Songs of Conquest

• Fixed portals becoming unusable after playing on one map that has portals and then loading a save on another map with portals
  
• Fixed Rana Guards having a Max Troop Size of 20, changed to 30
  

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• High resolution world map
  
• An unreleased soundtrack song
  
• A secret developer quiz video

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• Added deployment to Battlegrounds
  
  
• Added turn timer to Battlegrounds
  
• Time allowed per turn is normally 2 minutes. If you time out, you will only have 10 seconds to perform your next turn. Any time you end a turn yourself, you are back to having 2 minutes per turn
  
  
• Added option to scale up HUD (“Large HUD” in Video options)
  
  
• Added additional tooltips to show currently equipped artifact next to inspected artifact
  
  
• Added three skirmish maps
  
• Small map, 2 players “Calm Before the Storm”
  
• Small map, 2 players “Small Beginnings”
  
• XL map, 8 player “Hate for Eight”
  

• Improved death animation curve for Spectres and Seneschals
  
  
• Lower intensity of Entangle effect light
  
  
• Remove notifications older than 5 rounds
  

• Restores HUD when closing inventory using UI button
  
  
• Closes purchasing menus when attacked during a simultaneous turns online game
  
  
• Fixed bug where game could end up soft-locked in battle when the last troops on one side where killed by Chain Lightning
  
  
• Fixed bug where ability sounds were not played for opponents in multiplayer battle
  
  
• Fixed bug where two players could init battle at the same time in a simultaneous turns online game
  
  
• Trigger main menu music if returning to battlegrounds army select after battle
  
  
• Hide pause menu, codex and kingdom menus if attacked in multiplayer
  
  
• Fixed songs “Fear No Foe”, “Stoutheart Shall Stand” and “The Coin In My Hand” not applying all of their buffs to friendly troops
  

• Fixed bug in Army Creator when dropping a troop on an already occupied troop slot the previous troop value is refunded correctly
  
  
• Fixed bug in Army Creator when setting troop size to 0 did not delete the troop on cancel
  

• Added clearer selected state to Kingdom Overview menus (Building overview, Troop overview, Research and Marketplace)
  
  
• Hid locked troop slots in Trading menu
  
  
• Increased font size for the smallest text areas
  
  
• Reworked town list tooltips and construction UX. Construction animation is now shown when the town is working at max capacity instead of when one building is being constructed in case the player has researched the option to build multiple buildings at the same time.
  
  

• Changed explore/map entity scoring to increase chance of claiming resource generators
  
  
• Added dynamic data caches to most adventure related calculations the AI makes per think loop
  
  
• Tweaked the Battle AI Target selection to be less predictable and more balanced
  

• Major improvements to performance when wielders move around
  

• Sim-turns is at version 0.1
  
  
• Co-Op (Teams) is at version 0.1
  
  
• Balance changes are upcoming
  
  
• All traits and abilities for troops are not yet implemented
  
  
• Camera in adventure is not working as intended
  
  
• Battle AI Ranged troop movement is suboptimal
  

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• New multiplayer mode: BATTLEGROUNDS. You can now play Battle only matches against friends, AI or random people online. Just pick an army created by the developers or create one yourself in the Army Creator.
  
• Add Easy setting to campaigns
  
• Add Turkish language option
  

• Large skirmish map Bad Neighbours added
  
• Add notifications and updated round text for maps with a round limit
  
• Add video option to limit framerate
  
• Add Hotseat link to Multiplayer section of Main Menu
  

• Dead Wielders count towards the total number of Wielders the player can have
  
• Wielders can no longer be disbanded
  
• Dead Wielders can always be revived, even if it brings the total number of living Wielders above the current limit
  
• Pre-requirement for march skill updated for Awakened
  

• Fix not receiving gold incomes from occupied towns when continuing on a saved game
  
• Fix rare movement edge case where AI could get stuck in an endless loop
  
• Fix battle AI not being able to handle casting several spells on higher tiers when they can be cast on more than one troop
  
• Fix Wielders sometimes moving because of newly constructed buildings even when it wasn’t necessary
  
• Fix issue where battle maps with forest and mountain themes were not selected as often as they should be
  
• Fix buff/nerf tooltips in battle showing spell descriptions instead of spell effects
  

• Add better camera zoom values in battle to support wider screen resolutions
  
• Fix no visible level up button in the wielder list
  
• Fix incorrect attack action in tooltip for towns
  
• Fix guard tower upgrade tooltip
  
• Fix mouse instructions hidden in tooltips when not your turn
  
• Fix memory leak when hovering the mouse cursor over selectable things on the map
  

• AI upgrading and also switching out (weaker) troops when entering towns/settlements has been made more likely to happen.
  
