New POLYTOPIA Beta - Review and Expert Analysis

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A new Polytopia Beta was released for Steam, Android, and iOS Feb 26,2024. We’ll go over the proposed changes, including buff to markets and bridges and nerfs to bombers, lighthouses, and aqua farms. Complete list of changes are below.
Beta Update 2.8.5.11904 - Steam, Android, iOS
- Lighthouses always start covered in fog, even if it is close to your capital
- Tech tree: moved Fishing to become the first tech in that branch and it includes Port improvement
- Lower Bomber attack value, 3 instead of 4
- Lower Starfish income, now 8*
- Get Veteran Rammer instead of Bomber from water ruins
- Simplified Markets: 1* for each level of each nearby production building. - - Removed doubling for ports. New graphics. Markets are capped at level 8
- Tech tree: moved ‘Burn Forest’ to Construction, and ‘Destroy’ to Chivalry
- Removed Aqua Crop and Aqua Farms
- Added shorelines to hint if a bridge can be placed on a water tile that leads into the fog
- Cheaper bridges, now 5*. Allow bridges to be built even if one of the tiles are in fog
- Score bonus for opponent count is lower in Perfection game mode
- Temples grow quicker, reduced from 3 turns→2
- Improved AI, better at picking what unit to train, better at improving cities
- Fixed crash when starting a game from a notification
Link to patch notes on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/a...
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How to Join the Beta:
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ANDROID: Open Beta play.google.com/apps/testing/...
STEAM: Open Beta Access Code: :polytopiabetatesters
To join the RAMMER MAFIA: / discord
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Chapters
0:00 Start
0:33 Patch notes
1:46 Lighthouse spawns
3:20 Fishing tech
4:42 Bomber nerf
5:44 Starfish nerf
7:01 Veteran rammer from ruins
7:49 Market change
9:28 Construction and Destroy
10:32 No more Aquafarms
11:34 Rammer propaganda
12:02 Rammer sponsor ad
12:40 Bridges and Shorelines
14:49 Singleplayer/Perfection changes
16:18 How to Join Beta
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  • @DanielYuan-cf2og
    @DanielYuan-cf2og4 ай бұрын

    i really like aqua crops it really make shores look livelier and just greener. ALSO BRIDGES YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! BUFF BRIDGES YEAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! BRIDGES YEAAAAAHHH!!!!!

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Be sure to go on the official channel and tell the deve what you think. They need to hear player feedback

  • @ClubbingSealCub
    @ClubbingSealCub4 ай бұрын

    the bridge and shoreline changes are really stealth yaddak buffs

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes. The change in markets also helps Yadakk

  • @HappyDing0
    @HappyDing04 ай бұрын

    I played the beta. I really enjoy the new market overhaul that simplifies the concept of the market.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes, the market change is good and makes them more useful Be sure to go on the official channel and tell the devs what you think. They need to hear player feedback

  • @kester1342

    @kester1342

    4 ай бұрын

    yay markets are now more markety

  • @rodneysabuero
    @rodneysabuero4 ай бұрын

    I mentioned this before during the Path of the Ocean Beta, one thing Aqua crops are bad is they will be messy to look on the shores, anyone loves Aquacrop but see Midjiwan noticed it. All in all good update except for, they should add another thing under the Rammers Tech to make it more interesting. Also I hope they will stick to the old Markets design before this beta. (Do not make the market taller the highier the level, instead make it for example the highier the Sawmill level the more wood was laid in the market side.)

