- Changed Princesses (Queen units) from Gaia to AI Player 8 Vikings.
- Changed Haraldr (Hero Charlemagne) from Gaia to AI Player 8 Vikings.
- Added a time delay before enemy players research new technologies after the Human Player reaches the Castle and Imperial Ages. This means the AI will still approximately mirror the Player's advancement, but with enough delay to allow the Player to briefly use a technological advantage.
- Made cosmetic tweaks to water.

- Added triggers which inform the Player when units are near recruitable heroes to make it easier to locate them
- Player can now see objective Wonders on all difficulties, instead of just Standard
- Player receives Careening from the start of the scenario
- Villagers converted by Players 6/7 (Langbardaland and Frakkland) now automatically return to Player 1 control