User blog:Lord Vipertooth/patch 4.8 beta

Patch 4.8 beta is up and it posses quite some ballance changes. It can be found at http://steamcommunity.com/app/221380/discussions/0/282992646965925735/. I think it gives us some work to keep the wiki up to date, as it has a few ´strategy changing´ features. I would like to know what you think about this.

Most noticebly, they have done something to arrowslits, which they should have done from the start, they halved its effect.

Another thing is the Throwing Axeman thing, they have been buffing it since the forgotten, giving it squires in the forgotten, extra speed in AK and +10HP in the newest patch, and they also did something with frame delay somewhere earlier. I think it is one of the most buffed units since the Conquors.

The tarkan Line gets +1 pierce armor, so finally it is unique, previously it felt like a weaker knight. The nice thing is that researching Marauder is now beneficial. I guess Tarkans are also quite buffed since the Conquors. Not only it is unique, the +1 pierce armor is really something. Now the Tarkan line recieves only 2 damage from the crossbow line.

There is an insane bonus for italians though, Fishing Ships cost -25W instead of having +2 LoS.

The final thing I would like to announce is that chieftains has gone insane, it now affects all infantry units. That makes their champions cost effective against Paladins. Thier pikemen will become as efficient as normal halbediers when fighting cavalry.