy gaming in the new year! :)

Merry Christmas

2009-12-21T15:12:00.002+01:00

Merry Christmas to all Queosia players!

During the holiday season (December 24 - January 2) the in-game vacation is a little different from the usual. While normally the minimum time of vacation is 72 hours, during the holidays, it is reduced to just 3 hours.

This gives you the chance to have a family celebration, or go visit some relatives, and still be able to come back to the game soon.

If you put your country on vacation, you will be able to continue playing as soon as after 3 hours.

Maximum time is not set, as usual.

This special vacation module is only active until January 2nd. Then the minimum time will change back to the usual 72 hours.

Once again, Merry Christmas, and good luck in the game! :)

Game working fine

2009-07-18T21:50:00.001+02:00

All servers have been restored, and Queosia is now running fine.

Sorry for the inconvinuence, I hope there won't be another storm like this in the coming days... :)

Site down, working on it...

2009-07-18T18:24:00.001+02:00

The site is currently down, due to a massive power-out in one of the cenrtal Internet Exchanges in Hungary. We are working on it...

Minimum vacation time set back to 72 hours

2009-01-03T04:54:00.000+01:00

With the holiday season over, the minimum time of the vacation mode has been set back to the usual 72 hours.

Happy new year!

2009-01-01T12:17:00.002+01:00

Happy new year to all Queosia players! :)

Don't forget that the special 3-hour minimum vacation is only active till 24:00 on January 2, 2009 (UTC time).

If you don't want to wait 72 hours before coming back, please bring your countries back from vacation before this time.

We have plenty of plans for 2009, so keep playing! :)

Good luck to everyone in 2009! :)

Happy New Year's Eve! :)

2008-12-31T13:06:00.001+01:00

Have a great party tonight! :)

See you in 2009! :)

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-23T23:18:00.003+01:00

Queosia 7.1

2008-12-16T12:33:00.001+01:00

A few changes to make your life in Queosia even more easier:

Maximum area. In the normal game, you can no longer gain more land than 1.5x the leveling limit. This should not affect normal gameplay.

Allies on vacation. The Alliance page how shows if any of your allies are on vacation. You no longer need to check their events, or the scoretable to find out.

Better navigation on the saved crystallballs page. The navigation menu is now displayed at both the top and the bottom of the page for easier access.

Older information shown in the scoretable. If you have no fresh information about a country, but you have a saved crystalball from the past, that information is now displayed in the scoretable. One click, and you can browse through the available history of that given country.

Visual result of farsight spell. One glimpse on your country data page, and you can see if there has been a farsight spell cast in thus round, and what the result of it was. Yellow shows no farsight spell this round. Green shows a farsight spell has already been cast, and no troops are coming towards you or your allies. Red shows a noticed attack in progress. One click, and you can cast your farsight spell, without the trouble of having through the list of spells, confirming and again confirming the spell you wish to cast. (This modult is only available for VIP members.)

We hope you like the new changes and these will make your in-game experience even more enjoyable!

Good luck!

Queosia 7.0 final

2008-07-17T17:59:00.000+02:00

After many weeks of testing, the current game engine is now declared stable. There are no known bugs or other issues in the game.

Enjoy! :)

Queosia 7.0 beta

2008-05-13T15:11:00.000+02:00

Queosia 7.0 beta is here! We will keep the game in the beta stage for a few days. If you notice any errors, please e-mail us at support@queosia.com. Once we declare this version final, we will let you know in another news post.

Enjoy! :)

Here is the list of changes:

