Update v2.0.0 "Annus Mirabilis"

Thank you!

Our biggest free update yet has arrived! Master of Command 2.0 introduces fully custom armies, doubles the battle map pool, and brings the roster to 476 units nearly triple the game’s launch size of 170. We’ve also reworked combat, improved enemy AI, upgraded visuals and audio, and made the Act 3 finale more engaging.

Thank you for supporting Master of Command! We hope you enjoy this update, which serves as something of a sendoff as our team shifts its focus to a new project which we think you’ll love. We’ll continue releasing occasional patches and fixes, and while further DLC is unlikely, we won’t fully close the door on that.

This update was so large and done so quickly that we didn't have the time to log all of our changes in such detail as we normally do, apologies in advance.

ANNUS MIRABILIS CHANGELOG

Annus Mirabilis: "wonderful year" in latin

CUSTOM ARMY BUILDER

A custom army builder has been added to the game. You can load up any existing composition and edit off of it, or build your own from scratch. It includes customizing your officers' starting traits, your doctrines, starting items, units, and resources. Interestingly, you can change "Insight" over to the Polish Sejm or Swedish Military school if you ever wanted to try a run as the British using a parliament or the French using a military school for example. Achievements are disabled when building a custom army.

NEW UNITS

PRUSSIA

• Prussian Guard Musketeers

• Prussian Grenadier Guards

• Prussian Frei-Infantry Veteran Jagers

• Prussian Veteran Hussars

• Prussian Veteran Dragoons

• Prussian Veteran Cuirassiers

• Prussian Saxon Conscripts

• Prussian Saxon Musketeers

• Prussian Saxon Fusiliers

• Prussian Saxon Grenadiers

• Prussian Saxon Converged Grenadiers

• Prussian Freikorps Volunteers

• Prussian Freikorps Veteran Dragoons

• Freikorps Converged Jägers

• Freikorps Converged Artillery

BRITAIN

• Highland Fencibles

• Highland Converged Foot

• British Veteran Grenadiers

• British Royal Artillery

• British Veteran Light Dragoons

• British Dragoon Guards

• British Horse Grenadier Guards

• British Horse

• British Horse Guards

• Subsidy Hussars

• Subsidy Veteran Hussars

• Hanoverian Guard Cavalry

• Hanoverian Dragoons

• Hessian Life Cavalry

• Hanoverian Foot Guards

• Hanoverian Grenadier Guards

• Subsidy Veteran Jagers

• Brunswicker Veteran Musketeers

• Brunswicker Life Guards

• Brunswicker Converged Grenadiers

• Hessian Life Guards

• Hessian Veteran Grenadiers

• Subsidy Veteran Artillery

Renowned unit changes (because the original unit got integrated into main tree)

• The Le Noble Jagers replaced with the Green Croats

• The Grenadier Guards replaced with the Bosniaks

FRANCE

• French Guard Fusiliers

• French Chevauxleger

• French Veteran Dragoons

• French Veteran Hussars

• Irish Volunteers

• Irish Converged Fusiliers

• Irish Converged Grenadiers

• Swiss Levies

• Swiss Veteran Grenadiers

• Italian Volunteers

• Italian Fusiliers

• Italian Royal Fusiliers

• Italian Grenadiers

• Italian Royal Grenadiers

• French Royal Artillery

• French Veteran Chasseurs

• French Converged Chasseurs

• Volontaires Veteran Hussars

• Volontaires Veteran Dragoons

• German Converged Fusiliers

• German Converged Grenadiers

Renowned unit changes (because the original unit got integrated into main tree)

