After a little bit over a year of hard work, the Patch is ready to be released to the public.
This post is gonna be split in four points.
1. My thought-process about the most important changes
2. A changelog for all the patch changes
3. Credits
4. Where to download the Patch and how to install it
[spoiler=My thoughts about the most important balance changes:]
All Civilisations now start with 6 additional Settlers. French and Germany start with +5 Coureur des Bois and +3 SettlerWagons Respectively.
This change is supposed to speed the game up a little bit. No more AFKing for 5 minutes before the actual fun starts.
All Setters now cost 75 food/wood/coin depending on the civ (down from 100 food/woon/coin depending on the civ) and they take 20 seconds to be trained (down from 25).
This change is supposed to give an advantage to players who have the APM to train vills.
All Resource Shipments have been buffed (+100 for Colonial, +100 and +200 for Fortress and +200 and +400 for Industrial):
500 food/wood/coin has been increased to 600 food/wood/coin
600 food/wood/coin has been increased to 700 food/wood/coin
700 food/wood/coin has been increased to 800/food/wood/coin
800 food/wood/coin has been increased to 900 food/wood/coin
900 food/wood/coin has been increased to 1000 food/wood/coin
1000 food/wood/coin has been increased to 1200 food/wood/coin
1300 food/wood/coin has been increased to 1500 food/wood/coin
1600 food/wood/coin has been increased to 2000 food/wood/coin
Resource crates felt abit underwhelming compared to the unit shipments, so we've decided to buff them up alittle bit.
With this change players have the option to opt for a boomier playstyle rather than send unit shipments and then put 3 hands on D.
The Arsenal now costs 100 wood (Down from 250 wood).
The Arsenal tech Pillage now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 350 wood and 250 coin).
The Arsenal tech MilitaryDrummers now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (up from 150 wood and 150 coin).
The Arsenal tech MilitaryDrummers has been buffed to increase Infantry Speed by 15% (up from 10%).
The Arsenal tech Bayonet now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 wood and 400 coin).
The Arsenal tech Bayonet now increases Musketeers ranged multiplier vs cavalry by +0.50x.
The Arsenal tech IncendiaryGrenades now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 wood and 300 coin).
Now increases Grenadier multiplier vs Buildings by +0.50x (up from +0.30x).
The Arsenal tech PaperCartridge now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 350 wood and 350 coin).
Its effect has been changed to 15% (up from 10%); It now affects all AbstractRangedInfantry (from AbstractGunpowderInfantry).
The Arsenal tech Rifling now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 wood and 200 coin).
The Arsenal tech CavalryCuirass now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 100 wood and 300 coin).
The Arsenal tech GunnersQuadrant now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (up from 100 wood and 100 coin).
It now increases Artillery LOS by 10 (up from 6 LOS).
The Arsenal tech InfantryBreastplate now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 wood and 200 coin).
Now it increases Archers Hitpoints by 15% (up from 10%)
The Arsenal tech Trunion now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 wood and 200 coin).
The Arsenal tech Flintlock now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 wood and 250 coin).
Its effect has been changed to 15% (up from 10%); It now affects all AbstractRangedInfantry (from AbstractGunpowderInfantry).
The Arsenal tech ProfessionalGunners now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 food and 100 wood).
The Arsenal tech HeatedShot now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (up from 150 wood and 150 coin).
Now it increases Artillery multiplier vs ships by 2.0x (up from 1.5x)
The Arsenal tech Caracole now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 food and 300 wood).
The arsenal upgrades were way too expensive for the stats they gave so we decided to lower the cost of the upgrades.
Exiled Prince now costs 10% more (1320 food and 1100 coin instead of 1200 food and 1000 coin).
Exiled Prince was used in almost every single game by every single civ that has access to it, so we decided to nerf it alittle bit.
We opted for cost increase, so eco heavy builds can still use it to its fullest potential (by paying more resources)
Dragoon type units (Dragon, Cavalry Archer, Ruyter, WarWagon, Yabusame, Zamburak, Howdah, Keshik, MusketRider, BowRider, EagleRunnerKnight) now have 0.25x vs AbstractVillager (down from 0.50x).
Now all Skirmsher type units have 0.50x vs AbstractHandCavalry and AbstractCoyoteMan (down from 0.75x).
All Archaic Archers (Longbowmen, Crossbowmen, Yumi) now have 1.5x multiplier vs Heavy Infantry (up from 1.25x).
Massing one unit was stronger than its supposed to be, so we are making units counter each other harder than before.
On the other hand, bow units felt abit weak when facing musketeer rushes, so we're increasing their multiplier versus heavy infantry.
TownCenters now have 1.50x multiplier vs AbstractCavalry and AbstractLightInfantry
Bounty decreased to 200 (from 240).
TownCenters now cost 500 wood (down from 600 wood)
TownCenters now increase the population by 15 (up from 10 pop).
Colonial age adds +5 population cap.
