Forumer aoe_scout has been working around the clock on his UPatch, which is a custom patch that includes many balance changes, updates and new features. Some of these are:here, and download it here.
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- Writing - NEW effect added: +1 LOS for all buildings (except towers and Wonders).Discuss the patch
- Cataphract back to +1 armor (was +2 in 1.0.6); +1 LOS; upgrade cost to 1800F, 750G.
- Elephant Archer price to 180F, 50G (was 45G; default 60G).
- Fire galley attack vs walls and towers is now also upgradeable by Alchemy (+25%), not only attack vs - buildings/ships. Same for Carthaginian bonus.
- Fisherman gathering rate is now slightly better than Foraging, still a little slower than hunting.
- Hittite: catapult bonus to 40%; Ballista Tower restored; Fortification removed.
- Gold mining, stone mining and woodcutting work rates are slightly changed to compensate bug fixes to technologies and more wood in trees.
- All catapults +5 seconds build time.
- Palmyran villager work rate to 25% (was 20%).
- Fixed Dock hugely disproportional war ship building time. War ships and transports are now slower to build. Also difference in construction time between different warships and between warships and transports is smaller (it was quite large).
Comment: Ships were created too quickly, much faster than land units, due to the irregular Dock work rate. A simple comparison (especially with AOE2) reveals that this is a bug - the difference is huge. Also ships are stronger than most units, especially in early ages and Docks cost only 100 Wood, so you can always build many.
- Camel Rider +5 seconds creation time. Camels were nearly as fast to create as infantry. Even after this change they are still faster to create than Cavalry.
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