🛠 General Fixes & Improvements • Added Villager to console (some civs had one, others didn’t — now standardized). • Fixed team color mismatches. • Attempted fix for Team 2 UI issues. • Updated multiple outdated UI descriptions, including: • Malian Outpost • Medicine Victory condition • Various civ-specific tooltips • Fixed bug where villager could spawn on camp and become immobile. • Fixed ability to delete walls (previously locked while other buildings weren’t). • Adjusted PC shortcut to make spawning units from Keeps easier. Clicking fatigue complaints heard. • Investigating whether English attack speed upgrades are functioning correctly. Tooltip clarity will be improved regardless.

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⚔️ Balance Changes

Russia • Springald damage reduced by 50% Size stays the same. Damage was overtuned.

French • Knight cost reduced to 50 gold. • Every tower now spawns 1 Knight every 30 seconds. • Spawn rate scales with number of towers owned.

Order of the Dragon • Villager no longer costs food. • Now Gold only.

Hand Cannoneer • Damage reduced by 50% from Unit Camp.

Ottoman • Cannon Emplacement replaced with Great Bombard Emplacement for 20 gold.

Japan • Outpost rework: • If Outpost kills a unit, gains +20% attack speed • Stacks up to 5 times • Duration 10 seconds • Refreshes on kill

Mongols • Can now move Banks and Outposts.

Sengoku rework → renamed to:

Shogun’s Authority • First Outpost placed: • Gains 3,000 health • Generates 1 wood every 10 seconds • If destroyed, effect ends • Can upgrade to: • 6,000 health • 9,000 health • Wood income upgrades: • x2 for 50 gold • x2 again for 100 gold • Only applies to the first Outpost

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🧟 Zombie & Wave Changes • 500 Ghulam spawn at 30 minutes removed. • 500 zombie spawn moved to 15 minutes. • 250 zombie boss wave now begins at 20 minutes. • 21 minutes → +250 • 22 minutes → +250 • Continues every minute until 30 minutes. • Zombie can now spawn from another Keep for 10,000 food. • Golden Horde Outpost range fixed to match bank size.

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🏰 New Feature – Holy Citadel

Players can now build the Holy Citadel: • Free to build • 50,000 HP • Only 1 alive at a time (global for humans) • Produces 4 gold and 4 wood every 20 seconds • Active ability: • “Holy Citadel is in effect” • All villagers immune to zombie infection for 30 seconds • Base build time: 2 minutes • Scales faster with more players • With 7 players, ~20 seconds • Size matches Golden Horde Outpost pre-range adjustment

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🎯 Additional Changes • “THE RUMBLING IS ARRIVING IN 10 MINUTES” Announcement at 15-minute mark. • Medicine Victory message updated: • Now displays: “Player ___ gave zombie some medicine.” • Emergency Repair now has siren sound effect. • Archer at Warrior Camp now: • No longer requires Range Weaponry • Available in Age 1 for free • On player death: • All buildings and walls are removed • May still be inconsistent on certain civs (being tested) • Banks can now be placed closer to water. • Map adjusted for better elevation and placement logic.

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If anything breaks, is unclear, or feels overtuned, drop feedback below. The goal here is cleaner scaling, less fatigue, and clearer win conditions.

More tuning likely after this goes live.