After a lot of discussion we have decided to totally redesign the system so that it encourages players to engage more with the game world and other Godir. Magic Victory ReworkWe had a lot of complaints that the magic victory was boring and too easy. We have also reduced research speed in general, since we felt that players were accessing new units and spells so quickly that they didn’t have time to enjoy the things they unlocked before they were made obsolete by something new. This means that the skills in the 5th tome you unlock will always cost roughly the same amount of research, regardless of whether it’s tier 1 tome or a tier 3 tome.

To fix this we have implemented a system where the cost of skills in a tome depends on how many tomes you have unlocked previous to that tome. This led to players researching lots of early game skills very quickly, acquiring too many Tomes and Affinity points, which caused a lot of serious balance issues. Research PacingPreviously the cost of research was determined by the tier of the tome the research was in. Open Beta HighlightsHere are some of the highlights of what we’ve done so far (there will be a complete set of patch notes at the end!) It also means that we may revert certain changes later if we feel that they aren’t achieving what we want them to or if we’re inspired to replace them with something better! This means that it may be unstable or imbalanced and that the features we’ve added may not work entirely as we want them to. It’s important to remember that this is a work-in-progress patch. This coming update focuses on what we feel are the issues that are most important to you, and we’d love to get your feedback on what we’ve managed to do so far. Today we're happy to announce that we’re putting the next update for Age of Wonders 4 into Open Beta! This previews some of the improvements that are part of the Watcher update, due later this summer.

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