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08-09-2010, 09:46 PM
Updates to Europa Universalis: Rome have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Annexation of two province states allowed
Rebels can now declare independence
Rebels and pirates now fight as if they had a martial 7 leader, and use tech modifiers
Mercenaries are now twice as expensive to maintain, but reinforce (with their own manpower) at a slow pace
Revised the childhood events of characters to present clearer choices
Civil wars no longer affect trade routes
Improved handling of foreign occupation of provinces at the end of a civil war (no more gamey auto-conquests)
Winning a civil war now gives a big loyalty boost to all characters
Winning wars gives ruler popularity, losing costs popularity
Generals and admirals no longer lose or gain loyalty and family prestige when assigned or dismised, or when units are reorganized
Generals and admirals gain some monthly loyalty for each cohort or ship they command that is _not_ personally loyal to them
No longer possible to disband units with personal loyalties
AI improvements across the board
Women are allowed to hold offices among the Siluri and Catavellauni
Leader skill now matters less in combat
Some new events, characters and character ambitions added
Tylis is now a powerful tribe at game start to simulate the Gallic invasion of the BalkansMassively speeded up load times
More... (http://store.steampowered.com/news/4175/)
Annexation of two province states allowed
Rebels can now declare independence
Rebels and pirates now fight as if they had a martial 7 leader, and use tech modifiers
Mercenaries are now twice as expensive to maintain, but reinforce (with their own manpower) at a slow pace
Revised the childhood events of characters to present clearer choices
Civil wars no longer affect trade routes
Improved handling of foreign occupation of provinces at the end of a civil war (no more gamey auto-conquests)
Winning a civil war now gives a big loyalty boost to all characters
Winning wars gives ruler popularity, losing costs popularity
Generals and admirals no longer lose or gain loyalty and family prestige when assigned or dismised, or when units are reorganized
Generals and admirals gain some monthly loyalty for each cohort or ship they command that is _not_ personally loyal to them
No longer possible to disband units with personal loyalties
AI improvements across the board
Women are allowed to hold offices among the Siluri and Catavellauni
Leader skill now matters less in combat
Some new events, characters and character ambitions added
Tylis is now a powerful tribe at game start to simulate the Gallic invasion of the BalkansMassively speeded up load times
More... (http://store.steampowered.com/news/4175/)