posted 04-13-06 10:58 AM EDT (US)
Unit and building changes:
·Exported HCAdvancedMarket fix.
·MercenaryLoyaltyGerman removed effect that lowers wallenstein contracts price.
·Yeomen - Added +4 maximum range to longbowman stagger and defend attacks.
·Cav archer cost changed from 45f 115g to 100f 60g
·Cavalry Archers, Dragoons, War Wagons, Manchu, BlackRider, ·Commanchee Horse Archer now get 2.0x damage vs abstract artillery
·Conquistador card now improves wardogs attack and hitpoints 20% instead of increasing limit. Changed rollover help.
·British start with +1 food crate
·Germans now start with 3 settler wagons and no settlers
·Spanish start with -1 settler
·Rocket no longer deals negative damage to cavalry or cannons
·Rocket’s bonus vs ships increased to 3
·Rocket LOS +2
·Fixed display count for cards effected from 1.05 changes (sheep, cows, etc) in SPC homecities.
·Longbowman autoattack range increased to 20
Home City army shipment cards:
·Spanish Pikemen4 (age3) change from 14 to 12
·Spanish Redoleros4 (age3) change from 10 to 9
·Spanish Lancer (age3) change from 6 to 5
·Spanish Lancer (age4) change from 5 to 6
·Mortar1 change from 1 to 2
·Mortar1German change from 1 to 2
·Mortar2 change from 2 to 3
·Mortar2German change from 2 to 3
·British longbows3 (age4) change from 13 to 15
·British longbows4 (age3) change from 11 to 10
·Musketeer4 (age3) change from 11 to 9
·Musketeer3 (age4) change from 13 to 14
·MusketeerRussian3 (age4) change from 17 to 16
·Grenadier2 (age4) change from 5 to 7
·Grenadier3 (age3) change from 6 to 5
·Skirmishers2 (age4) change from 8 to 9
·Skirmishers2German (age4) change from 8 to 9
·Skirmishers3 (age3) change from 9 to 8
·Skirmishers3German (age3) change from 9 to 8
·Skirmishers4 (age4) change from 11 to 12
·Skirmishers4German (age4) change from 11 to 12
·Dragoons2 (age4) change from 5 to 6
·Dragoons3 (age3) change from 6 to 5
·Dragoons4 (age4) change from 7 to 8
·Cuirassiers2 (age4) change from 3 to 4
·Cuirassiers3 (age3) change from 4 to 3
·Halberdiers2 (age4) change from 8 to 10
·Halberdiers3 (age3) change from 9 to 8
·HalberdierRussian2 (age4) change from 12 to 13
·HalberdierRussian3 (age4) change from 13 to 15
·Cassadore2 (age4) change from 8 to 10
·Cassadore3 (age3) change from 9 to 8
·Cassadore4 (age4) change from 11 to 12
·Organ Gun1 (age3) change from 3 to 2
·Organ Gun2 (age4) change from 4 to 3
·Portugese Expeditionary Force (age4) change dragoons from 4 to 6
·Changed rollover help as well
·Dutch Ruyters2 change from 9 to 11
·Dutch Ruyters3 change from 10 to 9
·Dutch Ruyters4 change from 12 to 13
·Russian Strelet3 change from 22 to 24
·Russian Cossack3 (age4) change from 8 to 9
·Cav Archer1 (age3) change from 4 to 5
·Cav Archer2 (age4 change from 6 to 8
·Cav Archer3 (age4) change from 8 to 9
·Crossbowman3German change from 8 to 9
·Winged Hussars (age4) change from 13 to 12
·Changed rollover help as well
·Ottoman Janissaries3 change from 10 to 11
·Ottoman Abus Guns2 change from 7 to 8
·Ottoman Artillery division change from 8 grenadiers to 6
·Changed rollover help as well
Mercenary card changes:
·HCMercsBlackRiders changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsBlackRiders changed from 8 to 7
·HCMercsBlckRIdersGermans changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsBlackRidersGermans changed from 10 to 9
·HCMercsCorsairs changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsCorsairs changed from 11 to 9
·HCMercsHackapells changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsHackapells changed from 7 to 6
·HCMercsHackapellsGermans changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsHackapellsGermans changed from 9 to 8
·HCMercsHessians (jaegers) changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsHessians changed from 12 to 10
·HCMercsHessians2 (british) changed from 15 to 13. Cost unchanged.
·HCMercsHessiansGermans changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsHessiansGermans changed from 14 to 13
·HCMercsHighlandGermans changed swiss pikemen from 9 to 8
·HCMercsHighlanders changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsighlanders changed from 11 to 9
·HCMercsHolyRoman changed landsnekt from 5 to 4
·HCMercsLandsknecht changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsLandsknecht2 changed from 9 to 8
·HCMercsLandsknecht2Germans changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsLandsknecht2Germans changed from 11 to 10
·HCMercsMamalukes changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsManchu changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsManchu changed from 10 to 9
·HCMercsMediterranean changed mamaluke from 4 to 3, corsairs from 10 to 6
·HCMercsMediteraneanGerman changed corsairs from 10 to 7, stradiots from 5 to 4
·HCMercsRonin changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsStradiots changed cost to 1000
·HCMercsStradiots changed from 7 to 6
·HCMercSwissPikemen changed cost to 1000
·HCMercSwissPikemen changed from 13 to 12
·Changed Privateer kill bounty from 150xp to 50xp
Politician changes:
·SergeantDutch changed from 6 halberdiers to 5
·SergeantGerman changed from 4 dopplesoldners to 3
·SergeantSpanish changed from 10 pikemen to 8
·Marksman changed from 7 skirmishers to 6
·MarksmanPortugese changed from 7 cassadores to 6
·MarksmanOttoman changed from 5 abus guns to 4
NEW FEATURES
* Chat Member List can now be sorted by Clan Name
* Added server maintenance notification that will display when the servers are down
CLIENT FIXES
* Added checking that prevents players from joining game rooms which are in a bad state and can not launch, fixing the source of a crash
* Several Home City Card tooltip updates
* Hispaniola water flags and whale placement fixed
* Hispaniola now displays correct thumbnail
* Sonora herds now balanced for both sides of the map
* Advanced Market Card effects now get applied when shipped
* Fixed 'This game is not rated' message that was popping up in rated games
* Number on Home City Cards now displays the correct number of units to be sent
* All ranged cavalry units now do double damage vs. artillery
* Mercenary shipments now cost 1000g and have fewer units
* Military shipments from the homecity decreased for 3rd age shipments and increased for 4th age shipments
* Numerous balance changes
NETWORK AND ESO FIXES
* Quick Search now displays the correct number players during search
* Custom Games List sorting fixed for sorting by Rank
* Fixed exploit that allowed more then 20 cards in ESO decksustom game setup now shows if a game is rated, not rated, no XP
As per MBob's suggestion i edited in the other changes to stay true to the threads title
Babbled's Rules of AOE
1) As Spanish never play against Ottomans
2) As Ottomans never play against the Portugese
3) As Portugese never play against the Spanish
4) Never play against the Germans
[This message has been edited by Jargobae (edited 04-13-2006 @ 12:13 PM).]
But I've read about the fix for the Covered Attack Mode for pikes in another thread, and that's hard ... nerfed FF, nerfed pikemen-rush ... time to play Spain. 
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Maybe a good rush could stop a FF, but not always is possible or your enemy will be advancing anyway. And any attempt to build some colonial military for defense will be easily raped by mercs if you have Hussars, or the 2falcs shipment if you have infantry.
