Japan, Prussia, Ladder Season 4, and More

New Civilization - Prussia

Passive Bonuses

• All units have an extra promotion slot
  
• When you promote a unit, draw a card that grants Charge once per turn
  
• City buildings give +2 gold
  

Prussia Unit - Fusilier

• Unlocks a tech tier 4
  
• 25 strength
  
• Cost 7 Hammers
  
• +4 base strength for each allied unit on its hex and neighboring hexes. Applies at the start of a turn.
  

Prussia Ability - Drill Promotion

• Unlocks at tech tier 0
  
• Cost 1 Hammer
  
• Unit gains 20% base strength every turn up to 100%
  

New Civilization - Japan

Passive Bonuses

• Increase resource storage space by 4
  
• Increased trade Gold overhead and reduced Gold from selling resources
  
• Hammers in every city within 5 hexes of capital
  
• Hammer from Fishing Huts
  

Japan Unit - Samurai

• Unlocks a tech tier 3
  
• 12 strength
  
• Cost 5 Hammers or 1 Iron
  
• Takes 50% damage when attacking
  
• Starts with Berserker
  

Japan Ability - Blessings of the Sea

• Unlocks at tech tier 0
  
• Cost 1 Hammer
  
• Add a random water resource to a hex in your territory
  

Ladder Season 4 Begins

• Ladder rankings reset
  
• Your best Season 3 ranking can still be showcased using the distinct Season 1 and Season 2 badges
  

Hegemon Update - Eliminations

• After 4 days of a weekly Hegemon round the bottom half of civilizations are eliminated
  
• Players fighting for an eliminated civilization can "reroll" to randomly be assigned one of the remaining civilizations
  
• Player contributions from eliminated civilizations do not transfer to the new civilization
  

Balance

• City Gold maintenance cost increased slightly
  
• Roads - length buildable at base cost increased from 4 to 6. Extra cost for hills and forest reduced
  
• Multiple water resources can now spawn on the same hex
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where a Charge effect could be consumed by having a land melee unit attempt to attack a boat
  
• Fixed an issue where Great Wall could allow a Warship to move onto land
  
• Fixed graphical stutter that could occur when tech tree panel appears
  
• Fixed issue where tool tips would no longer show up after game has ended
  

Misc

• Bot AI tweaks
  
• Unity Engine updated to 2022.3.62f2