Update 9 is now live for Age of Empires: Definitive Edition! This patch includes new features, improvements and balance changes.
Features:
- Automatic File Transfer of scenarios and maps in the Multiplayer Lobby
- UI now displays the amount of villagers working on each resource
- Further unit AI improvements to reduce micromanagement
- General AI improvements
- AI better at setting up economy on higher population limits
- AI no longer builds wonders on Conquest victory
- Stability, performance and crash fixes
- Options to toggle blood on/off
- Bodies now darken on decay
- Resolution settings can now be set in full screen or windowed mode
- Language selection is now available in the pre-game options screen
Balance updates:
- Bowman training time reduced from 30s to 26s
- Slinger training time increased from 24s to 28s
- Chariot Archers no longer do bonus Damage vs Priests
- Scouts auto-attack
- Scouts cost reduced from 100f to 80f
- Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, Cataphract +1 pierce armor
- Choson Clubman/Axeman +5 HP
- Sacrifice cost reduced from 600g to 400g
- Sumerians lose Craftsmanship
- Yamato Cavalry and Horse Archer cost -20% (instead of -25%)
- Romans: Buildings cost -10% (instead of -15%)
- Cataphract +20HP
- Priests now auto-heal wounded units