The LATEST PATCH

HERE ARE A FEW NEW THINGS I HAVE NOTICED:
Rebels are more active. They captured Thaspus from me once and attack a fair amount.
Getting command stars from attacking rebels is much harder.
Bribing other factions is a lot more expensive.
Selling trade and maps is less lucrative.
It appears harder to get Allies. ( I am not sure about this.)
AI armies and fleets are larger.
AI will siege a fort more readily.
You cannot attack a AI fleet that is in its own port.
The AI will commonly blockade now.

I THINK THESE CHANGES MAKE FOR A BETTER GAME. ~:cheers:

well I find that the fleets are not exactly larger, still to see a fleet with more than 5 ships. which in my opinion is good, selling maps.. have never gotten a 10 k deal with the AI post patch.
and have also never seen the rebels attack a settlement (vh/h) :charge:
but I agree playing post patch is much more fun :balloon2:

how do i get the new patch?

there are links to the 1.2 patch at the front page of the org.

AI ships tries to blockade my port frequently. But with only a few ships, when my much bigger armada is just in the port. So, they can be easily repelled. Annoyingly no message tells me my port is blockaded, so I have to look *all* my ports every turn to make sure they are not blockaded. Is there any information that shows which port is blockaded?

Also I noticed enemy ships that are in the blockaded port are sneaking out out of it freely. It seems unnatural.

Rebels are much more aggressive and wanders freely. They once sieged my town once. I think this is good.

Well they arent exactly sneaking out freely - they can only move 1 space around you - if you blockade centrally and not too much to once side methinks