Admitting in your very first sentence that your original plan was to screw with us doesn't exactly see you off to a good start. But in spite of this unfortunate introduction, let me give a response regarding representation:

Could we (and should we) have done better for representation in Endless Legend? Yes, we are not unaware of the shortcomings. I wasn't part of Amplitude during the development of Endless Legend, so I cannot give detailed insight into what was happening at the time, but I do know Amplitude was still a small company at the time, so this is almost certainly an oversight born out of being short-staffed. And as others pointed out, we tried to do better on that in Endless Space 2, and we have put in a great deal of effort in Humankind to represent different ethnicities and different cultures in the art for units and events.

Finally, as others have pointed out, the grey skin tone of The Forgotten is not a natural skintone and in no way intended to reflect any specific group of people from the real world, nor are they meant to be seen as "monsters" rather than a group of people who have been wronged.

KillMaker wrote:

I'm a solo game developer so I know those three changes could be made to your game in the course of just one day, maybe two depending on the number of different units in the African based race.

So there would be no excuse not to change them now that someone has pointed this out to you.

Sorry to disappoint you in this respect, but no, reworking multiple pieces of in-game artwork is not in fact just a single day of work for our artists. As you pointed out yourself, proper representation is not just a different skin tone. Endless Legend has not been in active development for years, so there is no budget to have several artists spend several days redoing 2D artwork for multiple characters, units, and questlines.

But we will be striving to do better in future projects.

KillMaker wrote:
As you said it's a fantasy world, so the developers made a continuous choice to make only white people exist in it. Do you know how fucked up that is.

You have gone from giving us the benefit of the doubt that this is an oversight, to implying an actively malicious choice of conscious exclusion, and this discussion has been anything but fruitful for quite some time. So I think it is about time we close this thread, but your criticism of the lack of diversity in Endless Legend has been noted.

A vacuum cleaner, probably...

Jokes aside, I don't know if we ever established a definite way to kill a Broken Lord. Maybe smashing the armor will just lead to the dust dissipating into the air and thus kill the dust-bound mind inhabiting the armor.

Hello everybody,

As you may have seen in the patch notes, we unfortunately could not release Patch 1.8.52 for Macintosh yet.

If you want to host a multiplayer game with players both on PC and Mac, PC Players will need to use version 1.8.45. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open the Properties of Endless Legend
2. Go to the Betas section
3. Choose "rollback" in the dropdown menu
4. Steam should download the data for version 1.8.45
   1. If it does not, try verifying the integrity of the game files or relaunching steam
5. Before starting the multiplayer game, verify the version number on the main menu of the game (show at the bottom left)

Sorry for the inconvenience. We hope to release Patch 1.8.52 for Mac soon as well.

Patch Notes [1.8.52] (PC-only for now; Mac to follow)

FIXES

• Fixed units from DLCs missing textures
• "Wildfire" quest no longer triggers in the very early game    
• Fixed most quests that spawn armies not being functional
• Added missing villages to Auriga map and increased number of watchtower foundations (This should also address cases of save file corruption when playing on the Auriga map)

Apologies to our players on Mac.

Technical issues have kept us from creating a stable Mac version of this build. We hope to remedy this soon, but the impact of of the quest-related bugs on the game experience is such that we do not want to delay the release of this patch. In the meantime, you can continue playing on version 1.8.45, and if you wish to play multiplayer with people on PC, they can roll back to this version from the Betas tab of the game's properties.

We've received a small number of reports regarding phishing attempts from individuals claiming to work for Amplitude Studios. In light of these, we want to remind you all of the official Amplitude Studios communications channels.

We would only every reach out to you via email, from the email addresses @amplitude-studios.com or @sega.co.uk.

We may also contact you through our official Discord, Twitch, or social media channels and we will always supply proof that we are who we say we are. You can find all of these on our website amplitude-studios.com

We never use platforms such as Gchat, WhatsApp or anything else not listed in this post.

If you ever receive a message from Amplitude that you're unsure of, don't hesitate to contact us through one of our official channels to confirm.

