The Hot Air Balloon Update is live!

Previously hinted about in this post, this update contains a new building and a new unit:

• Balloon Corps (Building). Requires Barracks to be built. Costs ¤50.
• Hot Air Ballon (Unit). Requires Ballon Corps. Costs ¤100.

The Hot Air Balloon is pretty low-powered and has 3 movement points, but it is flying so it can be used to quickly explore challenging terrain. Since it can be difficult to manoeuvre a hot air balloon with precision, the last movement point is always random: after 2 moves, the last move is made automatically in a random direction. This effect can be avoided by only moving the balloon 1 move during a turn, so it can be moved with precision but only very slowly.

This update also contains a new special unit, a more powerful unit that is also flying and exhibits the same characteristic movement rules as the Hot Air Balloon.

In addition, version 1.3 also lowers the movement points for Fighter Jet (5 instead of 8) and Bomber (3 instead of 5). They are still flying, which makes them much faster in terrain than non-flying units, but this makes them less overpowered. This update also contains improvements to the how the AI player chooses to construct buildings and units in its city. It used to be quite random, but based on a few heuristics. It’s now slightly less random, and based on a few more heuristics.

Enjoy, and feel free let me know what you think in the comments!