New in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Patch 1.04a (Jan 13, 2009)
- Client Fixes:
- Fixed the Firepit bug and exploit.
- Fixed some out-of-sync bugs.
- Added fixes to increase the detection of players using multiplayer hacks, cheats and out-of-sync clients in online gameplay.
- Fixed the text of some cards, units and techs.
- New Features:
- Added custom online scenario support for multiplayer games.
- Certain conditions, triggers and effects are usable while in ESO.
- Balance Changes:
- Iroquois
- Starting Travois is not able to transform into Warhuts in Nomad Age or Discovery Age. Starting Travois is now called "Discovery Travois" and is a clone of the current unit that can build everything it can now, EXCEPT Warhuts.
- Great House card reduces cost of Town Centers by 25% (down from 50%). Damage is reduced to 50% down from by 100%.
- Kanya Horsemen receive x2 bonus modifier versus Artillery.
- Musket Rider receive x2.5 bonus modifier versus Artillery.
- Light Cannon range reduced to 32 from 34.
- Agrarian Ways card changed to provide no cost (set wood, gold, food to 0) for upgrades of mills and plantations.
- France
- Thoroughbreds card provides a 15% reduction in both cost and training time. No longer provides a reduction in population cost for Cuirassiers.
- Russia
- Settler Batch trains faster, time reduced by 2 seconds.
- Aztecs
- Eagle Runner Knights reduced hand attack and ranged damage by 2 and increased bonus factor versus Heavy Cavalry and Coyote Runners from x2.5 to x3.
- Coyote Runners increase speed from 6 to 6.25.
- The Warchief aura bonus multiplier is increased from x2 to x3.
- Agrarian Ways card changed to provide no cost (set wood, gold, food to 0) for upgrades of mills and plantations.
- Spanish
- Rodeleros hand attack reduced by 2 and increased bonus factor versus cavalry from x3.0 to x3.5.
- Dutch
- No change.
- Portuguese
- Organ Guns improved versus buildings, siege bonus changed from x0.5 to x0.75.
- Ottoman
- Abus Gun train faster, time reduced 3 seconds, 42 down from 45.
- Sioux
- Dog Soldiers train faster, train points down to 55 from 60.
- War Club hack armor increased to .20, up from .10.
- Added 1 starting food crate.
- Bow Riders reduced in cost. Gold cost was reduced by 25g and bounty changed to 18.
- Wakina Riflemen attack range reduced by 2 from 20 down to 18.
- British
- No change.
- Germany
- Improve Dopplesodner unit hitpoints by 30hp.
- Shipment rate improved from -14% to -10% (1.14 to 1.10)
- General Changes
- Town Center wagons now build 33% faster. Train points up to 1.33 from 1.0.
- Town Centers get a negative bonus versus artillery. Added x.50 factor versus siege.
- Saloon Outlaws improved - reduce train time by 10 seconds.
- Cavalry Archer improved by increasing their multiplier versus cavalry. Up to x3.0 from x2.25.
- Spy multiplier versus natives reduced to 4, down from 6.
- Improved Hussar, Cossack, Uhlan, Axe Rider, and Kanya Riders ranged resistance armor by 0.10