What changed in Age of Wonders III in 2014

Introduced a dozen new types of head gear including sinister cloak hoods and themed accessories for Undead and Frostling.

Introduced a dozen new types of head gear including sinister cloak hoods and themed accessories for Undead and Frostling.

Three new Frostling units added: Raider, Harpoon Thrower, and Mammoth Rider.

Three new Frostling units added: Raider, Harpoon Thrower, and Mammoth Rider.

The Frostlings return as a revamped, fully loaded playable race in the upcoming Expansion.

The Frostlings return as a revamped, fully loaded playable race in the upcoming expansion.

The upcoming expansion will include the Necromancer class.

The upcoming expansion will include the Necromancer class.

Includes a more aggressive AI, updates on trespassing, and AI surrendering.

Changes to abilities removing buffs and debuffs to align with disjunct mechanics.

Balance update making tactical spells, especially buffs and debuffs, more viable.

Includes a more aggressive AI, updates on trespassing, and AI surrendering.

Added an option to disable observing other players' Manual Battles.

Balance changes adding racial diversity to Arch Druid and Rogue units.

Added more variety to strengths and weaknesses of all Elementals.

Changes to Skills, Abilities, and Status Effects to influence Morale more actively.

Changes to Skills, Abilities, and Status Effects to influence Morale more actively.

Non-Hero units can now continue leveling up beyond 'Elite'.

Added an option to disable observing other players' Manual Battles.

Facilitates user-made maps with Steam Workshop support.

Balance adjustments to tactical spells, especially buff and debuff spells.

Changes to abilities removing buffs and debuffs to align with disjunction mechanics.

Balance changes adding racial diversity to Arch Druid and Rogue units.

Added more variety to the strengths and weaknesses of all Elementals.

Facilitates user-made maps and includes Steam Workshop support.

Non-Hero units can now continue levelling up beyond 'Elite'.

Improvements to AI behavior regarding surrendering during gameplay.

Improvements to AI behavior regarding surrendering during gameplay.

Empire Quests reward players for achieving milestones in empire development, such as building a Grand Palace or owning 5 cities.

Empire Quests reward players for achieving milestones in empire development, such as building a Grand Palace or owning 5 cities.

Introduces new empire building mechanics, random maps, new scenarios, and a new story campaign featuring Halfling survivors.

Introduces new empire building mechanics, random maps, new scenarios, and a new story campaign.

Deluxe Edition now available as a separate DLC on Steam.

Deluxe Edition now available as a separate DLC on Steam.

Implementation of Cloud Saves for user progress.

Cloud Saves functionality has been implemented.

Integration of Steamworks allows easier user content sharing.

Introduction of the Mac and Linux versions of Age of Wonders III.

Integration of Steamworks for easier user content sharing.

The Mac and Linux versions of Age of Wonders III are now available.

New type of city upgrades that unlock unique improvements based on city location.

The Summer Tournament has kicked off with prizes for the top players.

New type of city upgrades that unlock unique improvements to towns, enhancing the importance of city locations.

Introduction of a new Victory Condition for random maps and campaign scenarios.

A new Victory Condition for both random maps and standalone or campaign scenarios.

Upcoming update will include Steam Workshop support and Cloud Saves.

Testing of exciting new mechanics, including new victory conditions and a new type of quest.

A new campaign and new classes are being developed.

The first new race is nearly complete, with more races in development.

The first new race, which has '-ling' in the name, is nearly complete.

Upcoming update will include Steam Workshop support and Cloud Saves for user-made scenarios and save game management.

The tech team is working on porting the game to Mac and likely Linux.

Exciting new mechanics including new victory conditions and a new type of quest are being tested.

An exotic new dwelling and new monsters are in development.

New music, classes, and a new campaign are being developed.

The tech team is working on porting the game to Mac and likely Linux.

An exotic new dwelling and new monsters are in development.

Added new game speed settings for quicker multiplayer games or marathon XL maps.

Water combat has been made more tactically rewarding.

Water combat has been made more tactically rewarding.

Added new game speed settings for quicker multiplayer games and marathon XL maps.

Racial traits now have a greater impact on class units.

Racial traits now have a greater impact on class units.

Optimized features affecting maps with water for increased framerate.

Adjusted campaign mechanics to prevent instant loss due to mind-controlled heroes and other issues.

'Shadow stalker' now deals cold damage, improving options against blight immune troops.

Added a quick save option, bound under CTRL+S by default.