TownCenters now take 40 seconds to build (down from 60)
The homecity shipment CoveredWagons has been changed to give 1 covered wagon and increase the build limit of TownCenters by 1 (now costs 500 wood)(from only giving one coveredwagon)
The shipment has been moved to Colonial age
The homecity shipment CoveredWagons2 has been moved to the fortress age (down from Industrial age)
The homecity shipment ConestogaWagonsTeam has been moved to Fortress age (down from Industrial age)
Towncenters were a high risk low reward unit, so we decided the lower the cost abit and lower the time it takes for them to be built.
The covered wagon was very underused and with the changes to the town center cost and the buff to resource crates, it was definitely game over for it.
We kept the covered wagon as a viable option for eco heavy playstyles and added an extra effect to the fortress age shipment and moved it to colonial while also moving the indutrial age shipment to fortress age.
The build limit for Warships has been removed.
Warships now cost population. (100 resources = 1 population):
Caravels now cost 4 population;
Galleys now cost 4 population;
Galleons now cost 8 population;
Fluyt now cost 6 population;
Frigates now cost 10 population;
Monitors now cost 8 population;
Canoes now cost 1 population;
WarCanoes now cost 3 population;
TlalocCanoes now cost 5 population;
Funes now cost 4 population;
Atakabunes now cost 6 population;
Tekkousens now cost 10 population;
WarJunks now cost 4 population;
Fireships now cost 2 population (The build limit hasn’t been removed for this unit);
Fuchuans now cost 12 population.
Warships were alittle bit too strong when defending the coast line, so we've decided to add a population limit to them. Now, the water player has to choose between making land army and warships.
SaloonWildWest now costs 500 wood (no change) and 500 coin (up from 400 food)
Now increases Outlaw-type units attack and hitpoints by 50% (up from 35%)
Now adds +1 build limit to Saloon and Monastery
Elmeti, Mamelukes and Li’l Bombards are now unavailable to train in the Fortress Age.
Hire Egyptian Mamelukes home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Mamelukes (down from 5).
Mercenaries now have Colonial stats:
Jaegers now have 210 Hitpoints (down from 250) and 25 Ranged attack (down from 30)
HACKapells now have 246 Hitpoints (down from 295) and 101 attack (down from 121)
BlackRiders now have 434 Hitpoints (down from 520) and 34 attack (down from 40)
Stradiots now have 488 Hitpoints (down from 585) and 47 attack (down from 56)
Manchu now have 334 Hitpoints (down from 400) and 22 attack 9down from 27)
Highlanders now have 334 Hitpoints (down from 400) and 52 attack (down from 63)
Fusiliers now have 250 Hitpoints (down from 300) and 58 attack (down from 70)
Elmeti now have 667 Hitpoints (down from 1000) and 27 attack (down from 40)
Mameluke now have 967 Hitpoints (down from 1450) and 23 attack (down from 34)
Ronin now have 450 Hitpoints (down from 540) and 48 attack (down from 58)
Swiss Pikeman now have 271 Hitpoints 9down from 325) and 19 attack (down from 22)
Barbary Corsairs now have 263 Hitpoints (down from 315) and 23 attack (down from 28)
Landsknecht now have 358 Hitpoints 9down from 430) and 45 attack 9down from 54)
Ninjas now have 334 Hitpoints (down from 400) and 17 attack (down from 20)
Li’l Bombards now have 400 Hitpoints (down from 600) and 270 attack (down from 400)
European Mercenaries now auto upgrade to Veteran and Guard stats.
The upgrade cards for mercenaries made them abit too strong in fortress age, but past fortress age, most mercenaries were useless because of the lack of guard upgrades.
We fixed both problems by adding colonial stats to all mercenaries while at the same time adding a guard upgrade for them.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Vane’s Patch Version 1.0.0 patch notes]General changes
All Civilisations now start with 6 additional Settlers. French and Germany start with +5 Coureur des Bois and +3 SettlerWagons Respectively.
All Setters now cost 75 food/wood/coin depending on the civ (down from 100 food/woon/coin depending on the civ) and they take 20 seconds to be trained (down from 25).
All Settler Shipments increased by 1 in discovery and colonial age and by 2 in fortress and industrial age (2->3; 3->4; 4->5; 5->6; 8->10;).
The Advanced Church card has been moved to Discovery age (from Colonial) [In effect since Alpha 2,0,0]
The 300 export card now gives 400 export (up from 300).