• The Diesbach Fusiliers replaced with The French Marines

• The French Guards replaced with The Gendarmerie Guard

AUSTRIA

• Austrian Reformed Fusiliers

• Austrian Reformed Grenadiers

• Austrian Forstjagers

• Austrian Reformed Jagers

• Austrian Reformed Horse Grenadiers

• Austrian Reformed Cuirassiers

• Austrian Reformed Dragoons

• Netherlander Reformed Fusiliers

• Netherlander Grenadiers

• Netherlander Reformed Grenadiers

• Netherlander Battalion Artillery

• Wurzburger Fusiliers

• Wurzburger Veteran Fusiliers

• Wurzburger Reformed Fusiliers

• Wurzburger Grenadiers

• Wurzburger Reformed Grenadiers

• Modense Fusiliers

• Modenese Veteran Fusiliers

• Modenese Foot Guards

• Modenese Grenadiers

• Modenese Grenadier Guards

• Modenese Battalion Artillery

• Modenese Field Artillery

• Hungarian Reformed Hussars

• Hungarian Reformed Fusiliers

• Hungarian Reformed Grenadiers

• Grenzer Reformed Hussars

• Grenzer Reformed Sharpshooters

• Grenzer Reformed Fusiliers

• Grenzer Reformed Grenadiers

RUSSIA

• Russian Life Guards

• Russian Grenadier Guards

• Russian Horse Artillery

• Russian Life Cuirassiers

• Russian Veteran Horse Grenadiers

• Russian Veteran Dragoons

• Observation Veteran Grenadiers

• Observation Bombardier Artillery

• Yaik Cossacks

• Frontier Hussars

• Pandurs

• Pandur Veteran Grenadiers

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

• Kreis Converged Musketeers

• Kreis Converged Grenadiers

• Wurttemberger Veteran Jagers

• Wurttemberger Veteran Musketeers

• Wurttemberger Foot Guards

• Wurttemberger Grenadier Guards

• Palatine Foot Guards

• Palatine Grenadier Guards

• Bavarian Life Guards

• Bavarian Grenadiers

• Bavarian Life Grenadiers

• Imperial Converged Artillery

• Imperial Converged Hussars

• Imperial Converged Dragoons

• Imperial Converged Cuirassiers

• Saxon Veteran Chevauxlegers

• Saxon Veteran Tartar Cavalry

• Saxon Guard Cuirassiers

• Saxon Veteran Jagers

• Saxon Foot Guards

• Saxon Grenadier Guards

Renowned unit changes (because the original unit got integrated into main tree)

• The Saxon Foot Guards replaced with The Swiss Lifeguards

• The Palatine Guard Grenadiers replaced with The Kurmainz Grenadiers

SWEDEN

• Finnish Vargering

• Swedish Vargering

• Finnish Sharpshooters

• Finnish Veteran Sharpshooters

• Finnish Veteran Grenadiers

• Swedish Life Grenadiers

• Swedish Veteran Dragoons

• Swedish Life Cavalry

• Pomeranian Veteran Jagers

• Varvade Life Guards

• Mecklenburger Landmiliz

• Mecklenburger Converged Musketeers

• Mecklenburger Converged Grenadiers

• Mecklenburger Veteran Artillery

Renowned unit changes (because the original unit got integrated into main tree)

• The Bohuslan Dragoons replaced with The Abo Lans Musketeers

• The Swedish Horse Life Guards replaced with The Gula Hussars

POLAND-LITHUANIA

• Polish Militia

• Polish Foot Guards

• Polish Veteran Grenadiers

• Polish Dragoon Guards

• Polish Veteran Artillery

• Lithuanian Militia

• Lithuanian Dragoon Guards

• Lithuanian Foot Guards

• Lithuanian Veteran Grenadiers

• Liuthuanian Veteran Artillery

• Polish Light Cavalry

• Polish Converged Cavalry

• Lipka Veteran Uhlans

• Hungarian Converged Infantry

• Polish Converged Janissaries

• Magnate Veteran Cavalry

• Magnate Veteran Musketeers

• Magnate Veteran Grenadiers

• Magnate Veteran Artillery

Renowned unit changes (because the original unit got integrated into main tree)

• The Polish Foot Guards replaced with The Polish Cossacks

• The Lithuanian Foot Guards replaced with Grand Bulawa Hajduks

• The Polish Dragoon Guards replaced with The King's Hussars

• The Lithuanian Dragoon Guards replaced with The Grand Bulawa Musketeers

ARMY COMPOSITIONS

There were many changes made to the starting armies that it wouldn't be possible for me to detail all of them. I'll provide the overview here:

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BRITAIN**

• British starting composition had its officer buffed to include fire by rank! The highlanders were swapped to Fencibles. Veterancy gain reduced to +15%

• Hanoverian army now starts with guard cavalry!

