what-are-astrology-points-in-olden-era

Quick answer

Astrology points in Olden Era is a new progression system that provides active neutral spells to improve your movement and map scouting.

Should beginners use Astrology points in Olden Era?

• Yes, all players independent of their skill level and experience must use Astrology points. This is a key factor to succeed in campaign, quick matches against AI bots and online pvp multiplayer.

How does Astrology points work?

• Astrology has a progress bar
• As soon as you reach a Astrology points threshold u receive 1 Astrology token. (For example your daily Astrology points income is 1000, the first threshold is 5000, so at the start of Day 6 you will automatically convert and get 1 Astrology token)
• Each unlock and upgrade has its own Astrology token cost.
• You must meet the requirements to use unlocked Astrology upgrades, usualy its a Hero level and Mage guild level
• Astrology upgrades cannot be reverted

How to earn Astrology points?

• You receive Astrology points only passively at the start of each turn.

How to increase Astrology points income?

• Each city of every faction has economy buildings which provide Astrology points income increase, just like gold.
• When building you must select from a drop down list if you want to receive extra gold, law points or astrology points.

How to spend Astrology points?

• Open Astrology points menu by pressing keyboard hotkey 'B' button or by clicking the second icon above sandbox in the lower right corner.
• Inside this menu go to the right section after Tier 5 spells

What Astrology upgrades are available?

• First You must exchange Astrology tokens to unlock active neutral spells.
• You can exchange Astrology tokens to upgrade unlocked active neutral spells which will provide lower mana cast, and increase daily usage limit.

How to use Astrology system?

• You need to visit a city with a Mage Guild of required level after you unlock Astrology active spell
• After that you can use the spellbook neutral tab to get accesss to unlocked Astrology active spells

Does Astrology points affect my Faction gaemplay?

• Astrology system is a core part of a gameplay which is not tied to any Faction. Each faction share the same Astrology unlocks and upgrades.
• List of available Astrology unlocks is pre-defined by Map template and cannot be changed by player.

How Astrology points affect game strategy?

• Astrology system **significantly ** changes your early game style, pacing and economy because they are hard to earn via Law- or Gold- income tradeoff.
• On average you can receive about 2-3 Astrology tokens during Week 1 which would be enough to unlock a single second-wind
• Astrology unlock would identify your next 2 weeks routine before maxxing out and being able to unlock another spell.
• On most templates the go to strategy is to unlock and upgrade the second-wind to the maximum level