The church tech standing army (age 4) now decreases infantry train time by 40% (up from 25%)
The homecity card Medicine now decreases the train points for settlers by 20% (up from 15%)(now works on current train points rather than base train points)
The homecity card MedicineTeam now decreases the train points for settlers by 20% (up from 15%)(now works on current train points rather than base points)
The homecity card Improved buildings has been buffed to increase the hitpoints of buildings by 50% (up from 40%)
The cost of walls has been increased to 10 wood (100% cost increase) and hitpoints have been increased to 5000 hitpoints (66.67% hitpoint increase)
Resource crates
All Resource Shipments have been buffed (+100 for Colonial, +100 and +200 for Fortress and +200 and +400 for Industrial):
500 food/wood/coin has been increased to 600 food/wood/coin
600 food/wood/coin has been increased to 700 food/wood/coin
700 food/wood/coin has been increased to 800/food/wood/coin
800 food/wood/coin has been increased to 900 food/wood/coin
900 food/wood/coin has been increased to 1000 food/wood/coin
1000 food/wood/coin has been increased to 1200 food/wood/coin
1300 food/wood/coin has been increased to 1500 food/wood/coin
1600 food/wood/coin has been increased to 2000 food/wood/coin
The homecity card TeamCoinCrates1 has been changed to give 400 coin (down from 700 coin)
The card has been moved to coloial age (down from fortress age)
The homecity card TeamCoinCrates2 has been changed to give 700 coin (down from 1000 coin)
The card has been moved to fortress age (down from industrial age)
The homecity card XPTeamFoodCrates1 has been changed to give 400 food (down from 600 food)
The card has been moved to colonial age (down from fortress age)
The homecity card XPTeamFoodCrates2 has been changed to give 700 food (down from 1000 food)
The card has been moved to fortress age (down from industrial age)
Explorer
All homecity cards about explorers have been moved to Discovery age;
They also now increase The Explorer Damage and Hitpoints by 100% (up from 50%).
Colonial age will now increase Explorer and Pet Damage and Hitpoints by 20% (down from 25% for Explorer and 20% for pet)
The Capitol upgrade “KnightHood” will now increases Explorer Damage and Hitpoints by 100% (down from +1000 Hitpoints)
The upgrade now costs 500 food (down from 1500 food)
The Capitol upgrade Peerage now increases Explorer Damage and Hitpoints by 200% (down from +1000 Hitpoints)
The upgrade now costs 1000 food (down from 1500 food)
European
The market tech Gangsaw (tier 1 wood upgrade) now costs 150 food (up from 100 food)
The market tech LogFlume (tier 2 wood upgrade) now costs 175 food (up from 150 food) and 175 coin (down from 250 coin)
The market tech CircularSaw (tier 3 wood upgrade) now costs 300 food (up from 240 food) and 300 coin (down from 480 coin)
The market tech Amalgamation (tier 2 coin upgrade) now costs 175 food (up from 150 food) and 175 wood (up from 150 wood)
The mill tech ArtificialFertilizer now costs 300 wood (down from 335 wood) and 300 coin (down from 335 coin)
The plantantion tech Bookkeeping (tier 1) now costs 175 food (down from 300 food) and 175 wood (down from 300 wood)
The plantantion tech Homesteading (tier 2) now costs 300 food (down from 400 food) and 300 wood (down from 400 wood)
The plantantion tech OreRefining (tier 3) now costs 500 food (down from 600 food) and 500 wood (down from 600 wood)
The Factory techs now increase the factory resource trickle by 50% (up from 30%)
Native
The market tech LumberCeremony (tier 1 wood upgrade) now costs 125 food (up from 100 food) and 125 coin (down from 150)
The market tech ForestPeopleCeremony (tier 2 wood upgrade) now costs 175 food (up from 150 food) and 175 coin (down from 235 coin)
The market tech ForestSpiritCeremony (tier 3 wood upgrade) now costs 225 food (down from 250 food) and 225 coin (down from 400 coin)
The farm tech GreatFeast now (tier 1 food upgrade) now costs 75 wood (down from 100 wood) and 75 gold (unchanged)
The farm tech HarvestCeremony (tier 2 food upgrade) now costs 150 wood (down from 225 wood) and 150 coin (up from 125 coin)
The farm tech GreenCornCeremony (tier 3 food upgrade) now costs 225 wood (down from 350 wood) and 225 coin (up from 175)
The plantation tech EarthCeremony (tier 1 coin upgrade) now costs 175 food (down from 185 food) and 175 wood (up from 150 wood)
The plantation tech EarthGiftCeremony (tier 2 coin upgrade) now costs 300 food (down from 380 food) and 300 wood (down from 320 wood)
Asian
The market tech ypMarketGangsaw (tier 1) now costs 70 food (up from 50 food)
The market tech ypMarketCircularSaw (tier 3) now costs 300 food (up from 240 food) and 300 coin (down from 480 coin)
The Rice Paddy tech ypCropMarket (tier 1 coin upgrade) now costs 175 food (down from 200 food) and 175 wood (down from 175 wood)
The Rice Paddy tech ypSharecropping (tier 2 coin upgrade) now costs 300 food (down from 400 food) and 300 wood (down from 400 wood)
The Rice Paddy tech ypLandRedistribution (tier 3 coin upgrade) now costs 300 food (down from 400 food) and 300 wood (down from 400 wood)
Arsenal
The Arsenal now costs 100 wood (Down from 250 wood).
