base game changes (without naga expansion)

[Thjof]

1.) Several new resources on water tiles

2.)Razing a city of size 2 won't get you a settler anymore.

3.) AI seems improved for both neutrals and mages. I played casually on normal difficulty and had a rude awakening. A neutral spider ignored the warrior I placed in front of it and ate my settler, just before it reached its destination, a nice spot in the second shard. An AI settler now seems on its way to that spot. That AI has already founded (at least) one city in the shard and conquered (at least) another City featureing a balanced army of (at least) 6 Units).

Anything else?

 

[Fenryder]

The title screen is 3-d now.

 

[Shidan]

You can mod DLC items now in the editor. And mods done so will require ownership of the DLC modified to use.

 

[Alexey Kozyrev]

+ You can mod artefact perks now - not only artefacts themselve
+ New mode in multiplayer that mirrors the generated world for opponents
+ Naval units rebalance
+ lot of other changes...