Hexarchy Alpha 0.588

Civilization Specific Units

Units are unlocked by researching any tech at a certain tier. The tier varies per civilization.

Persia - Immortal

• The first attack that would kill the Immortal instead reduces it to half strength.

Rome - Legionnaire

• Starts with extra promotion slots

• Builds a fort when fortifying

Arabia - Mamluk

• Build with gold

• Reduced gold supply cost

China - Cho-ko-knu

• Attacks twice

Greece - Companion Cavalry

• Mounted unit that can claim hexes

France - Imperial Guard

• Starts with Vanguard

Aztecs - Jaguar

• Can melee attack and ranged attack

• Starts with Woodsman

Russia - Cossack

• Flank attacks do bonus damage and splash damage

Egypt - Horse Archer

• Mounted ranged unit

• Starts with Vanguard

England - Longbowman

• Shoots over terrain that normally blocks ranged attacks

• Ignores enemy terrain defense bonuses

Civilization Passive Bonuses

Persia

• 50% reduced unit supply gold cost

• 50% reduced city upkeep gold cost

Rome

• +1 extra build per turn per city

• +1 hammer yield on hexes with a road

Arabia

• +1 gold for all resources sold

• Holy Sites give +2 culture and +2 gold

China

• +1 hammer from mine, workshop, forge, lumber mill, and warehouse

• Shuffle cost reduced to 1 gold

Greece

• Can adopt multiple civics of the same type

• Adopting a civic gives 4 gold

France

• +2 culture per city

• Easier for border growth to steal an enemy hex

• +50% damage from artillery units

Aztecs

• Get 3 gold and 2 culture when killing an enemy unit

• Get +1 Victory Point when killing an enemy unit

Russia

• +2 food on all city hexes

• 50% reduced unhappiness yield penalties

Egypt

• Wonder gold cost reduced by 100%

England

• 25% chance to gain 1 hammer when selling a resource

• +1 gold yield from water tiles

• Borders expand more quickly over water tiles

Tech Tree Changes

• Many things moved in the tech tree. Most techs now have fewer cards

• New techs: Animal Husbandry, Mining, Architecture, Astronomy, Logistics

Balance Changes

• Units spawned on Barracks are immediately mobilized so they can move that turn

• Settlers no longer immune to ranged attacks

• Harbor gold increased to 2 and now immediately gives bonus resources when built

• Courthouse maintenance reduction increased

Misc

• Culture can steal hexes from enemy players

• Culture can grow a city's borders multiple times in a turn

• Simple culture overlay toggle

• Shuffle disabled in daily challenges

• Can select your "preferred civilization" for multiplayer games

• Various AI changes

• Tech tree panel improvements

• Multiplayer game start countdown no longer skips seconds

Bug Fixes

• Fix that should address some recurring multiplayer disconnect issues

• Other minor fixes

Thanks everyone!