Age Of Empires 2 Definitive Edition Balance Changes

People may be looking towards Age of Empires 3’s remake & the long-awaited Age of Empires 4, but Age of Empires 2 is still alive and kicking. The Definitive Edition has just received a big update.

  • Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Most of these balance changes are terrible and dont seem to be based on any results. If you are saying these balance changes are for teamgames, do you realise teamgames are dominated by paladins and archers? Not only that, but halbs are terrible, they lose to paladins in equal numbers, halbs only ever.
  • Welcome, friends and medieval historians, to the first major update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition!We are proud to introduce the December game update, which is accompanied by a.looooong. list of bug fixes, our first major civilization balance changes, as well as new gameplay additions and features we’ve prepared for Age of Empires II.

The highlights include balance improvements to over 23 different maps, separate Random Map & Deathmatch map pools, a new map, and a bunch of little tweaks and stat/cost changes.

This page was last edited on 1 December 2020, at 15:29. Text/code is available under CC-BY-SA.Licenses for other media varies. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is available now at the Microsoft Store on Windows 10. We are so excited for you to experience all the new features that we’ve brought to this classic RTS. Beyond the upscaled 4k visuals and remastered soundtrack, we’ve found that these quality-of-life gameplay improvements sometimes feel like such a core.

There’s a new Mongol Civ event happening, with a new competitive single-player map. The community is also able to vote on which maps they want in the two map pools.

Here's’ a video talking about the new changes:

And here’s the full summary of the update from the patch notes page:

Age of empires ii definitive edition balance changes
  • Ranked Matchmaking updates! Separate Random Map & Deathmatch map pools; new ‘Preferred Map’ and ‘Prefer Random Civilization’ option in lobbies!
  • Various balance changes and bug fixes to 6 civilizations and several campaigns!
  • A long list of map improvements to over 23 maps!
  • AI Improvements!
  • Pathfinding improvements!
  • The Horde of Genghis Khan approaches during the Mongol Civ Event!
  • NEW MAP: Land Nomad!284
  • New competitive Single Player scenario!
  • New ‘player lookup’ functionality in Profile menu!

Are you still playing Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition? Let us know in the comments!

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