The Arsenal tech Pillage now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 350 wood and 250 coin).
The Arsenal tech MilitaryDrummers now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (up from 150 wood and 150 coin).
The Arsenal tech MilitaryDrummers has been buffed to increase Infantry Speed by 15% (up from 10%).
The Arsenal tech Bayonet now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 wood and 400 coin).
The Arsenal tech Bayonet now increases Musketeers ranged multiplier vs cavalry by +0.50x.
The Arsenal tech IncendiaryGrenades now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 wood and 300 coin).
Now increases Grenadier multiplier vs Buildings by +0.50x (up from +0.30x).
The Arsenal tech PaperCartridge now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 350 wood and 350 coin).
Its effect has been changed to 15% (up from 10%); It now affects all AbstractRangedInfantry (from AbstractGunpowderInfantry).
The Arsenal tech Rifling now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 wood and 200 coin).
The Arsenal tech CavalryCuirass now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 100 wood and 300 coin).
The Arsenal tech GunnersQuadrant now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (up from 100 wood and 100 coin).
It now increases Artillery LOS by 10 (up from 6 LOS).
The Arsenal tech InfantryBreastplate now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 wood and 200 coin).
Now it increases Archers Hitpoints by 15% (up from 10%)
The Arsenal tech Trunion now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 wood and 200 coin).
The Arsenal tech Flintlock now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 wood and 250 coin).
Its effect has been changed to 15% (up from 10%); It now affects all AbstractRangedInfantry (from AbstractGunpowderInfantry).
The Arsenal tech ProfessionalGunners now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 food and 100 wood).
The Arsenal tech HeatedShot now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (up from 150 wood and 150 coin).
Now it increases Artillery multiplier vs ships by 2.0x (up from 1.5x)
The Arsenal tech Caracole now costs 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 200 food and 300 wood).
Wall line of sight decreased to 1.
Towncenter
TownCenters now have 1.50x multiplier vs AbstractCavalry and AbstractLightInfantry
Bounty decreased to 200 (from 240).
TownCenters now cost 500 wood (down from 600 wood)
TownCenters now increase the population by 15 (up from 10 pop).
Colonial age adds +5 population cap.
TownCenters now take 40 seconds to build (down from 60)
The homecity shipment CoveredWagons has been changed to give 1 covered wagon and increase the build limit of TownCenters by 1 (now costs 500 wood)(from only giving one coveredwagon)
The shipment has been moved to Colonial age
The homecity shipment CoveredWagons2 has been moved to the fortress age (down from Industrial age)
The homecity shipment ConestogaWagonsTeam has been moved to Fortress age (down from Industrial age)
Buildings
Outposts now cost 200 wood (down from 250 wood)
Outposts now take 30 seconds to build (down from 50 seconds)
Blockhouses now take 40 seconds to build (down from 50)
Warhuts now take 40 seconds to build (down from 50)
Warhuts now give +5 population space (up from zero).
Castles now cost 200 wood 100 coin (down from 250 wood 100 coin)
ypCastles now take 40 seconds to build (down from 60)
Artillery Foundry now costs 200 wood (down from 300 wood).
Artillery Foundry experience-points bounties decreased to 20 (down from 30) — “Build” — and to 40 (down from 60) — “Kill”.
Politicians
Exiled Prince now costs 10% more (1320 food and 1100 coin instead of 1200 food and 1000 coin).
PoliticianBishop Buffed has been changed to decrease the train points of settlers by 20% (from giving 2 settlers)
PoliticianViceroyBritish changed to give 8 Settlers on age up (up from 4)
No longer gives 3 Grenadiers.
PoliticianViceroyGerman changed to give 8 Settlers on age up (up from 4)
No longer gives 3 Uhlans.
PoliticianViceroyPortuguese changed to give 8 Settlers on age up (up from 4)
No longer gives 3 Dragoons.
PoliticianViceroyDutch Buffed to give 5 Settlers on age up (up from 4)
Now also increases the Settler build limit by 5.
PoliticianBishopGerman Buffed has been changed to decrease the train points of settlers by 20% (from giving 1 settler wagon)
General units
Dragoon type units (Dragon, Cavalry Archer, Ruyter, WarWagon, Yabusame, Zamburak, Howdah, Keshik, MusketRider, BowRider, EagleRunnerKnight) now have 0.25x vs AbstractVillager (down from 0.50x).
Now all Skirmsher type units have 0.50x vs AbstractHandCavalry and AbstractCoyoteMan (down from 0.75x).
All Archaic Archers (Longbowmen, Crossbowmen, Yumi) now have 1.5x multiplier vs Heavy Infantry (up from 1.25x).
Veteran Crossbowmen now get +0.50x vs HeavyInfantry.
Halberdiers now have 0.20% Melee Resist (up from 0.10%)
Pikeman now have 20% Melee Resist (up from 10%)
Pikeman now have 9 melee Damage (up from 8).