We brought back the option to leave some of your land behind when levelling. Unlike in the past, this is now completely optional.
1/A: if every member of an alliance is under protection, the entire alliance gets protected. You cannot start an alliance attack against them, nor csn they start such an attack.
1/A: we have removed the limit that only let you join/create 50 alliances total. You can now join as many alliances as you like (only one at a time, of course :)). The land you need to give the Emperor when doing to has been maximized in 50% of your land, even if you join/create more than 50 alliances.
1/A: joining and creating an alliance is now easier if you are in the top30%. For every 2000 top30% rounds you currently have, you receive 1% allowans on the land you need to give the Emperor. The minimum is 1%, you cannot get lower than this.
“Exploration rate” has been removed. A new feature has been added instead:
You can collect “cheap exploration” by winning battles and gaining land from other countries (you can also lose them if you lose land). You can use these to explore at a much cheaper rate above 3000 acres.
Some functions may require you to enter an identification code. This is to ensure that all players are humans, and not computer-scripts. This does not affect most of the countries, only certain countries get flagged by the system, based on in-game behaviour.
You can now put money into the aid. With strong restrictions, of course.
You can tell the Governor in what order to sell your soldiers if there is no space for the in the barracks.
Freeze country. If you have more than one country, and one of them cannot level because of the other one, you can now choose to freeze your upper country (the one that prevents the other from levelling). While the country is frozen, you cannot enter it. Once you clear the level, you can come back to the game with it.
You can choose if you want to see countries on vacation in the scoretable.
The army of a protected country cannot be used by its allies. It cannot be taken to war, it cannot be asked in for help, and it cannot be sent to help. In return, alliances that have protected members, receive the same bonus that alliances with members on vacation receive. (Does not affect 1/A alliance attacks.)

Upgrade to version 7

2008-05-08T12:18:00.000+02:00

Development for version 7 is complete. We will start upgrading our live environment on Tuesday. Some of the new features may require fine-tuning during the first few days. Anyone uncomfortable with frequent changes during the first few days is advised to put their country on holiday while we finalize everything. Queosia will not be shut down during the upgrade, the game will be constantly available.

Queosia 6.5

2008-02-25T15:12:00.000+01:00

As we prepare for the next "big version" of Queosia (7.0), many small fixes and enhancements were needed. These are all part of the current 6.5 engine.

Major changes include:

"At war" status now remains active when you restart a level. Previously, restarting the level caused this status to terminate immediately.
Another change to the "At war" status is that it gets terminated when you level up. Previously, the status remained, and you were at war with a non-existing country, until that country levelled up.
To prevent countries from "freezing", that is: all actions stopping, people who are constantly logged in, are now automatically logged out after 2 days, and need to log back in.
If the end of the timelimit is approaching, a warning appears, so you can prepare for the next level. This information has always been available ("Start of level" date under "Level" menu), but we feel this will remind more people to get ready before the time is up.
As gameplay in the 1/A group is different from the gameplay in the 4 lower levels, a welcome message is sent to everyone who reaches the 1/A group. This points out the major differences, and directs everyone to the 1/A help, which has all the information you need to get started in the most exciting group of the game! :)

Good luck!

Queosia 6.4

2007-12-09T14:38:00.000+01:00

Many new modules have been added to Queosia today, to make your gameplay even more enjoyable than ever. The help files have been updated to reflect the changes.

Here's a brief list of the things that have changed:

Remaining time of protection is now displayed below the country data. This helps new players prepare more easily.
Your registration date – when available – is now displayed on the „Level” page. Many of you have requested this feature.
Scrolls now get worn away at different acre limits. The limits were raised by 1 acre. Not much change you could say, but it WILL make a lot of difference.
The minimum help you can give your allies is now 0% instead of the previous 10%. This helps reduce some unfair revenges that became more and more common, when someone was forced to leave an alliance.
Time till the next round is now shown under your country data. This feature is only available for VIP members.
Crystal balls can now be saved, and stored for a longer period of time. You can even search your crystal ball results to find the best opponent for a loot, or robbery. This feature is only available for VIP members.
The governor can now train mages and thieves beyond free capacity. So far this was only available for soldiers. This requires extra attention, be sure to understand what this does before using! This feature is only available for VIP members.
You can set a default scorelist in the 1/A group. Until now, the default scorelist was the alliance scoretable, but this can now be set as you like.
E-mail notification of market events can have a minimum amount. If a transaction brings you less gold, you will not be notified, and not get as many e-mails.
When giving help to your allies, you can now set how much shar you want. So far this was a „yes/no” option whether you want a share or not. Now you can set a value between 0% and 25%. If everyone sets their request to 25%, the alliance can stay together, even if you only have one warrior in the alliance.
Besides the password, the username can be changed as well.
The „Minimum land” requirement has been added to all groups. This was already a requirement on levels 1 and 2, now it is a requirement on all levels. The minimum land is a unique value to each country, and you must have at least this much land to level up. The minimum land is 85% of your country's all-time biggest size on the given level.
Instead of the previous 1800 rounds, moral now starts to decrease after spending more than 2000 rounds in the upper parts of the group. The rate of decrease has also been changed: the more time you spend in the upper parts of the group, the more your moral will drop. Your people will burn up not only houses and barracks, but all other buildings as well. Not only one per round, but more and more, as time moves along.
The Dwarf race got a new racial speciality: it can now excavate its lands, and find quarries on areas up to 15% of its land, without having to explore new areas.

