Balance

• General Technologies Herbal Medicine Healing rate improvement reduced from 100% to 60%.

Civilization Balance

• General Herbal Medicine technology cost reduced from 350 Gold to 275 Gold and research time from 60 to 45 seconds Delhi Sultanate version research time increased from 180 to 225 Siege Engineering technology research time reduced from 60 to 45 seconds Developer Note: As the path to utilize this technology is long in the early game (Blacksmith, technology research, create infantry to make Ram) in some cases the window of opportunity was closed before Rams could be utilized.
• Technology research time adjustments: Boiling Oil increased from 300 to 450 seconds All Seeing eye increased from 135 to 157 Swiftness increased from 270 to 450 seconds Professional Scouts increased from 210 to 262 Survival Techniques decreased from 225 to 135 Herbal Medicine increased from 180 to 225 Tower Elephant Adjustments: Tower Elephant health reduced from 960 to 860 Ranged units riding the Tower Elephant are now properly affected by all damage upgrades (Blacksmith and University).

January Patch – Notes

• Herbal Medicine base research time reduced from 300 seconds to 180 seconds