• Recruitment has gotten a overhaul in general, promoting more sensible recruiting
  
• Skill selection scoring has been changed, in some ways to promote command in situations when it got pushed to the bottom.
  
• Add more decision inputs for when deciding what to build
  
• More diverse and flexible ways of building has been added
  
• AI concept of handing out roles specific roles to its wielders
  
• Pathing/tracing nearby items for pickup/claiming has been fundamentally changed
  
• An improved retreat option is in place to make feeding weak wielders to opponents less likely to happen.
  
• Fix bug where it inverted treat checks which made Suicide opponents appear as Very Easy, this was particularly nasty.
  
• Fix bug where the AI could not "see" some items under hostile zone of control, nor items it was standing next to.
  
• More detailed cache invalidation to help speed up think loop times
  
• Stop AI from casting Fury spell when it has only ranged troops
  
• Added dynamic caching of data in multiple places to help increase performance
  

• Minor fixes on missed localisation
  

• Can now open spellbook during opponent's turn in Battle
  

• Update Piper’s Post sfx
  
• Update Merchants Guild sfx
  
• Add Barya Workshops sfx
  
• Fix Sassanid footsteps
  
• Rework and update other Barya sounds
  

• Optimize Fog of War update when walking with a wielder
  

Notable additions

• New multiplayer mode: BATTLEGROUNDS. You can now play Battle only matches against friends, AI or random people online. Just pick an army created by the developers or create one yourself in the Army Creator.
  
• Add Easy setting to campaigns
  
• Add Turkish language option
  

Additions

• Large skirmish map Bad Neighbours added
  
• Add notifications and updated round text for maps with a round limit
  
• Add video option to limit framerate
  
• Add Hotseat link to Multiplayer section of Main Menu
  

Gameplay changes

• Dead Wielders count towards the total number of Wielders the player can have
  
• Wielders can no longer be disbanded
  
• Dead Wielders can always be revived, even if it brings the total number of living Wielders above the current limit
  
• Pre-requirement for march skill updated for Awakened
  

Gameplay bug fixes

• Fix not receiving gold incomes from occupied towns when continuing on a saved game
  
• Fix rare movement edge case where AI could get stuck in an endless loop
  
• Fix battle AI not being able to handle casting several spells on higher tiers when they can be cast on more than one troop
  
• Fix Wielders sometimes moving because of newly constructed buildings even when it wasn’t necessary
  
• Fix issue where battle maps with forest and mountain themes were not selected as often as they should be
  
• Fix buff/nerf tooltips in battle showing spell descriptions instead of spell effects
  

UI

• Add better camera zoom values in battle to support wider screen resolutions
  
• Fix no visible level up button in the wielder list
  
• Fix incorrect attack action in tooltip for towns
  
• Fix guard tower upgrade tooltip
  
• Fix mouse instructions hidden in tooltips when not your turn
  
• Fix memory leak when hovering the mouse cursor over selectable things on the map
  

AI

• AI upgrading and also switching out (weaker) troops when entering towns/settlements has been made more likely to happen.
  
• Recruitment has gotten a overhaul in general, promoting more sensible recruiting
  
• Skill selection scoring has been changed, in some ways to promote command in situations when it got pushed to the bottom.
  
• Add more decision inputs for when deciding what to build
  
• More diverse and flexible ways of building has been added
  
• AI concept of handing out roles specific roles to its wielders
  
• Pathing/tracing nearby items for pickup/claiming has been fundamentally changed
  
• An improved retreat option is in place to make feeding weak wielders to opponents less likely to happen.
  
• Fix bug where it inverted treat checks which made Suicide opponents appear as Very Easy, this was particularly nasty.
  
• Fix bug where the AI could not "see" some items under hostile zone of control, nor items it was standing next to.
  
