Imperial Ambitions Gains Cross-OS Cloud Saves and Sweeps Unit Balance

The September 5 update to Imperial Ambitions delivers two headline changes: cross-platform cloud saves and a substantial pass on unit statistics, accompanied by a handful of fixes and a localization correction.

What changed

Cloud saves & autosaves

• Cloud saves now synchronise across Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
• Autosaves are now capped at a configurable limit (default: 15); older autosaves are deleted automatically.
• The autosave limit applies only to .autosav files — existing .sav files are not affected.

Gameplay

• Units that have not spent any AP are guaranteed at least 1 tile of movement, meaning disembarking remains possible even when the total AP cost exceeds the unit's remaining points.
• Early melee units have been weakened; late ranged units have been strengthened. Specific changes:
  • Conquistador: Range 3→2
  • Cuirassier: HP 100→130, Armor 6→8
  • Dragoon: HP 110→130
  • Arquebusier: Melee Strength 90→95
  • Musketeer: Melee Strength 100→110
  • Line Infantry: Melee Strength 100→120, Ranged Strength 100→125
  • Grenadier: Melee Strength 85→125, Ranged Strength 120→135
  • Halberdier: HP 160→120
  • Spearman: HP 150→100
• HP changes do not apply retroactively to existing save files.

Fixes

• Errors when a Hotseat faction is defeated are resolved.
• Improper capital-change handling is fixed.
• Faction names and start dates now display correctly in Chinese in the new game menu.

For players moving between operating systems, cloud save support removes what was previously a manual file-transfer burden; for everyone else, the unit rebalance meaningfully reshapes the mid-to-late military curve.