Dear All,
I'd like to take this opportunity to outline our update plans more clearly.
The next hotfix will be released very soon, this fixes those critical issues described in Sensei's recent post. We're working very hard to get that tested and released as soon as possible.
We're currently following a model of releasing a hot-fix, followed by a large gameplay update afterwards.
This will then be followed by further hot-fixes and again, a later large gameplay upgrade.
The gameplay updates address everything to do with gameplay, naval landings, AI behaviour, unit balancing, the lot. The hot-fixes correct game code issues that cause crashes and instability on some systems.
The larger gameplay upgrades are being developed in parallel and will be released in a timely fashion following the fixes.
So in summary:
i. The next patch is coming shortly, this will fix a number of critical code issues.
ii. Following the next patch a massive gameplay update is being prepared which will address: balancing, naval units, AI behaviour and other issues.
iii. This cycle of 'fix-upgrade' will then continue.
We are genuine about intending to support the community in the long run and we are all still working on Empire, games sold are not games forgotten.
I'm aware everyone will inevitably ask 'when' and all I can say is very shortly for the next hot-fix and within a few weeks for the major gameplay upgrade.
Kind regards,
Kieran
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