A while ago, I noticed the presence of “balance” scenarios in the following folder of Return of Rome:
…/steamapps/common/AoE2DE/modes/Pompeii/resources/_common/scenario
These appear to be scenarios created for testing purposes, probably unintentionally made available to players.
They can be opened in the Scenario Editor after copying them to the folder for custom RoR scenarios. The maps are generally minimalistic and rely on XS files that are not there, so they can’t be played the intended way (though the names of the missing XS files might give a vague impression of their purpose).
Another scenario named “building_damage.aoe2scenario” was already there at an earlier point, it is equally simple.
I wonder if this means that they are still working on future balance patches and other new content for RoR. The notes for the upcoming patch mention the introduction of Regicide mode, so there will be at least an ancient King (I expect the Chronicles variant).
Would be neat if RoR received more attention again.