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Watcher Update 1.2



Revered Godir,

The Summer of Dragons has ended and the Watcher’s vision has started to fade. Mechanical rumblings are spreading throughout the Astral Sea, sounding the drums of impending doom. Before the Watcher closes its eye, it reveals to us once more.

As we’ve said in our original Open Beta announcement, we’ve been analyzing saves and reports of long Turn Times. Currently we have a set of Optimizations that should significantly reduce these, which we are comfortable releasing now. Additional optimizations are being worked on for the Golem Update later this year. We hope to share more on that soon, until then…

May your Pantheons thrive

Game Version: 1.004.002.83608




World Map AI Optimizations related to:
  • Army Movement
  • Diplomatic Trades




Grexolis Flow and Difficulty changes:
  • The Map Size has slightly been decreased to reduce the end game slog of the mission.
  • The Starting Resources and Units of the player have been buffed:
    • Easy - Starting Resources increased from 700 Gold and 225 Mana to 950 Gold and 475 Mana
    • Easy - Added additional Tier IV and Tier V Affinity Starting Units
    • Normal - Starting Resources increased from 300 Gold and 50 Mana to 550 Gold and 250 Mana
    • Normal - Added Tier III and Tier IV Culture/Affinity Starting Units
    • Hard - Added Tier III Culture Starting Unit
  • On Easy and Normal difficulty, the player and their Allies get Emissary of the Shad’rai, a permanent income buff on all global resources.


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Playtest Recruitment Survey



Hello Rulers!

We are planning to run a closed playtest session next week, and are currently recruiting for playtesters!

We would love if you:
  • Have played the Watcher Update
  • Have 60+ hours on AOW4
  • Are 18+

Do fill in this form if you are interested! Please note that submission of the form does not guarantee selection. We look forward to hearing from you!

Watcher Update 1.2: Open Beta Version



Revered Godir,

Today we’re kicking off a small Open Beta focused on improving End Game Turn Times. We’ve been analyzing saves and reports of long Turn Times and are working on several optimizations based on our findings. Currently we have a set of Optimizations that should significantly reduce Turn Times.

While we have a variety of machines available for internal testing, we want to see how these changes affect your systems. If you’ve been experiencing long or extreme Turn Times we invite you to switch to the Open Beta branch. We’re reopening the Open Beta Forum for any issue reports or questions about the changes.

Game Version: 1.004.001.83323


  • Optimized AI Coverage Tracker
  • Optimized AI Teleporter Checks
  • Optimized AI Trade Distance Checks


  • Grexolis Flow and Difficulty changes:
    • The Map Size has slightly been decreased to reduce the end game slog of the mission.
    • The Starting Resources and Units of the player have been buffed:
      • Easy - Starting Resources increased from 700 Gold and 225 Mana to 950 Gold and 475 Mana
      • Easy - Added additional Tier IV and Tier V Affinity Starting Units
      • Normal - Starting Resources increased from 300 Gold and 50 Mana to 550 Gold and 250 Mana
      • Normal - Added Tier III and Tier IV Culture/Affinity Starting Units
      • Hard - Added Tier III Culture Starting Unit
    • On Easy and Normal difficulty, the player and their Allies get Emissary of the Shad’rai, a permanent income buff on all global resources.
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Watcher Update 1.1



Mighty Rulers,

Today, we bring you the first mini patch since the Watcher Update. This update addresses some crashes and attempts to fix some technical issues we've heard from the community.

On a related note, we've been so happy with the response to the Community Survey! Its been heartening to see so many of you take the time to tell us about your experiences with the AI. For those who have yet to fill in the form, we look forward to receiving your responses here!

We hope you enjoy this interim patch, while we continue cooking up new and exciting things to improve the game! Sit tight while we give some time for those features to bake, and as always...

May your Pantheons thrive

​Regards,
Triumph

Game Version: 1.004.001.82837




General
  • Implemented a fix that potentially mitigates the reported audio stuttering issues


Units
  • Fixed that the Bone Dragon was an Amphibious unit rather than a Flying unit


RMG
  • Fixed an issue where Silver Ancient Wonders would generate additional large empty provinces around it, rather than only making a small province for themselves; making it hard for the AI to decide where to expand


Crashes
  • Fixed a crash that could occur upon defeating a hero that was also a governor
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when loading older save games, related to gaining vision on a free city
  • Fixed a crash when loading a save game while having the outpost panel opened
  • Fixed a crash that could rarely occur on startup


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