We hope you will like these changes, and that they will make your time at Queosia even more enjoyable. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at support@queosia.com

Good luck!

Prepare for the upcoming changes

2007-11-26T17:16:00.000+01:00

Lots of new modules are coming to Queosia before this Christmas.

Most of these modules will give you a more comfortable and easier playing experience.

Two of the upcoming modules, however, may require some preparation if you have a big country:

The "Minimum land" levelling requirement will be added to lower groups. This is already a requirement on levels 2 and 1, and it will now become a requirement on all levels. The "minimum land" is a unique value to every country in the game, and you must have at least this much land to level up. The minimum land is 85% of your country's all-time biggest size on the current level. (It does NOT get reset when restarting the level!) If you feel that your country has lost much land over the past weeks/months, and you will not have enough land to level up when this requirement gets added, we suggest you level up now.
When spending lots of time in the top30% of the group, your people start rioting, civilian mood drops drastically, and your people start burning up houses and barracks. This rioting will increase when the modifications are introduced: the more time you spend in the top30% of the group, the more dissatisfied your people will become. Your people will start burning up other buildings as well, not just houses and barracks, and they will set more and more buildings on fire... Once again, if you think you have spent too much time in the top part of the group (more than 2000 rounds in the top30%), we suggest you level up before this modification gets added to the game.

Of course, these are just minor parts of the upcoming new features. While the above two changes will positively affect most of the current players, some countries may need to get prepared for them. The rest of the changes will only have a positive effect on every country. :)

Good luck!

Queosia in German

2007-06-04T18:03:00.000+02:00

Queosia has been launched in German today. To log on, simply go to http://legendar.de, and create a new country.

We also welcome all German players to Queosia, we've been waiting for you! :)

Elf changes fine-tuned

2007-05-21T16:40:00.000+02:00

Based on your feedback, we have fine-tuned the Elf changes that were made two weeks ago.

Some of the previous "harmful" actions have been re-categorized, and are now in the "non-harmful" category.

Specifically, the following Elf specialities have been changed today:

Opening a portal is no longer a harmful action. This means that the extra 3% strength-loss does not apply, nor does the increased rune requirement.
"Tire thieves" is no longer a harmful action. This means that the extra 3% strength-loss does not apply, nor does the increased rune requirement.
The "Kidnap people" action is no longer a harmful action either. This means that this action only gets a -20% thievery effectiveness, instead of -80%.

We hope that with these changes, following the strengthening of the Elf, this race will be even more attractive to the more peaceful players.

Good luck, and enjoy the game! :)

Elf changes

2007-05-07T14:33:00.000+02:00

To compensate for the huge protections the elf countries have in all areas of the game, the following changes have been made to the elf specialities today:

- Harmful spells require more runes (+400% instead of the previous +100%)
- Harmful spells cause a +3% strength loss
- The -20% thievery effectiveness on harmful actions has been changed to -80%

Effectiveness of non-harmful thievery actions (such as stealing gold, runes, scrolls) remain unchanged at -20%.

Other specialities of the elf remain unchanged.

5/V forum now pointing to strategy forum

2007-04-13T15:52:00.000+02:00

To help new players learn the strategies of the game faster, we decided to make our external forum more accessible from within the game. The "Forum" menu now opens our external forum in a new window, where you can read previous strategy discussions, as well as more easily ask for help. The wider audience of the external forum will provide you with more answers.

While the external forum requires separate registration, we believe that it will give people more valuable information regarding strategies and in-game options, than the previous chat-like forum we used to have.

