Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Update 35584 - Age of Empires
Welcome, one and all, to the massive FEBRUARY UPDATE for Age of Empires II! It may be a short month, but we've taken advantage of every day to put together a
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CIVILIZATION BALANCE
Berbers
- Genitour: Now receive +1 pierce armor.
- Infantry are now 35% cheaper in all Ages. This bonus previously applied following the Feudal Age.
- The Khmer’s unique farming bonus is now disabled in Full Tech Tree games.
- Hunters: Reduced their work speed from 50% to 40%.
- Now have access to the Steppe Lancer and Elite Steppe Lancer units.
- All Steppe Lancers also benefit from the +30% HP bonus enjoyed by Mongol horsemen.
- Increased the cost of researching the Kamandaran technology from 200 food, 200 gold to 400 food, 300 gold.
- Feitoria: Increased the resources generated per second from 0.8 food, 0.8 wood, 0.45 gold, 0.25 stone to 1.6 food, 1.0 wood, 0.7 gold, 0.3 stone.
- Now have access to the Halberdier unit.
- As a civilization bonus, Farms are now 40% cheaper (was 33%).
- Starting in the Castle Age, Barracks units gain +1 armor.
- Economic upgrades no longer cost wood.
Ranked Map Rotation
We’ve updated this month’s map pool for everyone diving into the ranked arena:
- Alpine Lakes
- Arabia
- Arena
- Black Forest
- Golden Pit
- Hideout
- Mediterranean
- MegaRandom
- Nomad
- 1v1: 4 bans (was 3)
- 2v2: 2 bans (was 1)
- 3v3: 1 ban
- 4v4: 1 ban (was 0)
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