The list of bugs and issues is growing and shrinking, and with that work come some new patch notes.

Balance changed

  • Changed the Seed Vault to Tier 2 and the Food Preservary to Tier 3. This is in line with their research order.
  • Adjusted the Production cost of most buildings upwards. Troops, Culture and Science queue times are in line with expectations, but the building construction times were much too fast.
  • Adjusted the output curve of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Production, Culture and Science buildings. They produce slightly less at level 1, but with bigger steps afterward to make upgrading feel worthwhile. Depending on your progress, you may gain or lose a few points of output. That's why it's called Alpha :)
  • The Town Hall is now more expensive, especially at Tiers 2 and 3. It was too cheap for its benefits, but still remains one of the cheapest buildings to upgrade.
  • Swapped the armory requirements for Swordsman (was level 10, is now 5) and Lancer (from 5 to 10)
  • Halberdier was changed to require a Military Academy of level 5 instead of level 1, to fit better with other unit unlocks.
  • Unit stats have been updated to provide a better balance between Tier 2 and Tier 3 units, ensuring all units keep relevance.
  • Builders now give 100% Production boost on buildings instead of 20% (1/2 the original building time). Troops, culture and science now provide a 50% Production boost instead of 20% (2/3rds of original queue time). This is to make using builders on buildings feel more worthwhile for the Aether cost.
  • Troop counts for objectives when initially spawning have been reduced.
  • Culture values have been increased. It was a bit too fast.

Bugs squashed

  • Fixed a bug where Empire statistics were not properly calculated, leading to Prestige milestones not being rewarded.
  • Calling back reinforcements worked, but the server also gave an error. This no longer happens.
  • You can now call back troops reinforcing an event.
  • Objectives now no longer spawn a week early

We hope you enjoy the Alpha 2.

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