Patch 1.06 is a patch for Age of Empires III.
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 Home City decreased for Fortress Age shipments and increased for Industrial 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 than 20 cards in ESO decks
Civilization balances[]
- 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 shipments:
- 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