[font="sans-bold-20"]#Version 0.28 (9 Sep 2026)

UnitAI behavior changes

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Remove Heros from preferred class. Units will no longer chose Heroes as primary target, reducing hero dance effectiveness.

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Capture Balancing

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Remove Scipio capture attack aura.
- Sentry technology (tower) also adds +50% total capture points to towers.
- Professional Garrisons (fort) also doubles capture points.
- Civic Center capture points increased from 2500 to 3500.
- Fortress capture points increased from 4000 to 5000.

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Balance changes

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Han Crossbowmen

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Increase attack range from 45 to 50
- Reduce prepare time from 600 to 300 ms
- Increase repeat time from 3000 to 3500 ms

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Gauls Naked Fanatics

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Reduce Health from 200 to 160
- Decrease hack damage by 20%.
- Decrease hack armor from 3 to 2.

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Persian Immortals

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Decrease ranged pierce damage from 12.2 to 10.8
- Increase spread from 1 to 1.75.
- Reduce Health from 120 to 100.

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Elephants

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Allow all Elephants to be garrisoned on Forts

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German Wagon Encampment

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Reduce cost from [icon="wood"]350 [icon="stone"]150 to [icon="wood"]275 [icon="stone"]100

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German Seeress

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Increase Prophecy of Death from 15 to 20 meters
- Increase Human Sacrifice aura range from 15 to 20 meters
- Increase Hack resistance from 2 to 3
- Increase Pierce resistance from 4 to 6

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German Slōgijanōz

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Decrease metal cost from 100 to 80.

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Scout Ship

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Range decreased by 4 meters.
- Ship counter damage reduced from 3 to 2.5.
- Cost increased from [icon="food"]50 [icon="wood"]50 to [icon="food"]50 [icon="wood"]100

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Foundation Resistance

[font="sans-bold-14"]- Building foundation pierce armor increased from 10 to 20.

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Cavalry & Champion Cavalry

[font="sans-bold-14"]- All Cavalry speed reduced by 15%.
- Melee Champion Cavalry health reduced from 260 to 220.
- Ranged Champion Cavalry health reduced from 240 to 200.
- Champion Cavalry base cost decreased from [icon="food"]150 [icon="wood"]80 [icon="metal"]100 to [icon="food"]150 [icon="wood"]60 [icon="metal"]80.