# The new bugs and balance drive players away

**URL:** <https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/the-new-bugs-and-balance-drive-players-away/291206>\
**Category:** III - Discussion\
**Created:** [November 4, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/the-new-bugs-and-balance-drive-players-away/291206 "2026-11-04T08:06:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArtisttZ](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/artisttz/32/58440_2.png) [@ArtisttZ](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/ArtisttZ)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/the-new-bugs-and-balance-drive-players-away/291206/1 "2026-11-04T08:06:59Z")

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The new bugs(just like sound bug and crash bug ) drive away many players！And the two new civs are now incredibly weak, so players don’t like to play them. The online number is worse than the time before DLC released.

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**Author:** ![TheLiberator236](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/theliberator236/32/179247_2.png) [@TheLiberator236](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/TheLiberator236)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/the-new-bugs-and-balance-drive-players-away/291206/2 "2026-11-05T19:57:40Z")

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You must count in top of that, the following:

- AoE II has a new DLC
- AoE IV has a new DLC
- Dawn of War IV is coming next month
- Company of Heroes 3 is receiving its 3.0 update
- WarCraft III Reforged with new DLC
- StarCraft II released a new patch

etc…

So RTS games are competing pretty hard right now, besides this atrocious update!