Did you know…?[]
Nova Aetas contains so many features that some don't even see all of them. To create an interesting gameplay for you there is this list of did-you-knows.
- There is 2% chance to break your pickaxe upon quarrying stone. This also applies to the woodcutter's axe.
- Farming sickles do not break upon using them.
- There is a 1% chance to find a gem upon quarrying stone.
- Having religious uniformity of 15% means you only get 15% of all income in kingdom and town.
- Granting privileges to Jewish traders however adds +50% trade income, but lowers religious uniformity with 3%. Trade tariffs give around 50,000 Florins in an ideal situation. The state income is ideally 900,000 Florins (two towns, 5 castles). Calculating profits makes choosing for this option a loss of 2,000 Florins. Be wise when taking decisions!
- You can reload carbines on horseback. It is the only firearm type which is able to do that.
- The farther you go in the New World, the more interesting places and trade goods you find.
- Kingdom Technology level 3 and 6 both give new troops.
- You need to actually spend every coin into technological advancement when being a king. This is important if you want to compete with native kingdoms.
- You'll drown in water and take fall damage in Nova Aetas.
- There is an interesting and ancient sword laying on the fields in Uxkhal waiting for you.
- If you lit the Agonic beacons, make sure the beacons see your fire. Take a look in the far and check if the next beacon is lit as shown by this picture [1].
- You can gain influence points by bribing, giving gifts and persuasion.
- Renting/buying residents in the desert gives you a desert-style house.
- The same applies for villages and towns. Currently as of v2.01 there are these styles:
- Swadian
- Rhodoks
- Sarranids
- Vaegirs
- If you build something at a village, you'll see the construction. Once it is built, you'll be able to see the building. The same applies for towns, however you cannot see the construction in towns.
- The Turguhn Horde will launch an invasion to Calradia after 10 weeks. They will cause terror and fear.
- A game year is added each day. This slows down after 1650 to 1 year p/wk and after 1695 it uses the default calendar (v2.0 and higher only).
- Upon resurrecting the Calradian Empire you'll gain access to new units as Legionnaires, Centurions, Velites and Equites.
- You can donate to the guild master for a new and better guildhall. Other members donate as well.
- Scary music is used when entering caves, jungles and the ruins of Uxkhal.
- There is an extended chat with prisoners. Here you can kill lords and even banish kings from Earth!
- Each faction has its own unique set of flags carried by flagbearers (v2.0+).
- Enable volley fire by pressing numpad period key. That's the little dot at your numpad keys.
- Thanks to the AI battlefield script of Motomataru the AI will sometimes surround the player with divisions.
- If the power of the nobles is low, you cannot proclaim an edict.
- Each original faction leader has its own unique crown and throne room.
- Use CTRL to use shield bash on enemies. This will smash them to the ground.