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Midjiwan simply didn't like the Aquacrops. It's his game and he does want he likes As for the markets, yes. The really tall market tower blocks the view of the map and looks strange

  • @kdt745a
    @kdt745a4 ай бұрын

    As a perfection enthusiast I think these changes reworks a lot the strategy around building high scores in the late game, on the current vanilla version you are capable to reach up to 280 stars per turn between upgraded cities and mostly, markets, their rework will make slower to build up your eco and will limit significantly more your effective temple tiles so, overall even with these requiring less turns to be maxed out the lower income should make significalty harder to get higher scores by your own, and instead you wanna play around taking enemy territory once they have maxed out their cities, also the new key turns to make temples would be 22, 24, 26, 28

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Good to hear from the Perfection people. Thanks

  • @zdenkoslav1053
    @zdenkoslav10534 ай бұрын

    markets are now comparable to costom houses lets go :D

  • @historiapixelart

    @historiapixelart

    4 ай бұрын

    market will op, i think for xinxie😂

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    You think markets are as strong as custom houses use to be?

  • @zdenkoslav1053

    @zdenkoslav1053

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@polychampions depends on how you manage to place them like if they gemerate 5 they can pay themself and for example sawmill in two turns

  • @historiapixelart

    @historiapixelart

    4 ай бұрын

    @ampionsfor hodrick and luxidor its really easy to making 2 market level 8 😆, i try xinxie, its more hard, i try ai-mo but ai-mo not has many forest 😅. for now version (not beta), ai-mo the best for use market, but yeah any rule for that, has water for harbor and not battle until turn 15, only worth for 4 player normal or bigger map and no opponent from pro player hahahaha

  • @mugen1119
    @mugen11194 ай бұрын

    bomber from sea ruin was too op imo

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah. Also, sometimes you actually didn't want a bomber in that spot because it would just get destroyed

  • @leorkoubi4626
    @leorkoubi46264 ай бұрын

    I took a break from this channel when I lost my Polytopia account. I am so glad that this is the video that I stumbled upon.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad to have you back. Enjoy :)

  • @macbusch9372
    @macbusch93724 ай бұрын

    This patch overall seems like a indirect buff to tribes who have been heavily affected by the Path of the Oceans update, and a balance to the tech tree, markets are more cost efficient, bridges aren’t the cost of ports, water may become a sub objective instead of a main task on lakes and continents and less of a “tyrant of the tree”, and this may lead to opening ideas for the special tribes (cough* Aquarion & Elyviön)! Curious in what potential new tech will maybe replace aqua farms or maybe indirectly buff markets or bridges on step more?

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes. Overall, it feel like a step in the right direction. The devs said their next project is to rework special tribes. Finger's crossed Aquarion, Elyrion, Cymanti and Polaris get some good changes

  • @kester1342
    @kester13424 ай бұрын

    I love the market buff, but it's still not comparable to the custom houses

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Hello Kester. Yes, markets are better now, but not as strong as CH were. Still a step in the right direction

  • @Wers11111
    @Wers111114 ай бұрын

    I don’t really like the lighthouse change, it gets rid of all make up qualities of spawning in the corner of the world. Why does a Veteran Rammer have 15 and not 20 HP? Is the troop inside only a warrior? Lastly, I hope they make bridges able to be built diagonally

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, many players felt that the lighthouse spawns were too OP. Good point about the veteran rammer having 15 hp. It makes more sense for it to have 20 Bridges should work the same as roads

  • @mysticcr8tor773
    @mysticcr8tor7734 ай бұрын

    Upsides: Yadakk has more options and is slightly stronger (bridges and markets) downsides: no more farms..

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Good points about Yadakk

  • @francine13
    @francine134 ай бұрын

    I like most of it! Like the light house nerf and bombers nerf.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, the biggest impacts are the lighthouse fog for corner spawns and bomber having lower attack

  • @ar5288
    @ar52884 ай бұрын

    Can I join the beta with mobile device on play store?

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Not sure if the new beta was released for the testers on mobile but if it was you need to download a "Testflight" app and the beta will be there.

  • @ar5288

    @ar5288

    4 ай бұрын

    @@polychampions unfortunately i'm not a tester, do we have a rough estimate when the new changes/updates will be implemented on mobile and steam?