Once you level up, you will be able to access the classic in-game forum, but the link to the external forum will still be there.

Queosia skin on forum

2007-03-26T22:48:00.001+02:00

The Queosia forum has been updated to include the game's design. It now blends a lot better into the game (even though we call it "external" forum).

If you have not tried the forum yet, now is the perfect time. Many pro players await you there to help with your strategy, or just to chat a little.

1/A changes, thousands separator change, PayPal addition

2007-03-13T11:39:00.000+01:00

Being one of the best in the 1/A group is a prime objective of Queosia. To help more and more people achieve this goal, we have lifted the time-limit in 1/A.

This means that you can spend as much time as you want in the top group of the game, without having to worry about the 90-day limit. Their is no such limit in that group anymore.

We understand that many of you wanted to go to 1/A as prepared as possible, and this preparation may have caused you to run out of time in the lower, 2/B group. To help you level up, we have TEMPORARILY extended the 90-day limit in 2/B to 180 days. This will be changed back to 90 days over time, so please hurry. :)

In the upcoming weeks, more changes will be introduced to 1/A, to further enhance gameplay in the top group.

Another change you might have already noticed is the display of the thousands separators. The point (1.234.567) has been changed to comma (1,234,567) since this is more common in English-speaking countries.

One final addition to Queosia today is the ability to pay for VIP membership via PayPal. From today, you can use PayPal to extend your VIP membership, either using a credit card as before, of using your existing PayPal balance. The WorldPay option still remains for those of you who have trouble using PayPal, but our primary payment processor is now PayPal.

To promote the use of PayPal for VIP membership, we have a special promotion: the first 100 VIP payments will receive an additional 50% bonus VIP rounds. The bonus rounds are added automatically if your payment is among the first 100.

Good luck! :)

Timezone update

2007-03-09T10:15:00.000+01:00

Queosia has updated its timezome information to reflect the recent changes about the US Daylight savings time.

If you notice any problems, please let us know.

8 years

2007-02-26T12:34:00.000+01:00

Happy birthday Hódító! :)

Queosia's big brother, Hódító is 8 years old this month.

Queosia is proud to have a game engine that has been along for so long, and has proven very successful.

A couple changes, specific to Queosia are coming soon, be sure to keep reading the news. :)

Queosia v6.2

2007-02-21T15:06:00.000+01:00

Lots of goodies today... :) Below you can find the major changes that have been introduced into Queosia with the new version. The help files have been updated accordingly.

Enjoy! :)

The search menu has been expanded, now it shows the number of personalities of the shearched country, and in the 1/A group, it will show you the [NA] sign if the country is not in alliance.

In the 1/A group, the initial protection has been changed from 7 to 24 rounds. Now the period of protection is the same as the time you are blocked from using the market. Both timeframes are 24 rounds.

The order of the raw materials has changed in some places: council menu, caravan, alliance warehouse and thivery. The new order is based on the order of the raw materials in the market menu, this is what most of you have gotten used to.

The order of the military units has changed in some places. The new order is based on the order of the military units in the "Your country" menu.

The council menu now shows you if there are more military units than place in your temples, inns, barracks and houses. In case of military units, it will be shown in red so you can see at once how many surplus units you have in your country.

In the events list, the distance (for VIP members only) will show if the country is below or above you. Distance of countries below you are shown with a netagive sign.

The list of goods you have on the market are noe broken down into the three main market-categories for better reading.

The "Best players" list now contains a toplist of the biggest attacks, and the biggest countries.

The governor now has an option to suspend the training of simple soldiers if your population gets below a certain point.

Your "important events" (if you allow access to them for your allies) are no longer gone if you delete them from your country. You and your allies can still read them in the "impornatn events" section in the alliance menu.

The "Events" menu now lists all your magical and thievery actions you did against others. If you give your allies access to your important events, they can also view these actions.

Many changes coming to Queosia

2007-02-19T15:12:00.000+01:00

Many changes are coming to Queosia this Wednesday. Mostly minor value-added features, most of which do not influence the flow of the gameplay. On some pages however, the order of the displayed items will change. This includes the market page, the council page, the military page, and some other pages. We ask you in advance to play very carefully in the next few days. READ what is written on a page, otherwise you might get some very unpleasant surprises.

