We’ve pushed a minor bugfix patch for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. As always, your Steam client should automatically update your game to the latest version.

Patch notes:
+ Fixed most frequent crash bugs

We’ve pushed a minor bugfix patch for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. As always, your Steam client should automatically update your game to the latest version.

Patch notes:
+ Fixed most frequent crash bugs

Arguably the biggest patch since Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes’ release more than a year ago, version 1.7 improves CPU-controlled factions’ strategic acumen as well as introducing class-specific items for all five unique hero types, like Commander-only banners that boost the entire army’s capabilities.

Download the patch free simply by signing into your Steam client.

Among other things, patch 1.7 includes:

• Class-specific items - Commanders lead better than ever with unique banners, mages command the elements with new staves, and more
  
• Significant AI improvements - AI rivals now develop their empires more effectively, for example through upgrading their outposts
  
• Balancing across the board - Unrest modifiers have been tweaked to make sprawling empires less overwhelmingly powerful, and many unit and item stats have changed
  
• Revamped army-strength logic - The method used for calculating army strength has been completely reworked, making evaluating threats easier for human and AI players alike
  
• Much more – see full patch notes here: http://forums.elementalgame.com/456046/

Happy conquering!

Arguably the biggest patch since Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes’ release more than a year ago, version 1.7 improves CPU-controlled factions’ strategic acumen as well as introducing class-specific items for all five unique hero types, like Commander-only banners that boost the entire army’s capabilities.

Download the patch free simply by signing into your Steam client.

Among other things, patch 1.7 includes:

• Class-specific items - Commanders lead better than ever with unique banners, mages command the elements with new staves, and more
  
• Significant AI improvements - AI rivals now develop their empires more effectively, for example through upgrading their outposts
  
• Balancing across the board - Unrest modifiers have been tweaked to make sprawling empires less overwhelmingly powerful, and many unit and item stats have changed
  
• Revamped army-strength logic - The method used for calculating army strength has been completely reworked, making evaluating threats easier for human and AI players alike
  
• Much more – see full patch notes here: http://forums.elementalgame.com/456046/

Happy conquering!

Arguably the biggest patch to date for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is now available for opt-in beta testing. Frogboy has made huge improvement to many areas of the AI, Commanders get new class-specific items, rival sovereigns are a lot chattier, and balance has gotten a hard look across the board.

Patch notes can be found here: http://forums.elementalgame.com/455808

LH 1.7, like all of Stardock's patches, will be free for everyone who has purchased the game.

To download the beta, do the following:
Log into your Steam client.
Right-click Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes and choose Properties.
Select the BETAS tab.
In the drop-down menu, choose "1.7 Beta".
Close the Properties window.

Steam should automatically download the update.

Note that saved games from previous patches will probably work with the 1.7 beta, but will be missing many of the balance changes. Start a new game to check out LH 1.7 the way it's meant to be played.

Please report any bugs or other issues you encounter to the LH Support forum so that we can make the 1.7 release the best it can be.

Thanks as always for your support, and happy conquering!

Arguably the biggest patch to date for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is now available for opt-in beta testing. Frogboy has made huge improvement to many areas of the AI, Commanders get new class-specific items, rival sovereigns are a lot chattier, and balance has gotten a hard look across the board.

Patch notes can be found here: http://forums.elementalgame.com/455808

LH 1.7, like all of Stardock's patches, will be free for everyone who has purchased the game.

To download the beta, do the following:
Log into your Steam client.
Right-click Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes and choose Properties.
Select the BETAS tab.
In the drop-down menu, choose "1.7 Beta".
Close the Properties window.

Steam should automatically download the update.

Note that saved games from previous patches will probably work with the 1.7 beta, but will be missing many of the balance changes. Start a new game to check out LH 1.7 the way it's meant to be played.

Please report any bugs or other issues you encounter to the LH Support forum so that we can make the 1.7 release the best it can be.

Thanks as always for your support, and happy conquering!

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the final release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.82 today. This latest version addresses balance issues in the Stellar Phenomena DLC.

Changes include:

• Halved asteroidCounts on Graveyard and DenseDebris templates in AsteroidDef to improve performance.
  
• Updated GalaxyScenarioDef uncolonizable gravity wells w/resources to be guarded by Pirates, not neutral factions.
  
• Removed defenders from Antimatter Fountain.
  
• Changed ShatteredMoon defender template from LocalMilitiaWeak to LocalMilitiaWeakUncolonizable.
  
• Updated Allegiance progression in Gameplay.Constants on the later stages to drop by .05 on levels 7-8. This should help prevent very distant planets from instantly going neutral from Open Rebellion.
  
• Added potential for 0-2 (from 0) neutral crystal extractors at Comets.
  
• Increased minimum neutral crystal extractor count to 2 (from 1) at Ice Fields.
  
• Increased minimum neutral metal/crystal extractor count to 1 (from 0) at Radiation Storms.
  
• Increased minimum neutral metal extractor count to 1 (from 0) at Shattered Moon.
  
• Increased random event allegiance check from 240 to 600 seconds. This should help prevent distant colonies from succumbing to Open Rebellion before the player can do anything about it.
  
• Reduced minimum allegiance threshold for random events from 30% to 15%.
  
• Increased max respawn count on Magnetic Storm from 4 to 9.
  
• Increased max respawn count on Plasma Storm from 4 to 9.
  
• Reduced trigger weight on Partisans event from 25% to 10%.
  
• Reduced trigger weight on Open Rebellion event from 10% to 5%.
  
• Reduced fleet point range on Open Rebellion event from 150/350 to 100/250.
  
