Age of Empires IV – Season Eleven Update Preview 14.0.4963

• Four Lakes → Canal

• High View → Altai

• Relic River → Rocky River

• Lipany → Hill & Dale

• Continental → African Waters

• Mongolian Heights → Hedgemaze

• Rugged → Nagari

• Waterlanes → Relic River

• AI players will now have increased defense for their or their allies’ wonders.

• Hard AI and higher will now retreat in a more efficient manner.

• Fixes for AI upgrades research:
  • Lettre de Change (Knights Templar)
  • Treasure Towers (Knights Templar)
  • Templar Brother (Knights Templar)
  • Cistercian Abbeys (Holy Roman Empire)

• When playing Nomad mode, AI monarchs will now correctly path towards their corresponding Town Center in early game.

• In early Nomad mode, vulnerable AI monarchs will now attempt to flee if attacked.

• Holy Roman Empire:
  • AI players will now train Black Rider units.

• Market Landmarks can now use the Shift hotkey to bulk buy and sell resources.
  • The Buy and Sell icons at the Market now dynamically update when players hold the Shift hotkey.

• Naval units are now immediately subtracted from the population value in the caster mode UI when they are destroyed.

• Standardized tool-tips so that ‘Heavy’ units are described correctly as ‘Heavy’ instead of ‘armored’.

• Fixed a Points of Interest bug preventing the Wolf Den from taking damage when attacked from certain angles.

Waterlanes

• AI players will now correctly transport villagers to other islands.

Flankwoods

• Fixed an issue on Flankwoods where gold spawns were sometimes unevenly distributed.

Sunkenlands

• Starting small gold nodes on Sunkenlands have been adjusted to prevent them from spawning too close to each other.

Mountain Lakes

• Fixed an issue with too much water generation on Mountain Lakes.

• Scouts will continue moving when the automatic drop off target is changed.
• Deer flee distance reduced from 2.5 → 1.5 tiles when startled by nearby military units.
• Military units now need to be within 1 tile to startle a deer (down from 1.75 tiles).

• Deer flee cooldown increased from 1 – 8 seconds to 14 – 20 seconds.
• Defeated units that had a large sight radius (i.e. trebuchets) will no longer briefly reveal everything in a large circle but will appropriately follow the same visibility rules as when they were alive.

• Boot Camp:
  • cost reduced from 50 Food 125 Gold → 25 Food 75 Gold.
• Fresh Foodstuffs:
  • Villager discount increased from 35% → 40%.
• Fixed an issue where Trade Caravans used the incorrect description label.

• Expilatores:
  • reward for defeating Workers increased from 20 Gold → 30 Gold.
• Fixed an issue which prevented players from placing their Cistern near an ally or enemy Cistern.

• Fire Lancer:
  • charge damage increased from 13/15 → 15/17.
• Extra Materials:
  • technology repair rate increased from 20 → 25.

• Farm:
  • gather rate bonus increased in Dark Age, Feudal Age, and Castle Age from 15/20/25% → 20/25/30%.

• Inspiration gather rate reduced from 40% → 35%.
• Villagers will drop off resources when finishing building landmarks that act as resource drop offs.
• Villagers constructing the Aachen Chapel will now drop off resources once it is fully built.

• Japanese:
  • tech tree now includes their Barracks discount bonus.
• The buff applied from being in a Buddhist Conversion and Nehan Conversion now have buff indicators.
• Villagers constructing the Kura Storehouse will now drop off resources once it is fully built.

• Javelin Emplacement:
  • attack speed reduced from 1.38 → 1.12 seconds.
• Mansa Javelineer:
  • move speed reduced from 1.38 → 1.31.

