To bring in the new year, we are releasing our biggest patch yet, including the first reveal of the support classes. The full changelog is listed below:

• New Features
  
• New Map: Swadian City - by Hande
  
• New Map: Jeldan Citadel  - by Temuzu
  
• Added first 2 support classes - Nurse and Tinkerer
  
• Added small medic box, and small ammo crate items (both craftable by Alchemists)
  

• Changes / Fixes
  
• Horses now significantly slow down after taking damage
  
• Added Horse Troughs to every map as a free way to heal horses
  
• Added a remade version of Mountain Pass - By Hande
  
• Removed collision meshes from skeletons
  
• Christmas Hats no longer drop
  
• Lots of backend optimisations to hopefully speed things up/decrease load
  
• Bodkin Arrows received +1 damage
  
• Weapon/Item slots are now locked in game, you have to use website to control them
  
• Assassins spawn less of them and they are weaker. Plus various other nerfs
  
• Higher waves (16+) have been made harder with more random troops
  

The team over here at NordInvasion want to wish you all a Merry Christmas, and we hope you take a break from killing Nords to spend some quality time with the family. The new year is likely to come with some awesome updates and we've been hard at work despite the holiday season!

Best Wishes to everyone and have a great Christmas!

Around 2AM GMT our web server host had to perform some maintenance, this was scheduled to last only around an hour. During the upgrade process our server had an issue with one of the boot files getting corrupted. Sadly there is nothing we could have done to fix this as the server would not boot, meaning we were locked out. After talking with the server hosting company, we got this resolved and the sites are now back up to 100% capacity.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused during this time and we always strive to keep the server up and running so everyone can enjoy the mod

With the support class patch looming ever closer, we have laid some of the ground work and added a few more surprises in this next patch.

• New Features
  
• Added Foraging on all maps
  
• Added a new map: Hidden Cave courtesy of Azan
  

• Changes / Fixes
  
• Fixed glitching spots on village and town
  
• Miscellaneous bits and pieces
  

UPDATE: We are currently reviewing applications

With the massive expansion of mod, we are looking to hire on some new developers to help us make this mod even more of a success than it currently it! To apply for a position, please send an email to iamamodder(at)nordinvasion.com with the subject: "NordInvasion Mod Application" and the following information:

Name
Forum Nickname
InGame Nickname
Position Applying for
Location
Portfolio (Examples of work previously done)
Any Miscellaneous stuff
A funny joke

• Must be able to make quality 3D Models
  
• Experience with exporting to BRF
  
• UV Unwrapping for textures
  
• Extra: Rigging/Animating
  

• Experience with photoshop etc.
  
• Can make quality textures
  
• Miscellaneous 2D artwork
  
• Extra: Signatures/promotional artwork
  

• Experience with the module system
  
• Extra: Knowledge of HTTP and Web Requests
  

• Experience with the map scening in warband and making AI meshes
  
• Will be in charge of all map making, and fixing map bugs/glitches etc.
  

• Will create new quests, crafting blueprints, activities, etc.
  

A lot of things have happened since the last patch, our player base has grown exponentially again, and I hear the prince has been killed many times through the unorthodox use of shields! So now those pesky Nords have been given a black eye, they have recruited some help and brought out all the reserve troops!

• New Features
  
• Added ~30 new troop types
  
• Added a wave randomizer to pick troops from the different types
  
• Added new legendary weapons and loot
  
• Added Search to auction hall
  
• New Map - "Swadian Town" curtosy of Nemerius
  

• Changes / Bug Fixes
  
• Bots now attack deployed shields
  
• Replaced kick poll with a report player functionality
  
• Fixed some more glitches on mountain pass and beach assault
  
• Slightly increased the stats of legendary weapons and cursed stones
  
• Huntsmen are now considerably weaker in all regards
  
• Shock troopers are slightly weaker and now use trained ponies instead of hunters
  
• Reduced listing cost to 0.05% instead of 0.15% of item price
  
• Raised level cap to 42
  
• Probably some more tweaks and balances that i've since forgotten
  

Moddb are launching their mod of the year competition, and although we dont have the playerbase the size of the big mods, I would really appreciate any votes we can get, so I will be shamelessly promoting the mod over the coming week to get more votes!

The link to vote can be found at http://www.moddb.com/mods/nordinvasion or via the widget on the homepage. So share the christmas spirit and make those nords pay by voting us into the top 100!