Developer posts and news about this game.
ROCKET LAUNCHER: Hydrogen cost reduced to 40, rocket impact damage reduced DARK COLOSSUS: Hydrogen cost reduced to 60 LIGHT COLOSSUS: Heal strength increased greatly Underdog system for Influence (Additional influence added to the result if matched with a much stronger enemy Batt
Added support for Draw in DUEL and RELIC CAPTURE (0 influence for both sides) ESCORT: Removed 2 turrets from the Escort ship. Escort ship HP increased, also depends on the level of modules players are bringing in. MERCURY: Teleport cost decreased to +60% of regular cost KRONOS, H
WISP: HP increased, damage per hit increased. Affects all 3 Wisp modules PHOENIX: Damage per hit increased LIGHT COLOSSUS: Heal effect increased CYCLOPS: Now min and max damage depend on upgrade level. Stats can be seen on info dialog. BATTLESHIP ARTEMIS: Move cost increased slig
Turret initial stats are redone, all turrets in the game have been removed. New version of the store offers turret artifacts and occasional turret daily deals New turret type: Splash Battery Turret Boosts are now available in the store, and occasionally from Turret artifacts New
New modules: LIGHT COLOSSUS and DARK COLOSSUS GHOST: HP increased STEALTH TANK: DPS increased (slightly lower damage per hit, faster firing rate), turn speed increased WISP: Damage per hit increased (affects all 3 wisp modules) DESTROYER: Nuke damage reduced slightly PHOENIX: Dam
New 1vs1 game mode: BASE ASSAULT. PORTAL: Now spawns stealth fireflies. Lifetime slightly increased, spawn rate decreased. WISP: Damage increased (affects all 3 wisp modules). Better visual indicator for imminent wisp spawns. PHOENIX: Damage per hit increased significantly. RELIC
New modules: WISP, WISP SQUAD, STEALTH WISP Countdown for all modules increased to 10 seconds. This reduces spam tactics, increases the need to have an overall balanced module loadout and makes thoughtful counters more likely. HYDROGEN FACTORY: HP reduced significantly ION BLAST:
New module: ROCKET LAUNCHER All Battleships restricted to 6 module slots for now as we focus on balancing module loadouts. Feedback here will be particularly helpful - what 6 module combination is dominant, if any? What combination do you find very hard to beat using different mo
This week we are disabling the previous team-based modes, and introducing new 1vs1 modes. The motivation is to get more players playing with each other, and to remove the repetitive gameplay coming from bots. We have decided not to further develop bots - even if we could make the
- Weekly Ranked Seasons - every Battleship's Influence will cap at 400 when the season ends. Influence removed is partially added back as Research points. This feature is work in progress. - ZEUS: HP reduced, nuke radius increased, nuke damage vs Battleships reduced to 70%, nuke
Ranked Matches are available when a player reaches 2000 influence, and are the only way of gaining additional Influence. This feature will be getting a lot of iterations, but at the moment is focused on encouraging high level players to face each other and provide more relevant f
This week's update introduces two new modules: STEALTH TANK and PHOENIX.
ARROW: Slowly accelerates while it travels to its target, allowing it to reach far away destinations faster and slip by slow defenders under certain circumstances Updated turret and ship visuals on the Shipyard page Updated art for the CYCLOPS module Corporation's global leaderbo
Today's update introduces 3 new "rare" Battleships: ATHENA, MERCURY and ZEUS. These new Battleships (and all future rare ones) unlock slowly but consistently over time by opening Ship XP artifacts from Zone 3 and above. See below for more details on how we plan to implement this
Gameplay changes: Most fighters will no longer fire unless they are facing their target. Actual allowed firing angle varies by fighter and is roughly matched to the fighter's visuals. This affects BOMBER, CYCLOPS, COLOSSUS, GAIA fighter, ARROW, TITAN, GHOST and CARRIER. This puts
BATTLESHIP TWEAKS ARTEMIS: Extra turret on the back of the ship. Adjusted hit volume so targetable area doesn't include the engine. HADES: Move two turrets to the top and adjust angles for better coverage; added new Turret on the back of the ship MODULE CHANGES ARROW: Firing rang
TEAMMATE COMMUNICATION We are starting this feature small, with 2 built-in indicators to tell your teammate where you'll be moving to, or to suggest where they should move to. We will see how this system works to decide if this is the right path forward. Note we're very unlikely
Today we're deploying a small update with a change to the FREE FOR ALL mode, to reduce the number of participants from 6 players (+1 bot) to 2 players (+1 bot). The map size has also been reduced, and duration dropped to 3 minutes. No Steam client update is necessary for this upd
Thank you for a great first day of battles, and for the extremely helpful feedback you've been sending us on Discord! We are happy so many of you have seen the potential of BATTLESHIP APOLLO, and we can't wait to show you how the game will become better because of your help. We w
I believe in simplicity. I believe that a real time strategy game can become far more tactical, deep and engaging by REMOVING many elements found in most other real time strategy games, not by adding more. I believe being able to individually control 50 units is not by itself fun