• More detailed cache invalidation to help speed up think loop times
  
• Stop AI from casting Fury spell when it has only ranged troops
  
• Added dynamic caching of data in multiple places to help increase performance
  

Localization

• Minor fixes on missed localisation
  

Multiplayer

• Can now open spellbook during opponent's turn in Battle
  

Audio

• Update Piper’s Post sfx
  
• Update Merchants Guild sfx
  
• Add Barya Workshops sfx
  
• Fix Sassanid footsteps
  
• Rework and update other Barya sounds
  

Optimizations

• Optimize Fog of War update when walking with a wielder
  

Known issues

• Battlegrounds: Army Creator — when dropping a troop on a slot where you already have units the resources will not be refunded correctly. You will need to delete the current troops and add new troops. You can always cancel and redo the army if your resources have been offset.
  

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• The AI upgrading and also switching out (weaker) troops when entering towns/settlements has been made more likely to happen. Previously the AI simply topped off what it had and filled empty slots, often leading to weak and pretty insignificant troops being left in slots.
  
• Recruitment has gotten an overhaul in general, previously recruitment was only part a long term decision which meant that if it walked by its own town it did not always recruit even if the town was overflowing with units. It's now more likely to recruit if it happens to walk by. Also it should use neutral dwellings much more often than before.
  
• Skill selection scoring has been changed, in some ways to promote command in situations when it got pushed to the bottom. This was previously a mitigation due to other issues the AI had, having many troop slots just lead to it having empty troop slots. The root cause has been fixed for this so we could remove that mitigation.
  
• How the AI reasons around buildings has been updated and we've added more decision input for when it decides what to build. For instance, it can check how much resource surplus it has if it would buy all units it produces every round. Or what starting resources are lying around the starting area.
  
• Deciding what to build has also previously been a bit unbalanced between the factions, which is one of the reasons why the AI has been weaker playing certain factions.
  
• An improved retreat option is in place to make feeding weak wielders to opponents less likely to happen.
  
• There has also been several bugs fixed which caused behaviour problems rather than crashing the game. The two major ones being: 1. It inverted treat checks which made Suicide opponents appear as Very Easy, this was particularly nasty. 2. The AI could not "see" some items under hostile zone of control, nor items it was standing next to.

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• Fixed issue where you could recruit endless amount of troops from defence tab if you had lots of research
  
• Fixed memory leak when you where hovering over objects in adventure mode
  
• Fixed issue where mini map could not be opened in the level editor
  
• Misc localization updates
  
• Fixed issue with wielders moving too far when a building was built or when an artifact was dropped
  

• Fix null reference exception in GetRoundsUntilRevival (usually after battle)
  
• Fix null reference exception in Upgrade Troops (exception after battle)
  
• Fix issue where listeners weren't cleaned up in TroopManagementMenu (exception after battle)
  
• Fix issue with AutoSaves no longer working
  
• Fix issue where you sometimes couldn't start a loaded online game from the lobby
  

Notable fixes and additions

• Added difficulty levels normal and hard to From the Ashes campaign
  
• Added the ability to control the hostiles in battle when your opponent attacks them in multiplayer as an experimental feature.
  
• Added Chinese (Traditional) as a choosable language
  
• Added Korean as a choosable language in options
  

Simultaneous Turns in multiplayer as an experimental feature

• All humans play at the same time and the AI players each have their own turn after the humans are done
  
• If one player enters battle, the other non-battling players will not be able to move or interact until the battle is over (this is because of a technical limitation that we want to remove in the future). However, the “locked” players can still purchase buildings, buy troops etc
  

New map settings when setting up a game

• Force quick battles (disables manual battles) - Always or against neutral team only
  
• Disable random events
  

Gameplay changes

• Scarred Brutes Hp increased to 70 (was 65) Price increased to 1000 gold and 1 ancient amber (was 900 gold and 1 ancient amber)
  
• Stoutheart shall Stand ability now also grants 10% spell damage reduction
  
• Fear no Foe ability now also grants 5% spell damage reduction
  
• Defend changed from granting 30 defense to 25 defense and 25% spell damage reduction
  
• Protect now also grants 25% spell damage reduction
  
• Made sure you can build town walls and still exit the town in map Valley Low
  
• Moved a pouch of gold in Death to Diplomacy (so it can be picked up)
  
