Latest [0.0.33]

balance.x is now complete and finalised, with units now functioning as self-counters. This means that unlike Kings & Conquerors where you could rip apart Greek or Celtic factions wholesale with Illyrian units, Swords of the Prophets' counter-faction units work only against their own kind:

Chosen Spearmen - counters Chinese units
Khazar Tudun - counters all low tier Turkic cavalry, use your unique units like Darqan or Avars to hunt them down.
Jarl Cavalry - counters low tier Norse units, bring your own Spearmen to counter them.
Midak - counters Tibetans: useful against enemy Du-Jong and Mud'ng but has an attack penalty versus Sde Dpon.
Datbaran - counters all foot archers (mainly used for suppressing Middle Eastern factions but is still suceptible to melee attacks with war elephants or javelin cavalry.
Berserkers - strong versus foot archers, counter this Norse unit with ranged cav.

Only 2 wonders, and the unit sounds now remain to be done but those are a rather unimportant component. The buildings are being left out, for now, because I wanna do these slowly, to help myself write a modding guide for my minions.

Previous updates:

- Tang Chosen Spearmen was rebalanced and gets an anti-Chinese attack, so keep your Han Spearmen, Southern Levies, Repeating Crossbowman and Imperial Legate as far away form them where possible.
- Suicide Soldiers were unlocked for Srivijaya.

TO-DO [1/6]

- Catalogue units on Fandom for rebalancing
- Insert new animations for Chinese trebuchet.
- JAPANESE: Uji Chief lacks proper melee anim.

WISH LIST:

- Sounds are missing for some buildings and units. Cantonese or Hakka voice acting to replace Mandarin (but is this possible at all???)
- No Yaghnobi or Tibetan voice acting.
- Fix unit icons & help text, we haven't spent much on them.
- Insert tech restrictions, wonders
- Insert Stephanie's suggested balance rules.

Latest [0.0.32]

- Tang Chosen Spearmen was rebalanced and gets an anti-Chinese attack, so keep your Han Spearmen, Southern Levies, Repeating Crossbowman and Imperial Legate as far away form them where possible.
- Suicide Soldiers were unlocked for Srivijaya.

Only 2 wonders, and the unit sounds now remain to be done but those are a rather unimportant component. The buildings are being left out, for now, because I wanna do these slowly, to help myself write a modding guide for my minions.

Previous updates:

- Datbaran anti-archer armour bonus is now active. Make sure your javelins and crossbows are ready if you encounter the Sogdians or Indians in combat.
- Krum, the mighty conqueror of Thrace and the founder of the modern Bulgarian nation, is now a possible Bulgar AI opponent.
- Pecheneg cavalry archers made available to Byzantium and Bulgaria.
- Turks now have more leader names and city names.
- Ranged cavalry has been reassigned (Russians get none, but everyone else gets javelin cavalry or horse archers)
- Elite cavalry archers have been rebalanced as per wiki
- Mercenary clubs (Arabs, Malay jungle) have been rebalanced as per wiki
- More units for Steppe factions.
- War Elephant is now recruitable to Persia
- Tribal Longbowmen can be recruited by Srivijaya and Indians.


TO-DO [1/6]

- Catalogue units on Fandom for rebalancing
- Implement rebalance schemes for Asian and steppe units
- Insert new animations for Chinese trebuchet.
- JAPANESE: Uji Chief lacks proper melee anim.
- Insert new anti-racial bonuses for various units, ie anti-Tibetan bonus for Midak, anti-Turk bonus for Tudun, etc.

WISH LIST:

- Sounds are missing for some buildings and units. Cantonese or Hakka voice acting to replace Mandarin (but is this possible at all???)
- No Yaghnobi or Tibetan voice acting.
- Fix unit icons & help text, we haven't spent much on them.
- Insert tech restrictions, wonders
- Insert Stephanie's suggested balance rules.

Latest [0.0.31c]

Datbaran anti-archer armour bonus is now active. Make sure your javelins and crossbows are ready if you encounter the Sogdians or Indians in combat.

Only 2 wonders, and the unit sounds now remain to be done but those are a rather unimportant component. The buildings are being left out, for now, because I wanna do these slowly, to help myself write a modding guide for my minions.

Previous updates:

- Krum, the mighty conqueror of Thrace and the founder of the modern Bulgarian nation, is now a possible Bulgar AI opponent.
- Pecheneg cavalry archers made available to Byzantium and Bulgaria.
- Turks now have more leader names and city names.
- Ranged cavalry has been reassigned (Russians get none, but everyone else gets javelin cavalry or horse archers)
- Elite cavalry archers have been rebalanced as per wiki
- Mercenary clubs (Arabs, Malay jungle) have been rebalanced as per wiki
- More units for Steppe factions.
- More units, more icons (we concentrate on those used by Warbirth)
- War Elephant is now recruitable to Persia
- Tribal Longbowmen can be recruited by Srivijaya and Indians.


TO-DO [1/6]

- Catalogue units on Fandom for rebalancing
- Implement rebalance schemes for Asian and steppe units
- Insert new animations for Chinese trebuchet.
- JAPANESE: Uji Chief lacks proper melee anim.
- Insert new anti-racial bonuses for various units, ie anti-Tibetan bonus for Midak, anti-Turk bonus for Tudun, etc.

