
increased their timber discount on buildings to 25% from 20%.doubled the free resources generated by their unique Horse Archer line (now 1/3 instead of 1/6 resource per point of damage dealt).reduced the move speed bonus for their unique infantry (now a constant +1 instead of +3, +4, +5, and +6 for Spearmen, Mohawk Spearmen, Heavy Mohawk Spearmen, and Elite Mohawk Spearmen respectively).reduced hitpoint bonus for their Heavy Infantry to +5% (from +10%).reduced speed and LOS of their unique scout units (speed of Takohs, Akweks, and Okwari changed to 35, 36, and 38 instead of 37, 38, and 39 respectively, and their line of sight changed from 10 to 5, 7, and 9 respectively).Libraries and Universities are now 66% cheaper (instead of 50% cheaper).reduced Cavalier hitpoints (by 4, affecting the entire unique Heavy Cavalry line).reduced bonus woodcutter slot to +1 instead of +2.siege production speed lowered to 25% faster (instead of 50% faster) and move speed bonus lowered (now 20% instead of 25%).siege is now 15% cheaper instead of 25%.commerce research now 10% cheaper instead of 25% cheaper.receive one free light ship with each new Dock built instead of two.no longer get a free fishing boat when they build a dock.reduced free bombers at airbases from +2 to +1.removed free science technology at game start.free resources for infantry units now +2 instead of +3.Version checking updated to verify EXE - should prevent players using cracked EXEs of the wrong version from joining games and causing out of syncs.


The announced changes, with additional notes on the changes in parentheses, were: Many of the changes were not reflected in the helpfiles within the game, so the helpfiles may be out of date. This patch was released as a beta around December 20, 2004, and then officially released without any changes from the beta on January 19, 2005. Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots (expansion) Patch 2 (version 03.) Long-time Rise of Nations player King AMEYA has links to most patch notes in this list, while MobyGames has a seemingly more comprehensive summary. Some information on RoN:EE patches is available on the Steam News Hub for the game, and some additional information on patches is scattered throughout the Steam forums.

