Patch 12.2.3327 – Japanese

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 #1223327Season 9 patch

"Happy belated New Year, Age IV community! We shared some exciting news last week (read here if you haven’t already). And now we’re back with more of what you’re looking for: balance updates, bug fixes, plus a brand new seasonal event and game mode.

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Balance

Global Changes

  • Cost reduced from 70 to 65 food.

  • Train time reduced from 25 to 23 seconds.

  • Movement speed penalty increased from 35% to 40%.

  • Cost increased from 75 wood 275 gold to 100 wood 275 gold.

Developer note

" The team is aware of the current state of professional scouts in the meta, we will continue to monitor the situation and potentially address it in the next update."

  • Bombard damage increased from 50 to 55.

  • Cannon damage increased from 55 to 60.

  • Culverin damage increased from 35 to 40.

  • Projectile now has a significantly larger hitbox.

  • Projectile blast radius and projectile scatter reduced from +100% to +75%.

  • Now gain an additional +3/4/5/6 bonus damage versus elephants with Base/Hardened/Veteran/Elite tiers.

Japanese

  • New Bonus: Barracks cost -50% wood.

  • Fishing ship wood discount changed from 40% to 25%.

  • Train speed reduced from 23 to 20 seconds.

  • Cost reduced from 25 stone 50 gold to 15 stone 35 gold.

  • Research time reduced from 30 to 15 seconds.

  • Cost reduced from 75 stone 100 gold to 50 stone 100 gold.

  • Research time reduced from 60 to 45 seconds.

  • Cost reduced from 225 to 175 stone.

  • Yorishiro bonus: Dock and Military Building Production speed reduced from 150% to 125%.

  • Yorishiro bonus: Farmhouse/Lumbercamp/Forge RPM reduced from 75f/w to 70 f/w, 60g to 50g.

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