Enemy AI gaining Blessing bonuses in Arena of the Gods after using in game 'restart'

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  • Game Version: Age of Mythology Retold Premium

  • Build Number: 19590562

  • Platform: Steam

  • Operating System: Windows 11 / Windows 10

Issue: When playing ‘Arena of the Gods’ mode, and restarting the game from the pause menu, the enemy AI in player 2 slot will gain player selected Blessings like ‘Gaia’s Lasting Roots’ or ‘Kastor’s Elite Guard’.

On missions with multiple enemy AI, only the AI in the player 2 slot will get the bonus. This is the Red Player by default. This is unfortunate because there are times where a player might lose the scenario, but would like to try again given the same map seed with a tweaked strategy.

Please see the following screenshot showing that the enemy AI Loki gets access to Kastor’s Elite Guard and Gaia’s Lashing roots bonuses. The Murmillo Hero is not normally available to Loki, nor is the Area of Effect modifier on hero damage. This would make his hero units very strong.

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Trigger Event: Restarting the game from the in-game settings menu.

Restarts can be because of a loss, wrong build order, or because a player is resigning and viewing map for a bit of scouting advantage or pre-game planning before restarting.

Repro Steps:

  1. Start Arena of the Gods mission with Blessings enabled
  2. Restart the match for any reason
  3. The enemy AI in the player 2 slot, Red by Default, will now have the Blessings chosen by the player.

This is replicable on every mission that I have tested it on. I first noticed it on 18b Jotunheim, because I lost, but then upon restarting and encountering the Set AI enemy in player slot 2, I noticed that he also had Kastor’s Elite Guard and Gaia’s Lashing Roots because his Priests and Pharaoh were dealing significant area of effect damage.