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Norse Retold

"Norse Retold" brings (almost) all changes to the Norse civilization from Retold to Extended Edition! As well as most of the general civilization-shared changes! (If it has the new Retold icon, that means its stats or effects have been adjusted.)

Practice build orders for all civilizations, test the new Norse units and cheer in anticipation for Age of Mythology: Retold!

Norse-specific changes:

• New units - Hirdman (anti-cavalry in Longhouse) and Godi (ranged hero in Great Hall)
  
• New building - Great Hall (military building for heroes and cavalry)
  
• Odin, Thor, Loki god bonuses
  
• Stats of all units (excluding Myth Unit special attacks and scaling per Age-Up)
  
• Stats of all buildings
  
• Stats of all technologies (excluding some not possible with EE code, noted in the tooltips accordingly)
  
• (No changes to god powers yet)
  
• Gatherers & Dwarves can build Houses and Ox Carts
  
• Transforming Gatherer to Ulfsark cost 50F 30G > 0F 30G (Loki -10G)
  
• Transforming Dwarf to Ulfsark cost 50F 30G > 10F 0G (Loki -10F)
  
• Buildings -20% > -10% hitpoints compared to other civs (still unchanged -20% wood cost)
  
• No favor generation for attacking buildings

Atlantean-specific changes:

• Town Centers same stats as Greek, no longer available in the Archaic Age
  
• Citizen rework to be akin to 3 > 2 population cost

Civ-shared changes:

• Ranged units & buildings have a bad track rating until Ballistics upgrade (they miss moving targets), except for Town Center & Archer Ships & Fire Ships
  
• 1 extra start Villager, different starting resources
  
• Gather Rates of Villagers, Fishing Ships and Caravans (including optimized carry capacity for nearly no dropoff waste)
  
• Build Rates (including less repair rate for Walls, a legacy bug that never worked correctly on EE)
  
• Stats of units (for example all warships available in the Classical Age)
  
• Stats of buildings (for example Town Center +25% build time)
  
• Stats of technologies (for example replaced Hunting Dogs with Hunting Equipment, stronger Heavy/Champion Line upgrades, etc.)
  
• Population limit increase: Fortify TC upgrade +5 > +10 per TC; Build limit of Houses 10 > 16 and Manors 5 > 8
  
• Age-Up requirements: Market or Armory for Heroic Age and Fortress for Mythic Age
  
• Removed EE-exclusive Units: Hippocrates, Khopesh+Upgrades, Bogsveigir, Onager
  
• Visible myth unit upgrades
  
• Added auto-scout option (except for Oracle Scout which is not possible with EE code)
  
• Heroes better scaling per Age-Up: +10/10/10% > +10/15/20% hitpoints and +10/10/10% > +10/20/30% damage
  
• UI layout of building icons like on Retold

Map changes:

• All maps offer more start hunt, always in line of sight
  
• All maps offer berry bushes and chicken in base
  
• New Retold maps - Gold Rush, Giza (aka Tropical Mirage), Mirage, Ironwood

STILL MISSING:

• Myth Unit special attacks and scaling per Age-Up
  
• Stats of Greek/Egyptian/Atlantean-exclusive units & buildings
  
• Reusable god powers
  
• Wonder Age
  
• Village Center

Mod Version 2.0 (the final version for now)

Installation: Click the green "subscribe" button. Start AoM:EE and restart on the pop-up's request. Open the Mod manager (click the Steam icon in the main menu), select the "Norse Retold" mod and click "Priority Up" button until that mod is on the uppermost slot. Restart once more, now you are ready to play.

Uninstall: Go to the Mod manager in the main menu and click "Unsubscribe" button. Alternatively, find this mod page in the Steam workshop and click the green "unsubscribe" button.

Desync Sensitive: You can only play "Norse Retold" in multiplayer if everyone has subscribed to this mod. If they try to join your lobby without the mod, they are automatically asked to subscribe and sent to this mod page.

Mod Compatibility: This mod changes the data files of units and buildings, it is not compatible with other mods that do the same. You can combine it with visual mods, including the User Interface like Retold UI.

Known Bugs: The Norse AI (computer player) does not work at the moment because of all the changes.

Credits:

• Ippert's Enhanced Tooltips (updated according to the changes)
  
• Classical Main Menu Norse by Mirez (with some changes)
  
• AoM Loading Widescreen - Classic style by Sir Jasper Trund (with some changes)
  
• Civilization Appropriate Regent, Shade Visible Upgrades (with sword), Citadel for All Civilizations and Myth Unit Upgrade Pack by Nick3069 (with some changes, specifically Jarl & Fenris Wolf & Jotun by Jahvansi)
  
• Detailed Fishing Ships and Fire Giant Texture by AlanWake
  
• Xentelian's Unit upgrades ported to EE by Juitti22 (only visible Farm upgrades)
  
• The Golden Lion by JeHathor
  
• Gold Rush by RebelsRising and Bubbles / Giza aka Tropical Mirage by Errorcodebin, Hagrit, Keen_Flame / Mirage by RebelsRising in: Champions League Season 3 Maps by NoBrainur (with some changes)
  
• Ironwood based on NonRushForest (AoM Heaven)[aom.heavengames.com] by M0nTy_PyTh0n (with some changes)

Special Thanks:

• AProperGentleman for help and advice about data stuff
  
• Nefi/Inferno for all the 3DS Max Advice and Tipps
  
• Petar for the AoM Model Editor & File Converter Software
  
• Sound from Zapsplat.com
  
• World's Edge, Forgotten Empires