New Meta Pro Patch 1.0.1, Released 28th December 2023 by oMoradin

This patch is basically built on 1.9/2k+ players of voobly.
More than 40 players gave their opinion to me about a different patch and meta that they would like to see in the game.
This is a non-official voobly balance patch.
Any future changes will be put here!

Have Fun!

Game Changes:
- sheltered pass added in random map
- mega random added in rangom map
- tropical mirage added in random map
- max screen zoom out increased from 100 to 120.
- wonder cost increased from 1000f/1000w/1000g/50f > 1500f/1500w/1500g/50f
- all classical boats (trireme/bireme/kebenit and longboat) have the same stats and costs
- villagers from all civs accuracy while hunting increased

Greek Changes:
- pestilance ranged increased from 30 to 35 feet.
- bronze hack armor increased from 30% to 40%
- bronze pierce armor increased from 30% to 40%
- lure max range increased
- lure min range increased
- lure attraction hunt rate increased
- hades shade spawn chance decreased from 20% to 15%
- hades shade hp decreased from 100 to 90
- hades extra buildings hp decreased from 25% to 20%
- zeus hoplites damage on buildings decreased from 200% to 180%
- now greek heroes of last age can be trained in the temple (will be fixed to all heroes)
- arcaic and classical age heroes pop count increased from 2 to 3
- aegis shield wood cost decreased from 300 to 150
- aegis shield gold cost increased from 0 to 150
- sarissa wood cost removed
- sarissa food cost increased from 0 to 150
- sarissa gold cost increased from 0 to 100
- poseidon militia hp 100 to 90
- peltast range increased from 16 to 18
- peltast damage increased from 3 to 4
- hypaspist bonus damage against infantry from 375% to 350%
- thracian horses food cost reduced from 400 to 300
- thracian horses favor cost reduced from 30 to 25
- cyclops food cost reduced from 250 to 200
- cylops health reduced from 650 to 600
- minotaur favor cost increased from 14 to 15
- hydra favor cost reduced from 28 to 25.
- bacchanalia wood cost decreased from 300 to 250
- sun ray favor cost reduced from 30 to 25
- phobos spear of panic food cost decreased from 200 to 180
- helepolis pierce damage reduced from 5 to 4
- helepolis crush damage reduced from 17 to 16
- sylvan lore movement speed decreased from 30% to 25%
- centaur special damage on villagers increased from 75% to 100%
- hoplite training time increased from 14 to 15 seconds

Egyptian Changes:
- meteor damage on units increased from 25% to 30%
- meteor damage on buildings increased from 75% to 80%
- meteor max damage increased from 9000 to 10000
- shifting sands min enemy hp cap reduced from 800 to 500
- shifting sands max enemy hp cap reduced from 4000 to 3500
- egyptian villager gather rates increased:
- gold 0.82 > 0.86
- wood 0.98 > 1.02
- farm 0.57 > 0.62
- herdable 0.65 > 0.69
- huntable 0.76 > 0.80
- wildcrops 0.65 > 0.69
- gaia forest 1.13 > 1.17
- barracks gold cost increased from 75 to 85
- siege works gold cost increased from 20 to 70
- hathor doesn't give free roc anymore
- roc cost gold cost increased from 150 to 200
- book of thoth wood cost reduced from 400 to 300
- bone bow wood cost decreased from 250 to 200
- sundried mud brick extra buildings hp removed
- sundried mud brick research time decreased from 50 to 40 seconds
- medjay mercenary extra life span reduced from 20 to 10 seconds
- skin of the rhino hack armor decreased from 30% to 20%
- skin of the rhino pierce armor decreased from 30% to 20%
- axe of vengence damage against buildings decreased from 200% to 100%
- catapult crush damage decreased from 50 to 40
- siege tower crush damage decreased from 50 to 40
- axeman hp increased from 70 to 80
- axeman hack armor increased from 40% to 35%
- axeman bonus damage against infantry decreased from 400% to 330%
- serpent hp increased from 90 to 120
- serpent damage on villagers increased from 10% to 50%
- sea snake hp increased from 90 to 120
- sea snake pierce armor increased from 35% to 40%
- valley of kings gold cost reduced from 500 to 400
- valley of kings favor cost reduced from 40 to 30
- valley of kings migdol training time bonus reduced from 66% to 50%
- mercenary hp increased from 85 to 105
- mercenary life span decreased from 35 to 25 seconds
- mercenary training time increased from 4 to 8 seconds
- mercenary limit decreased from 12 to 8 units
- mercenary cost decreased from 90g to 80g
- mercenary hack armor decreased from 45% to 35%
- mercenary pierce armor decreased from 30% to 20%
- mercenary cavalry hp increased from 190 to 210
- mercenary cavalry life span decreased from 35 to 25 seconds
- mercenary cavalry training time increased from 6 to 10 seconds
- mercenary cavalry limit decreased from 8 to 6 units
- mercenary cavalry cost decreased from 120g to 110g
- mercenary cavalry hack armor decreased from 20% to 15%
- mercenary cavalry pierce armor decreased from 35% to 30%
- mercenary cavalry hack damage increased from 8 to 10