Vacation back to normal

2007-01-02T14:06:00.000+01:00

Welcome to 2007! :)

First of all, let us wish all Queosia players a Happy new year!

As announced previously, the 3-hour vacation was only active during the winter holidays. With the holiday season over, the vacation has been set back to its original form: the minimum time is 72 hours.

Happy New Year!

2006-12-28T22:49:00.000+01:00

We wish all Queosia players a happy new year! :)

Happy partying! :)

3-hour vacation during the holidays

2006-12-24T13:48:00.000+01:00

The minimum time of the vacation has been reduced to 3 hours. On January 2, 2007, this will be changed back to the usual 72 hours.

The shorter minimum time is to give you the chance to visit friends, relatives, have a family dinner, enjoy opening the gifts etc in peace, not having to worry about your country, while giving you the chance to play Queosia over the holiday season, and not have to wait 3 days.

Once again, we wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas

2006-12-23T13:34:00.000+01:00

We wish all Queosia players a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

(Please note that this is only a message to deliver Season's greetings. The speacial 3-hour-minimum vacation will only go into effect tomorrow. We will post a separate announcement about it.)

Vacation changes during the winter holidays

2006-12-16T18:29:00.000+01:00

During the winter holiday (December 24th - January 2nd) the rule of the vacation will be changed a little bit. The 72-hour minimum length will lessen to 3 hours, so you can come back to play after a family dinner or a party while you know your country safe. The 12-hour limit after harmful actions stays.

First photos in the Queosia photoalbum

2006-12-16T18:22:00.000+01:00

Some of you might have already noticed that the first photos have appeared in the Queosia photoalbum a few days ago.

The local get-together in Budapest included members from one of the top alliances in 1/A, one of the moderators, one of the helpers and one of the admins. Check out the Photoalbum under the Community menu if you have not done so yet. :)

And if you hold a get-together somewhere (we know it's a lot more difficult for Queosia than for Hodito), we encourage you to ask for an album, and post your photos!

We look forward to seeing pictures of you all! :)

1/A multi-personality requirements refined

2006-12-06T17:09:00.000+01:00

We have refined the 1/A requirements that are needed to restart from 1/A or 2/B if your country has more than one personality.

While the topX% requirement in lower levels (5th through 2nd) remain the same, the requirement in 1/A is now 30%, regardless of the number of personalities.

This fine-tuning has been made because we feel the 1/A group is a little different from the groups you are used to in the lower levels, a lot harder, and reaching this top30% requirement can be a challenge in itself.

Queosia v6.1

2006-11-29T15:12:00.000+01:00

We are pleased to announce many-many exciting changes to Queosia today! These changes will make your playing environment more enjoyable and the gaming experience more competetive.

The following changes have been introduced to the game today:

The "Sciences" section of the Council page now shows the achieved bonus values. So far this was only available on the Science page.

Incoming messages are now grouped with the rest of the messaging functions for easier access to your messages.

In 1/A, the "Put in" and "Take out" buttons in the Warehouse have been combined, you can now put stuff in, and take stuff out at the same time.

In 1/A, surveyed alliances are now marked in the alliance scoretable. Clicking on the info sign, you are taken to the list of surveyed alliances. This makes it easier to keep track of alliances you have already surveyed.

At the same time, longer alliance names have been truncated. The full name is shown by rolling the mouse over tha partial name.

Non-agression pacts between alliances have been introduced in 1/A. The alliance leader can send a pact to another alliance, whose leader can accept or reject it. Once accepted, the alliances cannot attack each other, and the members of the alliance cannot attack each other either. The pact can be broken up by the alliance leader, just like normal non-agression pacts.

Levelling requirements have changed for countries with more than one personality. The more personalities your country has, the harder the requirements are. Instead of the top30%, you need to spend the 336 rounds in upper parts of the group.

Personalities Requirement
2 336 rounds in the top22%
3 336 rounds in the top15%
4 336 rounds in the top10%
5 336 rounds in the top8%
6 336 rounds in the top6%
7 336 rounds in the top4%
8 336 rounds in the top1%
9 and more 336 rounds in the 1st position

If you feel the new requirements are too hard, you can give up a personality (or more), making the requirements easier.