• Increased volume on random event warning sound by 3db.
  
• Dramatically shortened Pulsar particle so that it doesn't touch other gravity wells and made the tails less sharp.
  
• Removed Fighters from target list on Gas Giant's pre-explode buff since they can never lose it; will still take damage from nearby explosions.
  
• Added new Commodity Boom random event: one random planet (including neutrals) may now undergo a resource boom where extractor and refinery rates are increased by 30% for 5 minutes. Should never appear on: Dead Asteroids, Pirate Bases, Antimatter Fountains, Magnetic Clouds or Wormholes. (Thanks to Goafan for the suggestion!)

• Removed 'Ferrus' from PlanetRandomUncolonizable in GalaxyScenarioDefs.
  
• Removed 'FerrusFair' from PlanetRandomUncolonizableFair in GalaxyScenarioDefs.
  
• Added new planet bonuses to GalaxyScenarioDefs (thanks Goafan!).
  
• Changed Rusted Core planet bonus to no longer require points in exploration.

• Revised AI bonus income rates to try and scale less drastically past Normal.

• Updated SDActivate.exe so folks shouldn't need to open up IE if it fails on new installs.

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the final release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.82 today. This latest version addresses balance issues in the Stellar Phenomena DLC.

Changes include:

• Halved asteroidCounts on Graveyard and DenseDebris templates in AsteroidDef to improve performance.
  
• Updated GalaxyScenarioDef uncolonizable gravity wells w/resources to be guarded by Pirates, not neutral factions.
  
• Removed defenders from Antimatter Fountain.
  
• Changed ShatteredMoon defender template from LocalMilitiaWeak to LocalMilitiaWeakUncolonizable.
  
• Updated Allegiance progression in Gameplay.Constants on the later stages to drop by .05 on levels 7-8. This should help prevent very distant planets from instantly going neutral from Open Rebellion.
  
• Added potential for 0-2 (from 0) neutral crystal extractors at Comets.
  
• Increased minimum neutral crystal extractor count to 2 (from 1) at Ice Fields.
  
• Increased minimum neutral metal/crystal extractor count to 1 (from 0) at Radiation Storms.
  
• Increased minimum neutral metal extractor count to 1 (from 0) at Shattered Moon.
  
• Increased random event allegiance check from 240 to 600 seconds. This should help prevent distant colonies from succumbing to Open Rebellion before the player can do anything about it.
  
• Reduced minimum allegiance threshold for random events from 30% to 15%.
  
• Increased max respawn count on Magnetic Storm from 4 to 9.
  
• Increased max respawn count on Plasma Storm from 4 to 9.
  
• Reduced trigger weight on Partisans event from 25% to 10%.
  
• Reduced trigger weight on Open Rebellion event from 10% to 5%.
  
• Reduced fleet point range on Open Rebellion event from 150/350 to 100/250.
  
• Increased volume on random event warning sound by 3db.
  
• Dramatically shortened Pulsar particle so that it doesn't touch other gravity wells and made the tails less sharp.
  
• Removed Fighters from target list on Gas Giant's pre-explode buff since they can never lose it; will still take damage from nearby explosions.
  
• Added new Commodity Boom random event: one random planet (including neutrals) may now undergo a resource boom where extractor and refinery rates are increased by 30% for 5 minutes. Should never appear on: Dead Asteroids, Pirate Bases, Antimatter Fountains, Magnetic Clouds or Wormholes. (Thanks to Goafan for the suggestion!)

• Removed 'Ferrus' from PlanetRandomUncolonizable in GalaxyScenarioDefs.
  
• Removed 'FerrusFair' from PlanetRandomUncolonizableFair in GalaxyScenarioDefs.
  
• Added new planet bonuses to GalaxyScenarioDefs (thanks Goafan!).
  
• Changed Rusted Core planet bonus to no longer require points in exploration.

• Revised AI bonus income rates to try and scale less drastically past Normal.

• Updated SDActivate.exe so folks shouldn't need to open up IE if it fails on new installs.

Stardock released today the latest downloadable content (DLC), the Leader Pack, for its critically acclaimed turn-based fantasy strategy game, Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. The Leader Pack is available now through Steam for $4.99.

The Leader Pack adds an all-new sovereign to each of the game's 10 factions. These leaders provide fresh gameplay experiences with new abilities and items. Prove might makes right with the hardy but magically impaired General Tarth, bring death magic to the kingdoms of men with Sanjo of Gilden, or absolve Lord Relias' mistakes by leading Altar to glory as Shirayn.

Players can also customize their own sovereigns with additional traits and equipment. Treasure Hunters have supernaturally good luck at finding loot, leaders with Lifeblood heal their own wounds with every spell cast, and anyone wielding powerful Ruvennan Bracers is destined for glory on the battlefield with their dramatically boosted combat capabilities.

Stardock released today the latest downloadable content (DLC), the Leader Pack, for its critically acclaimed turn-based fantasy strategy game, Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. The Leader Pack is available now through Steam for $4.99.

The Leader Pack adds an all-new sovereign to each of the game's 10 factions. These leaders provide fresh gameplay experiences with new abilities and items. Prove might makes right with the hardy but magically impaired General Tarth, bring death magic to the kingdoms of men with Sanjo of Gilden, or absolve Lord Relias' mistakes by leading Altar to glory as Shirayn.

Players can also customize their own sovereigns with additional traits and equipment. Treasure Hunters have supernaturally good luck at finding loot, leaders with Lifeblood heal their own wounds with every spell cast, and anyone wielding powerful Ruvennan Bracers is destined for glory on the battlefield with their dramatically boosted combat capabilities.