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saraviga wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 1:34 pm
But we’ll talk more about that later this summer.

Pocus

saraviga wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 1:34 pm Field of Glory: Empires | Sign ups for the final patch
Dear players,

We are pleased to announce that we are preparing one final patch for Empires — and it’s going to be a massive one! Drawing on three years of development work from its successor Kingdoms, this update will include not only dozens of bug fixes, but also substantial balance adjustments across nearly every aspect of the game.

In addition, numerous interface and quality-of-life improvements will be included. Notably, the much-loved Building Browser from Kingdoms will be added to Empires, as it has been highly requested and will no doubt be warmly welcomed here as well.

Sign ups are now open here: https://www6.slitherine.com/beta/field-of-glory-empires

That said, it’s important to note that we do not intend to overhaul Empires to the point that it loses its identity. It will retain its distinct features compared to Kingdoms. Gameplay additions will be made on a case-by-case basis, and sometimes as optional features, to satisfy all types of players.

With that in mind, there’s still a lot of work ahead on our side, and we will need your help in the near future for an intensive testing phase of the patch — as it will bring major changes. Only you can provide the volume and quality of feedback we’ll need.

But we’ll talk more about that later this summer.

Gamefully yours,

Pocus

saraviga wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 1:34 pm Field of Glory: Empires | Sign ups for the final patch
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kronenblatt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:19 am So therefore it would be best in my view (both as a player and as a modder) to leave Empires in the stable, enjoyable, and wonderful 1.3.9 version.

GLeech wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 8:33 pm i'm not sure if you're being serious or sarcastic considering the mess in the current csv files

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 10:32 pm Which mess in which csv files are you referring to?

GLeech wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 1:10 am

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 10:32 pm Which mess in which csv files are you referring to?

Well, at first I just wanted to mod hellenic factions in the base game a little to make them more historical. Little I knew what a can of worms I was opening. In a short time I found that:

- Sparta can recruit light horsemen only at civ level 1;
- some units are recruitable at civ levels 1 and 3 but not level 2;
- hibernians got phalanx (that looks like a warband but has phalanx stats);
- picts and hibernians are allowed to get elephants while many more southern factions aren't;
- all germanic, balkanic and most celtic factions get cataphracts at level 3 but half of the hellenic factions don't;
- many factions got standard (not raw) regular infantry at civ level 1 (not sure if intended for all of these);
- 1/3 of all independent and rebel factions got wrong units (like desertic units for nomad rebels);
- etc, etc.

These are just some of my discoveries in the army rosters. I suspect it's just the tip of the iceberg as I didn't dig as deep into other data and didn't look into the 550BC scenario yet.

Pocus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 13, 2026 10:28 am Beta are not reporting much about these things, so we can take hints from this forum too!

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