Greetings, mighty Lords!
Siege cities and conquer lands, nothing is improbable. In INFINITE BORDERS, cities have an extremely important strategic role. They not only provide resource yield bonuses to Guilds and grant Guild EXP to accommodate more members, but Commandery Capitals can also appoint Governors, who form Governor Legions, making the Commandery Capital a crucial offensive stronghold for the Alliance on the front line.
To allow Lords to fully experience the strategic gameplay of competing over cities and battling with Legions during the Season, and to enable more Forces to engage in the Battlefield, we will further enhance the strategic role of cities, giving higher strategic value to every city on the map. Therefore, we will introduce the "County Magistrate" function in all "Counties" on the map.
[County Magistrate and County Magistrate Legion]
All Counties with over 10,000 households are led by a Magistrate, those with fewer than 10,000 by a Chief, and Marquisates by a Chancellor, with similar ranks. This was the system of the Qin Dynasty, and adopted by the Han Dynasty.
— "Tongdian, Volume 33, Officials 15"
After a Guild occupies a County, the Guild Chief/Vice Guild Chief can appoint a Guild member as the "County Magistrate" of that County. Each City can only have one County Magistrate, and each Force can only hold the position of County Magistrate for one City.
After the County Magistrate is appointed, they can construct a "County Office" within the City. Once construction is complete, the Legion function (the number of Legions that can be formed varies by City level) and the Draft function can be activated. Meanwhile, the original Wave Number of Garrisons in the City will be reduced by half.
If a City loses its County Magistrate or the County Magistrate is conquered, the County Office will be demolished, and the formed Legion will be disbanded. The Wave Number of City Garrisons will recover after 12 hours. The County Office allows the County Magistrate to rally troops into a Legion, deploy it, command it to take action, and allows the Force to draft for its rallied troops within the City, but it requires extra Coins.
The functions of the County Magistrate Legion are consistent with the Governor Legion. It can be deployed, garrisoned, and mobilized as a whole. Each deployment consumes 20 Stamina from all Heroes in the legion. All troops in a legion standing by for orders must be dispatched together. Legion March Speed will be determined by the slowest March Speed of the troops within it.
The above content will take effect in the S and Conquest Seasons after the maintenance update on April 2. The above features will not be added to the Rise of the Clan Season. Garrison Barracks will be removed for the Golden Insignia with Purple Ribbon Season, and any Garrison Barracks that are already built or under construction will be demolished. The Governor's Legion mobilized to the county will retreat back to the corresponding Commandery Capital city.
[New Extra War Merit Acquisition for County Magistrate Legion and Governor Legion]
To encourage the activity of Governors/County Magistrates in forming and commanding Legions, and to enhance the cooperative combat among Guild members, we will introduce extra War Merit acquisition for Governors/County Magistrates: Governors and County Magistrates can gain an additional 2% War Merit from the battles of friendly Troops under their control.
The above content will take effect in the S and Conquest Seasons after the maintenance update on April 2.
[Outlook]
INFINITE BORDERS is always committed to providing Lords with a richer war strategy experience. We hope the County Magistrate feature will make the experience of city contention more strategically enjoyable, allowing more Forces to engage in the Battlefield and experience grander war scenarios.
With the introduction of the County Magistrate feature, each city on the map will be endowed with deeper strategic value, offering richer choices and strategies around City Attack & Defense. What new strategic experiences will emerge in the already unpredictable Battlefield situation? Let us wait and see!
The actual content is subject to the final update in the game. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all Lords for your love and support of INFINITE BORDERS!
There is no other land than the king's land; within the INFINITE BORDERS, all are subjects of the king.
A ruler of all families lives up to the times!
INFINITE BORDERS Project Team
