Balance · 7
The spawn rate of mercenaries has been decreased by roughly 33%.
mercenary spawn rateThe spawn chance of tier 2 units has been decreased by roughly 33%.
tier 2 unit spawn chanceSpy plot action prices have been adjusted across the board, with the price of the spy plot to steal gold through a merchant puppet being increased.
spy plot action priceSpy actions base costs have been adjusted to account for income differently, leading to more consistent prices for both smaller and larger kingdoms.
spy actions base costThe Espionage system has been redesigned by rebalancing the costs of spy actions, making more powerful actions require greater investment and reducing costs for weaker or situational actions.
espionage systemThere is now a chance for units to spawn at higher levels, with specific probabilities for level 0 (60%), level 1 (24%), level 2 (10%), and level 3 (6%).
unit spawn levelThe Mercenary system has been redesigned to make mercenaries a more meaningful strategic option, with reduced spawn frequency and hiring costs.
mercenary system
Economy · 1
Mercenary initial hire prices have been reduced by approximately two to three times.
mercenary initial hire price
System · 1
A cooldown has been implemented for repeating diplomacy offers of the same type from the same kingdom.
diplomacy offer
UI · 6
An option has been added to the settings to allow for smooth camera zooming in and out.
camera zoomA tooltip has been added to the 'Declare War' option that displays affected pacts, joining sides, and other potential repercussions.
declare war optionText has been added to the tooltip that appears when crossing borders, indicating that the relation drop is temporary.
border crossing tooltipAn icon for kingdom stability has been added, and its tooltip has been updated to show all possible factors affecting the kingdom, not just the currently valid ones.
kingdom stability tooltipAn alternative mode for battle simulations has been added, which displays unit slots with health bars instead of 3D units.
battle ui visualisationA new icon has been added to indicate new opportunities available to knights in their court slot.
knight opportunity
Fix · 3
An issue where conquering the entire world was not recognized as a win condition for the 'Rags to Riches' achievement has been fixed.
achievement win conditionIn-game tips no longer restart when loading a saved game.
in-game tipIncorrect messages of escaped prisoners due to 'Help Friendly Prisoners Escape' spy actions are no longer received.
spy action message