The patch is focused on the improvement of gameplay. We collected your feedback, analysed your reports, and took the best things from "Darthmod" version. The range of naval guns was increased. The long guns' range provides a better tactical gameplay especially in the ship-of-the-line battles. Other elements of naval gameplay were re-balanced like penetration and damage. Land battles were reconsidered too. Firearms range, morale changes, and damage were rebalanced. Land and naval battle AI was improved.
Additionally, the game has received Multi-language support in the following languages: German, French, Russian and Chinese.
Here is the list of changes:
*v0.9.18 rev.35832 patch notes*
1. Increased range of naval guns.
2. Tuned penetration and damage.
3. Slightly increased naval speed.
4. Improved smoke particles for naval combat.
5. Rebalance of land battles: damage, range, and morale.
6. Improved flanked and rear attack logic.
7. Fixed similar ships in large battles in the last chapters.
8. Fixed disappearing captures.
9. Many other minor fixes.
10. Adaptation of UI for 4K.
11. Fixed ship models.
12. Added notification when a player tries to start a battle with unassigned ships.
13. Fixed issue with ship's armor thickness. Slightly tuned penetration and damage.
14. Improved aiming for AI ships.
15. Shallow water notification.
16. Ship fire arcs became optional (you can disable with button).
17. Fixed missing captives exchange quest in some chapters.
18. Fortifications have more hp.
19. Fixed flags in the air when a mast was destroyed.
20. Fixed battle end reports.
21. Skipping a ground battle no longer has reputation penalties. This will allow players who do not want to play land battles to simply skip over them.
22. Added information about expenses per ship.
23. Balance of expenses. The US have lower salary and higher maintenance costs. Britain has lower maintenance costs and a higher salary.
24. Rebalance of large guns' weight.
25. Save and load for custom battles.
26. French, German, Russian and Chinese language support.
Upcoming things:
1. Rework of animation and dot system for land units. Support of cavalry units.
2. Further improvements in retreat logic.
2. Free DLC "Barbary War" for "Early Access" buyers.
3. AI improvements
4. Bug fixing.