Age of Empires: Definitive Edition — Update 38862

Stability & Performance

• Fixed an uncommon issue that caused some users to disconnect approximately 5 minutes after starting a match.
• Implemented general performance optimizations.

Gameplay

• Fixed an unintended mechanic where units could be spawned on the opposite side of a wall built next to the production building.
• Units will no longer be created from blocked buildings that have no valid space for the unit to spawn.
• Military units will no longer lose their collision boxes or stack/merge together when grouped closely or forced into a tight space.
• Fixed rare instances where Ballistics would fail to properly improve the accuracy of the Catapult Trireme or Juggernaught.
• Using Attack Move with Priests in the selection group will no longer inspire them to try and convert enemy units who enter their line of sight.
• Villagers will no longer automatically hunt another nearby Elephant after gathering all the food from the first.
• Naval units will no longer get stuck in Docks where they are created.
• Left-clicking to execute a command will now work even when moving the cursor while clicking.
• Implemented global pathfinding improvements.

Graphics

• Graphics assets now use a compressed format in order to reduce the overall size of the game and new updates.

• Implemented additional installation optimizations to reduce the hard drive space required by the game.

• Fixed several instances where the animation and audio of an action were out of sync, particularly for melee units.
• The selection outlines for units and buildings are not properly scaled at all zoom levels.
• Adjusted the speed of certain unit animations in order to appear more realistic.
• Slowed the destruction animations of buildings to more reasonable levels.
• Units now decay and disappear from the battlefield more rapidly.

Audio

• Adjusted in-game sounds to a more consistent volume level.

UI

• Increased the maximum zoom threshold in multiplayer to match that of single player.
• Renamed the Black Map Fog option to Animate Fog in order to better clarify its purpose.
• Players are now sorted by Team on the Statistics – Timeline screen.

General

• Villagers now move 10% faster in the Tool Age. The Wheel technology now grants a +50% speed boost (was +60%) to maintain the same maximum speed.
• Warships and Slingers no longer deal a minimum of 1 damage to buildings. This reduces the damage dealt by Slingers against normal buildings and by Scout Ships against walls and towers.
• Decreased the maximum search radius of Priests to prevent them from fixating on and following distant injured units.
• Predator animals will no longer break off their attack if you try to drop a building on them.
• Cataphract: Now have +20 hp, +1 armor, and +2 attack vs. infantry (for a total of 7).
• Cataphract: Reduced the gold cost of the upgrade from 750 to 600 gold. The food cost is unchanged.
• Domestication: Reduced the food cost to research the technology from 200 to 150 food. The wood cost is unchanged.
• Heavy Cavalry: Now have +1 attack vs. infantry (for a total of 6).
• Helepolis: Increased the fire rate by 5% (still slower than that in the original game).
• Scout: Increased cost from 80 to 90 food. This is still lower than the 100 food cost in the original game.
• Scout: Reduced line of sight by 1.
• Scythe Chariot: Reduced armor from 2 to 1.
• Scythe Chariot: Increased the upgrade cost from 1200 wood, 800 gold to 1400 wood, 1000 gold.
• Scythe Chariot: Increased the time to research the unit from 150 to 200 seconds.
• Chariot units no longer deal bonus damage to Priests.
• Reduced the conversion resistance of all Chariot units from 8x to 2x that of normal units.
• Siegecraft: Reduced the attack bonus granted to Villagers vs. towers and walls by ~50%.
• Slinger: Increased the training time from 28 to 35 seconds.
• Slinger: Reduced damage dealt to walls and towers by ~50%.
• Towers: Increased the hp of all towers: Watch Tower (+25 hp), Sentry Tower (+35 hp), Guard Tower (+40 hp), Ballista Tower (+40 hp).

Several units and technologies have had attributes adjusted to match their original game values:

• Bowman: Increased the training time from 26 to 30 seconds.
• Coinage: Increased the amount of bonus gold yielded from nodes from +10% to +25%.
• Camel Rider: Reduced training time from 32 to 30 seconds.
• Elephant Archer: Reduced attack damage from 6 to 5.

Babylonians

• New Civilization Bonus! Market technologies are 30% cheaper to research.
• Decreased the bonus hp of walls and towers from +75% to +60% hp.

Carthaginians

• New Civilization Bonus! Carthaginians now start the game with +50 of each resource.

Choson

• New Civilization Bonus! Storage Pit technologies are 40% cheaper to research.

Egyptians

• New Civilization Bonus! Farms are 20% cheaper to build; they now cost 60 wood instead of 75 wood.

Greek

• New Civilization Bonus! Town Centers work 10% faster starting in the Tool Age. This affects both Villager creation and aging up.
• Now have access to the Fire Galley naval unit.

Hittites

• Rather than having +3 range at all times, Hittite warships now have +2 range in the Tool Age and +3 range in the Bronze and Iron Age.

Macedonians

• Rather than having +2 pierce armor at all times, Macedonian Academy units now have +1 pierce armor in the Bronze Age and +2 pierce armor in the Iron Age.

Palmyrans

• Increased the civilization starting food bonus from +50 to +75 food.
• Now have access to the Plow technology.

Persians

• Increased the movement speed of Persian Elephant units from +20% to +25% that of other elephants.
• Now have access to the Plow technology.

Romans

• Reduced the civilization discount to Tower costs from -50% to -40%.

Shang

• Reduced the civilization bonus to Wall hp from +75% to +60% hp.

Yamato

• Reduced the civilization discount to Cavalry unit costs from -20% to -15%.
• Reduced the civilization bonus to Ship hp from +25% to +20% hp.