Infantry buff incoming with the next patch?

[FloosWorld]

As you may know, the devs teased a very large update for AoE 2 in the last patch notes:

... While some of us were preparing for the console release, others started to work on one of the biggest updates in AoE II: DE history. This update will bring a large number of fixes and changes, a massive number of balance changes, quality of life improvements and more. ...

(Source) [www.ageofempires.com]

This week during maintenance, they posted a crossword puzzle on their social media channels and earlier today they posted the solution for said puzzle.

The solution highlights the word "Gambesons". Gambeson is, according to Wiki "a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour".

The devs wanted to buff infantry play for a long time now, so maybe the next patch will eventually make them stronger and more viable during the mid-game.

[KingKickAss]

Interesting. I wonder if it would be a militia line specific upgrade you can grab at the barracks or something. Would be nice to see infantry becoming more usable earlier on.

[FloosWorld]

引用自 KingKickAss：

Interesting. I wonder if it would be a militia line specific upgrade you can grab at the barracks or something. Would be nice to see infantry becoming more usable earlier on.

Yeah I imagine it'll be a tech in the barracks

[Marco]

What maybe infantry needs is an upgrade that works the same as the Bloodlines.

[jonoliveira12]

Gambeson is already a Sicilians UT, that gives Knights an extra armour upgrade.

[gio.bruno]

Gambesons is a Castle Age tech at barracks that gives the miltia line +1 pierce armor.

From the PUP build that they released nearly an hour ago.

[Krosis Priest]

That would be good, closing the huge defence gap between infantry and cavalry would make the game way more interesting.

[FloosWorld]

引用自 jonoliveira12：

Gambeson is already a Sicilians UT, that gives Knights an extra armour upgrade.

That one's Hauberk

[jonoliveira12]

引用自 FloosWorld：

引用自 jonoliveira12：

Gambeson is already a Sicilians UT, that gives Knights an extra armour upgrade.

That one's Hauberk

I could swear it was Gambesons. Have not played them since they were nerfed.

Glad Infantry is getting a buff against Ranged, coupled with the Crossbowman and Arbalest upgrade cost nerfs of earlier patches.

[chaoticbalrog]

I Can confirm that Hauberk is the Sicilian Imperial Age unique technology. It also appears that the Britons will not be getting the Gambesons tech, but that won't really hurt them since their militia line optimally will receive covering fire from Longbowmen and their regular foot archers.

[Quarantined_villager]

Infantry (Gamebsons) meta incoming ...

[jonoliveira12]

引用自 Quarantined_villager：

Infantry (Gamebsons) meta incoming ...

For a few civs, definitely.
Malay now even get Infantry Armour upgrades free, so they definitely will go for Infantry meta.
Vikings may easily go for mass Infantry + Archers now too, since they get Gold from killing Vills, Monks and Trade, with the Chieftains update.

[Kiwichris]

So when is this big update coming? I've seen a few youtubers raving about it but I haven't seen anything official about it yet. Next week is April fool's day so hopefully this isn't a prank!

[gio.bruno]

引用自 Kiwichris：

So when is this big update coming? I've seen a few youtubers raving about it but I haven't seen anything official about it yet. Next week is April fool's day so hopefully this isn't a prank!

Worry not, it is official.
The patch is not yet live, but the changes are currently available in a testing version released yesterday. This beta will be available in the next days until the main version gets the update.

[GrizzGolf]

This must be the next DLC if its that big of an update

[jonoliveira12]

Not necessarily. I think they are having some trouble with Return to Rome (likely does not meet the expectations of what people really want from an "AoE1 in the AoE2 engine" game), so they prepared the big patch to launch ahead of it.

I base this on the still non existant information about the DLC. Announced in November, at this point they should be getting the hype machine into high gear, and they still give nothing, which makes me think the DLC does not meet the expectations MS wants out of it.