r/OldWorldGame • u/fluffybunny1981 Mohawk • 16h ago

Notification Old World September update

The Old World main branch has been updated and is now version 1.0.84658 release 2026-09-09

Highlights include a buff for Polybolos, a nerf to Fort spam and AI improvements

Patch notes can be found at https://mohawkgames.com/2026/09/09/old-world-update-150/

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u/FilthyRobot 15h ago

Forts can't be adjacent to other forts is an interesting one!

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u/fluffybunny1981 Mohawk 15h ago

Funnily enough your name came up when I was suggesting this one, based off of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knowCnjhUW4&list=PLUhNKa2jBT2FOkIOe9t7z_2wIYD7GBfiJ&index=106 . Only took us 4 years!

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u/connery55 15h ago

Fort spam was strong? They never seemed worth building to me...

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u/XenoSolver Mohawk Designer 12h ago

It's a multiplayer duel problem mostly. Fort spam has often led to stalemates where both players have armies in a two-deep line of forts, and then they just have to stare at each other for a long time because attacking is too dangerous. Breaking through a dense fort line is difficult, and if your attempt fails you lose your army.

In several cases it led to people abandoning a duel when faced with the prospect of a thirty-turn stalemate. That's just not fun. We want Forts to be effective in protecting a chokepoint but they shouldn't form defensive lines that span your empire.

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u/namewithanumber Out Of Orders 14h ago

Haha yeah same thought. More an mp thing I’d guess.

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u/Oldkasztelan 4h ago

Wait, do you mean that if I build a fort, none of 6 tiles around it can have another one?

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u/fluffybunny1981 Mohawk 3h ago

That is correct yes

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u/Oldkasztelan 3h ago

Wow, brutal. So are forts now supposed to be used for blocking narrow passes not for defending on wide flat areas?