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AoW 4 Evolved

AoW 4 Evolved is a balance mod aimed at simultaneous turn multiplayer. However, the mod can also be applied to single player games to shake things up and experience a more rounded game.

This mod makes a lot of tweaks to all aspects of the game, from Units to City Structures to the Empire Tree.

The goal of the mod is to expand the game with more viable gameplay options and strategies (looking at you Order and Nature affinities). This is mainly achieved by buffing underperforming options, but there are also times where something is so blatantly overpowered that it must be nerfed or risk always being a must-pick.

Of course this doesn't come without its own risks and the mod will be continually evaluated and iterated upon over time.

Aside from tons and tons of balance tweaks, the most impactful changes are as follows:

• All map sizes have been increased by roughly 20%.
  
• A new Extra Large map size has been added for 1v1.
  
• Pangea has been edited to spawn 30% less water.
  
• Form Traits now work based on a 10 point system, for better balance.
  
• The Empire Tree now scales from 15-400 instead of 15-500.
  
• Combat morale has been reworked to be less punishing overall.
  
• Most World Map Spells no longer deal damage, they only apply debuffs.
  
• World Map unit movement has been normalized to 32/40.
  
• Hero XP requirements have been increased.
  
• Spell Jammers no longer increase combat CP cost.
  
• Magic Materials are spread out more evenly.
  
• Gremlin, Wind Rager and Lightbringer are now T3 units.
  
• Zealot now evolves into an Inquisitor unit at Legend rank.
  
• Cosmic Overdrive now works on Ethereal units.
  
• Reaver Culture War Spoils have been entirely reworked.
  
• Dark Culture has a new economical passive (Stability Agenda).
  
• High Culture's Alignment Agenda has been fully reworked.
  
• Dragon Lords now require affinity for their Signature Skills.
  
• Giant Kings now require affinity for their Signature Skills.
  
• Signature Skill affinity requirements are now equal to Tome affinity.
  
• XP Pickups are now only present in handcrafted areas.
  
• All resource structures are locked behind Town Hall tiers.
  
• All Guilds now provide unique effects to their cities.

For the full patch notes of the current version please see this changelog: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-1Ti86cvkHfi7wdHqubFNoJtLWm1XIM20jUeR3-gla0/edit#gid=1580229590

You can also find every single change the mod has made as compared to the original game on this spreadsheet and it will be updated with every major release by Triumph or myself.

For your convenience there is now also a wiki, though it is less detailed than the spreadsheet.
You can use it to build custom factions or quickly look up units and tomes: https://aow4mp.github.io/evolved/

For questions, feel free to reach out to me here or via the multiplayer Discord: https://discord.gg/wXvfEsmdv9

You can now also support my work by buying me a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/aowevolved