When restarting to the fifth level from 2/B, your country in 1/A needs to meet the requirements based on the number of personalities your 2/B country has. (Ie: if your country has only 1 personality in 1/A, it needs to meet the top30% in order to restart on the fifth level. If your country in 2/B has 3 personalities, the country in 1/A needs to meet the top15% requirement if you want to restart from 2/B.)

Exploration requirements have changed above 2948 acres. The new requirement is based on the numkber of acres you have so far explored. The more you explored, the more expensive it will be to explore new lands. Requirements for countries below 2948 acres remains the same as before.

Country values are now updated after every significant event. After every battle, every thievery and magical attack. Up till now these values were only updated once per round, or when the person governing the country was online. This made the outcome of attacks a little unpredictable.

Many other small changes.

If you notice anything not working correctly, please notify us at support@queosia.com

Good luck everyone!

Queosia's big brother, Hódító passed 400.000 registered countries

2006-11-16T17:23:00.000+01:00

400.000, that is four hundred thousand. We have this many countries registered in Queosia's Hungarian version, Hódító.

Thank you all for being part of this growing community.

Queosia is still a long way from this number, but hey, we had almost 8 years in Hódító, Queosia has just recently passed its first year. :)

Get all your firends to play, so we can beat this 400.000 number in Queosia! :)

Queosia v6

2006-08-13T11:48:00.000+02:00

Version 6 of Queosia has been out for a few days now, but we have not made a blog entry about it. By now all of the initial problems (hey, I want a differerent color there, I want bigger fonts! :)) have been fixed.

Feedback from you confirms that most of you like the new design of the game. Phew, am I glad! :) Many of us had worked weeks without much sleep to get this version out, and I have to say it was worth it! :)

Thank you for your continued support!

Enjoy! :)

E-gold payment removed

2006-07-18T00:16:00.000+02:00

To simplify VIP membership, we have removed the e-gold payment method.

You may wonder why this is simplification... The answer is simple: nobody, not a single person has used e-gold to pay for VIP membership in Queosia.

We do not want to confuse anyone by offering a choice that will not be used anyway. :)

New times for round changes

2006-05-24T17:40:00.000+02:00

Two major things changed today in Queosia.

The first one is the starting time of round changes. The new start times are:

:02 1/A
:04 2/B
:08 2/D (anarch)
:10 3/G
:12 3/H (anarch)
:13 4/L
:16 4/M (anarch)
:18 5/V
:21 5/W
:23 5/Y (anarch)

The second change is even smaller: you cannot make any country-related actions during the change of rounds. This is the few-second time between the start and end of the round changes. You can still use the forum, send messages, read the events etc. If you try to buy something from the market during this time, for example, you will be asked to wait. To repeat your action (without having to retype everything) just click on the button on this warning screen a few seconds later.

1/A change: alliance vacation

2006-05-04T16:26:00.000+02:00

A small change has been introduced today that many 1/A players will be happy for: from now on, you do not have to pay the roundly fees for the alliance warehouse, while the alliance is on vacation.

As soon as alliance vacation is over, you have to start paying the fees again. Remember that the alliance vacation can be over because of one of two reasons: at least one of the alliance members gets back from vacation; or the alliance runs out of vacation-time.

The roundly fees for the warehouse remain unchanged.

This change has no affect on any of the groups other that 1/A in Queosia.

Enjoy! :)

Gem prices raised

2006-04-14T17:54:00.000+02:00

The maximum price of the gems has been increased to 2000 gold.

Not much more to this... :)

Enjoy! :)

Local timezones

2006-04-14T17:47:00.000+02:00

You can change the display of all events from UTC timezone tou your own. To change your timezone, go to the Settings menu, and choose the city closest to your location. We default everyone to "Europe/London". If you would like to keep the UTC setting, select "UTC" as your
local timezone.

This only affects the times shown within the game. Events, forum entries, messages etc.

Queosia server is still set to UTC, market resets happen around midnight, UTC.

