Island

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[edit] Introduction

Each server's world is divided into islands (with the same base map for each server). Each island has coordinates, "eastings" and "southings". Negative coordinates and coordinates above 100 and below 0 exist but are merely ocean. Within the island area, about half of the coordinate points are also just ocean.

[edit] Viewing

Clicking the "Show World" icon displays the part of the map around the selected town. To see other islands, use the big arrows or enter coordinates and click the little curved arrow. From any point on the map, a click on any island shows some detail about it in the left-hand panel, and a second click opens it in "island view".

[edit] Military significance of each island

Troops visiting another town on the same island do not need any help from a trade ship and can attack even if the target has a fleet, whereas an attack from another island may be foiled by such a fleet.

[edit] What an island holds

Each island has flagged spaces, which can hold up to 10 original towns and 6 or more colonies, up to 16 total towns. A space vacated by a closed account can be recolonized.

Each island also has:

1. a shared Saw Mill
2. a shared luxury resource, which will be one of the following: crystal glass  , marble  , sulphur  , or wine  
3. a Miracle, which will be one of the following: Ares' stronghold, Colossus, Demeter's gardens, Hades' Holy Grove, Hephaistos' Forge, Temple of Athene, Temple of Hermes or Temple of Poseidon
4. an Island forum (Agora), where the residents of the island can discuss

Furthermore, only the island where your Capital is has a Barbarian village on it, which you can pillage up to 10 times, and then disappears.

[edit] Dοnations to the shared island resources

Acceptance into the Island community is the most important step for peace in the region. This is easily done by contributing wood   towards extensions of the Island buildings like the Saw mill, Quarry, and the mines.

[edit] Promoting Donations

Each island may introduce a one-time tax or "investment contribution", of example 100 logs (units) of wood, per engaged worker in the saw mill or other island buildings. Every contribution over the amount of tax is considered a donation. Players that have paid the required tax are automatically designated as island senators and may vote in island issues. New colonialists to the island need not fear, the contributions are automatically not very much for small towns. Who has problems with wood cannot argue, should then employ less workers until the contributions are paid. For island buildings greater than Level 20, the minimum contribution should be raised to 200 then increasingly.

[edit] Leeching

Leeching is the when a player is not contributing to the raw material sources. Leechers are often pillaged as a warning to start contributing, and their wood that is pillaged may be donated to the Saw mill or Luxury Resource mine. The other luxury resources may be donated to the island's Miracle or confiscated as compensation for lost production. This usually ensures that all players contribute.

[edit] Advantages of donating

As the level of the island building increases so the possible production amount does. When searching for new colonies the level of island buildings is important, islands with higher levels much more attractive and more in demand. Therefore, islands with higher levels are filled quicker and when 16 city spaces are filled no temporary raid-colony can be established for ground attacks.

[edit] Island forum (Agora)

There is an island forum, also called Agora, on each island, that is a special bulding which allows players on that island to communicate and discuss. You can access it either by clicking it fron the Island View or by clicking the Diplomace Adviser and then its link in the part titled "Agora" of the left-side menu. Players that don't have a town on the island are not allowed to view or post on the island forum.