The big annual update KiO 26 will be released at the end of November/beginning of December!
We have already incorporated some of the changes you requested in the survey. You can expect the following new features:
Revision of tournaments
Starting in December, major tournaments (Universe Cup, Galaxy Cup, etc.) will also be held on a weekly basis in normal, tactical, and weak tactical modes.
The U21 Cup will become the U23 Cup so that more teams can easily field a suitable team, while the rewards will be adjusted slightly downward.
Sub-Amateur and KiO Cups will be merged (i.e., only one each instead of A/B/C).
For self-organized tournaments, a selected name (e.g., “Clan Clash”) and a selectable trophy can be set, which the winner will then find in their inventory.
There is a new medal for participating in tournaments organized by other teams.
Further improvements to your own tournaments will follow in the new year!
The Player Agent
There is a completely new game element, the Player Agent.
There will be different types of Player Agents, initially two:
Top Platinum Player Agent (in packs)
Limited Specialist Player Agent (in the Ruby Shop)
Player agents replace certain player contracts and the option to recruit limited specialists with the scout. When activating player agents, you can select the position of the desired player (for current limited specialists, of course, only “suitable” ones). It is important to note that the use of player agents is limited to once per season (Top Platinum) or once per month (Limited Specialist). This is achieved by the “used” agent remaining in the inventory until the deadline and blocking the activation of another agent of the same type. With the Limited Specialist player agent in the Ruby Shop, it is possible to obtain limited specialists even without purchasing packs! This is no longer possible with the scout as you know, because it was not so easy to limit it there.
More exciting types of player agents will be released in the new year!
Restructuring of packs
As you know, we have never increased the prices for packs, and we are not doing so now either, so they will remain at a pocket money-friendly 99 cents – but we too are affected by inflation and rising costs. We therefore ask for your understanding that, for the first time in many years, we will be making a slight adjustment to the pack contents on December 1.
The Season Pack will have slightly less content (e.g., no more limited specialist training, the Top Platinum Rookie Contract will remain), but it will be available for purchase 4 times a month instead of 2 times which better fits the name „season“ pack.
The previous Platinum Player Pack will be converted into a Monthly Pack, which can only be purchased once a month and includes (among other things of value) the World Star and limited specialist training.
The contents of the remaining packs will be slightly reduced.
Multiple accounts/teams will be forbidden
From December 1, it will be prohibited to use more than one team. Technically, when you log out and log in to another team (with a corresponding warning), one team will be automatically deactivated so that you can no longer log in to the old one.
We are aware, of course, that this rule can be circumvented, e.g., by using two different devices. It is technically impossible to reliably determine whether two teams are controlled by the same person, and Google even prohibits attempts to determine this as a violation of privacy. Nevertheless, the ban applies, and if we detect a violation of the rule, the main team will receive a yellow card and the second team will be suspended indefinitely. According to a survey, this rule is desired by a large majority of players. We ask that you respect this.
Minor adjustments
We are also implementing minor adjustments. For example, excessive (earned) wins (except against bots) will be analyzed as a surprise in the future and will therefore occur less frequently due to the random brake.
Winning a league cup will now allow you to participate in the Solar Cup, even if you have qualified for the Galaxy via the league (in which case, however, you can ONLY play the Solar Cup). Until now, it was the other way around, but this was illogical because the Solar Cup is actually “more valuable” than the Galaxy.
We are also making some optimizations to the app and server to make the gameplay even smoother than it already is (availability is currently well over 99.9%).
It’s your game!
As you can see, with these many new features, we are already implementing much of what the majority of you requested in the big survey. Everything else remains untouched, where you did not want any changes. The clan championship will remain as it is, and the weighting of the tactics will not be changed either. As you know, we have special tactical leagues for those managers who prefer a strong paper-scissors-rock-guessing. Not participating in these and then demanding that the tactics guessing also be strengthened in “normal” leagues is, of course, neither sensible nor particularly considerate. After all, we are accommodating strong tactics fans in that the major tournaments are now also regularly held with “fun tactics guessing.” As you can see, we are trying to offer a playing field for all preferences, because Kick it out is and remains your game!
We are looking forward to the update and ask for your patience in advance if there are any minor issues at the beginning due to the many changes. We will take care of everything as quickly as possible.
See you on the playing fields!
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