• Subsidy Troops' starting items completely redone from scratch to be high-tier thematic equipment. Their jager was promoted to a veteran, and the grenadier was swapped to a Hessian. The old Hessian musketeer swapped to a Brunswicker musketeer.

AUSTRIA

• Austria's crownland corps has a new Auxiliary recruit to start with.

• Border troops drop -5% range (+20% light infantry range now) because it was causing problems when stacked and the AI wouldn't know how to respond when its artillery was outranged by the player's light infantry. I believe we also upgraded some of its starting deployables

• Hungarians now buff +15% charge to ALL of their Hungarian units not just hussars, making the composition much more dynamic. The downside was also changed not to penalize you for using infantry; I find that army comps that force you to play in one single way are quite boring. The new malus is +10% more stamina loss in prolonged melee, so the army is geared toward hit-and-run.

PRUSSIA

• Prussian Cantonists rebranded to the Royal Prussian Army. They now start with a Landmiliz, and an excellent Potzdam. Their doctrine has been changed to Oblique Order (+20% flanking fire damage) so now they have an actual playstyle; the old Canton system is now a doctrine that all Prussian compositions can find during a playthrough. The Prussian officer (Anhalt-Dessau) now is a rank 3 officer and starts with "Tactical" which gives him a flanking bonus, playing into the Oblique Order.

• The Freikorps' bonus was also changed because it wasn't a real playstyle (used to provide higher prisoner rewards, but this simply means you earn more money/resources anytime you fight battles). It's now a bonus that provides a free unit anytime you raid a city or village. The downside is that shattered units will suffer higher losses, which I think is a better malus than constantly bleeding manpower. Its Jagers were promoted to veteran jagers. Von Kleist has a new officer trait called "Unsparing" which makes raiding more lucrative.

• Old Corps have a good canteen and its officer, von Schwerin, now has the "Stoic" trait which improves all forms of morale and reduces fire damage. Its malus was changed however to be "Heavy infantry upgrade cost +1" instead of increasing upgrade cost for ALL other units. This was done for the same reason I changed the Hungarian doctrine. It's not fun when the game punishes you if you deviate from the meta strategy. If the Old Corps gain heavy infantry combat effectiveness, you should still be able to build out cavalry, artillery, etc. And having to work a little extra hard to get the maxed out Grenadier Guard with +15% CE makes more sense.

RUSSIA

• Russia's Imperial Army starts with a cuirassier sword for its cavalry now but its spirit rations are now good-quality instead of excellent.

• Observation Corps get a good entrenching tool & axe to start. Its bonus changed to provide cover effectiveness only to infantry.

• Steppe raiders had its malus changed to a +50% chance of notifying the HQ while raiding. This adds some risk & reward when you raid. You'll become rich, but you may need to face the main enemy army sooner. It starts with 4 units now so it can get off the ground faster and make more money while raiding.

FRANCE

• French Lower Rhine army loses its starting bayonet. I did a cost analysis of every composition in the game and because they start with 5 units, 2 officers, and a brigade slot already open, they had the greatest advantage compared to all other compositions. I also adjusted their starting resources to be a bit more balanced.

• No changes for Light Corps.

• King's Household starting breastplate upgraded to excellent. Their Swiss Fusiliers demoted to Swiss levies. I believe the cavalry melee damage received buff got reduced so is now -15% instead of -20%.

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

• I don't believe any big changes were made to the Kreis Contingent. They are naturally stronger though now because their buff of +0.5% combat effectiveness per unique unit is much easier to utilize since they have a much expanded roster.

• Saxon Army starts off with Forstjagers now. They lost most of their insight though.

