As promised, I've released an alliance announcement page for alliance leadership to update their members with what's happening en masse.

It basically works the way the Changelog does, when a new announcement is posted members of the alliance (full members, not applicants) will see a "New!" text next to the alliance link on the sidebar. When they click the link, instead of being taken to the alliance information page like normal it will direct them to the page that the announcements are on so they can see the update. I added a new icon underneath the alliance flag to see the announcements page at any time. It looks like this:

This is a very minor update, but I'd also like to say that the amount of donations pouring in is amazing! We've nearly reached the goal amount needed to cover the extra costs, and I'd say everything is financially stable. You guys are great, and I couldn't have done any of this without you. Thank you so much for your support :)

Hi guys, I wanted to push out a changelog update to bring everyone's attention (not just those on the forums) to an older forum announcement here http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1019-2232014-requesting-money-new-donation-options/

There are a few donation options available with nation rewards that I think everyone should be aware of. To make donating easier, I've included a Donations Page available at http://politicsandwar.com/donate/ and there's also a link to it on the sidebar right below the link to the Changelog. You'll see there are a few donation options, mostly cosmetic things like the stars and portraits and flags, however note that the Donation Stars come with $1,000,000 in-game cash. This is pre-reset only, however, meaning when we end Beta and reset everything that money will be gone forever (you will get to keep the star icons, though).

Lastly I just wanted to bring everyone up to speed on the things I'm planning on adding next. The next two major updates will mostly likely be an Alliance Announcement Board (similar to this Changelog, but alliance specific and only viewable by members), the ability to "Win Wars" (see: http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/977-winning-wars/) and making some improvements cost resources to build (Aluminum and Steel, see http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/852-improvements-require-aluminum-andor-steel-to-build/)

That's all I've got for you guys right now, but please consider donating to the game as I am in debt at the moment and trying to raise enough money to cover some unexpected hosting fees. Thanks.

Naval Battles have been added to the game. With Naval Battles comes Blockades, which work very similar to Ground Control. Blockades will cancel and refund any pending trade offers from the blockadee and prevent them from creating or accepting any new offers so long as they are blockaded. Blockades can be ended by getting a successful naval battle agains the blockader. Naval Battles cost 5 Military Action Points (MAPs) to execute.

Airstrikes now cost 4 Military Action Points (MAPs) to execute. Getting ground control in a war now only disables 50% of the enemy's airforce.

Read more about this update in the post on the forum. The link is here: http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1101-322014-naval-battles-airstrike-updates/

Thanks

I highly encourage you to read the entirety of the forum post, that is a very detailed explanation of this update. It's available here: https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9070-10152015-color-stock-bonus-change/

* Color Stock Bonus formula has been changed, and is now linked to treasures. If you notice a drop in income, it's probably tied to the drop in Color Stock Bonus.

* A new bonus, called Alliance Treasure Bonus has been added. Each treasure an alliance has gives that alliance a 2% bonus to income.

* If you're not on the same color as your alliance, or you're an applicant, you're not going to get either the Color Stock Bonus or the Alliance Treasure Bonus.

* Emojis have been added to messages, and we've got a neat Halloween logo temporarily!