  • @deleteme924
    @deleteme9244 ай бұрын

    The market change nerfs xin-xi, because forges usually have a lower level than sawmills

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes. You are much more likely to see a higher level sawmill than a forge

  • @newsphere4817
    @newsphere48174 ай бұрын

    i think rammer and scouts should be put together, unit utility strong together... For bomber i would love if they can't kill unit below 3/4, since "canon" good at hitting large unit but struggle to snipe a small unit or individual. It gives catapult and archer chance to deal minor damages/fight back and prevent off-shore bombardment strats, at least if you want to decimate my army you must invest in knight to wipe out my weaken units.. Bridges, I would love if it become fortified bridges, can be capture and give defense bonus like a town.. so your unit can move over them like normal but enemy must capture the bridges the be able to move past them. Making bridge good place to put defensive unit and become vital point to contest.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Good feedback. Please go to the official discord and post these comments for the devs to see - discord.gg/polytopia

  • @meowcat16_
    @meowcat16_4 ай бұрын

    yeah bridges needed buff.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    More of a buff? The cost was reduced to 5 stars.

  • @meowcat16_

    @meowcat16_

    4 ай бұрын

    @polychampions 5 seems fine I guess. Btw, I really wanna see more tournaments. If possible I would love to organise one I can also gather a prize pool.

  • @jackmetcalfe2247
    @jackmetcalfe22474 ай бұрын

    Hahahaha RAMMER. Love you guys

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Tell the Rammer Mafia hello from us :)

  • @ASOU630
    @ASOU6304 ай бұрын

    I will say, Bridges have let me end alot of stalemates..... I had games where a river Bridge with a Knight allowed for a 10+ knight chain

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes. I have seen some games where a knight going over a bridge in the late game broke stalemate. We actually have a video showcasing that kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWFnktFwZ5u_org.htmlsi=kJ4hmdZoUsNGyv0A

  • @user-qf9qi5lu7m
    @user-qf9qi5lu7m4 ай бұрын

    What if aquatic crops only spawned in the ocean? That would eliminate the interference with naval battles.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    That's an interesting idea. If you're in the official discord, you should post it for the devs to see

  • @drinianking4868
    @drinianking48684 ай бұрын

    What if when you build a bridge, whoever crosses it pays you a star

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Oh. Interesting idea. Like a toll road

  • @ivraDiaNCE
    @ivraDiaNCE4 ай бұрын

    As a perfection player the changes aren’t really too interesting, just different. Getting more temples is incentivized a lot more now so I think that scores for perfection will overall be higher than before the update, even with the score multiplier lowered.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear from the Perfection players. Thanks

  • @rosaliecarlson3525
    @rosaliecarlson35254 ай бұрын

    Oh cool i might bother with markets once in a while now

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, Give markets a try

  • @michakoodziej5741
    @michakoodziej57414 ай бұрын

    Give me my aquafarms back !!! And the old look of the rammer !!! Changing the marketplace - good Nerfing the bomber - very good

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Did the rammer mafia send you?

  • @michakoodziej5741

    @michakoodziej5741

    4 ай бұрын

    @@polychampions Rammer is the only way !!!

  • @norukamo
    @norukamo4 ай бұрын

    That sponsorship was hilarious. Also hope innofunni gets paid more by the institution. 🙏🙏

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Inno wrote the script and composed the music for the sponsor ad. Monlet did the voice. Made me laugh so hard, lol

  • @ivanf9401
    @ivanf94014 ай бұрын

    We need aqua crops and now a nerf for Cymanty. They has a F knight with tier one and lvl 5 city in turn 7/8 lol

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, Cymanti is probably the strongest tribe in the game after Imperius. The devs said they play to rework the special tribes in their next beta

  • @zbaldwin538
    @zbaldwin5384 ай бұрын

    I'm really now coming to the conclusion that all the bridges I've built have led to my demise.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, bridges allow you opponent to reach you as easily as you can reach them

  • @danbecvar176
    @danbecvar1764 ай бұрын

    I feel like bombers need more nerfs

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, going from 4 to 3 attack is a step in the right direction, but Bombers still have splash and are very strong

  • @MathieuDucruet-wo5tn
    @MathieuDucruet-wo5tn4 ай бұрын

    Burn forest that goes from 2 to 5 stars is a really bad idea. It's too expensive.