• The Auxiliary Corps' officer is now a level 4, the highest in the game. However, he has no traits at all. When you begin the game you can immediately randomly roll 4 traits for him which fits very thematically with the gambling theme of this composition.

SWEDEN

• Swedish Indelta Forces now start with 50% military research to give them a better head-start.

• The Varvade Composition now has a Mecklenburger Field Artillery. its starting cannon has also been upgraded to a bronze 12-pounder. The doctrine bonus has been buffed to be a -40% discount on treatises/staff officers.

• Pomeranian Corps have a new bonus which is a combat effectiveness buff in cover for light cavalry and light infantry by +10%. However they suffer +10% morale damage received. Their starting officer is now a level-3 and starts with a new trait called "Patient." One of his old traits was also changed to "Independent."

POLAND-LITHUANIA

• The Commonwealth Army starts with higher Sejm power. It also starts with a Veteran Polish Musketeer and Veteran Lithuanian Musketeer.

• The Noble Cavalcade malus is now that their cavalry take +10% extra fire damage instead of nerfing the stamina of all non-cavalry units. This will let you build a more interesting and dynamic army instead of being forced to spam all cavalry.

• The Magnate Militia now starts with a level-3 officer who gets "Resourceful." The starting army was updated to include Hungarian Infantry and a Converged Janissary unit so they have a much easier start.

I'm sure there's some other changes I've missed, but that should be the bulk of them!

DOCTRINES/TRAITS UPDATES

There are simply too many changes to the doctrines & traits to list, but you can view them all now within the game's custom army builder. I will, however, list all of the brand new traits and doctrines added to the game!

NEW DOCTRINES

• Dragoon Tactics

• Increased Rations

• Sharpshooter Tactics

• Mounted Vanguard

• Religious Hymns

• Fresh Footwear

• Scorched Earth

• Local Procurement

• Guard Corps

• Concealed Skirmishing

• Free Company

• Converged Squadrons (PLC/SWE DLC)

NEW OFFICER TRAITS

• Patient

• Conscientious

• Stoic

• Unsparing

• Independent

Combat Changes

All aspects of combat were changed for this update, including global accuracy, morale penalties, weapon stats, charge exhaustion, etc. There were new mechanics as well like improvements to melee calculations so that units with very high melee stats are more effective at bracing when facing off against a unit with a poor charge stat. There are simply too many of these changes to list, so I will list some of the more significant and better-documented changes.

Carbine Rework

• Carbines now reduce melee/charge stats instead of improving them. This means they are no longer an automatic buff when you give them to any single cavalry unit.

• Carbine reload speed improved by -4 seconds

• Carbine range increased by +5

• Carbine accuracy increased by +2

• Muskets now slightly reduce stamina, while carbines (typically) do not

• Cavalry deal more damage when shooting now

Carbine Updates

Artillery should now hit slightly more consistently, but deals less damage overall. Its morale damage has increased though, so it is good in conjunction supporting other units.

• Artillery chances to hit increased by about +10%

• Artillery damage reduced by -10%

• Artillery morale damage increased by +7.5%

• Canister shot damage falls off more now at greater distances

• Canister shot max range very slightly reduced

Stamina Changes

A new “Morale Damage Received” modifier has been added to stamina calculations. Exhausted units now receive 50% more morale damage. While this is a substantial increase, morale damage has diminishing returns when large amounts are applied in a single instance, limiting its overall impact. In melee, exhausted units already suffer a 50% reduction in combat effectiveness. The increased morale damage helps compensate for their reduced ability to inflict casualties, causing exhausted units to break and rout more quickly. This should prevent prolonged stalemates where neither side can reliably land hits or inflict enough damage to force a rout. Units who are fresh take 5% less morale damage received, and invigorated units take 10% less morale damage received

Other

Morale penalties have been introduced if nearby units have suffered a lot of losses. Musket volleys should deal greater morale damage at closer ranges. Charges and melee cause more exhaustion. Braced units deal more damage against charges.

REMAINDER OF CHANGELOG IS WIP! I didn't want to delay the update in order to finish writing up the log.