Miscellaneous

General

• Game Calendar set between 15 000 BC and 1 990 CE ⇒ 10 000 BC and 2 031 CE

  • • The ratio of calendar advancement was also adjusted to better match real-life progression

• Changed Science Osmosis Formula:

  • • Science Gain = Stability Target/20 * Available Techs * Era^2.65

      1. • "It'll scale with how many techs you could research, instead of how much science you produce.”

• The density threshold required for visually upgrading Districts has been greatly reduced

• Adjusted the coloring of Unit Health bars to match the Damaged and Maimed Combat Strength penalty status

  • • "Unit healthbar will be green when there is no combat penalty, yellow when it is damaged and red when it is maimed. Thank you Laki for showing how to do it."

• Adjusted the AI to discourage it from building Commons Quarters adjacent to other Commons Quarters

• Curiosity Unit Spawn Probability Table

  • • Era I: 100% Warriors ⇒ 20% Warriors | 30% Scout Riders | 50% Levies

    • Era II: 100% Swordsmen ⇒ 20% Horsemen | 30% Swordsmen | 50% Citizens

    • Era III: 100% Great Swordsmen ⇒  20% Great Swordsmen | 30% Pikemen | 50% Peasants

    • Era IV: 100% Musketmen ⇒ 20% Musketmen | 30% Arquebusiers | 50% Draftees

Neolithic Era

• Neolithic Era starts now with 2 Tribes instead of 1

• Neolithic Tribes: [New] +1 Bonus Population on Ransack.

• Swapped descriptions of Influence and Money Neolithic Legacy Trait's Event choices

  • • "[S]o they make more sense with the flavor text (this is just cosmetic)”

• Stone Weapons Legacy Trait

  • • [New] Bonus Combat Strength only applies on Units with a Melee attack

• Neolithic Growth Star requirement:

  • • [Removed] Population = 5 * Gamespeed

    • [New] Population = 3 + 4 * Gamespeed

• Food from River Curiosities: 15 ⇒ 10 Food

• Changed Neolithic Spoils of War Formula for Food and Influence rewards:

  • • Gains = (5 * 1 max (3 - SumOfPopulationAndUnits)) max (Base * (5 / (SumOfUnits + 3))

• Create Outpost cost before having a City now increased to be similar to when you have a City

• Knowledge Neolithic Curiosity Rewards

  • • I: +1  Knowledge | +3 ⇒ +5 Influence

    • II: +2 Knowledge | +2 ⇒ +3 Influence

Independent Peoples

• The cost of Pacifying conquered Independent Cities increased from 15% to 25% of the cost of founding a new City, but its duration is fixed at 5 Turns for all game speeds.

  • • "This will reduce the total cost from about 150% to 125% spread in five turns." 

Patronage

• Bribe and Praise costs have been increased; base cost now multiplied by Era

• Lifetime extension for Patronage increased by 50%

• Patronage Gains are no longer modified by Game Speed

• Added a Game Speed modifier to the Independent People's increased Lifetime from Patronage

  • • "This means that IPs that players are investing will take a longer time to go into decline in blitz and fast and normal speed, but roughly the same as vanilla in slow and endless speeds."

Treaties

• Reduced scaling for Independent People Profit Sharing with Population and increased scaling when mercenaries are hired

• Increased Money gain from Profit Sharing Independent People Treaty

  • • "[Formula] depends less on the mercenaries hired and more on the city state population and districts"

• Treaty costs have been reduced by 25% and now scale with Game Speed

• Science Collaboration Treaty Formula:

  • • [Removed] Science = PopulationCount + DistrictCount * GlobalEra * PatronageShare

    • [New] Science = (PopulationCount + DistrictCount) * GlobalEra ^1.5 * PatronageShare ^ 0.5 

Embassy & Congress of Humankind (Together We Rule)

Embassy

• Embassy Agreements now have a 1.5% Influence upkeep for each Embassy Agreement signed

• Cultural Entente

  • • [New] +1 Leverage per Turn per Territory under the other Empire's cultural influence

• Humanitarian Aid

  • • On Empire that lost Population:

      • • [New] Humanitarian Aid (+5% Food | +5% Money) on Capital

    • On other Empire:

      • • [Removed] Humanitarian Aid (+5% Food | +5% Money) on Capital

        • [New] Humanitarian Aid (+2 Leverage) on Capital

• Monumental Contractors

  • • [New] +2% bonus Influence when contributing to another Empire's Wonder for 10 Turns (normal speed, non-stacking)

    • Money gained reduced to be equal to the Industry invested in the Wonder

    • Influence gained reduced to be equal to half of the Industry invested in the Wonder

Leverage Actions

• Expel Military Forces

  • • Era Requirement: Classical ⇒ Ancient

• Diplomatic Ultimatum

  • • Era Requirement: Medieval ⇒ Ancient

• Expose Undercover Assets

  • • Era Requirement: Early Modern ⇒ Medieval 

• Apply Economic Sanctions

  • • Era Requirement: Contemporary ⇒ Early Modern

Doctrines

• Influence cost to promote Doctrines increased by your number of Cities

• Mild Collectivism Doctrine:

  • • [New] +5 Stability per Strategic Extractor

• Mild Individualism Doctrine:

  • • [New] +25% Resource Sell Gain

    • -20 ⇒ -25% Resource Buy Cost

• Mild World Doctrine:

  • • +20 ⇒ +40 Minimum War Support to declare a Surprise War