Next patch speculation thread

Those standards? What do you mean?
I find it a bit hard to compare what you used in your example to my examples. The park in Missouri looks completely man-made, but I merely gave examples of parks in different biomes. There is no reason that a mountain with adjacent forests should be more valid for a nature reserve / national park, than marshlands or deserts.

 

So @Eagle Pursuit, your current thinking is Thursday this week?

 

Video Tuesday? Livestream Wednesday? Patch and notes Thursday? Crushing disappointment Friday?

 

I have hopes...

 

It's looking good for Thursday, at least for the PC version. They haven't re-updated the linux and mac "send to 2K" branch builds that would indicate they are close on those versions.

 

Hopes of patch this week, or hopes it won't be disappointing?

 

We have a wacky proverb in Québec.. you'll need not to trust if you still want to hope for real.

 

The Zero Expectations philosophy?

Works. By adopting it, you make sure that ANY little positive makes you happy, while at the same time making you immune to ANY amount of disappointment.

A little on the cynical side, though. "It tastes awful, but it works."

 

If the patch were to come out Thursday, wouldn't there already be a video on social media or a post on Ed's twitter?

Edit: All I see is a happy birthday to Phillip of Spain.

 

They haven't consistently done videos for patches.

 

They have made one video and I doubt they will do one for every patch now Why would they?

 

English buff:
Good: Increase WotW to also accelerate niter (for Redcoats)
Better: Loyalty bonus on foreign continents
Best: + Bring back British Museum

Tamar buff:
Good: Increase CS survivability when suzerain
Better: Free Ancient Walls on hills
Best: +Tsikhe replace Medieval & Renaissance Walls

Pantheons: nerf Earth Goddess, buff everything else

 

Definitely don't buff Harvest, though. Nerf nerf.

 

Oh yeah, forgot about Harvest. Such a huge advantage getting Harvest or EG compared to any of the others.

 

Today they did update the proving grounds for dev tools. So there is likely going to be something new or different there in the patch.

 

There are two updates of 2kqa_b for today. It isn't a good sign for tomorrow's patch released .

 

Emergency nerf for England and quick tune-up to add global warming mechanics to barbarian scouts.

 

@Eagle Pursuit please give us cause to still hope for a patch tomorrow!

 

I don't think so. The updates today do not portend well. Things do seem to be drawing to a close, but the end eludes us. Perhaps Tuesday.