# New Faction - City of Thieves **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [August 30, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468 "2019-08-30T07:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/1 "2019-08-30T07:01:11Z")
Originally published at: [https://gemsofwar.com/new-faction-city-of-thieves/](https://gemsofwar.com/new-faction-city-of-thieves/) **New Faction: City of Thieves** [](https://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/faction_cityofthieves.jpg) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/a/4/a4248d3f32938ed6f87159b061e387cf3c90a231.jpeg)](https://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/faction_cityofthieves.jpg) [](https://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/faction_cityofthieves.jpg) Join Raven, as you explore the dark underbelly of the City of Thieves! We have a new Faction to delve, as well as lots of new troops, ruled over by the King of Thieves! To celebrate the release of this new Faction, we will be running a Faction event over the weekend for City of Thieves. [](http://community.gemsofwar.com/) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/c/7/c740e480acdee667bd9356f0247e70b00c8501ac.png)](http://community.gemsofwar.com/) [](http://community.gemsofwar.com/) ---
**Author:** ![AMT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amt/32/56829_2.png) [@AMT](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AMT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/2 "2019-08-30T07:18:50Z")
All opponents lvl 1 during the 7 faction missions? šŸ˜…šŸ¤”šŸ–– ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/3 "2019-08-30T07:30:44Z")
We are looking into this now @AMT. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/4 "2019-08-30T07:48:48Z")
Best farming faction? 3 Legendary rooms, 3 epic roomsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/5 "2019-08-30T07:53:03Z")
Blue/Purple ā€“ Leprechaun āœ…, Maraji āœ…, Rowanne āœ… šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/6 "2019-08-30T07:56:06Z")
Does @TimeKnight still do the math for each new delve? Edit: Nevermind, need the pet to unlock 15\* kingdom power. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cyrup/32/50181_2.png) [@Cyrup](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cyrup)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/7 "2019-08-30T08:09:25Z")
Unfortunately this is not something we are going to be able to fix over this weekend (so enjoying the easy Troops, I guess!) ---
**Author:** ![AMT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amt/32/56829_2.png) [@AMT](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AMT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/8 "2019-08-30T08:12:02Z")
In the City of Thieves, even Troop Levels get stolen! šŸ˜›šŸ–– ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/9 "2019-08-30T08:12:48Z")
lvl1s? Well thatā€™s different. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/5/4/5444254c17eb77be8ec50870ae609bdb2bfc4554.png) Star Wars approves. ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/10 "2019-08-30T08:16:53Z")
Is King of Thieves showing up at a very low rate for lots of people, or just me? Iā€™ve spent 4200 shards so far, and received just one copy. I forget what the odds are, so I canā€™t compute the likelihood of this outcome, but in previous factions I would have received three or four copies with that number of shards spent. Edit: hey, a helpful rate table behind the ā€œ?ā€ button! I can now see that with a 2.8% chance of success, I am in the bottom 2 percent for luck. Low, but not worryingly so (yet). ---
**Author:** ![AMT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amt/32/56829_2.png) [@AMT](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AMT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/11 "2019-08-30T08:18:19Z")
I have 4 in less than 2k shards, so just probability I guess šŸ¤”šŸ˜…šŸ–– ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/12 "2019-08-30T08:20:58Z")
Literally the next set of chests: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/5/0/5016d99ba8a04e8b86427c4ed83c5a3be538e1de.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Neritar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/neritar/32/39263_2.png) [@Neritar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Neritar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/13 "2019-08-30T08:42:28Z")
It is definitely the new best farming faction. 3 Treasure rooms, 2 Epic Rooms, 2 Legendary rooms. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/14 "2019-08-30T09:05:28Z")
4080 to get Legendary to Mythic 5200 to get Epic to Mythic (with Tier 6 purchase) 5400 to get Ultra Rare to Mythic 7600 to get Rare to Mythic 28 Coin Purses 84 Gold Rings 56 Priest Chalice 19 Kingā€™s Crown 15 Genieā€™s Lamp 1 Sacred Treasure Low on Sacred Treasure, but cheap on shards. Iā€™ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/15 "2019-08-30T09:08:34Z")
> [@Grundulum](#): > > Is King of Thieves showing up at a very low rate for lots of people, or just me? Iā€™ve spent 4200 shards so far, and received just one copy. I think I know what happened to your King of Thieves. I ended up with 10 extra copies trying to get the Ultra-Rare to mythic, which had an utterly horrible drop rate for me. šŸ˜– ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/16 "2019-08-30T09:49:49Z")
I was thinking of making my new farm but need the pet for kingdom power. ---
**Author:** ![Neritar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/neritar/32/39263_2.png) [@Neritar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Neritar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/17 "2019-08-30T09:58:33Z")
I see the pet issue. Personally, I donā€™t care about Power Level 15. I care about Power Level 20 and with 25 troops Leonis Empire is relatively close to 29 required troops for that (but kingdom event week with new troops was not a long ago and itā€™s unknown when will be the next one). And we still need 3rd Leonis Empire pet to reach Power Level 19. Iā€™m inclining to make CoT my farming delve. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/18 "2019-08-30T10:14:35Z")
You can actually get Leonis to 16\*. I know itā€™s not a huge issue to stay on 14\* buy my ocd wonā€™t let me lol. I donā€™t know the exact math of CoT but it would only be slightly better if at all and you would have to give up all the rewards of the new faction event to switch farming locations. I would recommend though for anyone who currently doesnā€™t have any farming faction at all. ---
**Author:** ![Fiara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fiara/32/41273_2.png) [@Fiara](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fiara)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/19 "2019-08-30T10:28:32Z")
I think you were just unluckyā€¦ I had the same issue as Fourdottwoone where i had to keep spending shards because the Cat Burglar. This is what i got for 7800 shards. ![Screenshot_20190830-104436](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/d/d/ddaf829e59d2868a78958aa0a3202acd52135b3b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468/20 "2019-08-30T11:05:28Z")
I know we have a lot of cheeky pop culture references in the game and flavour texts of troops, but they _usually_ incorporate puns and the like (exceptions do already exist, however ā€“ Borealisā€™ ā€œWinter is comingā€? šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø). With regards to ā€œRiff raff, Street Rat!ā€ and ā€œScoundrel, Take that!ā€ (Battles 1 and 2 from the City of Thieves quest line), can we please not _directly_ rip off lines from other published works without a reference to game content other than simply fitting the general theme? It feels cheap. Donā€™t get me wrong ā€“ I love Aladdin (and perhaps thatā€™s why this strikes such a chord with me? šŸ˜) ā€“ and I get that the City of Thieves rings a few thematic bells, particularly with the release of the new live action movie (which I havenā€™t seen) ā€“ but even though ā€˜thievingā€™ the lines fits the theme of the Faction, I donā€™t think this is appropriate. Moreover, I wonā€™tā€¦ ā€˜delveā€™ into the quest lineā€™s grammar too much, but if we _are_ going to have these lines, can we please at least have consistent capitalisation? There is no ā€˜Street Ratā€™ proper noun in the game as far as Iā€™m aware, and ā€œRiff raffā€ and ā€œTake that!ā€ obviously buck the trend. If the reference is to the ā€˜Street Thiefā€™ troop, I think itā€™s a weak connection and it would be unnecessary to continue on to the second line (ā€œScoundrel, Take that!ā€) since that doesnā€™t even have a tenuous link beyond an antagonistic quality to ā€œTake that!ā€, fitting a battle, and a thematic link in ā€œScoundrelā€. I donā€™t think that justifies what feels like taking advantage of/piggybacking on the popularity and success of Aladdin without adding anything new or giving it additional meaning, however. I donā€™t know the laws surrounding this, and I think I remember reading somewhere here on the forums that one or two small lines like this is perfectly legal ā€“ but it still feels (and seems, \*\*\*\*ytically-speaking) different to many of the other references made in the game, and wrong. Iā€™d be happy to provide examples of references that I think were made in good taste, by contrast! Pictures for reference (with complimentary Level 1 troops): ![gemsofwar](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/5/95ff903988c6f9365af4de1d8dd48e34a46ef68f.jpeg) ![gemsofwar](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/6/b/6b8e542a92147e8a5a2835cbfe54987783785079.jpeg) And a YouTube video of your (3rd?) favourite song from Aladdin (~1:06 is what youā€™re looking for): [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VdZewCFyfg) A full ranking of the soundtrack to come šŸ˜‚. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-city-of-thieves/57468.md?page=2)