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Japan, Prussia, Ladder Season 4, and More

[h2]New Civilization - Prussia[/h2]
[h3]Passive Bonuses[/h3]
  • 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


[h3]Prussia Unit - Fusilier[/h3]
  • 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.


[h3]Prussia Ability - Drill Promotion[/h3]
  • Unlocks at tech tier 0
  • Cost 1 Hammer
  • Unit gains 20% base strength every turn up to 100%



[h2]New Civilization - Japan[/h2]
[h3]Passive Bonuses[/h3]
  • 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


[h3]Japan Unit - Samurai[/h3]
  • Unlocks a tech tier 3
  • 12 strength
  • Cost 5 Hammers or 1 Iron
  • Takes 50% damage when attacking
  • Starts with Berserker


[h3]Japan Ability - Blessings of the Sea[/h3]
  • Unlocks at tech tier 0
  • Cost 1 Hammer
  • Add a random water resource to a hex in your territory


[h2]Ladder Season 4 Begins[/h2]
  • Ladder rankings reset
  • Your best Season 3 ranking can still be showcased using the distinct Season 1 and Season 2 badges


[h2]Hegemon Update - Eliminations[/h2]
  • 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


[h2]Balance[/h2]
  • 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


[h2]Fixes[/h2]
  • 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


[h2]Misc[/h2]
  • Bot AI tweaks
  • Unity Engine updated to 2022.3.62f2