Although this option has been available for a while, we have installed all fixes today, and as far as I know, the time is now shown correctly everywhere. :)

Enjoy! :)

Romanian version launched

2006-02-17T21:27:00.000+01:00

Queosia strengthens its presence in Europe by launching a Romanian-language version of the game, under the name of Cuceritor. See http://cuceritor.ro for details.

Cuceritor has local admins and moderators (quite frankly I have problems with that language myself ;)), making sure that the game environment suits the needs and expectations of the local Romanian community.

With Cuceritor expanding to a new market, Queosia will likely have new players from Romania, too, as some of its players join both the local game and us.

External Queosia forum

2006-01-28T13:08:00.000+01:00

This week, we have started an external forum for Queosia. Many of you might be surprised why we needed this, since forum-life in Queosia is not too active yet. (True enough, we have only had 22 posts so far. ;))

The reason is very simple: since we did the external forum for Hodito (http://hodito.hu), we did not want to leave out Queosia either (especially that the forum is run under Queosia's domain :)). The worst that can happen is that you will not be using this forum. :)

If you DO use it however, note that there is a special forum for new players where you can ask questions, get advice on what the best strategy would be for your style etc. Many experienced players from the Hungarian version are there to help you, and believe me, they ARE experienced, some of them with years of gametime. (And of course, some of them even newer players than yourself. :))

So come and join us if you want to: http://forum.queosia.com

(Yes, you want to; yes, you want to; yes, you want to; ... :))

1/A group active

2006-01-24T11:09:00.000+01:00

The first countries have arrived to the 1/A group today. Congratulations! :)

The top alliance can now be found under the "Best players" link in the Score menu. Let's hope this listing will change often. :)

Anyone going after the already playing countries in the 1/A, please take the time to read the help files. The 1/A group is a LOT different from the lower level groups. More planning is required, more teamwork is required, a different strategy is required, and you can win or lose a lot more. However, this is what makes the 1/A group interesting and more challenging.

Good luck everyone! :)

Homepage cleanup

2006-01-18T15:56:00.000+01:00

We have cleaned up the Queosia homepage a little. With a clean news section, you will be able to more easily find any important information we post. You can still read older announcements here.

In less than a week, the first country could arrive in the top group. Who will it be? :)

3-hour vacation

2005-12-23T15:03:00.000+01:00

During Christmas and New Year, it is always a problem that you have to leave your country unattended when relatives visit, or you go to a party. Going on vacation is not always the best solution, since that has a minimum time of 72 hours.

Sooo...., to let you attend family businesses, and let you go to great parties without either leaving your country unattended, or having to wait 3 days, we have another Christmas surprise: 3-hour vacation.

The minimum time for vacation has been reduced to 3 hours. You can safely go on vacation while family-Christmas lasts, and come back to play shortly afterwards.

The 3-hour vacation lasts until January 2, 2006. Remember to return from Vacation in time, if you do not wish to wait 72 hours.

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Since Christmas is so close, we would like to take the opportunity to wish every Queosia player a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Rule change: you are now allowed to have more than one country in Queosia

2005-12-21T15:06:00.000+01:00

I promised you a Christmas surprise, and warned every Queosia-fan, that you will need lots of free time over the holidays. :)

Upper levels of the game are now being populated as we expected, so it is time we let everyone enjoy the game even more.

After levelling up from the 5th level, you are allowed to start a new country. Remember that you MUST link your countries. If you have more than one country, and the countries are not linked, you are breaking the rules! Make sure you understand the requirements, and fulfill them. You MUST link your countries, if you wish to manage more than one country.

You can have a country in each group on the upper levels, and a total of one country on the 5th (starting) level.

Your countries cannot cooperate with each other, since they will never be able to be in the same group. This will just give you a new country, so you can play more, enjoy even more battles, and make even more friends on Queosia.

Good luck to everyone! :)

Queosia launches affiliate program

2005-11-21T16:00:00.000+01:00

We realize that many of our players cannot become VIP members because they have no credit card, and their parents will not let them use their cards. To overcome this problem, last week we introduced e-gold as an alternate payment method for VIP membership. We already have a weekly draw where you can win a month's worth of VIP membership. This week, we introduce yet another way you can earn your country VIP status:

We are launching our affiliate program!

