The development team is already working hard on next month's update-which will include more changes based on your feedback-so keep your thoughts and ideas coming! We'll be working to improve the way we communicate issues, priorities, and goals for the future, and can't wait to share what we have in store for Age of Empires II.įor now, we hope you enjoy December's update happy holidays to you and yours! Many of the fixes below started as a discussion thread or bug report on our forum, which we have been scouring over the past month to establish your list of priorities for the game. ? JOIN: The Age of Empires Official Discordįinally, I want to pass along our heartfelt THANKS for being a part of this journey, for your passion, and for your patience as we work to collect and communicate the changes coming to the game.
You are also welcome to visit the official Discord server, where you can organize games, troubleshoot issues, engage with the development team, and interact with other Age of Empires players: ? DISCUSS: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Steam Discussions) ? DISCUSS: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Official Forum) Overall, there are over 100 fixes in today's build the biggest highlights of today’s update can be found below, while the rest of the update notes highlight everything coming to Age of Empires II. On the single-player front, campaigns will now display completion medals based on the difficulty on which you completed them, and several achievements have been fixed so you strive for that 100% completion. Ranked Matchmaking has gained a few new maps, as well as the ability to ban out maps based on the number of players. You'll also notice a few new features and gameplay improvements implemented with today's patch. This (of course) includes some much-needed (and much-requested) love to the Steppe Lancer, which has been a major point of contention over the past month. There are a few other small changes, such as boar pathing and waypoint adjustments, but these seem to be the most important.Welcome, friends and medieval historians, to the first major update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition! We are proud to introduce the December game update, which is accompanied by a *looooong* list of bug fixes, our first major civilization balance changes, as well as new gameplay additions and features we’ve prepared for Age of Empires II.Īs the first major update since the game's release last month, the short answer is: A LOT! The teams have been working hard to improve everything from the stability and performance of the game to balance changes that bring some of the more powerful civilizations in line with the rest of the roster. Gate rotation functionality has been altered as well. Villagers will also no longer drop resources once assigned to a new resource, maintaining them until they begin the new task. Defensive structures prioritize enemy units over buildings now unless specifically told not to. Mangonels will no longer “slide” in combat, which was causing them to fire in directions they weren’t facing.
There are fifteen changes under gameplay all in all. Under performance, the devs applied fixes to address disconnects in multiplayer, improve the allocation of RAM, and improve the performance of the Enhanced Graphics Pack dlc. A variety of issues have been fixed causing crashing and stuttering, with eight fixes mentioned in all. The game stability fixes are pretty general.
? Read about Patch 35584 right here: /KlRj3r6oKB Welcome, one and all, to the massive FEBRUARY UPDATE for #AoE2DE! It may be a short month, but we’ve taken advantage of every day to put together a package of changes and improvements to the game! We’ll do our best to provide a comprehensive TL DR, but it’s probably a good idea to read through the entire patch notes before you jump into an online match.
However, there’s much, much more to the patch, including game stability and performance improvements, gameplay changes, and balance changes to multiple civilizations. Earlier today, we discussed the update that recently hit the Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition servers, focusing on the new autoscouting feature that the developers added to help new players learning the game.