Petards now cost 100 wood (down from 50 food and 100 wood).
Grenadiers now have 14 range (up from 12).
AbstractHeavyInfantry tag removed from Grenadiers.
The tag AbstractCoyoteMan has been added to RattanShields.
Natural resources
All Herdable Resources have been increased:
All Herdables (Deer, etc.) now have 800 food (up from 400 food)
All Herdables (Bison, etc.) now have 1000 food (up from 500 food)
All Herdables (Elephant, etc.) now have 2000 food (up from 1000 food)
All Mines resources have been increased
1500 coin mines now have 3000 coin
2000 coin mines now have 4000 coin
2500 coin mines now have 5000 coin
5000 coin mines now have 10000 coin
All Trees now have 600 wood (up from 300 wood).
All Huntable Resources have been increased:
Sheep and Goats now have 600 max food and 100 base food (up from 300 and 50 Respectively)
Cows and Buffalos now have 1000 max food and 100 base food (up from 500 and 50 Respectively)
Yak and Llamas now have 800 max food and 100 base food (up from 400 and 50 Respectively)
All Fish now have 1000 food (up from 500 food).
The Whale gather limit has been increased to 8 (up from 4).
Resources trickles
Colbertism (Discovery age Food trickle) Now increases Food trickle by 3.25 (up from 1.5).
Distributivism (Discovery age Wood trickle) Now increases Wood trickle by 2.00 (up from 1.25).
Capitalism (Discovery age Coin trickle) now increase coin trickle by 2.40 (up from 1.25).
SumptuaryLaws (Discovery age trickle) now increases the all resources trickle by 1 third of the standard trickles.
The food trickle is now 1.08 (up from 0.30)
The wood trickle is now 0.67 (up from 0.30)
The coin trickle is now 0.80 (up from 0.30)
The XP and Export trickle is now 0.30 (up from 0.15)
TEAM SumptuaryLaws (Discovery age trickle) has been buffed.
The food trickle is now 0.54 (up from 0.20)
The wood trickle is now 0.34 (up from 0.20)
The coin trickle is now 0.40 (up from 0.20
The XP and Export Trickle is now 0.15 (up from 0.10)
Economic buildings
Mills now cost 200 Wood (down from 400)
Mill experience-points bounties decreased to 40 XP (up from 80 XP) — “Build” — and to 80 XP (up from 160 XP) — “Kill”.
Farms now cost 200 Wood (down from 400)
Farm experience-points bounties decreased to 40 XP (up from 80 XP) — “Build” — and to 80 XP (up from 160 XP) — “Kill”.
Plantations now cost 600Wood (down from 800)
Plantation experience-points bounties decreased to 120XP (down from 160 XP) — “Build” — and to 240 XP (down from 320) — “Kill”.
Water
Dock and DockAsian now cost 100 wod (down from 200 wood)
Monitors cost decreased to 600 wood and 200 coin (down from 800 wood and 200 coin); Long-range attack ability range decreased to 75 (down from 100) and increased cooldown time to 1 minute 30 seconds (up from 1 minute).
Monitors Mortarattack Range increased from 36 to 40.
Monitors Special attack no longer castable on artillery (has yet to be implemented)
The homecity card Admirality now decreases the population space for warships.
The build limit for Warships has been removed.
Warships now cost population. (100 resources = 1 population):
Caravels now cost 4 population;
Galleys now cost 4 population;
Galleons now cost 8 population;
Fluyt now cost 6 population;
Frigates now cost 10 population;
Monitors now cost 8 population;
Canoes now cost 1 population;
WarCanoes now cost 3 population;
TlalocCanoes now cost 5 population;
Funes now cost 4 population;
Atakabunes now cost 6 population;
Tekkousens now cost 10 population;
WarJunks now cost 4 population;
Fireships now cost 2 population (The build limit hasn’t been removed for this unit);
Fuchuans now cost 12 population.
Canoes now have 18 range (down from 20 range);
WarCanoes now have 28 range (down from 30 range);
TlalocCanoes now have 28 range (down from 30 range);
PercussionLocks now costs 200 wood (down from 250 wood) and 200 coin (down from 250 coin);
Carronade now costs 200 wood (down from 350 wood) and 200 coin (down from 350 coin);
Mercenaries
SaloonWildWest now costs 500 wood (no change) and 500 coin (up from 400 food)
Now increases Outlaw-type units attack and hitpoints by 50% (up from 35%)
Now adds +1 build limit to Saloon and Monastery
Elmeti, Mamelukes and Li’l Bombards are now unavailable to train in the Fortress Age.
Hire Egyptian Mamelukes home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Mamelukes (down from 5).
