Patch 5.5 is a patch in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas, released on September 14, 2017.
Stability and Performance Improvements[]
- Performance optimizations should increase frame rates up to 15%
- Researching Spies during treaty should no longer causes a desync
- Extremely long games should no longer desync due to high turn counts
- Quitting via ALT+F4 should no longer cause a desync
- Resigning but staying in game no longer desyncs after remaining players save/load
- The desync message should no longer appear over the post game screen
Community Focused Bug Fixes[]
- Hosts are able to set a password for their lobby
- Audio for notifications should no longer overlap and cause a loud noise
- Audio for garrisoning / un-garrisoning should no longer overlap
- Lobby civ pools should now be consistent for each host player
- Lobby civ pools should now display the conquerors civilizations correctly
- Lobby maps should now display random special and real world at the top of the list
- Lobby maps no longer displays random special twice in the list
- Lobby maps now select DLC3 Random Real World maps correctly when appropriate
- The password checkbox should now remain when changing datasets
- Navigating through aoe.net should now correctly prompt the password popup (when needed)
Balance Improvements[]
Magyars[]
- No longer need to build a Blacksmith to receive free Blacksmith technologies
- Now receive Siege Engineers
- Scout Cavalry, Light Cavalry and Hussar cost -15% (up from -10%)
- Recurve Bow now adds +1 attack and +1 range (up from +1 range)
Other[]
Indians no longer have the Arbalester upgrade- Malay Karambit Warrior have +1 attack
- Fire Ships have -1 pierce armor
- Fast Fire Ships have -1 pierce armor
- Viking warship discount changed to -15%, -15%, -20% (up from -10%, -15%, -20%)
- Italians Fishings Ships now cost -15 wood (down from -25 wood)
