Patch Notes - 5.5 (Open Beta)

Below are the issues that have been addressed in this 5.5 Open Beta:

Performance optimizations should increase frame rates up to 15%



Researching spies during treaty should no longer causes a desync



Extremely long games should no longer desync due to high turn counts



Quitting via ALT+F4 should no longer cause a desync



Resigning but staying in game should no longer desync after remaining players save/load



The desync message should no longer appear over the post game screen

Hosts are able to set a password for their lobby



Audio for notifications should no longer overlap and cause a loud noise



Audio for garrisoning / un-garrisoning should no longer overlap



Lobby civ pools should now be consistent for each host player



Lobby civ pools should now display the conquerors civilizations correctly



Lobby maps should now display random special and real world at the top of the list



Lobby maps no longer displays random special twice in the list



Lobby maps now selects DLC3 Random Real World maps correctly when appropriate



The password checkbox should now remain when changing datasets



Navigating through aoe.net should now correctly prompt the password popup (when needed)

Magyars no longer need to build a blacksmith to receive their free blacksmith upgrades



Magyars now receive Siege Engineers



Magyar Scout Cavalry, Light Cavalry and Hussar cost -15% (up from -10%)



Magyars Recurve Bow now adds +1 attack and +1 range (up from +1 range)



Indians no longer have the Arbalest upgrade



Malay Karambit Warrior have +1 attack



Fire ships have -1 pierce armor



Fast Fire ships have -1 pierce armor



Viking warship discount changed to -15%, -15%, -20% (up from -10%, -15%, -20%)



Italians fishing ships now cost -15 wood (down from -25 wood)

Patch 5.5 is ready for Open Beta! Thank you for your ongoing support and participation as it is fundamental in ensuring that builds are stable and ready for Live release.In this Open Beta we have implemented password protected lobbies, improved performance and addressed some additional community issues. We are looking forward to hearing from you and we will continue to monitor the forums for your feedback. Here is the new Open Beta discussion thread.