Patch 5.2.131 is a patch in Age of Empires IV, released on January 20, 2023.
Bug fixes[]
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from un-downvoting maps that have been removed from the matchmaking map pool.
Artificial intelligence[]
- Previously, the goal of the Hardest AI was to serve the role of a real live opponent, but realizing that there are many players who desire to have an AI experience that is more intense with the odds stacked against the players, the Hardest AI is given a resource-gathering boost.
- The Hardest AI now receives a 2x resource gathering bonus. This also affects income received from passive sources such as Sacred Sites and Relics.
- Hardest AI military production changed to start earlier than before to allow the AI to make attacks earlier.
- Easy AI will now build fewer defensive structures and will raid less.
- AI early resource gathering has been adjusted:
- Reduced the preference for early stone gathering when the AI is not being defensive.
- Increased wood gathering preference while transitioning to the Feudal Age.
- Malian AI starting economy changed to prefer to gather more wood to afford an Open Pit Mine earlier.
- Delayed when the Malian AI will start to produce Cattle to prevent the AI from overspending on them too early.
- Adjusted the AI logic for producing anti-building siege units to improve the AI's production of rams and trebuchets when faced with enemy walls and defenses.
- Adjusted the AI logic for producing fishing boats to lower their priority when the AI has a stronger need for naval military ships.
- Adjusted the AI to prevent it from desiring to build a wonder if its team or the enemy already has one.
- Adjusted the AI logic when it has an allied Wonder on its team to prevent it from going overly defensive too quickly. The AI will now consider the time remaining on its team's Wonder victory timer and its comparative military strength before deciding whether it should be defensive or to continue aggression.
- Improved how the AI uses multiple Fireships at once to attack enemy ships.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the AI from performing one type of its harassment attacks.
- Fixed a bug where the AI would allow its Villagers to fight back against enemy harassment that would still end up not being in its own favor. The AI will be less tolerant of how many Villager casualties it would take if it decided to fight back instead of fleeing.
- Fixed a bug with the AI distributing its Fishing Boats among many deep-sea fish deposits instead of prioritizing assigning them to the closest sources to the dock as much as possible.
Season Three Event: Lunar Faire[]
The Lunar Faire runs from January 23 through to February 9.
Season Three Event: Kindred Spirits[]
Kindred Spirits begins on February 10 and runs through to February 15th.
