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Patch 5.0

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Patch 5.0

Patch released December 19, 2016, recording 51 change items across General, Map changes, Campaign changes, Matchmaking and other areas.

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Overview

Patch released December 19, 2016, recording 51 change items across General, Map changes, Campaign changes, Matchmaking and other areas.

What this version records

Patch 5.0 is a version-specific change record for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, dated December 19, 2016. It records 51 changes in the RotR release. The section labels below identify which parts of the game were touched; consult the current unit, building, or technology entry for values that may have changed again in a later patch.

  • General: 10 change items
  • Map changes: 1 change items
  • Campaign changes: 4 change items
  • Matchmaking: 4 change items
  • General AI improvements: 10 change items
  • Other changes: 9 change items

How to use this reference

Patch released December 19, 2016, recording 51 change items across General, Map changes, Campaign changes, Matchmaking and other areas. Release record: December 19, 2016; 51 recorded change items. Areas covered: General (10), Map changes (1), Campaign changes (4), Matchmaking (4), General AI improvements (10), Other changes (9). Read this entry as a version-specific record; a later update may have changed the current values of affected units, buildings, or technologies.

Also known as
Patch 5.0
Focus
Game update
Signature / category
Patch
Release / context
Definitive Edition
Classification
Patch

Release record

Released
December 19, 2016
Change items
51
Release context
RotR
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