No changes to the orery, no improvements in the stage of ages. Today this event was announced in live servers. The danger of an 'optimized all-stages city' is nonexistent But you might see a few of them for people looking to shortcut buy their way to an intermediate city. there's other low-attack/non-attack grand prizes that also outrate it for a player who wants more than one thing Eagle Reserve, Governor's Villa, Great Wheel, House of the Wolf, Pirate's Hideout provide similar attack efficiency - but also much better other bonuses making them overall much more efficient buildings Fall Set remains the best semi-balanced option (only a little behind winners' plaza in attack but also gives some defense, FP, goods) Winner's plaza Lv 2 is best as a pure-attack building (just pulled ahead of fall set with the most recent +1% in SAJM) It improves drastically from FE to SAV (1% per age vs 1% per 2 ages prior to it) - so in SAV it's semi-competitive boost-wise even if the other stats are crap but back in industrial it's below pretty much all the good multipurpose multi-levels in attack boost efficiency as well as behind on other stats. It's also quite strongly dependent on age. And already well developed cities might not bother with any. But the stages will eventually get replaced as they get better things.

It's cheap as you note - so you will see a number of cities with a bunch of them starting out. The only other way of getting blueprints is by contributing to other players' Oracles.It's not *that* good. Therefore, it will provide the player with all necessary blueprints. The questline will guide new players through the process of obtaining blueprints and leveling up Great Buildings.

The quest remains available only up to mid- Iron Age on the Tech Tree. It can be obtained by completing a short questline which will be offered as part of the initial Story Quests in Bronze Age. The Oracle of Delphi serves as an example Great Building and is not really useful for advanced players, though it competes well on return per tile and on Forge Point investment with the later Notre Dame. It increases happiness and produces a small amount of supplies every 24 hours. The Oracle of Delphi is the first Great Building.

The ancient Greeks and foreign enquirers would ask her questions in order to gain insight into their own futures.' 'The Oracle of Delphi spoke for, and received words from the god Apollo.

Winner's plaza forge of empires