Editing Patch Notes 1.0.5

{{PatchInfo|version=1.0.5|date=2024-10-22|type=Regular Update}}

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== From the developers: ==
For this week - our focus remains on responding to audience feedback on pacing, balance, stability, and performance. 

'''General'''

* Medium game length changed from 750 to 800 turns.
* Long game length changed from 1250 to 1500 turns.

'''City Management'''

* Many types of resources are visible at the start of the game to provide players with more strategic options.
* Smaller cities provide less tax income to encourage taller gameplay.
* Smaller cities provide less production to encourage taller gameplay.
* Larger cities consume slightly more food to compensate for lower food maintenance on improvements.
* Starting cities are more likely to start in a fertile area.
* Starting areas are more likely to spawn an interesting resource nearby.
* Map generation adjusted to start players in more fertile areas.

'''Improvements/Triumphs'''

* General increase in maintenance costs to tighten the late game economy.
* Factory wealth maintenance increased from 5 to 10.
* Foundry now has 1 material, 5 wealth maintenance cost.
* Crafting Guild materials maintenance is reduced from 5 to 1.
* Trading Post provides +10 prosperity to the city.
* Forge wealth maintenance increased from 1 to 3, now has 1 material, 1 wood maintenance cost as well.
* Refinery wealth maintenance increased from 1 to 5, now has 1 material maintenance cost.
* Bazaar provides +10 Prosperity to city.
* Grocer district happiness buff reduced from 5 to 1. Grocers are great but not generally a source of joy.
* School knowledge buff reduced from 15 to 10 to make the supplies of them more impactful.
* Pub wealth production per improvement reduced from 5 to 1 to emphasize the quality of life benefits.
* Stonehenge Knowledge buff reduced from 25 to 20.
* Foundry craft rate buff increased from 5 to 10.
* Docks maintenance increased from 1 to 5 wealth.
* Drydocks maintenance increased from 2 to 10 wealth.
* Naval base maintenance increased from 3 to 15 wealth. 
* Dwellings line now has 1 wood, 1 material maintenance cost.
* Industrial and Irrigated farms cost 1 material to maintenance.
* Reduced flat wealth bonus from certain improvements:
::Inns now require an expert to provide money.
::Mint now provides a 15% buff to city Prosperity rather than 5 wealth.

'''Amenities/Items/Resources'''

* Shoes amenity Happiness bonus reduced from 15 to 5 to bring happiness more in line with other QoL stats.
* Shoes amenity Prosperity bonus reduced from 15 to 5.
* Gourmet meal Health Amenity buff reduced from 15 to 5 to balance it with other amenities.
* Meteors now provide Metal Ingots without the need for smelting.
* Obsidian is more common.
* Tobacco does not provide as much money as before.
* Treasury Bonds and Law Books are correctly consumed 1 every 10 turns. 
* Looms now correctly provide 100% Craft Production as an Amenity.

'''Techs/Research'''

* Based on community feedback with a preference to slower default pacing, we have increased the tech costs slightly.
* Antiquities research cost increased from 400 to 500.
* Early Middle Ages research cost increased from 600 to 700.
* High medieval age research cost increased from 800 to 1000.
* Renaissance era research cost increased from 1200 to 1500.
* Enlightenment era research cost increased from 1500 to 1750.
* Machine age research cost increased from 1800 to 2250.
* Atomic age research cost increased from 2100 to 3000.
* Information age research cost increased from 2500 to 4000.
* Singularity age research cost increased from 3000 to 5000.

'''City Management**

* Many types of resources are visible at the start of the game to provide players with more strategic options.
* Smaller cities provide less tax income.
* Smaller cities provide less production.
* Larger cities consume slightly more food.
* Starting cities are more likely to start in a fertile area.
* Starting areas are more likely to spawn an interesting resource nearby.
* Map generation adjusted to start players in more fertile areas.

'''Events'''
* "Decor & Devotion" now triggers correctly for Askia Muhammad.

'''Localization'''

* We are continuing to update all localized languages. 

'''Units/Combat'''

* Most first Act units have 1 material maintenance cost in addition to food cost.
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