[1.24.4218] "Anne Bonny Update" Version Notes

ADDITION: Cultures of Oceania Content Pack

• 6 New Cultures

• 6 New Wonders

• 15 New Narrative Events (including 1 cross-empire events)

• 7 New Independent People

• New In-Game Themed Music Tracks composed by Arnaud Roy

MAJOR CHANGES & ADDITION: Anne Bonny Update

• 1 Bonus New Culture: Caribbean Pirates

• 3 New Naval Units

• New army action: poaching.

• New trade screen, to allow easier management of trade with multiple other players.

• Naval Units Ranged Retaliation and rebalance! Faster movement, longer ranges, greater firepower!

• Larger Battlefields! You have more room to deploy your Units and can take advantage of the new-found mobility.

• Internal Trade! Deepen your economic relationships with other Empires, but beware of any poaching...

• Strategic Resources requirement system! A single copy of each required resources is now enough to unlock construction, but at what cost?

CHANGES AND ADDITION FROM COMMUNITY IDEAS

• Steam Workshop and mods upate flow improvements.

• Modding Tool quality of life improvements, especially around versions checking.

• Map Editor quality of life improvements, especially around Resources and Natural Wonder placement.

• Added an option for players to rename their avatar.

• Adapted the HUD and changed the science button to make it round (again).

BALANCING AND OTHER CHANGES

• Nerfed the aggressiveness of the AI in Metropolis & easier levels of difficulty.

• Improved feedbacks for players on how to assimilate Independent Peoples in decline regardless of patronage level.

• Units: balanced the number of accesses required to built & number of accesses required to update.

• Infrastructures: balanced the number of resources required to built, new resources bonus granted & FIMS bonus per strategic or luxury.

• Electricity Technology: Bonus on coal deposit.

• Power Line Technology: Bonus on aluminium deposit.

• Nuclear Fission Technology: Bonus on uranium deposit.

• Balanced various Upkeep costs.

• Increased combat strength of naval units for all Eras.

• Increased Combat Strength of all Air Units.

• Increased Combat Strength and Range of all Missile units.

• Increased Naval Units combat strength on Pentekonter and Quadriem.

• Reduced Naval Units combat strength on Cog, Carrack, Geobulseon, Galleass and Man O'War.

• Cruise Missiles, Nuclear Warheads and Thermonuclear Warheads combat strength all went down from 7 points.

AI IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved Aircraft Carriers management.

• Improved the variety of response from counter-proposals.

• Improved territory management and city expansion.

• Improved Airport management.

• Improved National projects management.

• Improved Garrisons management.

• Improved Deeds seeking.

• Improved Stealth detection strategies.

• Improved Late game Civics choices.

FIXES

• Fixed a multiplayer desynch when specific game language was selected.

• Fixed an issue where game was stuck on pending turn after signing the Intellignece Coalition with an AI.

• Fixed an issue where Bombarding the main plaza during a Siege could cause a crash.

• Fixed an issue where launching a Nuclear Missile after using two of them the previous turn could lead to a softlock.

• Fixed an issue where disabling auto saves in a multiplayer game continued to generate auto saves.

• Fixed a game softlock when the host loses internet connection, while in loading screen.

• Fixed an issue where Land Units were keeping their abilities when embarked.

• Fixed an issue where The Santa Maria del Fiore Cultural Wonder would not benefit from religious bonuses as stated.

• Fixed an issue where Independent Peoples did not build Infrastructures in their Cities.

• Fixed an issue where Nuclear Missile launch was not canceled when the player was occupying the targeted enemy City.

• Fixed an issue where Independent People's territory remained under influence after they de-spawn.

• Fixed various minor UI and localization issues.