Bronze seal deal

[Rumparum]

So what is the deal with bronze seal? I've finally managed to line my cities to get near one but it just doesn't let me do anything at all. It says "Min difficulty Settler, 4 seal fragments"

I have 6 seal fragments and play on pioneer difficulty (I just started yesterday). When placing new city it won't let me click anywhere near the seal nor there seem to be obvious way to activate it. What am I missing?

[Cryten]

From the announcement:

To reforge a Seal, you have to successfully establish a town right next to it. The Seals are surrounded by a special biome, the Sealed Forest, and are available only when a range of conditions are met:
The Blightstorm is almost there (the Cycle is ending);
A sufficient number of Seal Fragments were gathered (explained below);
The Seal is within the reach of your last town.

[Leisurely Luke]

Originally posted by Rumparum:

So what is the deal with bronze seal? I've finally managed to line my cities to get near one but it just doesn't let me do anything at all. It says "Min difficulty Settler, 4 seal fragments"

I have 6 seal fragments and play on pioneer difficulty (I just started yesterday). When placing new city it won't let me click anywhere near the seal nor there seem to be obvious way to activate it. What am I missing?

In the current version, you can only settle near the Sealed Forest when the cycle is ending. Please check if there's additional information displayed at the bottom of the World Map screen - if you meet all the conditions (that is: you have enough Seal Fragments and are within the reach of the Seal), the text will mention that you can finish the Cycle early. You can finish the Cycle early by pressing the button on the right bottom corner of the World Map screen (at the end of the calendar).

With tomorrow's update, we'll make it easier to settle near the Sealed Forest when the Cycle is not over.

I hope this helps!

[RonEmpire]

You have to wait for the cycle to end to embark into the tiles around the seal. Or hit the end cycle button to get the cycle to end and then embark into those tiles.

The game really needs another visual for maybe a bubble or dome covering the seal and the tiles around it.

This effect would help players understand the seal is not down yet. Rolling mouse over around the seal it should say this barrier is removed at the end of cycle for you to embark.

Or simply just remove the barrier when players have enough and allow players to enter the seal early with a pop up saying embarking on this seal will end cycle upon winning

[el Darkness]

Originally posted by RonEmpire:

Or simply just remove the barrier when players have enough and allow players to enter the seal early with a pop up saying embarking on this seal will end cycle upon winning

This sounds like a good idea. There will still be people who are to lazy to check how it works, but it may help a few people.

[Rumparum]

Originally posted by el Darkness:

This sounds like a good idea. There will still be people who are to lazy to check how it works, but it may help a few people.

The thing is a lot of mechanics in this game are either very intuitive or super-well explained.
I mean not like "search in million pages encyclopedia" explained but "click at this thing and most likely a useful popup with exact information you needed appears".
I know we players are spoiled like that :P

The seal thing is an only exception I encountered so far. Seal was like: nope - you cannot click me nor settle near me! I won't tell you why, and I'll only display vague information on what I do. Nope - you can circle that mouse all around me and look for encyclopedia link/icon all you want - I'm not telling you! I'll remain big green flashing icon that's non-interactive with vague hints that I'm suppose to be important or something. Nhyaah!

Bad seal! Bad!

PS: Thanks for explanation - it's all clear to me now.

[RonEmpire]

Another useful visual is having an "icon" that points to the direction of the Seals off the edges of your screen to scroll/follow - similar to the in town clicking of a camp and it shows the icon of the resources to follow to where you can place the camp.

Please add this! Thumbs up if you agree. :)

[el Darkness]

Originally posted by RonEmpire:

Another useful visual is having an "icon" that points to the direction of the Seals off the edges of your screen to scroll/follow - similar to the in town clicking of a camp and it shows the icon of the resources to follow to where you can place the camp.

Please add this! Thumbs up if you agree. :)

Yeah, while starting seals are close by and easy to find, latter seals will require player to actively look for them, some indication where to look will help.

[RonEmpire]

They are doing some complex planning tool mechanic later for helping us place markers or flags for our journey to the seals.

Maybe this direction finder can be a toggle for that. And difficulty rings toggle.

[AlexGK]

Can the seal be settled on if I continue forward with the caravan? Does it need to be within reach of it by the time it can be sealed?

[RonEmpire]

Originally posted by AlexGK:

Can the seal be settled on if I continue forward with the caravan? Does it need to be within reach of it by the time it can be sealed?

needs to be in reach of the last town you made. which is the wagon icon town