We're pleased to bring you the next batch of city destruction changes. These particular ones focus on emphasising a more back and forth style of conflict. We'll likely be adjusting numbers over the coming days and weeks as we see how things look. Here are the details:

- The number of kills to start a raid has been reduced from 6 to 4.

- I am going to reiterate previous announce posts: being an enlisted SOLDIER is not sufficient reason to attack someone for the purposes of obtaining SANCTION (outside of WAR time). Neither is being the WAR MINISTER, CITY RULER, or any other elected position.

- If another city ACTIVATES a tank in your city, you have one Achaean month (approximately 25 hours) during which a ranking member of your city may enter the attacking city and RETALIATE RAID. This starts a timer (between 3 and 5 minutes) after which a sanctioned raid will begin. Tanks placed in these raids do not generate a right of retaliation: i.e. they cannot be eternally looped. For the purposes of this, a ranking member is the War Minister, the City Ruler, or a War Ministry Aide. During the retaliation initiation window, the attacking city may not obtain sanction in any other way, be it via player deaths or the font becoming empowered. We may reduce the retaliation window after monitoring this in action. Tanks also charge slower in retaliation raids (both passively and via kills) than in standard raids.

Enjoy!

Penned by My hand on the 24th of Sarapin, in the year 764 AF.