Okay, what does this mean for you? It means that with a little work from your part, you can earn yourself VIP membership, or even earn actual money. (Read about this later on.)

Interested? Okay, here's what you need to do. Whenever you refer your friends, family, co-workers etc to Queosia, you are marked as the referrer. When these people become VIP members, you get VIP membership, too!

You get 10% of their VIP membership. Of course, this is OVER what they get, you are not taking away any VIP rounds from them. In short: if you refer 10 people to Queosia, who become and stay VIP members, you got yourself a lifetime free VIP membership!

We also mentioned you can earn money. Whenever someone extends their VIP membership using e-gold, we send you 10% of the VIP fee to your e-gold account! You can spend this on whatever you want: extend your VIP membership in Queosia, or use it for anything else.

Referrals do not expire. If someone you referred plays 5 years from now, you still get your free VIP rounds, or money to your e-gold account!

How do we know you referred someone? You need to use your unique HTML code to get people to sign up. You can find this in the "Community" menu, just click on "How to place our banner on your website. If you do not have a website, don't worry, you can still refer people. To find out how, please read the VIP help within the game.

More information about e-gold, and e-gold payments can be found in our previous blog entry.

We believe that the launch of this affiliate program will give everyone the chance to become VIP members.

Good luck everyone!

Oh, before I forget: we will have some Christmas surprises, too. :)

VIP membership: credit card and e-gold payments

2005-11-17T17:19:00.000+01:00

Today we have added a new way of VIP membership payment: e-gold.

E-gold is an Internet payment system, backed by real gold, and other metal. To find out more about e-gold, visit their homepage: http://www.e-gold.com If you do not already have an e-gold account, you can open one for free at https://www.e-gold.com/newacct/newaccount.asp

Now why would anyone want to use a payment method other than credit cards? That's a good question, and it is not easy to answer. Credit card payments are secure. They also provide more control over all transactions. E-gold payments on the other hand, provide more anonymity. While it might be difficult to get initial funds onto your e-gold account, once you have some money on it, payments made with e-gold do not show up on your credit card statement, or any other sensitive place.

While Queosia still prefers credit card payments, e-gold payments are a first step towards creating....... something new, and that's not for today's blog. :) You can read about this in a few days. :)

Introductory promotion ended, new promotion in place

2005-11-01T12:15:00.000+01:00

Our once-extended introductory promotion of giving everyone 4 weeks of trial VIP membership has come to an end today. From now on, we are giving everyone only 1 week of trial VIP membership, and this will remain to be the normal time.

A new promotion is already here though! This promotion gives everyone a chance to win a month's worth of VIP membership, each week. All you need to do to take part in the weekly draw, is to play Queosia with a browser that has the Alexa Toolbar installed. For details, see the VIP help.

More good news coming soon. :)

Queosia PR5

2005-10-21T21:16:00.000+02:00

Google databases have been updated, and Queosia got a PageRank of 5. This is a pretty good pagerank for a site that has only been around for 3 months. As a comparison, Hodito only has a PR4. True, we have been doing lots more marketing for Queosia. (A search on Google for the term "Queosia" now yields 18,600 results. We started with zero.)

Yes, I know this doesn't mean much, but still it's good news. :)

Hodito passes 300,000 registered

2005-10-11T18:08:00.000+02:00

Queosia's "big brother", Hodito has reached 300,000 registered countries last week.

That is a really amazing number, which makes the game one of Europe's largest online multiplayer games.

Here at Queosia we are still a "little" away from reaching this many countries, but why not target it? :) Get all your friends to join and play, let's make this game one of the biggest International games! (Oh, and before I forget: get all your enemies, too, so you can take revenge! :))

Attila
Horland (#1)

Queosia blog

2005-10-06T15:17:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone,

it's time Queosia had a blog. :) Why? So we can share some development secrets with you, let you know what we are up to, let you know how we are progressing with new developments, let you know about some of the feedbacks (both positive and negative) we get etc.

How long this blog will stay active, I have absolutely no idea. :) We'll just have to see how popular it gets, and how much of our time it consumes to keep it up and running. No promises yet. ;)

Attila
Horland (#1)