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General

  • Wall hitpoints decreased to 1500 (down from 3000).
  • Bastion improvement effect changed to give 300% wall hitpoints increase (up from 150%).
  • Wall line of sight decreased to 1.
  • 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).
  • Monitors cost decreased to 600 wood and 200 coin (down from 800 wood and 200 coin); Long-range Attack ability range decreased to 70 (down from 100) and increased cooldown time to 1 minute 30 seconds (up from 1 minute).
  • Native Scout snare-effect removed.
  • Mass Cavalry improvement cost decreased to 600 coin (down from 750 coin); effect adjusted to –40% train time (down from –50%).
  • Dragoon ranged resistance decreased to 20% (down from 30%).
  • Town Center cost decreased to 500w (down from 600w).
  • Culverin multiplier against warships increased to 12.5 (up from 10).
  • Fishing Boat cost decreased to 70w (down from 100w).
  • "Schooners" shipment effect changed from "-60% Fishing Boat cost" to "-20w * * Fishing Boat cost and -40% train time" (decreases train points from 25 to 15).
  • "East Indiamen" shipment effect changed from "-30% Fishing Boat cost and a dock wagon" to "-20w Fishing Boat cost and a dock wagon".
  • Canoe range & line-of-sight decreased from 20 and 24 to 18 and 22 respectively
  • War Canoe range & line-of-sight decreased from 30 and 34 to 25 and 29 respectively.
  • "European Cannons" shipment effect changed from "+20% warship attack and +5 warship range & line-of-sight" to "+30% warship attack".
  • "Offshore Support" shipment effect changed from "+20% warship attack and +5 warship range & line-of-sight" to "+20% warship attack and +2 warship range & line-of-sight".
  • "Admiralty" shipment effect changed from increased warship build limit to "Dock warship improvements cost & train points halved".
  • Town Center Kill bounty set to 200 XP (down from 240 XP).
  • Fishing Ship Kill/Build bounties set to 7 XP (down from 10 XP).

Aztecs

  • War Chief's cover mode tactic removed.
  • TEAM Cheap Fishing Boats home-city shipment effectively removed (no effect now).

British

  • Manor cost increased to 140w (up from 135w); bounties recalculated accordingly.

Chinese

  • Village pre-Fortress Age fattening rate decreased to 25% (down from 50%) of the regular rate.
  • Banner Forbidden Army (2 Iron Flails & 2 Meteor Hammers) train points increased to 33 (up from 29).
  • Old Han Reforms home-city shipment attack and hitpoints effect decreased to 50% (down from 100%); cost effect decreased to 20% (down from 50%).

"Old Han Reforms" shipment cost removed (down from 1000f).

Dutch

  • Bank XP bounties increased to 140 XP (Build - up from 70 XP) and to 280 XP (Kill - up from 140 XP).
  • Bank base build-limit increased to 5 (up from 4).

French

  • Coureur Des Bois cost increased to 125 food (up from 120 food).
  • Thoroughbreds home-city shipment no longer decreases the train time of Cuirassiers.

Germans

  • Uhlan hit points decreased to 180 (down from 190).
  • Doppelsoldner hit points increased to 240 (up from 230).
  • "Lipizzaner Cavalry" shipment increased to +25% Uhlan attack & hitpoints (up from 15%).

Indians

  • TEAM 5 Urumi home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Urumi.
  • Sepoy hit points decreased to 180 (down from 190).
  • House cost decreased to 60w (down from 80w), hit points decreased to 800 (down from 1200); Bounties recalculated accordingly.

Iroquois

  • 200 food added to starting crates.
  • 200 wood removed from starting crates.
  • “Crates of 100 Food, 100 Wood, and 100 Coin" infinite shipment increased to 200f, 100w, 100c.
  • "Crates of 200 Food, 200 Wood, and 200 Coin" shipment increased to 400f, 200w, 200c.

Japanese

  • Bakufu home-city shipment effect on Daimyo and Shogun training-rates decreased to 50% (down from 100%).
  • Shogun Tokugawa hitpoints-aura decreased to +10% (down from 20%).

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.
  • Abus Gun reload time increased to 3.5 seconds (up from 3 seconds).
  • Veteran Abus Gun improvement effect changed to also give +2 range.
  • Janissary hit points decreased to 210 (down from 235).
  • Janissary cost decreased to 90f-25c (down from 100f-25c); Bounties recalculated accordingly.
  • Mosque cost XP income increased to 0.7 XP/second (up from 0.4 XP/second).
  • Mosque settler improvements halved in cost:
  • Millet System improvement cost decreased to 50 wood (down from 100 wood);
  • Koprulu Viziers improvement cost decreased to 125 wood (down from 250 wood);
  • Abbasid Market improvement cost decreased to 300 wood (down from 600 wood);
  • Galata Tower District improvement cost decreased to 100 coin (down from 200 coin);
  • Topkapi improvement cost decreased to 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 wood and 400 coin);
  • Tanzimat improvement cost decreased to 200 food, 200 wood and 200 coin (down from 400 food, 400 wood and 400 coin).

Portuguese

  • Settler cost decreased to 85 food (down from 100 food).
  • 100 food removed from starting crates.
  • Genitours home-city shipment effect changed to give additional +4 range (down from +6).

Russians

  • 17 Strelets home-city shipment effect changed to give 20 Strelets.

Sioux

  • Bow Rider hitpoints decreased to 220 (down from 250).
  • Cetan Bow hitpoints increased to 100 (up from 90) and speed increased to 4.5 (up from 4).
  • 4 Villagers home-city shipment removed.
  • 5 Villagers home-city shipment added to the Colonial Age (note: added as a separate shipment, not a changed version of the 4 Villagers one — has to be unlocked manually).
  • Teepee base hitpoints increased to 600 (up from 300).
  • Teepee gather rate aura boost added (3% per Teepee, range 24).
  • Teepee hitpoints aura maximum range increased to 18 (up from 12).
  • Teepee damage aura (enabled by the Friendly Territory home-city shipment) maximum range decreased to 18 (down from 24).
  • War Clubs’, Cetan Bows’ and Wakina Rifles’ ability to build Teepees by default added.
  • Aggressive Policy home-city shipment effect changed — increases the Teepees’ gather rate aura boost to 5%.
  • War Chief “heavy cavalry” unit-tag added.

Spanish

  • 3 Lancers home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Lancers.
  • 4 Lancers home-city shipment effect changed to give 5 Lancers.
  • 5 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 6 Rodeleros.
  • 6 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 7 Rodeleros.
  • 7 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 8 Rodeleros.
  • 8 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 9 Rodeleros.
  • Unction home-city shipment damage-aura effect decreased to 4% (down from 5%) per Missionary (maximum damage increase decreased from ~63% to ~48%); Missionary cost decreased to 50 wood and 50 coin (down from 100 wood and 100 coin).
  • "Spanish Gold" shipment effect replaced with: "Grants 400 coin with every shipment starting with this one." Availability changed from Industrial to Fortress Age.