Dear Settlers,

With this Dev Blog entry, our Game Design Team provides insights into design decisions again. This year's Easter Event introduced "Stripy Eggs" as a new Event resource.

BB_Turian explains why it was decided to have several changes for event resources.

Read the complete entry in our > forums <

Happy Egg-hunting!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

A game update will be deployed tomorrow. The game will be closed for this task.

• Day: Wednesday, 25th of March
• Duration: Approx. 09:00 - 11:00 AM GMT
• Game: All gameworlds (1-3) closed
• Adventures & Premium: Time will be extended by 6 hours
• Gifts: The Easter bunny will send you a message this week

You can find details about the update > here <

Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

Weekly maintenance for this week will take place on Tuesday.

• Worlds: All (1-3) closed 
• Start: Tuesday, March 24th at approx. 01:15am GMT
• End: Tuesday, March 24th at approx. 08:00am GMT
• Adventures & Premium: Time will be extended 
• Guild quests: Will NOT be reset

To check out the changes implemented this maintenance, please click here.

Please also keep in mind the announced time frame of potential game disconnections (below).

Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

An IT infrastructure task might result in a short disconnection from the game.
Please plan your game tasks accordingly.

• Day: Tuesday, 24th of March
• When: Sometime between 08:00 - 08:30 GMT
• Game: Remains online
• Effect: It might happen that you loose connection to the game once for a very short duration within the time span. You can join the game very quickly again.

Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

Check out the new video! This time Game Design explains the new "Scenarios" and "Mountain Buff" features. Furthermore there are a couple of Community topics and a big THANK YOU goes to our moderators all over the world!

Happy Watching!
BB_Ravel

All players who have been settling recently, received a gift package.
Why? - The reason is in your in-game mails!

Happy looting!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

There is a huge amount of active players, because of the Easter event starting today. As a result, the game is currently facing some service limitations. Here is a brief status update:

• First step: Zone limit will be reduced now. This is benefitial for the performance, but may lead to login queues.
• The team is on it, we will keep you updated

Your "The Settlers Online" Team

Dear Settlers,

We are currently experiencing some performance issues.

This has been reported and it's currently under investigation.

Meanwhile, please continue to post the issues encountered on the forum.

Thank you for your patience and reports!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

Once again St. Paddy's here,
Past has flown another year,
So raise a glass and spread some cheer,
Have fun and mirth and banish fear!

We bring gifts to help you play
And have some fun on this great day!

BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

An IT infrastructure task might result in a short disconnection from the game.
Please plan your game tasks accordingly.

• Day: Tuesday, 17th of March
• When: Somewhere between 06:00 - 06:30 GMT
• Game: Remains online
• Effect: You might lose connection to the game once for a very short duration within the time span. You should be able to join the game very quickly again.
• Additional info: While this should happen during the scheduled maintenance time, the info was posted to make sure you are informed in case the servers are online earlier than announced.

Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel