Patch 3

Design

• All reform techs now give +1 Victory Point
• Reform techs now go up in cost 25% each time they are researched
• All units have had their vision range increased by one
• Mounted units now get a *25% penalty when attacking settlements (cities, tribe camps)
• Polearm units exert ZOC against Mounted units
• Camel Archer loses Nomad Trait, gains 25% bonus vs Horse Units
• City borders have had their vision range increased by one
• The Holy War law no longer provides training to State Religion cities
• Holy War: Now adds “Can Hurry Unit Production with Money” to State Religion cities
• The Secularism law has been changed so that all cities now have a -50% chance per year to produce rebel units (Down from -100%)
• The Volunteers Law can now Hurry all City Production with Population, rather than just Units
• The Veneration Theology now yields +20 Gold per Monastery (Up from +10)
• Trade League adjusted from: Unlocks Convoy, +3 Growth in Coastal Cities to: Unlocks Convoy, can Sell for the same price as Buying
• Monetary Reform changed from: can Sell for the same price as Buying to: No Discontent penalty from Hurrying, -1 Discontent per year
• Calligraphy: Now gives Libraries 4 Culture and 2 Science, from 4 Science
• Resource cost per population based on culture has been rebalanced
• Improvements without specialists now cost Maintenance
• Building an Urban improvement on a non-Urban tile costs more Stone
• A capture capital ambition has been added
• Founding a Patrons Seat no longer grants the Seat +1 Culture level, now adds a Great Minister to court
• Patrons Seat no longer has “Can Hurry Project Production with Money”
• All Patron Cities now have “Can Hurry Project Production with Money”
• The price for buying additional orders now has more volatility
• Excess orders are now always sold for 10 gold (This will not affect market cost)
• Tribes now spawn faster at higher difficulty levels
• Tribes raiding range now scales with difficulty
• Alliances now always cost a lump sum payment
• Commander Archetype no longer has “Can Hurry City Production with Population”
• Commander Archetype now has “Can Hurry City Production with Orders”
• The Dealmaker trait has been updated
• This trait now gives Governors a -50% Improvement Cost buff
• Bypassed heir is now a relationship with the Leader or Heir, rather than a trait

Art

• The barbarian marauder unit has received some animation updates
• This unit now has attack and hit animations
• The combat idle animation for this unit has been updated
• The Pantheon Wonder has been updated with a greybox model
• The Odeon and Town models have been updated

UI

• Tech Tree rework
• These changes are to better communicate to players what techs are currently available, and which will be available soon
• Adding minimap minimize button
• The unit list tab has been updated to sort units similarly to how they are listed in the unit pop up help text
• More consistent layout for player/tribe selection panels
• An ‘All Candidates’ option has been added to the Choose General/Governor/Council pop up
• This option will show all candidates, even those who already have a job
• Selection panels have received some small revisions to standardize them and remove unnecessary elements
• Family portraits have been spaced out a bit on the relatives section of the character actions panel
• The Inheritance screen background has been updated
• The specialist widget in the City screen has been improved
• Family widgets have been improved
• And indicator arrow has been added to show which active cycle group is selected
• Added new category icons for Worker
• Worker filters moved to a context menu
• The Training yield icon has been updated to better differentiate it from Maintenance
• Various icons have received a polish update
• Added Action Icons
• Anchor
• Unlimber
• Add Urban
• Add General
• Found City

Audio

• Music is now unlocked after researching the Drama tech
• This feature is still in progress, music will still not start until reaching turn 10 regardless of whether or not Drama has been researched
• Add audio for worker actions
• Cutting
• Digging
• Mining
• Farming
• Building

