Balance · 39
Pontic Peltasts have been given the kopis weapon to buff their melee damage and to match their visuals.
melee damage and weaponIllyrian Raiders have had their melee attack, charge bonus, and melee defence buffed.
melee attack, charge bonus, and melee defenceThe minimum armour roll has been changed from 0 to 25% of the full armour value.
min armour rollThe melee defence bonus for Hoplite shields has been slightly reduced.
melee defence bonuElephants have had their hit points lowered.
hit pointThe morale penalty for being attacked in the flank and rear has been increased.; The morale penalty for being under missile fire has been reduced.; The morale penalty for a general dying, fleeing, or having recently died has been reduced.; The morale penalty for friendly units routing and the morale bonus for enemy units routing have been reduced.; More granular total casualties morale penalties have been added to allow for a more gradual increase in the morale penalty.
morale penaltyBronze elite armour has been increased from 70 to 80.
armour valueCavalry run speeds and turn speeds have been increased, and the distance at which they adopt the charge pose has been adjusted.
run speeds and turn speedIndian Elephants and Indian Armoured Elephants now have the same hit points, and armoured elephants generally have higher armour.
hit points and armourChariots have had their hit points increased.
hit pointCollision damage has been reduced.
collision damageMail armour has been increased from 45 to 55.
armour valueDamage for non-Celtic swords has been reduced.
damageMelee defence and missile block chance values for many shields have been adjusted, generally increasing missile block chances.
melee defence and missile block chanceSpolas armour has been increased from 35 to 40.
armour valueThe base crit chance has been reduced from 3 to 2.
base crit chanceThe shield type of many slingers has been changed to one with lower melee defence values.
shield typeThe speed of wedge, flying wedge, and diamond formations has been adjusted so they are no longer slower than units not in those formations.
speedParthian Foot Archers have been given the elite composite bow to improve their damage.
elite composite bowHit points for infantry have been increased from 50 to 60.
hit pointThe spread of armour values has been widened, with better armours receiving higher values.
armour valueThe addition to crit chance from the damage of the attack has been reduced, generally decreasing critical hit chance and damage overall.
crit chanceThe penalty to melee defence at each fatigue level has been reduced.
melee defence penaltyThe knockdown getting up delay values have been reverted to their previous state, making units take longer to get up after being knocked down.
knockdown getting up delaySlinger damage has been lowered.
damageThe threshold for each fatigue level has been increased, taking longer for units to move between fatigue levels.
fatigue thresholdA new base deflection chance value has been added, along with a modifier for how much the armour roll adds to deflection chance, increasing deflected hits and slowing combat pace.
deflection chanceMass for camels has been lowered.
massThe AP damage of clubs has been increased from 8 to 10.
ap damageCimmerian Heavy Archers have been given the elite composite bow to improve their damage.
elite composite bowMass for infantry has been increased.
massThe missile block chance of Testudo formations has been adjusted to account for changes to shield missile block values.
missile block chanceArabian Noble Swordsmen have been given more armour and weapon damage.
armour and weapon damageGalatian Swordsmen now have the correct armour value, and their melee attack and melee defence have been buffed.
armour value, melee attack, and melee defenceCamel Cataphracts have gained more armour.
armourThe values dictating how armour impacts regular and AP damage have been adjusted to smooth out the effect of increasing armour.
armour impact on damagePikemen have had their pike lowering and turning time when in formation adjusted.
pike lowering and turning timeHow much armour piercing damage impacts deflection chance has been increased to create a bigger difference between regular and AP damage.
armour piercing damage impactArcher damage has been slightly lowered.
damage
Content · 2
Pontic Swordsmen have been given mail armour and kopis weapon stats to match their visuals.
armour and weapon statParthian Swordsmen have been given the eastern sword weapon to match their visuals.
weapon
UI · 1
The morale tooltip descriptions for extended and total casualties are now different, with 'casualties sustained' for total and 'recent casualties' for extended.
morale tooltip
Fix · 39
Iberian Noble Cavalry have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statCeltic Light Horse now use the correct unit card.
unit cardVigiles have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statBithynian Infantry have had their shield and armour stats corrected.
shield and armour statFixed an issue where shattered units were not properly removed from the player's UI, and shattered units no longer show banners when routed.
shattered units uiIberian Slingers have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statLegatus has had their shield stats corrected.
shield statGladiators have had their armour value corrected.
armour valuePraetorian Cavalry have had their shield and armour stats corrected.
shield and armour statSarmatian Horsemen have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statScythian Royal Skirmishers have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statAuxiliary Celtic Spearmen in Empire Divided now have 21 melee defence instead of 212.
melee defenceCeltiberian Cavalry have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statBalearic Slingers have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statGaetuli Horse Skirmishers have had their armour stat corrected.
armour statFixed an issue where the Scares Horses morale penalty was also applying to camels.
morale penaltyThe armour value for Veteran Spears has been corrected to be leather rather than mail.
armour valueAuxiliary Cavalry have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statScythian Royal Horse have had their armour stat corrected.
armour statMercenary Greek Hoplites have had their armour value corrected.
armour valueThe model for the iron javelin has been corrected for all units that use it.
modelMedian Cavalry have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statIberian Skirmishers have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statPersian Hoplites have had their armour value corrected.
armour valueAzat Knights have had their armour stat corrected.
armour statGreek Light Cavalry have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statHeavy Numidian Skirmishers have had their armour stat corrected.
armour statBactrian Light Horse have had their armour stat corrected.
armour statNoble Blood Cavalry have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statRoman General has had their shield stats corrected.
shield statGaetuli Tribesmen have had their armour value corrected.
armour valueEgyptian Javelinmen have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statSteppe Spearmen have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statScythian Royal Horse Archers have had their armour stat corrected.
armour statCeltic Youths have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statEquites have had their shield stats corrected.
shield statRoyal Kushite Archers now have the correct composite elite damage for their bows.
composite elite damageGladiator Spears have had their armour value corrected.
armour valueGermanic Round Shield Swordsmen have had their shield data corrected from wooden shield to small round.
shield data