Mercenaries now have Colonial stats:
Jaegers now have 210 Hitpoints (down from 250) and 25 Ranged attack (down from 30)
HACKapells now have 246 Hitpoints (down from 295) and 101 attack (down from 121)
BlackRiders now have 434 Hitpoints (down from 520) and 34 attack (down from 40)
Stradiots now have 488 Hitpoints (down from 585) and 47 attack (down from 56)
Manchu now have 334 Hitpoints (down from 400) and 22 attack 9down from 27)
Highlanders now have 334 Hitpoints (down from 400) and 52 attack (down from 63)
Fusiliers now have 250 Hitpoints (down from 300) and 58 attack (down from 70)
Elmeti now have 667 Hitpoints (down from 1000) and 27 attack (down from 40)
Mameluke now have 967 Hitpoints (down from 1450) and 23 attack (down from 34)
Ronin now have 450 Hitpoints (down from 540) and 48 attack (down from 58)
Swiss Pikeman now have 271 Hitpoints 9down from 325) and 19 attack (down from 22)
Barbary Corsairs now have 263 Hitpoints (down from 315) and 23 attack (down from 28)
Landsknecht now have 358 Hitpoints 9down from 430) and 45 attack 9down from 54)
Ninjas now have 334 Hitpoints (down from 400) and 17 attack (down from 20)
Li’l Bombards now have 400 Hitpoints (down from 600) and 270 attack (down from 400)
European Mercenaries now auto upgrade to Veteran and Guard stats.
Aztec
Coyotes now have 165 Hitpoints (up from 150)
Coyotes now cost 80 food (down from 85)
Coyotes now cost 35 wood (up from 25 wood)
Macehualtin now have 90 Hitpoints (up from 80)
Macehualtin now cost 30 food (down from 40 food)
Macehualtin now cost 40 wood (up from 30 wood)
TEAM 3 vills increased to TEAM 4 vills.
The tag AbstractArtillery has been added to the ArrowKnight.
The homecity card HCXPTempleCoatlicue (age 3) now increases ArrowKnight range:
Increases VolleyRangedAttack by 4;
Increases DefendRangedAttack by 4;
Increases StaggerRangedAttack by 4;
Increases BuildingAttack by 4;
No longer Increases Damage by 20%
Covermode bug removed from the Aztec explorer.
The homecity card HCXPTempleCenteotl (age 3) now increases Macehualtin Damage and Hitpoints by 15% (up from 0% Damage and 25% Hitpoints).
The homecity card HCXPTempleXipeTotec (age 3) now increases Coyote Damage and Hitpoints by 15% (down from 20% Damage).
British
Manor cost decreased to 115 wood (down from 135).
Manor Hitpoints decreased to 1600 (down from 1800)
Manor experience-points bounties decreased to 23 (down from 27 )— “Build” — and to 46 (down from 54) — “Kill”.
Longbowmen now have 100 HP (up from 95)
Longbowmen now have 18 attack (up from 17 attack)
Longbowmen now have 1.5x multiplier vs Heavy Infantry (up from 1.25x)
Longbowmen now cost 70 food (up from 60 food) and 40 wood (unchanged)
The homecity card TEAM Musketeer/Grenadier Hitpoints has been changed to TEAM Ranged Infantry HitPoints to be on par with the Dutch and the Portuguese TEAM cards.
The homecity card Improved Longbowmen (age 3) now increases the multiplier vs AbstractHeavyInfantry and AbstractLightCavalry by +0.5x and increases Longbow damage by +15%
Veteran Longbowmen now get +0.50x vs HeavyInfantry
The Advanced Church tech ThinRedLine has been changed to increase Infantry HP by 25% (up from 20%)
Now increases the Infantry cost by 10% (from decreasing Infantry speed by 25%)
HCXPImprovedGrenades now increases Grenadier Siege Damage by 100% (up from 67%) [In effect since Alpha 1,1,1]
Chinese
The Barracks batch of 3 chukonu and 2 Steppe Riders has been changed to 2 Chukonu and 3 Steppe Riders.
Covermode bug removed from the China explorer
The card Northern Refugees (Discovery age and Fortress age) Now spawns 2 Settlers per Town Center (up from 1 Settler).
The Colbertism tech from the german consulate now increases food trickle rate by 2.5 (up from 1.5)
Now costs 200 Export (down from 250)
The Distributivism tech from the german consulate now increases wood trickle by 1.5 (up from 1.25)
Now costs 200 Export (down from 250)
The tech has been moved to Colonial age (down from Fortress age).
The Capitalism tech from the german consulate now increases coin trickle by 1.80 (up from 1.25)
Now costs 200 Export (down from 250)
The tech has been moved to Colonial age (down from Industrial age).
The homecity card Reppeling Volley has been changed to give +0.50 vs Heavy Infantry and Ranged(Light) Cavalry (down from +1.0x).
