Update 10 is a patch in Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, released on May 14, 2019. It addresses improvements and bug fixes.
Spotlight[]
- New Elo and 'Ranked' game modes have been added. Play against other players to improve your rating on the multiplayer battlefield!
AI[]
- AI units will more reliably navigate through narrow spaces
- Improved the reliability of units as they path around obstacles
- Units will now group up more effectively to reach their targets
- AI-controlled soldiers will now prioritize defending against assaults on their town
- AI-controlled villagers can now choose between defending against or fleeing from enemy aggressors
- Fixed an issue where AI-controlled teams would build excessive amounts of Storage Pits
- Fixed an issue where AI-controlled teams would not immediately task an available villager to the foundation of a newly placed building
- Computer-controlled opponents will now utilize more effective strategies on higher difficulty levels
- Added several new AI strategies and improved the computer's ability to employ different battlefield tactics
- The AI economy has been substantially improved, and now adjusts to the difficulty level and population cap more effectively
- AI-controlled opponents are now more aggressive on "Deathmatch" type games
- Elephants now properly chase villagers when attacked under all circumstances
- Scouts now only auto-attack if they've been tasked to attack, or when attacked by a non-gaia unit (i.e. soldiers, archers, cavalry from another civilization)
General[]
- Made several improvements to the local performance of the game
- Roll-over tooltips no longer impact the game's performance on lower-end machines
- Improved the loading time of the tech tree
- Implemented several small bug fixes and stability improvements
UI[]
- Added a new Global Queue to see all currently queued techs and units
- Increased the maximum zoom level of the camera in multiplayer matches
- Added a parallax effect to the main menu
Graphics[]
Egyptians' Houses now have a unique skin in the Tool Age- Elephant Archer: Fixed a broken death animation
Achievements[]
- Several new Xbox Live achievements have been added to test your skills! You can view the full list of challenges as well as your progress by signing into your Xbox account page.