WISH LIST:

- Sounds are missing for some buildings and units. Cantonese or Hakka voice acting to replace Mandarin (but is this possible at all???)
- No Yaghnobi or Tibetan voice acting.
- Fix unit icons & help text, we haven't spent much on them.
- Insert tech restrictions, wonders
- Insert Stephanie's suggested balance rules.

Latest [0.0.31b]

AI players - Krum, the mighty conqueror of Thrace and the founder of the modern Bulgarian nation, is now a possible AI opponent.

Only 2 wonders, and the unit sounds now remain to be done but those are a rather unimportant component. The buildings are being left out, for now, because I wanna do these slowly, to help myself write a modding guide for my minions.

Previous updates:

- Pecheneg cavalry archers made available to Byzantium and Bulgaria.
- Turks now have more leader names and city names.
- Ranged cavalry has been reassigned (Russians get none, but everyone else gets javelin cavalry or horse archers)
- Elite cavalry archers have been rebalanced as per wiki
- Mercenary clubs (Arabs, Malay jungle) have been rebalanced as per wiki
- More units for Steppe factions.
- More units, more icons (we concentrate on those used by Warbirth)
- War Elephant is now recruitable to Persia
- Tribal Longbowmen can be recruited by Srivijaya and Indians.


TO-DO [1/6]

- Catalogue units on Fandom for rebalancing
- Implement rebalance schemes for Asian and steppe units
- Insert new animations for Chinese trebuchet.
- JAPANESE: Uji Chief lacks proper melee anim.
- Insert new anti-racial bonuses for various units, ie anti-Tibetan bonus for Midak, anti-Turk bonus for Tudun, etc.

WISH LIST:

- Sounds are missing for some buildings and units. Cantonese or Hakka voice acting to replace Mandarin (but is this possible at all???)
- No Yaghnobi or Tibetan voice acting.
- Fix unit icons & help text, we haven't spent much on them.
- Insert tech restrictions, wonders
- Insert Stephanie's suggested balance rules.

Latest [0.0.31b]

All icons are now in- except for ship. A lot of units, too, have been unlocked -- these being mainly merc units. I won't be touching Project 666 frequently until next month.

Only 2 wonders, and the unit sounds now remain to be done but those are a rather unimportant component. The buildings are being left out, for now, because I wanna do these slowly, to help myself write a modding guide for my minions.

Previous updates:
- Pecheneg cavalry archers made available to Byzantium and Bulgaria.
- Turks now have more leader names and city names.
- Ranged cavalry has been reassigned (Russians get none, but everyone else gets javelin cavalry or horse archers)
- Elite cavalry archers have been rebalanced as per wiki
- Mercenary clubs (Arabs, Malay jungle) have been rebalanced as per wiki
- More units for Steppe factions.
- More units, more icons (we concentrate on those used by Warbirth)
- War Elephant is now recruitable to Persia
- Tribal Longbowmen can be recruited by Srivijaya and Indians.


TO-DO [1/6]

- Catalogue units on Fandom for rebalancing
- Implement rebalance schemes for Asian and steppe units
- Insert new animations for Chinese trebuchet.
- JAPANESE: Uji Chief lacks proper melee anim.
- Insert new anti-racial bonuses for various units, ie anti-Tibetan bonus for Midak, anti-Turk bonus for Tudun, etc.

WISH LIST:

- Sounds are missing for some buildings and units. Cantonese or Hakka voice acting to replace Mandarin (but is this possible at all???)
- No Yaghnobi or Tibetan voice acting.
- Fix unit icons & help text, we haven't spent much on them.
- Insert tech restrictions, wonders
- Insert Stephanie's suggested balance rules.

Latest [0.0.31a]

All land units have received their UI icons. Only primitive ships (war barge, Karve, canoes) have not received them because we don't know how to do them.

Previous updates:
- Pecheneg cavalry archers made available to Byzantium and Bulgaria.
- Turks now have more leader names and city names.
- Ranged cavalry has been reassigned (Russians get none, but everyone else gets javelin cavalry or horse archers)
- Elite cavalry archers have been rebalanced as per wiki
- Mercenary clubs (Arabs, Malay jungle) have been rebalanced as per wiki
- More units for Steppe factions.
- More units, more icons (we concentrate on those used by Warbirth)
- War Elephant is now recruitable to Persia
- Tribal Longbowmen can be recruited by Srivijaya and Indians.


TO-DO [8/5]

- Catalogue units on Fandom for rebalancing
- Implement rebalance schemes for Asian and steppe units
- Insert new animations for Chinese trebuchet.
- JAPANESE: Uji Chief lacks proper melee anim.
- Insert new anti-racial bonuses for various units, ie anti-Tibetan bonus for Midak, anti-Turk bonus for Tudun, etc.

WISH LIST:

- Cantonese or Hakka voice acting to replace Mandarin (but is this possible at all???)
- No Yaghnobi or Tibetan voice acting.
- Fix unit icons & help text, we haven't spent much on them.
- Insert tech restrictions, wonders
- Insert Stephanie's suggested balance rules.