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Hexarchy

Hexarchy 1.3.1249

Balance



  • Barracks hammer cost increased to 6
  • After building a unit that consumes population, a city's happiness will be short of its max happiness by same amount as before building it


Fixes



  • Fixed an issue where an ally building a wonder in co-op while the card is in your discard pile could cause UI issues
  • Fixed an issue where Djenne Mosque and Arc de Triomph would not show the correct victory points when added to hand


Misc



  • Card hover effect tweaks

Hexarchy 1.3.1241

Balance



  • Fusilier strength reduced to 22
  • Blessings of the Sea no longer effects tile yield
  • Forage no longer gathers gold yield from a hex
  • Colosseum doubles chance to get a We Love You effect in a city
  • Craftsmanship gold gain reduced by half
  • When a city loses a population it also loses 1 stored happiness


Fixes



  • Fixed an issue where Viking Frenzy lasted 2 turns instead of 1
  • Fixed issue with samurai idle animation where his feet would appear to float around
  • Fixed an issue where units built on barracks would not have hammer cost increased when redrawn
  • Fixed an issue where vision could be incorrectly blocked by a mountain
  • Fixed an issue where ranged unit charge attacks could fail to trigger if their targeted unit was eliminated before firing
  • Fixed an issue where canceling an attack order could leave the attack arrow on the screen
  • Fixed a localization issue with the multiplayer searching for game / lobby panel
  • Potentially fixed rare issue where a multiplayer game could fail to load


Misc



  • Added option to disable right click moves
  • Added option to force VSync to be disabled regardless of graphics quality setting
  • Charge can no longer be used on units that do not have an attack ability
  • Charge can no longer be used on a unit that captured or pillaged already this turn

Hexarchy 1.3.1232

Balance



  • Mine now adds only 1 Hammer yield instead of 2
  • Fort now grants +1 range to ranged units on its hex (does not apply to units with Skirmisher)
  • Shield Wall damage reduction changed from 100% to 75%


Fixes



  • Fixed an issue where Skirmisher promotion could be applied to Fusilier
  • Localization fixes


Misc



  • Card art tweaks

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Japan, Prussia, Ladder Season 4, and More

New Civilization - Prussia


Passive Bonuses



  • All units have an extra promotion slot
  • When you promote a unit, draw a card that grants Charge once per turn
  • City buildings give +2 gold


Prussia Unit - Fusilier



  • Unlocks a tech tier 4
  • 25 strength
  • Cost 7 Hammers
  • +4 base strength for each allied unit on its hex and neighboring hexes. Applies at the start of a turn.


Prussia Ability - Drill Promotion



  • Unlocks at tech tier 0
  • Cost 1 Hammer
  • Unit gains 20% base strength every turn up to 100%



New Civilization - Japan


Passive Bonuses



  • Increase resource storage space by 4
  • Increased trade Gold overhead and reduced Gold from selling resources
  • Hammers in every city within 5 hexes of capital
  • Hammer from Fishing Huts


Japan Unit - Samurai



  • Unlocks a tech tier 3
  • 12 strength
  • Cost 5 Hammers or 1 Iron
  • Takes 50% damage when attacking
  • Starts with Berserker


Japan Ability - Blessings of the Sea



  • Unlocks at tech tier 0
  • Cost 1 Hammer
  • Add a random water resource to a hex in your territory


Ladder Season 4 Begins



  • Ladder rankings reset
  • Your best Season 3 ranking can still be showcased using the distinct Season 1 and Season 2 badges


Hegemon Update - Eliminations



  • After 4 days of a weekly Hegemon round the bottom half of civilizations are eliminated
  • Players fighting for an eliminated civilization can "reroll" to randomly be assigned one of the remaining civilizations
  • Player contributions from eliminated civilizations do not transfer to the new civilization


Balance



  • City Gold maintenance cost increased slightly
  • Roads - length buildable at base cost increased from 4 to 6. Extra cost for hills and forest reduced
  • Multiple water resources can now spawn on the same hex


Fixes



  • Fixed an issue where a Charge effect could be consumed by having a land melee unit attempt to attack a boat
  • Fixed an issue where Great Wall could allow a Warship to move onto land
  • Fixed graphical stutter that could occur when tech tree panel appears
  • Fixed issue where tool tips would no longer show up after game has ended


Misc



  • Bot AI tweaks
  • Unity Engine updated to 2022.3.62f2

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Hexarchy 1.2.1171

Fixes



  • Fixed a rare issue that could occur when loading a single-player game

Hexarchy 1.2.1164

Fixes



  • Fixed an issue that was sometimes preventing single-player games from loading
  • Fixed an issue where some experimental rules were not working in multiplayer

Hexarchy 1.2.1161

Experimental Rule Mode Updates



  • These changes are only when using the "Experimental Rules" option for skirmish and custom multiplayer games
  • Removed Embark hammer cost
  • Draw card draws 2 cards and costs 5 gold
  • Shuffle costs 5 gold
  • Redraw costs 5 gold
  • Base card burn gold increased to 5


Fixes



  • Fixed an issue where using a VPN with split-tunneling could cause single-player games to fail to load
  • Fixed an issue that could cause orders to very rarely time out in single player
  • Fixed an issue with the font for Flank Attack notifications in Portuguese
  • Fixed an error in the Player Explorer

March Update

This update includes an option to use some new experimental rules for single-player skirmish and custom multiplayer games. The experimental rules are intended to change some of the incentives for burning cards in your deck and slightly extend the duration of games.

Experimental Rules



  • Can enable "Experimental Rules" for Skirmish and custom multiplayer games
  • Card burns now give 4 gold for first burn per turn then 3,2,1
  • Firewood burns still give 2 hammers and 1 science
  • Palace gives 1 additional hammer
  • Mine adds 1 additional hammer to yield
  • Scout gather hammer cost removed
  • Huts are more likely to give science
  • Hut spawn rates increased



Fixes



  • Fixed an error in the Player Explorer
  • Fixed an error that could occur with citizens when a city is pillaged