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0.6.5.9 - Balance changes

The Fertile Crescent
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

This is another update that focuses on multiplayer balance. We've analyzed the game further, done more internal tests, and received feedback from our community. From this, we've re-introduced a separate armor type against ranged attacks, made some buildings slightly stronger, and more.

Change log 0.6.5.9

General improvements
- All units now have a separate stat for additional armor from ranged attacks, that shows in selected controller panel
- Villager delivers resources on repair if repairing delivery point
- Updated equipment descriptions

Unit balance changes
- Heavy Axeman has 150 hit points (from 170)
- Heavy Axeman deals 15 damage (from 16)
- Heavy Spearman has 2 base ranged armor (from 2 base standard armor)
- Heavy Spearman deals 11 base damage (from 12)
- Heavy Spearman Shield Wall improvement adds +3 armor against ranged attacks (from +2)
- Heavy Spearman costs 35 food and 15 wood to train (from 35 food and 20 wood)
- Swordsman costs 35 food and 15 metal to train (from 45 food and 15 metal)
- Swordsman has 210 hit points (from 250)
- Swordsman has 1 base default armor (from 2)
- Bowman has 16/24 attack range (from 14/22)
- Bronze Shield provides all units who wield a shield an additional +1 standard armor and +1 armor against ranged units (from +2 standard armor)
- Sapper has 1 base armor against ranged attacks (from 1 standard armor)
- Battering ram has 6 base armor against ranged attacks
- Battering ram consumes 2 food

Other balance changes
- Copper and bronze weapons no longer increase siege damage for any units in the game
- Watchtower, wall, gate, village center has 1 base siege armor (from 0)
- Village Center has 3000 base hits points (from 2500)
- Palace has 1000 base hit points (from 200; which was a bug)
- Tribe unit adds 900 health to Village Center when reaching it (from 200)

Bug fixes
- Scribes increases priest knowledge generation by 200% like description states (not 100% by a mistake)
- Improved Engineering description no longer overflows text box

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