It now increases Chukonu and Arquebusier Damage by 15% (up from 10%)
Qiang Pikeman now have 0.20 Melee Resist (up from 0.10)
The homecity shipment CoveredWagonsChina now gives 2 Covered Wagons and 10 Settlers (up from giving 2 Covered Wagons and 5 Settlers)
Now costs 1000 wood
The shipment has been moved to Fortress age
Dutch
Settler limit increased to 55 (up from 50)
Bank experience-points bounties increased to 120 XP (up from 70 XP) — “Build” — and to 240 XP (up from 140 XP) — “Kill”.
Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed from +1 bank limit to +15% bank gather rate.
Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed to increase Bank production-rate by 15% each instead of increasing their build-limit.
Banks coin trickle rate has been reduced to 2.40 (down from 2.75)
Banks now cost 300 food (down from 350 food) and 300 wood (down from 350 wood)
Tulip Speculation now increases Bank trickle gatherrate by +70% (up from +15%)
Now also adds +2 population cost to banks
Dutch now receives +2 bank limit in fortress age and +1 bank limit in industrial age and imperial age for a total of 4+4=8 in Imperial.
The Imperial age tech (ExcessiveTaxation) now increases bank trickle rate by +50% instead of increasing the bank limit by 2.
Now also adds a +2 population cost to banks
The homecity card MilitaryReforms now increases Halberdier speed by 25% (up from 20%)
Ruyters cost increased to 30 food and 90 coin (up from 30 food and 75 coin)
Ruyters now have 20% Ranged resist (up from 10%)
French
Cuirassiers now have Colonial stats (417 Hitpoints (down from 500), 25 attack (down from 30 attack) and 25 siege damage (down from 30)
Coureur Des Bois now cost 90 food (down from 120) and they take 24 seconds to be trained (down rom 29)
Homecity shipment 2 Coureur Des Bois has been changed to give 4 Coureur Des Bois
The card has been moved to colonial age
The homecity card Long range infantry Hitpoints has been changed to give +15% Damage to Crossbowmen and Skirmishers (changed from +15% Hitpoints to Crossbowmen and Skirmishers)
Iroquois
100 food added to starting crates.
200 wood removed from starting crates.
Aenna cost increased to 110 food (up from 100 food).
Ottomans
TEAM Silk Road home-city shipment moved to the Discovery Age (from the Colonial Age); effect increased to 25% (up from 15%); team effect removed.
Veteran Abus Gun improvement effect changed to also give +2 range.
Veteran Abus Guns now get +0.50x vs HeavyInfantry
Abus gun cost increased to 50 food and 150 coin (up from 50 food and 100 coin)
Settlers train points increased from 43 to 60
Homecity card Team Cavalry Hitpoints added
Card moved to colonial age
Now gives +15% to Team Cavalry Hitpoints
Mosque cost increased to 200 wood (up from 100 wood); XP income increased to 1.0 XP/second (up from 0.4 XP/second).
Janissary hitpoints decreased to 225 (down from 235).
Janissary siege attack has been decreased to 15 (down from 25).
Mosque settler improvements have been slightly reworked:
Millet System improvement cost increased to 150 wood (up from 100 wood);
Koprulu Viziers improvement cost increased to 300 wood (up from 250 wood);
Abbasid Market improvement cost unchanged (600 wood)
Abbasid Market now decreases the train points for settlers by flat 15 (up from 10)
Galata Tower District improvement cost increased to 150 wood and 150 coin (up from 200 coin);
Galata Tower District now decreases the train points for settlers by flat 5 (up from none)
Topkapi improvement cost decreased to 300 wood and 300 coin (down from 400 wood and 400 coin);
Topkapi now decreases the train points for settlers by flat 5 (up from none)
Tanzimat improvement cost increased 600 wood and 600 coin (up from 400 food, 400 wood and 400 coin).
Tanzimat now decreases the train points for settlers by flat 5 (up from none)
Portuguese
The Explorer card increases Spyglass LOS by 10 (up from 6)
The homecity card Genitours now decreases Dragoon speed by 10%
Cacadores now have Colonial stats (88 Hitpoints (down from 105 Hitpoints), 15 attack (down from 17 attack) and 10 siege damage (down from 12)
The homecity shipment Donatarios now gives 2 Covered Wagons and increases the build limit for TCs by 2 (up from only increasing the build limit for TCs)
The card has been moved to the fortress age
The card now costs 1000 wood
Germany
(Discovery age) 1 SettlerWagon has been increased to 2 SettlerWagons.
(Colonial age) 2 SettlerWagon has been increased to 3 SettlerWagons.
Shipment Modifier has been changed to 1.14 (down from 1.10)
The Advanced Church card now no longer gives +2 Uhlans.
The card has been moved to Discovery age. (from Colonial age)
WarWagons now have Colonial stats (417 Hitpoints (down from 500 Hitpoints), 35 attack (down from 42 atack) and 25 siege damage (down from 30)
Russia
The Explorer card increases the explorer multiplier vs Guardians by +4.0x (up from +2.0x)
Oprichniks now have Colonial stats (210 Hitpoints (down from 250 Hitpoints), 17 attack (down from 20 attack) and 62 siege damage (down from 75).