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah. With burn forest being 5 stars, you're actually spending 10 stars to get two population, if you include the cost of the farm

  • @donsolos
    @donsolos4 ай бұрын

    How does this guy not understand nerfing bombers to 3 attack ismthe biggest buff to rammy rams? He thinks removing aquacrops nerf them but they just became significantly more important

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    3 ай бұрын

    Good point about the Bomber nerf indirectly buffing rammers

  • @meowcat16_
    @meowcat16_4 ай бұрын

    What is that ad XD

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    We were forced to place that rammer ad because if we didn't, the rammer mafia would blackmail us

  • @meowcat16_

    @meowcat16_

    4 ай бұрын

    @@polychampions 🤣

  • @foooefacts
    @foooefacts4 ай бұрын

    BRING WHALE BACK RIGHT NOW!

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Whales are gone for good and are not coming back.

  • @hectoracuna1943
    @hectoracuna19434 ай бұрын

    Not for me..!!

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Oh? You don't like the proposed beta changes?

  • @brendanhoxie2831
    @brendanhoxie28314 ай бұрын

    They keep nerfing my favorite tribes. (This being kickoo) I believe it's for the best though I will keep adapting and dominating. Changes all make sense. Rammers are so important that I do research on my opponents to see when they obtain them and build my strategy around their view on rammers

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I wish the devs would improve the weaker tribes rather than nerf the good ones Also, you should be getting a payment from the rammer mafia soon. Keep up the good work

  • @gregm4813

    @gregm4813

    4 ай бұрын

    @@polychampions tbf, when Bardur is sticking out THAT far ahead of the other tribes in terms of wins, he does need a nerf if balance is the end goal. There are weaker tribes that need buffs, but some of the strong tribes really did warrant nerfs. ... though I'm unsure how this change is a nerf to Kickoo. Seems like starting with the ports tech instead of having to buy it, while keeping fishing (t0 tribe), is an overall boon for Kickoo.

  • @szymonciarkowski7966

    @szymonciarkowski7966

    4 ай бұрын

    I feel like in the last time kickoo was getting only buffs, I mean in path of ocean they got cheaper ports and ports technology (although it was for all tribes) and got autmatic deep water access plus scout ships, and now the lose the ability to go on the deep water from the begining but get ports as their starting tech. It seems as a nice buff rather than a nerf

  • @brendanhoxie2831

    @brendanhoxie2831

    4 ай бұрын

    @@polychampions I swear I was thinking that exact sentence about improving weaker tribes. I'm pretty sure they're going to start with sailing instead of ports because that is what they currently are they start with a second tier Tech

  • @TheSeljuks
    @TheSeljuks4 ай бұрын

    Turkish translate please

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Sorry :(

  • @TheSeljuks

    @TheSeljuks

    4 ай бұрын

    @@polychampions No problem . Thanks

  • @l.v1473
    @l.v14734 ай бұрын

    Theyre nerfing everything so thats its all as equal as possible but that just makes any choice the right one. Naval has upgrading advantage but nooo no 10 stars for you If they keep this going there wont be space for tactics anymore. Or skill. Bc every decision os the same

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Personally, I would rather the devs buff the weaker tribes than nerf the strong ones. I want them to keep what makes the tribes unique and special

  • @bartomiejkrolikowski7967
    @bartomiejkrolikowski79674 ай бұрын

    Rammers are worst thing in polytopia

  • @polychampions

    @polychampions

    4 ай бұрын

    Buddy, by saying that you put yourself in danger. Rammer mafia is probably already tracking you down 😂🤣

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