• Skill pools re-worked
  
• Levy bonus increased to 40%/80% (was 30%/60% )
  
• Increase ballista damage to 25-35 for all factions (was 20-30) (Baryas ballista previously did less damage than the other factions, this was wrong)
  
• Change the amount of beacons needed to 70% of available, rounded up to win (was 60%)
  
• Increase Wielder cost to 3000 gold (was 2500)
  

Change how disbanding wielders work:

• All artifacts carried by the wielder are dropped on the ground
  
• All troops are destroyed
  
• Wielder is then “killed”, as if it just lost a battle
  
• Can be revived later as per normal rules for defeated wielders
  

Spell changes:

• Earth block tier 2 now spawns 1 block at 30 hp, tier 3 spawns 2 earth blocks at 30 hp
  
• Protection now also grants spell damage reduction
  
• Rally now also grants spell damage reduction
  
• Psychic Spears damage changed to 15/25/35 and cost raised to 5 (was 10/20/30 and costing 4)
  
• Ice bolt t1 damage increased to 30 (was 25)
  
• Rupture damage increased to 50/100/150 and cost was reduced to 6+6 (was 40/80/120 costing 7+7)
  
• Breath of the Phoenix damage increased to 50/90/130 (was 40/70/100)
  
• Insect swarms damage lowered to 5/10/15 (was 6/12/18)
  
• Boiling blood’s damage changed to 10/15/20 (was 8/16/24)
  
• Arcane storm’s damage changed to 30/50/70 and cost to 16 (was 25/50/75)
  
• Invigorate’s cost changed to 4/4 (was 5/5)
  

Added trait “Magic Resistance”

• Grants the troop 50% resistance to magic-based damage.
  
• Added to the following troops: Crawler, Adult Crawler, Brute, Scarred Brute, Scavenged Bones, Blessed Bones
  

Gameplay bug fixes

• Fix bug where, after using the Barya Pipers’ song ability, the next active troop might not be the one with the highest initiative
  
• Fix Essence Burst skill giving the essence income one extra time at the start of the second battle round. It now applies only once, as intended
  
• Fix scenario where the enemy team would receive multiple “momentum” buffs when a troop with multiple damage dealing effects (for example Poison) on it died
  
• Fix not receiving troops when buying troops for town defense that have max stack size increased by research
  
• Fix artifacts becoming unequipped on wielders transferred between campaign levels
  
• Fix issue where you could press Q to pick up objects even if it was guarded by hostiles without fighting them
  
• Fixed issue where you could not cast spells sometimes
  
• Fix a problem where sometimes troops would get an extra essence from Occupy rewards instead of the Wielder
  

UI

• Spellbook: Visual update to clarify spell tiers
  
• Spellbook: Only show spells that are available based on Wielder’s essence in Adventure mode. Tooltip now shows approximation of first battle round spell will be available to cast
  
• Don’t list starting troops for wielders that have died and can be revived
  
• Show the numbers involved when showing the “Offense versus Defense” damage multiplier in extend attack previews
  
• Stop towns from changing name when razed or converted
  
• Fix descriptions of the “Backstabber”, “Helpless”, “Persistent” and “Venomous” troop traits
  
• Add ping notification to minimap when hostile wielder enters visible area
  
• Select correct build site size when switching tabs in build menu
  
• Allow build menu on not your turn by pressing build hotkey (X if default settings)
  

AI

• Fix bug where AI could get stuck in endless loop by claimable map entities being partially covered by enemies’ zone of control
  

Map Editor

• Fix NullReferenceException when trying to load a map that was corrupt when entering the map editor.
  

Multiplayer

Lobby/online games list improvements

• Option to choose random faction for teams
  
• Continuously update list of online games in selected region (“Refresh” button is gone)
  
• Fix always showing zero as the number of connected players
  
• List games that are currently in progress
  
• Prevent players from joining online games when they are running different versions
  

Misc

• Change default sorting in community maps section to “updated” instead of “popular”
  
• Change the order of the statistics graphs regarding resources to correspond with the adventure ui
  
• Update gets turn VFX
  

Known issues

• If your internet connection is slow/choppy, you might experience disconnects (especially in sim-turns). We are working on solutions on how to fix this
  
• In rare cases, the game starts to leak memory until you restart the game. This is being investigated and will be solved in the future.