In this patch, we're introducing several QoL and balance improvements, while also dealing with all remaining known critical bugs!
0.9.8 sets the stage for 1.0 next month, and most of these tweaks are based on our community's input. Make sure to leave your thoughts and report any issues you run into. We'll be on the lookout as always. And, as always, thank you for your support :)
0.9.8:
Decree Pool
Our main goal with multiplayer is to ensure diversity and avoid stale metas in the game. And with 1.0 around the corner, the decree pool is a key piece of that puzzle. As with rainbow cards, multiplayer now has a new pool of decrees every season.
The pool consists of 18 universal decrees, 6 rainbow decrees, and 6 decrees for each king. This change will be more noticeable (and actually helpful for players) once 1.0 is here and the 30+ new decrees are in the game. But for now, we believe it'll already help keep gameplay fresh every season!
You can access the current decree pool in the left bottom corner of the multiplayer lobby, in the same screen you check the season's rainbow cards.
Post-game base review
After you finish a multiplayer run, you can now visit your enemies' kingdoms to see their builds. You can also review your own build.
Ranking stats
You can now see the top players' core gameplay stats in the multiplayer rankings. Just click on the icons to check them out.
Compendium improvements
Compendium now shows cards stats! We also took the opportunity to make some minor visual tweaks.
Balancing
Mangler now also gains HP when destroying units.
Hourglass late game attack speed progression was rebalanced.
Trapper damage was increased.
Trebuchet damage was slightly increased.
Elf stats were slightly buffed.
Soldier stats were slightly buffed.
Mycelium stats were slightly buffed.
Wizard stats were slightly buffed.
Fixed a broken interaction between Surge and Library.
Doomstower ray now has AoE effect.
Orbiter now gains enchantments when an adjacent troop is put on the board with pre-applied enchantments (i.e. when you have the perk Brutal equipped).
Destructive perk now gives +40% per stack.
Enemy Ballistas were nerfed (single player/quest mode).
Enemy Demons were nerfed (single player/quest mode).
Quest Balancing
Nothing Total War: it now triggers a blessing properly.
Progress 25: it now starts with stronger rats.
Mycotocracy: you now start with +1 Earthworks card. We also fixed a bug that caused your spores to not shoot enemies in the first quest year.
Imperium: slowed down enemy progression.
Farmlands: slowed down enemy progression.
Shopping spree: mildly slowed down enemy progression.
Beacon valley: mildly slowed down enemy progression.
Nature Revolt: mildly slowed down enemy progression.
Colorfoe: chaos mode is now harder.
QoL
You can now check enemy bases after a multiplayer game.
More stats are displayed in Compendium's cards.
Selected plots are now highlighted when selected.
Support buildings now trigger visual effects on affected plots.
Affected plots are now highlighted when placing Amplifiers.
Fixes
Fixed a soft lock when breaking the time continuum after traveling 33 years.
Fixed a critical bug when playing King of Time with the perk Wise and Amplifiers that caused troops to freeze in battle.
Fixed a soft lock that caused the multiplayer game to proceed even after defeating all enemy players.
Fixed a UI glitch when viewing enemy kingdoms during a diplomacy event.
Stronghold SFX no longer stacks and not longer gets super loud.
Hovering over a plot now has improved visual effects.
FX
Building buffs now trigger plot visual effects.
Castle boulders now have a cooler impact FX.
Midas Touch now has a dedicated FX when triggered.
Carnage now has a dedicated FX.
Combustion now has a dedicated FX.
Steel Coat now has a dedicated FX.
Adrenaline now has a dedicated FX.
Bomber now has a dedicated FX.
Warlock now has a dedicated FX.
Wizard projectiles were improved.
After downloading the patch, please start a new run, as your previous run won’t have the updates stored and they may cause conflicts. If you experience any issues, please email us at [email protected]
Coming next
1.0 is coming. Make sure to stay tuned and keep sharing your feedback :)
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