Oprichniks now have 6.25 speed (down from 6.75)
The homecity card Strelet Horde has been changed to give +15% attack (up from 10% Hitpoints)
Japanese
Settler limit increased to 80 (up from 75)
Shrine cost decreased to 100 wood (down from 125).
Shrine Hitpoints decreased to 1200 (down from 1600)
Shrine experience-points bounties decreased to 20 (down from 25 )— “Build” — and to 40 (down from 50) — “Kill”.
Shrine base gatherrate for food increased to 0.210 (up from 0.140)
Shrine base gatherrate for wood increased to 0.125 (up from 0.100)
Shrine base gatherrate for coin increased to 0.150 (up from 0.100)
Heavenly Kami now no longer reduces the Shrine wood cost
Heavenly Kami now increases the current Shrine AutoGatherrate for food, wood, coin and xp by 100% (up from 50% base autogatherrate)
Seven Lucky Gods has been changed to increase current Shrine Autogatherrate for xp by +100% (from increasing the build bounty on shrines by +50%)
Ashigaru Close Combat card now increase all Damage multipliers by +0.50x vs Cavalry and Light Infantry and Melee Damage multipliers by 0.50x vs Cavalry and Light Infantry for a total of +0.50x multiplier in Ranged mode and +1.0x multiplier in Melee mode vs Cavalry and Light Infantry
Consulate Japanese Isolation now increases Units attack by 10% (up from 5%)
Flaming arrows now get +2 range with their industrial upgrade
Veteran Yumi now get +0.50x vs HeavyInfantry
Yamabushi now have 0.20 Ranged Resist (up from 0.10)
The Dutch Consulate tech “bank Wagon” now costs 300 Export (down from 450 export)
Sioux
BowRiders now have 0.25x vs AbstractVillager.
Cetan Bow hitpoints increased to 100 (up from 90)
Cetan Bows now cost 60 food (down from 65 food) and 40 wood (up from 35 wood)
Earth Bounty (Discovery age Wood and Coin trickle) Now increases Wood trickle by 1.00 (up from 0.65) and Coin trickle by 1.20 (up from 0.65).
The homecity card HCXPNomadicExpansion has been moved to Discovery age (from Colonial age)
The homecity card HCXPFriendlyTerritory has been moved to Discovery age (from Colonial age)
The homecity card HCXPSiouxSanteeSupport (age 3) now increases AxeRider Damage and Hitpoints by 15% (up from 20% Hitpoints).
The homecity card HCXPSiouxYanktonSupport(age 3) now increases RifleRider Damage and Hitpoints by 15% (up from 20% Damage).
The homecity card HCXPSiouxTwoKettleSupport(age 3) now increases Wakina Rifle Damage and Hitpoints by 15% (up from 20% Hitpoints).
The homecity card Adoption has been buffed to decrease the points of settlers by 40% (up from 25%)
(now works on current train points instead of base train points)
India
Howdah now have the tag Abstract Cavalry.
Foreign Logging (Colonial age Wood trickle) now increases Wood trickle by 3.00 (up from 2.35).
The Ottoman Consulate tech “4 Settlers” has been changed to give 5 Settlers (up from 4)
Spanish
3 Lancers home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Lancers.
5 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 6 Rodeleros.
6 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 7 Rodeleros.
8 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 9 Rodeleros.
HCExplorerCombatTeam now increases Explorer Damage and Hitpoints by 50% (up from 20%)
Shipment modifier has been changed to 0.73 (up from 0.75)
The Advanced Church tech UniqueSPCCorsolet has been changed to increase Infantry HP by 25% (up from 20%)
Now increases the Infantry cost by 10% (from decreasing Infantry speed by 25%)
Lancers now have Colonial stats (292 Hitpoints (down from 350) and 17 attack (down from 20 attack)
Missionaries now cost 100 food (from 100 wood) and 100 coin (unchanged)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Credits]As Im sure you're all aware, this project never could have happened without a motivated team of volunteers spending their free time discussing, implementing and testing the changes. Massive thanks to the entire team!
Developers
@thebritish
Map Designers
@Garja
@Rikikipu
@Durokan
WOL Team
Balance Team
@thebritish (the best of the best, looked up to by many)
@tedere12 (top 8 player)
@Googol (Brigadier)
@chrisie (Dragon lover)
Special thanks to people without whom this patch would not have been a reality
@musketeer925
@EAGLEMUT
Moral support
@momuuu
Playtesters
@thebritish
@tedere12
@Googol
@chrisie
@sir_musket
@gibson
@noissance[/spoiler]
You can download the Patch here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
After downloading the zip file, you need to extract it. You'll get age3v.exe DATAPV.bar splashv.bmp and a folder named RMV.
You need to move those files to your installation directory which would be located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Age of Empires 3\bin for Steam and C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III for the disk version.
