Among the unlisted changes in the PUP, Shipwright is now getting renamed to Shipwrights.

Regarding the Mongols, this does provide a minor buff / power spike at the start of Castle Age. The buff previously only applied to light cavalry, but now it applies to scout cavalry as well. Instead of having to wait for the upgrade to come in, for the 30%, you instantly have 20% on your scouts.

I've been wondering if a change that could help scorpions is to change something about how they path? Part of their problem is that you don't just lose one to a bombard cannon hit, you can lose a bunch in one shot because they stack up so close.

Celt Heavy Scorpions with Furor Celtica now live a Houfnice Shot as well as most SO shots. basically only the most direct hit is a kill. slightly off center lives.

The Huns change isn't just for EW, the no wood penalty is for all play modes. The Huns are so back for nomad, having a horse on the map to boot too. Nomad tech, for the Huns? I think you are mixing up the mongols.

Really excited to see Roman play rate increase possibly increase.

I'm really not happy with the Ratha changes. They do not address the unit's problems at all. They fill the role of the knight and cavalry archer, they are not supposed to compete with the Bengali's elephant units (aka; stop buffing their raw power). They need to be easier to produce. Either through cheaper cost, faster production time, or being able to be made at the stable/archery range. Like, I get the idea behind this is to make them need fewer techs, but it does not address the core issues of the unit.

so bengali elephant archers will be less special after this. no elephant archers civs can even have parthian tactics now.

*Bengalis looses Parithian Tactics* Ornlu: I am such a huge fan of this Me a Bengali: 😐

When they are going to add the Dromons to the meso civs? They have nothing against buildings in water, a clear disadvantage with random civs

what if fortification tech are free for Sicilian as well? like masonry and architect and fortified wall (they don't have architect and fortified wall at the moment).

As someone who mains Khmer, buffed Battle Elephants and Scorpions is great. I know that Ballista Elephant/Hussar is the more popular combo, but I prefer Battle Elephant/Scorpion composition; easier to mass, more range, both armies are pretty slow/grindy anyway, and more HP for the front-line melee unit.

Well the Koreans and Mongols are gonna have a nice buff.

I think, like the hussite wagons, People just haven't explored the best ways to utilize the Bulgarian bonuses. I actually think they are in a okay spot but because pros don't play them, people have no idea how good the civ can be. I think that in the right hands they can be slightly better than magyars actually. You just have to know how to take full advantages of their bonuses... And develop a feeling for the civ. I think the bulgarians just have a bad reputation and that gets into peoples heads and they just dont pick or learn to use the civ to its fullest. Could the use some buffs? Maybe... But sometimes I'm thinking the opposite with the kreposts and the 33% faster attacking cav. Almost fully upgraded CA. Fully upgraded elite Konnicks. And Thats just late game. You have to play agressive to get their without real eco bonus. And use kreposts and cheap tcs to protect your economy.

man i just want to have a civ with FU ele archer, is this too much :'(

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When I first saw the mongol hp bonus, I wasn't too impressed. It's 6hp difference. But perhaps it's part of this incremental approach the devs have been using lately. I don't think it'll be enough, but maybe in a patch or two SL hp bonus will be a UT.

Honestly I would have rather seen Scorps getting benefit from Ballistics applied to all civs (If you still want to compensate Romans you could make Ballistics 50% cheaper) Hard to switch back from Roman Scorpions hahah, they genuinely feel like a good unit with that. Really good changes overall, especially the mongol one. I like the Sicilian change too but without being able to build Donjons in Dark Age (You can rebalance them for it to be weaker, not training anything nor shoot arrows) it feels not very impactful. You still can't use it as a better Barracks substitute when going up to Feudal Age, so what's the point if using it like that is going to make you miss every timing anyways?

I just hope they will fix 4th Atilla mission xD

I download the patch and BE still only moves at 0.88

Elite Battle Elephants and Scorpions being buffed is a buff to Khmer with their focus on both of those units. Should help the Khmer to not spam Hussars and Ballista Elephants all the time.

Don't sicilians miss fortified wall? And are the devs giving them faster build walls?

Any April event?

Bengali Elephant Archers feel oppressive because Dravidians are rarely played and Gurjaras seldom use Elephant Archers despite the fact that both of those civs have more powerful offense with that unit (better attack speed, and speaking as a longtime Fire Emblem player, ACCURACY is even more important since Bengalis don't have Thumb Ring). Is Defense really that important just because Bengali Elephant Archers presumably take less bonus damage given the Bengali Elephant passive? Every time I play Dravidians and Gurjaras (why are all Indian civs so fun I have no idea but that's why DOI is such a perfect expansion) I always implement their Elephant Archers as part of my armies' entourage, because they're so satisfying to use. Bengalis are weird because they have no gunpowder, and I believe that this nerf was targeted at Bengalis to compensate for the fact their Battle Elephants, already their best asset, are getting indirectly buffed by the unit changes.

As a Bulgarians enjoyer, I feel like the civ needs some kind of durable eco bonus. They're extremely good on a handful of timings where you get +2 Knights or +3 Cavalier and run over fights with the power spike, but struggle to keep up economically with things like Franks or Vietnamese. I'd love to see them get something like Farmer carry capacity +1 per age. Or maybe a rework to Bagains since I never find myself wanting the tech. But hey, Heavy Scorpion buff is good for them as well. It is what it is.

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I really dislike the malay change. Their elephants are already the worst and only advantage against other elephants is the resource damage., now they are even worse in elephant vs elephant battles. (Keep in mind i’m talking about team games, idk much about 1v1s because i dislike that mode.) Also wasn’t bengalis a civ that was only good at elephant archers and rathas iirc? If that was the case and i’m not misremembering, doesn’t this kinda turn bengalis into a rathas-only civ now?

Bulgarians could get more buff. A scorpion related buff would be cool. And maybe Serjeant food cost should be increased by 5 as Donjon is buffed. Bengalis became too one dimensional Ratha play civ. EA in general could get +3 attack bonus vs spearman.

I know steppe lancer are very strong small group of units because of that extra range but please for god sake can't we finally buff Elite steppe lancers??😢😢😢

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So the Bengalis literally got snatched of their only post imp viable unit. RIP Bengalis getrekt. Impeccable logic by the game devs who wish to nerf the civ with the lowest ladder winrates. Why even create the civ? Its like a man with no arms and legs now.

Throw this game in the trash can. It has become ridiculous already for years now.

Great. They ruined the balance for michi, deatchmatch, ffa, late game BF How the heck is civs like huns going to deal with mass scorpions from Ethiopians, celts and Mongols? No bombard no ongager. You basically had to swarm them with Hussar and lose alot to take out a few. Now they get more hp, mele Armour and cheaper to upgrade FK off don't only balance for flicking 1v1 Arabia. 50% of the player base plays other maps