Hexarchy

Misc

• Ladder Season 3 begins!
  
• Some Holiday Cheer enabled
  

Misc

• Updates for Ladder Season 3
  
• AI difficulty on Easy reduced
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the camera could be panned off the map before the game finishes loading
  
• Fixed an issue where scouts would waste their Charge trying to attack cities
  
• Fixed an issue where long user names would not show up at all on leaderboards
  

Fixes

• Fixed a UI stutter that could occur shortly after a turn starts
  
• Fixed a glitch that could occur with citizen working hex indicators
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where you could add a wonder that was built this turn to your deck in cooperative multiplayer games
  
• Fixed an issue that could occur displaying citizens working hexes
  
• Fixed an issue with Charge and multiturn move orders
  
• Polish localization fixes
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could occur displaying citizens working hexes
  
• Fixed an error that could occur with Steam achievements
  

Misc

• Significantly reduced load times
  
• Multiplayer turn timer increased
  
• Added an option to enable/disable controller UI navigation with the DPAD. Defaults off except on Steam Deck. This may improve performance so when disabled
  
• Other performance improvements
  

Balance

• You no longer lose a turn of Palace hammers when your capitol is captured or burned
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Steam achievement errors could cause issues with how achievement progress is tracked in-game
  
• Fixed an issue where Pioneering Spirt could be used on a hex containing an enemy unit
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where duplicate resource icons could show in some situations
  

Misc

• Charge attacks will now prefer friendly occupied city hexes over non-city hexes
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where hammer and gold resource gain numbers in the UI could be wrong while events are playing
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Cards Added" popup for tech cards could show on the wrong card
  

Balance

• Settler cost now increases with number of cities
  
• Flank attacks now do 20% splash damage to 1 unit on target hex
  
• Flank attacks cause the attacker to take 75% damage
  

Misc

• Option for a new map when you hit the Retry button in Skirmish mode
  
• Tech tree optimizations
  
• Small changes to a few card illustrations
  
• Internal optimizations that should improve performance
  

Fixes

• Changes that should reduce the number of blank names on leaderboards
  
• Fixed an issue where double yield resources would show when viewing the map after a game
  
• Fixed an issue where resource icons could flicker when ending your turn
  
• Fixed an issue where resource icons could be arranged incorrectly
  
• Fixed an issue where network latency could cause your hammer and gold count to be temporarily wrong
  
• Fixed an issue where rapidly issuing certain order sequences could cause the flashing disconnect icon to appear
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue the last update created with controller support
  
• Fixed an issue with the German localization in two card descriptions