Hi guys,


In case you missed our previous announcements (how could you, really? ), please check out the recent Dev Blog posts on the upcoming Add-Ons for both Endless Legend and Endless Space:



So what's coming for Endless Legend in this add-on? Many things..! We mentioned the new side quests in our previous blog post, but today, let's talk about something that was highly requested by the community: diplomatic answers that would fit each faction's personality better and greatly improve the immersion.




DIPLOMATIC ANSWERS


Before the official release of EL, we already took a first step toward this direction, with the addition of animated diplomats, who now have their own flavour text.



Sending the Ardent Mages a "Declaration of War".



Sending a "Warning" to the master of the Marketplace: the Roving Clans.



Ratatatata!




You will trigger these messages if you send a treaty to the AI: a declaration of war, a truce, a research agreement, etc. But sometimes, the AI will also let you know what it thinks about your actions. These messages will change depending on the faction it is playing as, but also with its current mood.


To sum it up, there are three parameters to take into account: fear, trust and envy. Each message is associated with one of these states. For example, if you colonise a nearby region, the AI will probably get a bit jealous of you, since you deliberately decided to take a territory just outside its frontiers (our AI can be emotional too, yes). If it was already envying your territory, the message will be very different to a message from a mocking and powerful AI that doesn't think of you as a threat. But you will prove them wrong, won't you?



We'll be back tomorrow with more info on the Endless Space add-on.