Norse Changes:
- undermine duration increased from 15 to 20 seconds
- flaming weapons on heroes of ragnarok bonus increased from 72% to 85%
- fimbulwinter duration increased from 35 to 40 seconds
- fimbulwinter max tc count spawns increased from 4 to 9
- great hunt max food cap reduced from 750 to 650.
- Battle boar hp decreased 720 > 680
- battle boar hack armor decreased 60% to 55%
- battle boar pierce armor decreased 60% to 55%
- frost giant gold cost increased from 200 to 250
- frost giant favor cost increased from 22 to 25
- fire giant pierce armor decreased from 80% to 75%
- all thor armory upgrades now takes 30 seconds to research
- thor dwarven armory wood cost increased from 75 to 100
- now all armory upgrades from dwarven armory takes 30 seconds to be researched
- ulfsark training time 9s > 10s
- ravens respawn time after kill 4min > 5min
- pigsticker research time reduced from 40 to 30 seconds
- lone wanderer wood cost increased from 175 to 200
- raven los reduced from 20 to 15 feet
- raven hp reduced from 50 to 40
- ring giver gold cost reduced from 400 to 350
- ring giver favor cost increased from 20 to 30
- ring giver now gives bonus hp to jarl and raiding cavalry
- ring giver bonus hp reduced from 25% to 20%
- ring giver research time increased from 36 to 40 seconds
- ring giver now can be researched on the temple
- bravery now can be researched on the temple
- bravery food cost reduced from 400 to 300
- axe of muspell research time reduced from 40 to 30 seconds
- axe of muspell favor cost increased from 5 to 10
- axe of muspell now increases range of throwing axeman in 1
- odin hunt gather rate reduced from 20% to 15%
- winter warvest food cost increased from 200 to 250
- safeguard buildings hp increase 10% > 15%
- safeguard wood cost increased from 200 to 250
- safeguard favor cost increased from 10 to 20
- loki myth unit spawn chance 1.2 > 1.15
- all norse troops building speed increased in 5%
- ulfsark hp increased from 80 to 85
- throwing axeman hp increased from 65 to 70
- huskarl hp increased from 115 to 120
- ulfsark training time increased from 9 to 10 seconds
- throwing axeman training time reduced from 16 to 15 seconds

Atlantean changes:
- chaos human unit conversion increased from 3 to 4.
- tartarian gate hp increased from 2500 to 2600
- tartarian gate hack armor increased from 25% to 30%
- implode pull range increased from 25 to 30 feet.
- spider egg cooldown reduced from 5 to 4 minutes
- shockwave stun time increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
- turma track rating increased from 5 to 5.5
- chieroballista track rating increased from 5 to 5.5
- atlantean villager hand damage increased from 8 to 10
- atlantean villager bonus damage against helepolis/siege tower decreased from 400% to 350%
- fanatic pierce armor reduced 25% to 20%
- fanatic bonus damage against cavalry decreased 200% to 150%
- destroyer pierce armor decreased 70% to 65%
- Satyr pop count decreased from 4 to 3
- Satyr wood cost reduced from 250 to 225
- safe passage research time decreased from 40 to 30 seconds
- safe passage gold reduction increased from 20% to 25%
- sky passage hp decreased from 1000 to 900
- sky passage hack armor decreased from 20% to 15%
- sky passage pierce armor decreased from 80% to 70%
- kronos myth unit and siege mov speed increased from 10% to 12%
- kronos myth unit and siege cost discount increased from 10% to 15%