Heroes being mind controlled no longer causes instant loss of a campaign map if rescued by the end of combat.

Added building upgrades to starting cities in 6th Elven Court and Commonwealth maps.

Added a quick save option, bound under CTRL+S by default.

Fixed frame drop occurring when armies were selected.

Fixed a memory leak occurring when Windows was locked.

Fixed an issue where the 'Protect your leader and throne city' quest failed to complete on victory.

Fixed an issue where a backstab bonus wasn't being correctly applied.

Fixed a memory leak that occurred when Windows was locked.

Added buttons to cycle through cities owned by the player.

Fixed AI behavior issues including premature attacks and invalid target resurrection spells.

Increased the research costs of skills to slow down progression through the skill tree.

Fixed a crash triggered by clicking on a 'You lost your throne city!' event.

Increased research costs of skills to slow down progression.

Prevented story characters from dying when victorious.

Fixed a crash issue when opening interface screens for users with Intel HD Graphics HD4000 and Surface 2 Pro.

Made 'squire' AI easier to beat and adjusted settings to maintain challenge.

Fixed the stack confirm movement button being disabled in some situations.

Heroes protected by 'resurgence' can now die in tactical combat without causing campaign loss, provided the battle is won.

Closed gaps in mountains and fixed independent army behaviors.

'Shrine of smiting' is no longer 'Devout', nerfing doom stacks relying on stacking 'Devout' bonuses.

Independents no longer interfere with one of the starting quests.

Fixed graphics settings not being saved when using the 'guest' profile.

Fixed a crash triggered by selecting an 'Egg has hatched' event after loading a save game.

'Shadow stalker' now does cold damage, fixing an issue with rogues against blight immune troops.

Optimized a feature affecting maps with water to show increased framerate.

Player 6 now starts with more gold mines for better balance.

Fixed an issue where the tactical AI would cast a resurrection spell on an invalid target.

Fixed decreasing frame rate occurring during extended play, particularly in longer battles.

Fixed the 'Remove army from event list' shortcut key function.

Fixed an issue where graphics settings were not saved when using the 'guest' profile.

The game now ignores controller input to prevent camera drift.

Base production of cities has been decreased.

Fixed a crash issue when opening interface screens for users with Intel HD Graphics HD4000 and certain driver versions.

Fixed frame drop when armies were selected and decreasing frame rate during extended play.

When creating a new custom leader, the name field is now left empty by default.

Fixed an issue when logging in with usernames of two characters.

Added support for WQHD / QHD (up to 2560 x 1440 / 2560 * 1600) native resolution display.

A 'defeat leader' quest no longer reveals that leader's position.

'Shrine of smiting' is no longer 'Devout', reducing its effectiveness.

Fixed AI coming out from behind walls too soon and spamming disjunction.

Closed a gap in mountains and fixed independent army behavior.

Added buttons to cycle through cities owned by the player.

Fixed a rare crash caused by razing a city with a heart of blight.

Support for native resolution display up to 2560 x 1440 / 2560 x 1600.

Decreased the base production of cities.

'Spring of life' now rewards units when explored.

Added extra text to the preview popup when attacking a city wall to show remaining hit points.

Fixed issue with 'Libraries' and 'Observatories' generating too much knowledge.

Increased cost to 300 gold and 100 mana.

Cost increased to 300 gold and 100 mana.

Added a Previous/Next button for cities in the city header.

Added a Previous/Next button to the city header for easier navigation.

Saving profile, such as graphics settings, for the 'Guest' account has been fixed.

Fixed frame drops occurring when having an army selected.

Support for resolutions up to 2560 x 1440 / 2560 x 1600, fixing black & white boxes and blurry text.

A quick save option has been added to the game.

Support for resolutions up to 2560 x 1440 / 2560 x 1600, fixing black & white boxes and blurry text.

Frame drops when having an army selected have been removed.

AI's use of Global Spell Disjunction is now limited.

Introduced a quick save option for gameplay.

Disabling of controller/joystick input to avoid camera drift.

AI difficulty lowered for the 'Squire' level to improve player experience in the first Elven Court mission.

Fixed saving profile issues for graphics settings on 'Guest' accounts.

AI will leave their walls less quickly during combat.

AI will leave their walls less quickly during combat.

Lowered AI difficulty to reduce player deaths in the first Elven Court mission.

Disabling of controller/joystick input to avoid camera drift.

AI's use of Global Spell Disjunction is now limited.