New Events

• Prophecy
• Your scouts investigate some nearby ruins and make a shocking discovery
• The Diviner
• Your scouts find an interesting character upon investigating some nearby ruins
• Face in Gold
• Another civilization arrives in your court to discuss coinage
• Mechanical Wonders
• An heir from another nation arrives in your court and has a request after spending time with your great scientist
• A Flirtation
• Your spouse is openly flirting with someone during a goodwill banquet, gossip ensues
• Caravan of Love
• The heir of another nation shows some interest in your heir during a visit to celebrate relations between your nations
• Unrequited
• You receive some troubling news about the heir of another nation after their recent visit to your nation
• True Inheritance
• Your servants discover that your heir is missing from their chambers and has left a note for you
• Pleasure Banquet
• Just as an eventful day full of contests and performances seems to be wrapping up, more wine is brought to the hall and your subjects request the festivities continue
• Funeral Procession
• Following the death of a person from your nation, their family requests a funeral procession to honor their military career
• Visitor from the East
• A noted scholar and philosopher arrives in your nation and requests an audience with you
• Mysterious Sickness
• Citizens in one of your cities are suffering from a mysterious disease and your scientists demand immediate action
• The Pox Spreads
• The pox continues to ravage the city it started in, and has begun to spread
• After the Death
• After several difficult years, the mysterious sickness seems to be receding, and you must decide how to mark this moment for generations to come
• A Confirmation
• Your spouse comes to you with a demand regarding your heir
• Unfaithful Tidings
• Rumors about your are circulating in the capital, and your spouse approaches you with a simple plea
• Uncanny
• Rumors of your heir’s uncanny abilities have reached the court, and many wish to inquire about their knowledge
• Lovesick
• You visit the academy where your child is studying rhetorics, and find that they have wooed many of their classmates
• Youthful Zeal
• You visit the academy of rhetorics, and you and your child end up in an argument about court policies
• Eager for Combat
• You receive news that your child is unhappy with their lessons at the academy of tactics, and then they send a demand
• Peaceable Kingdom
• Your child visits home and has acquired an interest in caring for animals, and you must suggest how they further their interests
• Returning Soldier
• A soldier comes home
• Physical Confrontation
• An incident at the tactics academy requires your attention
• Ancient Lessons
• Your child finds something in nearby ruins
• Rule of Law
• Your child visits court
• Unhealthy Interests
• Your child shows an interest in poisons
• A Funny Feeling
• You wake up with stomach pains

AI

• AI animations no longer speed up when moving more than one step
• This change is to address user reports that AI has unfair movement advantages
• AI more aggressive in pursuing targets that are revealed but not visible
• AI no longer chops trees inside other players' territory

Miscellaneous Changes

• Some units have received some minor name updates
• The Catapult unit is now called the Onager
• The Onager unit is now called the Mangonel
• The Raider unit is now called the Marauder
• Some tutorial events have received minor edits
• The introduction tutorial event will now always fire regardless of tutorial settings
• The introduction tutorial event has received some text edits
• Multiple changes have been made to change the “Empire” term to “Nations, to clear up inconsistent use of terms
• The help text for unlimbering and anchoring actions has been updated
• The pillaged text now appears again
• The camera now pans to AI founding cities

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where players could not remarry after their spouse died
• Fixed an issue with making decisions after using the undo button
• Fixed crash from event that spawns rebel units around barbarian cities
• Fixed an issue where dead characters could still provided bonuses
• Fixed an issue where aqueducts could provide multiple fresh water bonuses
• Fixed an issue where the diplomacy icons shown in the empires tab were inconsistent sizes
• Fixed some alignment issues with unit cooldown icons
• Fixed an issue where civics icons would sometimes appear incorrectly on the inheritance screen
• Fixed an issue where characters that were placed in Council roles did not have their actions list update appropriately
• Fixed an issue with courtier and royal family member costs
• Fixed an issue where some actions were incorrectly being put into context menus when selecting foreign leaders
• Fixed some issues with text placement and scaling on the selected character and family panel UI elements
• Fixed an issue where some UI elements weren’t properly hidden in certain full screen menus
• Fixed an issue with locking tooltips for characters
• Fixed an issue where the camera could still be zoomed in and out with a pop up active
• Fixed an issue where AI would not attack captured cities that were in a state of anarchy
• Fixed bug with Miners working on Laurion Mines
• General improvements have been made to address performance issues
• Fixed various event issues