— Control weed-choked graveyards packed with scary trees and abandoned buildings that conceal resources and ancient relics.— Villagers shepherd their flocks while avoiding rampaging wild animals.— Starting food, gold and stone might be at normal levels, in short supply, or in abundance.— A network of canals creates a spider web effect as they try to connect every player’s starting town.If you have 7-8 players on some players may instantly resign. If you play Regicide on you get three kings and three castles. Also, if you play Regicide on you do not receive a starting castle. The computer opponents assume that all Custom maps are Coastal, so a map type that is quite different may hinder the computer opponents’ typical skill level. a computer opponent or for certain game types. To select one, go to Map Style and click “Custom.†Note that these maps are NOT guaranteed to work effectively vs. Custom Random Maps — New ES Custom Maps are in the patch.To play this new Turbo style, select “Turbo Random Map†from the Game Type menu in either single player or multiplayer mode. Villagers construct buildings 2.5 times faster except for castles, towers, & wonders. All economic units gather 2.5 times faster and carry 2.5 times as many resources. Turbo Random Map — In this mode, all buildings work 2.5 times faster except when building econ units (fishing boats, trade ships & carts, villagers).Selects randomly between a number of different map types, and you are not told what kind of map you are playing on. Blind Random Map – Multiplayer only.Black Forest is no longer an option if you select Random Map or Land Random.
Open ground is always green on the mini map, even on snow or sand terrain.Fish traps now provide food at a faster rate.Capped Ram & Battering Ram upgrades no longer cost gold.Heated Shot now increases tower attack and Castle attack vs.Parthian Shot increases Cavalry Archer and Mangudai attack vs.Shipwright now also decreases ship build time.Now these technologies only cost food & wood. Treadmill Crane, Masonry, Architecture, Hoardings, Fortified Wall, Guard Tower, and Keep have had their stone cost replaced with wood or food.Palisade walls get +3 additional Pierce armor.Loom provides +1 additional Pierce armor.Bombard Towers now do piercing damage instead of normal damage (the major effect is vs.
Note that this patch also includes the content and fixes from Patch v1.0b. The patch is available in the following languages: It is the latest patch available for the game. This is the Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion Patch v1.0c.