• Khaganate Palace train time increased by 10%:
  • Horse Archer train time increased from 50 → 55 seconds.
  • Knight train time increased from 60 → 66 seconds.
  • Palace Guard train time increased from 50 → 55 seconds.
  • Mangudai train time increased from 50 → 55 seconds.
  • Warrior Monk train time increased from 40 → 44 seconds.
  • Nest of Bees train time increased from 50 → 55 seconds.
  • Huihui Pao train time increased from 63 → 69 seconds.
• Improved food gathering technology effect increased from 5% → 7.5% per technology.
• Fixed a bug where Mongol pastures would spawn their second sheep faster when a rally point was set during construction.
• Fixed an issue where the Khan would not deal more than 1 damage to buildings after researching Incendiary Arrows.
• Fixed an issue where placing two Kurultais from two different players next to one another would cause the aura to only be applied to one of the players.
• Fixed an issue preventing the buff indicator for the Khan’s Hunter from displaying sometimes.

• Imperial Council:
  • Mehter Drums now spawn 2 Mehters at the Town Center.
  • Akinji System now spawns 3 Akinji at the Town Center.
  • Extensive Fortifications now also discounts Town Centers.
  • Pax Ottomana Villager bonus production speed increased from 50% → 75%.
• Janissary:
  • bonus damage vs Cavalry reduced from 12/15 →11/13.
• Janissary Guns:
  • technology damage reduced from +5 → +4.
• Fixed an issue where some Ottoman Vizier Points would allow players to go over 200 population.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Imperial Council upgrades to be displayed incorrectly in the tech tree.

• High Trade House:
  • aura range reduced from 8.75 → 7.75 tiles.
• Fixed a bug where a Lodya Galley created after researching Heated Projectiles was unable to move.

• The Structural Reinforcements ability (granted by Siege Carpentry) no longer has an activation cost.
• Fixed an issue where Trade Caravans used the incorrect description label.

• Lord of Lancaster:
  • ranged and melee armor now improves by +1 in Castle Age and +2 in the Imperial Age.
• Hobelar:
  • attack speed reduced from 1.75 → 1.5.
• Hill Training:
  • damage bonus reduced from 150% → 125%.
• Demilancer health reduced from 140/160/200 → 130/150/190.
• Elite Yeoman damage reduced from 9 → 8.
• Collar of Esses:
  • bonus damage vs Heavy reduced from +6 → +5.
• Condensed Land Practices:
  • technology cost increased from 100 Wood 250 Gold → 125 Wood 275 Gold.
• Condensed Land Practices:
  • bonus Manor health reduced from +200 → +100.
• Open Field System:
  • bonus Manor health reduced from +300 → +200.
• Ships of the Crown:
  • Bonus range reduced from +20% → +10%.
  • Bonus health reduced from +20% → +15%.
• Lancaster Villagers now have a buff indicator displaying their Wool Industries Sheep gather rate bonus.

• Fixed a bug that could result in the Companion Equipment upgrade disappearing or reappearing in unintended buildings.
• Civilization preview now displays the correct number for Jeanne d’Arc’s economic technology discount.
• Corrected the numbers displayed in Jeanne d’Arc’s tech tree for Valorous Inspiration.

• The Hospitaller Commanderie now increases worker move speed by +10%.
• The French Commanderie discount and production speed no longer apply to naval units.
• Genitour:
  • Health increased from 100/120 → 105/125.
  • Line of sight has increased to better accommodate its attack range.
• Szlachta Cavalry:
  • Health reduced from 350 → 340.
  • Damage reduced from 32 → 31.
• Fixed a crash that would occasionally occur when aging up as the Knights Templar.
• Corrected a bug causing the Venetian Galley to benefit from the ranged damage Blacksmith upgrades.
• Fixed an issue where Serjeants wouldn’t benefit from the Fortress Desert Outposts aura until after Desert Citadels has been researched.

• Golden Cuirass:
  • damage reduction hitpoint threshold reduced from 30% → 20%.
• Golden Cuirass:
  • cost increased from 50 Food 100 Gold → 75 Food 125 Gold.
• Villagers constructing the Aachen Chapel will now drop off resources once it is fully built.