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Arabia map gens with fewer, but larger woodlines ought to work with Trushes. Because of the defender's longer walk time around woodlines to Villager rush Towers.

Would replacing the BE bonus with a bonus for faster moving Scorpion projectiles be too busted for a civ that has already a good Smush? In regards to fighting Crossbows without +2 Skirms.

Another shout out to the devs for implementing a prototype for AI that can wall its base. I haven't seen it in action yet, but the devs asked for feedback on this new feature specifically. Now if only the default AI could fight better on water maps, including landings.

On the flip side, maybe if they ever fix melee pathing they can revert this change too.:whatever:

Those bigger woodlines tho. Welcome back, Trushing. You were sorely missed! I don't think FE specifically intended for this to be the case, no. But I do think they were listening to pro players too much for balance feedback. There was at least the perception of singling out playstyles according...

Good timing for TheViper. There are many new mastapieces to make with the DLC.

Ornlu found more changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FHJBwz_Ykk -Camels now have 5 LoS (was 4) -Heavy Scorpions now have 0/8 armor (was 0/7) -Houfnice blast radius reduced to 0.8 (was 0.85) -Arambai now train in 18s (was 21s) -Cuman Mercenaries Unique Tech now allows 5 free Elite Kipchaks...

The "dodge" mechanic turns out to be a recharging shield mechanic against pierce damage that gives the Shrivamsha Rider limited invulnerability against archers, but abysmal melee potential due to 55 HP. A Monk UT that gives Monks temporary, but renewable, invulnerability to certain kinds of...

Could this reversal have something to do with pro-playstyle-banning players moving to different games not too long ago? I'll let you decide.

I see there is some discussion on this in other threads. Here is a dedicated topic for it: - General - Feudal Age Watch Tower has 850 HP (Up from 700.) Elephant Archer costs 90F/70G (Down from 100/70), has 230 HP (Down from 280), and 0/2 armor (Down from 0/3.) Unknown if less HP and armor are...

RIP old Indians. Welcome, Hindustani's. Judging by the tech tree position, it looks like the Caravanserai will be a Wonder-like building that gives a passive bonus? Awesome buffs to their gunpowder units. Now they really are a true gunpowder civ.

My guess is the 3 new civs will be like old Indians/Hindustanis and lack Knights in exchange for a Camel/Elephant focus in the Stable.

Yes. I see Spirit of the Law has a speculation video showing an unarmored Elephant Archer at 1:53. This all but explicitly confirms Elephant Archers as a regional Indian unit from the Archery Range. I think the Spearman UU shown at 1:43 replaces the current Elephant Archer UU...

Wow, I must admit the DLC looks good this time. Non European civs, no "one shot" UT's, another infantry civ, more naval civs, Elephant Archers might become a regional unit.

My only mild concern is an online game dying in the way that makes any online interaction impossible, including modding. Most of the games I play today have minimally functioning communities, like Xonotic and Renegade X. For me it's much more about an online game having very flexible access in...