Server Maintenance - [April 18, 2025]

Changelog:

Battle for Kalinga content pack added.

• Balance Changes:
  • Pashotan's Strength (Commander Esfandiyar's First Upgrade): Now grants +50% Melee Attack Damage, instead of +50% Melee Critical Hit Chance.
  • Ambiorix the Brave: Now grants +50/40/30/20% additional Critical Hit Damage Bonus, instead of setting it to a flat value of 3.0/2.8/2.6/2.4x.

• Sparta PvP Updates:
  • Ghost Lake, Oasis and Persian Quarries leave the Ranked Map Pool. Sheltered Pass, Bandit Canyon and Marshlands take their places. Current Ranked Map Pool:
    • Equal Footing
    • Sheltered Pass
    • Treasure Island
    • Coastal
    • Marshlands
    • Bandit Canyon
    • Grasslands
    • Great Lake
    • Inland
    • Swamp Pass

• Map Updates:
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• Quest Updates:
  • Invasion of Aegitna: Added one additional Fortress to the quest to prevent rare cases of the "Destroy Fortress" objective not getting completed. Destroying this Fortress is completely optional, as it is one more than the maximum number of destroyed Fortresses that are required to complete the quest objective.

• Art Updates:
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• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
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  • Egyptians:
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  • Celts:
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  • Persians:
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  • Romans:
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  • Babylonians:
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  • Norse:
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  • Indians:
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  • Global:
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• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
  • Britannia World Map updated to better reflect Londinium's historical location. Several quest markers moved to accommodate for this change.
  • Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage Bonus Multiplier stats are now displayed on units and buildings' hover-over tooltips.
  • Adjusted font settings for Garrissoned units and Inventory Items for better readability.
  • Adjusted the "unavailable" overlay on Inventory Items (such as gear that cannot be equipped on your current civilization) for better readability.
  • Added information regarding each civilization's Age Up mechanic in the in-game Tech Tree. (translations pending for languages other than Spanish)
  • Updated the tooltip on Commander Esfandiyar to indicate the three upgrade choices he provides.

• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the quest "Battle for Thymbra" displayed the incorrect quest text.
  • Fixed an issue where the quest "Stolen Roman Gauntlets" incorrectly benefitted from the Quest Rotation System.

• Other Updates:
  • New Gear Effect Type added: Critital Hit Damage Bonus.
    • This means that when the unit does critical damage, it will do more damage on its critical hit, compared to the usual 2.0x damage. (For example, if a unit has +25% Critical Hit Damage Bonus, it will do 2.0*1.25 = 2.5x more damage.)
  • Club Monkey from India and Fire Monkey from India added to the Rome Construction Store.
  • Indian Baluster and Flagpole added to Vanity Island.
  • One new questline completion reward gear added Devi's Royal Silken Tunic
  • Five new items added to the loot tables:
    • Imbalanced Nets
    • Kalingan Construction Blueprints
    • Jagannatha's Gem-Bound Gorget
    • Ram of the Dutas
    • Gajendraja's Sacred Blade
  • Items that grant Critical Hit Chance now affect every Attack type of the unit they are equipped with. (for example, the Persian Immortal gets additional Critical Hit Chance for both its Ranged and Melee Attacks when equipped with Brennos' Barbed Arrows)

• XLive Changes:
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• Backend Changes:
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