PATCH NOTES [1.8.45]

FIXES

• Fixed issue with the Modding screen.

As Sublustris mentioned, the painted version of the map is still work in progress, so we're not ready to share it yet.

We have a hotfix for the modding support issue being tested.

However, if you are trying to finish an old game, I would still recommend following Sublustris advice and rolling back until you finish that game.

Monstrous Tales Release - Endless Legend 1.8.43

[Additions]

• Added Auriga map generation preset
• Released Monstrous Tales DLC
  • 16 new single-chapter quests
  • 1 new multi-chapter quest

[Fixes]

With special thanks to LeaderEnemyBoss:

• Claiming an Urkan from an exterminated faction no longer destroys your save
• Made restrictions on attacking villages in regions controled by an untamed Urkan more consistent
• Symbiosis feature now works properly without Shadows DLC
• Retaliation from Pearl Towers should work properly again
• Gauran Games quest no longer fails if another battle is fought before returning to the village
• Sieges should no longer break when they should not
• Custom Allayi now properly switch their icon when shifting
• Fungal Blooms can no longer be dismantled at Truce
• "Price of Luxury" quest now triggers properly
• Contruction and buyout of Fungal Blooms are now calculated and displayed correctly
• Untamed Urkans no longer affect conversion cost of villages
• Vaulters can no longer teleport into battles
• Watchtowers should now always upgrade properly
• Bonus Population should no longer become invisible while moving them
• Shifting Rage dark form now properly applies in winter rather than summer
• Cost reductions now properly apply to Golem Camps
• Fixed multiple issues with Urkan regeneration

[Known Issues]

• The Auriga map preset may not work properly on MacOS
• "Surprise Party!" does not finish if the third defeated army was a reinforcement in a battle
• "A Helpless Hero" and "City Gone Rogue" quest markers do not disappear after failing the quest
• "A Helpless Hero" quest may fail if the army is garrisoned
• "A Land of Fire and Ash" may not properly reward Dust for the final volcanoformer
• In multiplayer games, volcanoformers for "A Land of Ash and Fire" may spawn primarily around the host
• The global food penalty associated with "A Land of Fire and Ash" may apply -1 Food on City rather than -1 Food Per Tile
• "Celebrating the Solstice" quest checks for activating boosters, rather than active boosters
• The fire Guardian spawned for "Wildfire" may pursue and attack invisible armies
• "Old Haunts" quest army may not spawn with the correct units
• "A Man Possessed" gives the wrong reward

For many years, fans of the Endless Universe have been asking for an official map of Auriga. Some wanted this map to use in their RPG campaigns. Some wanted it out of sheer curiosity about the world. And still others wanted a map in Endless Legend to explore themselves in game.

Of course, being a playable in-game map, this is not a perfect representation of Auriga. Concessions have been made for playability, compatibility, and flexibility: The map uses neither sea Fortresses nor Volcanic Terrain to ensure a good experience for all players, even if they do not own the DLC, and the starting locations have not been fixed to allow you to explore with the factions of your choice.

However, we know many players are interested in playing with canonical “True Start Locations,” and while the spawn locations may not be fixed, you can play with True Start Locations by doing the following:

1. Assign factions to the following slots:
   1. Cultists
   2. Necrophages
   3. Roving Clans
   4. Broken Lords
   5. Vaulters
   6. Drakken
   7. Ardent Mages
   8. Wild Walkers
2. Set the game to Multiplayer
3. Join the slot of the faction you want to play

Unfortunately, as the game only handles 8 players and start locations at a time, you will not be able to use all factions at once on this made and have to use the following replacements for approximate start locations for the DLC factions:

• Forgotten: Slot 5, replacing Vaulters
• Allayi: Slot 8, replacing Wild Walkers
• Morgawr: Slot 7, replacing Ardent Mages
• Kapaku: Slot 2, replacing Necrophages
• Mykara: Slot 4, replacing Broken Lords

Have fun exploring Auriga!