Hexarchy News

This update makes further adjustments to card burning to achieve the following:

• Bring gold production back in balance with hammers
  
• Increase player options on a turn if they're willing to sacrifice cards
  
• Don't require players to burn a card every turn for optimal play
  
• Maintain the slower overall progression and rewards for planning from the last patch
  

Rule Changes

• Card burns now always yield 1 hammer (except Firewood)
  
• Firewood cards are initially called "Timber" and turn into Firewood next turn
  
• Timber burns like any other card, Firewood burns for 2 hammers and 1 science
  
• Starting deck includes 1 Firewood and 1 Timber
  
• Lumbermills built on same hex multiple times by same player will not give additional Timber
  

UI

• Civ selection changes so you can view info for your currently selected civ
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where using Mass Produce and then Lumbermill would result in Lumbermill card being drawn instead of Firewood/Timber
  
• Fixed an issue where city growth text from Capital placement could appear off screen
  
• Fixed an issue where hex detail popups would appear when score screen is in foreground
  

Misc

• Various performance improvements
  

Most of the Experimental Rules are now implemented in the default game. These changes encourage players to grow their economies through improvements, buildings, and wonders, rather than relying on burning cards. The old game rules are playable with the Legacy Mode custom game options.

[h3]Rule Changes[/h3]

• Card burns now give 5 gold for first burn per turn then 4,3,2,1
  
• Firewood burns still give 2 hammers and 1 science
  
• Palace gives 1 more hammer
  
• Mine adds 1 additional hammer to yield
  
• Fishing Hut now also adds 1 gold to yield
  
• Huts are more likely to give science
  
• Hut spawn rates increased
  
• Removed Embark hammer cost
  
• Scout gather hammer cost removed
  

[h3]Balance[/h3]

• Imperial Guard now starts with General promotion instead of Vanguard
  
• Imperial Guard cost reduced to 9 hammers
  
• General Promotion now buffs nearby units immediately when applied and at start of each turn
  
• Mamluk gold cost increased to 6
  
• Removed shuffle gold cost reduction from China
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where camera would sometimes not automatically pan to attacks on your units
  
• Fixed an issue where map generation could fail in multiplayer games with large player counts
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the game would stop responding when quitting
  

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[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed a rare issue that could occur when loading a single-player game
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that was sometimes preventing single-player games from loading
  
• Fixed an issue where some experimental rules were not working in multiplayer