With the release of the African Kingdoms expansion coming on November 5, we couldn't resist putting out another dev blog to whet some appetites. This blog deals with a hotly-debated, often controversial subject, but nevertheless a necessary one - the balance changes coming with the new expansion.
Over the past while we've analyzed our past work on this front and used that experience to help us going forward. One important thing to note here is that all balance changes will be coming to both The Forgotten and African Kingdoms, regardless of which you own. Vanilla AoE2HD will keep the AoC 1.0c dataset and not receive any balance changes, of course, so those who are not inclined to change will have that option.
One of our most important balancing initiatives here is with regard to water warfare. I don't want to spoil too much, but suffice it to saythat water maps will become far more interesting! Addressing the issue of monotonous water gameplay was a high priority to say the least.
As always,the full dev blog is available at ForgottenEmpires.net. Give it a gander and feel free to post your thoughts below!
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Storm on the Steppe | Galderton Hill RP | Proud member of Stormwind Studios
"Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjálfr it sama; ek veit einn at aldri deyr, dómr um dauðan hvern." - Hávamál 77.
Over the past while we've analyzed our past work on this front and used that experience to help us going forward. One important thing to note here is that all balance changes will be coming to both The Forgotten and African Kingdoms, regardless of which you own. Vanilla AoE2HD will keep the AoC 1.0c dataset and not receive any balance changes, of course, so those who are not inclined to change will have that option.
One of our most important balancing initiatives here is with regard to water warfare. I don't want to spoil too much, but suffice it to say
As always,
Storm on the Steppe | Galderton Hill RP | Proud member of Stormwind Studios
"Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjálfr it sama; ek veit einn at aldri deyr, dómr um dauðan hvern." - Hávamál 77.