Welcome, Age of Mythology: Retold community to a minor update! This small patch addresses balance changes for Demeter and bug fixes to improve your experience with the new features. We hope players are enjoying a peaceful time when they step into an Arcadian Meadow, or howling with the pack while releasing your hidden Alpha Lykaon forms when you wolf out.
The team also is continuing to investigate bugs and evaluate the balance now that Demeter is available to players. Additional fixes and updates will be included in upcoming patch releases as we roll out the rest of the Expansion Pass over the coming months.
Dig down into the notes before hopping into all the fun in-game!
Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Mythology: Retold a success thus far!
—The Age of Mythology Team
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Microsoft Store:
- Open the Microsoft Store.
- Click the [∙ ∙ ∙ ] symbol next to your profile picture.
- Select Downloads and updates.
- Press the Get updates button to automatically detect, download, and install the latest changes to your game!
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 19.1611.
If you are unable to launch the game after downloading the update, make sure you add (or re-add) the Age of Mythology: Retold client or folder as an exception to your firewall and antivirus program.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in Steam:
- Open Steam.
- Click on Library to see your games list.
- Click Downloads at the bottom of the Library window.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] click the Download Now button to manually download the new update.
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 19.1611.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Xbox App for Windows.
- Open the Xbox app.
- Games that are installed show up on the left side of the app.
- Hover over the game or click it, and then select Update.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] hover over the game, select More Options (…), choose Manage. Under the Files tab, choose the option to Check for Updates.
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 19.1611.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
- Under the games tab from the PlayStation Home Screen Locate the game and hover over it. Make sure not to select it!
- While hovering over the game press the Pause button (☰) on your controller.
- In the new pop up menu select the Check for Update option.
- If there is a new update available, this will automatically start the download. If your game is on the most recent version, selecting this option will confirm that information for you.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Please note that custom mods may not be compatible with the latest game update. If you are experiencing issues launching or playing the game after downloading the new build, try disabling your installed mods before trying again.
Still having trouble? Visit our support site!
Developer Note: Reminder that Replays are not compatible between patch updates. Replays are not compatible because the simulation logic changes in ways that cause replays to no longer run synchronously with their original behaviors.
UI
- Orpheus will now show Ranged Attack stats by default instead of Range Attack Flying to match the behavior of other units.
Hotkeys
- New “Lykaon Hotkeys” group that controls the binding used to transform Lykaon Villagers into Alpha Lykaons and vice versa. The group name will appear untranslated until a future update.
Fixes
- Fixed a variety of situations in which references to “Temple” instead of “AbstractTemple” prevented previously existing technologies from functioning correctly with Demeter.
- Fixed Favor generation rates for Greek villagers.
- Fixed Qinghai Lake Shrine bonuses not correctly affecting Demeter players.
- Fixed a bug that caused Pious Sacrifice to not function. The technology will now correctly modify units.
- Fixed a bug that caused AI to resign after using Underworld Invasion. AI will now wait 5 minutes after using this power to evaluate whether they are still in a situation where they might consider resigning.
- Improved the behaviors of Lykaon transformations:
- You can now transform multiple Lykaon at once instead of one at a time.
- Fixed a bug that caused the transformation of Lykaons as a group to fail without repeatedly spamming the button in some situations.
- You can now transform Lykaon while they are walking.
Balance Changes
Minor Gods
Hestia
- Communal Hearth (God Power): the following balance changes have been applied:
- Hitpoints increased from 750 → 900.
- Hack Armor increased from 30% → 50%.
- Pierce Armor increased from 80% → 90%.
- Crush Armor increased from 5% → 10%.
- Base cooldown between conversions has been reduced by 15%. Reduced from 4.3 → 3.655. This does not affect the subsequent time added per hitpoint of a converted unit.
Developer Note: Communal Hearth needed a bit of a boost to make it more viable as a choice. These changes will make the Communal Hearth harder to destroy and result in more conversions at a faster rate.
Myth Units
- Alpha Lykaon (Pan):
- Max velocity increased from 3.5 → 4.8 (5.2 with Predatory Instinct researched).
- Predatory Instinct now only increases Alpha Lykaon Max Velocity by 8.33333% instead of 20% to account for an increased base max velocity.
- Max run velocity increased from 3.85 → 4.85.
- Predatory Instinct now only increases Hack damage instead of all damage types.
- Lykaon Villager (Pan):
- No longer marked as a Myth Unit.
Developer Note: The change to no longer be tagged as a Myth Unit will help improve the survivability of the villagers against raiding heroes.
Hero Units
- Orpheus, Icarus, Iolaus, Midas (Demeter): Fixed a bug that caused all four of Demeter’s heroes to be unaffected by the relics “Fur of Boyi” and “Tyrfing, Angantyr’s Sword”.
- Orpheus (Demeter): Orpheus is now weaker during the Archaic Age until you progress to the next age. Similar to other Greek Heroes, there is a reduction in stats to 25% for their Ranged Attack and Ranged Attack Flying.
General
- Reusable proto commands now support non-building units.
Developer Note: This addition to the proto command functionality was necessary to implement the fix for Lykaon transformations that enable group transformations.
- Hotkey groups now support multiple contexts.
Developer Note: This hotkey group change enables Lykaon Villagers and Greek Villagers to coexist, with mostly shared input contexts.
Modding Extra Information
There have been questions in the modding community about the Siphon and Inline ability types. Here are a couple of answers for those interested in using them for modding.
Siphon
The Siphon action type periodically steals resources from the owner of a target unit, depending on what they are, by making the target player pay it as a cost, and then the casting player receives the same amount as a refund. The Siphon action was not assigned to a unit because it was too likely to cause balance issues. The action doesn’t have save or load systems set up, so it may not work with save games or replays and may exhibit odd behavior due to bugs in untested situations.
- Target Unit Type = Villager:
If they are actively gathering or hunting food, it will siphon food.
If they are actively gathering or hunting wood, it will siphon wood.
If they are actively gathering or hunting gold, it will siphon gold.
If a source is gathering more than one of these, it will apply to all types that are actively gathered. - Target Unit Type = Dropsite
If they are a FoodDropsite, it will siphon food.
If they are a WoodDropsite, it will siphon wood.
If they are a GoldDropsite, it will siphon gold.
If a source is a drop site for more than one of these, it will apply to all types.
SiphonROF is a property that can be specified to control the rate in tactics.
Inline
The Inline action type is intended to support arbitrary behavior based on set flags.
If the IsAbductDrop flag is set, the Abduct Action will trigger a manual drop.
If the IsManualTransform flag is set, the Conditional Transform Action triggers a manual transform to convert the unit into a specified other proto unit.
Investigation
As always, we are continuing to track issues reported by the community for future updates.
For other known issues, please visit this page to see what’s being tracked!
DISCLAIMER
Please note that this list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.
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