What’s happening right now?
Greetings, dear commanders! Today we are going to answer several pressing questions, dot the “i’s” and cross the “t’s” in the next update, explain certain development trends, and, of course, find out what you think of all this!
On the agenda:
1) Changes in the commander system
2) Changes in the drop system
3) Bonuses in the game’s Deluxe Version
4) The new interface
Let’s begin!
Changes in the Commander System
- As you may remember, we decided to abandon the commander upgrade system completely. Now you don’t need to level up your commanders but you must effectively accomplish combat assignments to earn trust points. In PvE, you must complete missions with a certain number of stars for the command to start believing in you. In PvP, you will also be able to prove yourself and earn the respect of the General HQ.
- Commanders will be present both in PvE and PvP starting with the next update. We’d like to make our game historically accurate, that’s why they will be strictly bound to missions in PvE: you can only use the commander who actually participated in that operation.
- The commander reward system will become clearer and easier to grasp. A dialogue will appear, showing the trust level that will unlock unit upgrades or some troops for you as rewards.
- We want to introduce a controllable component to the game through the commander system. At their maximum trust level, each commander will give you a one-time bonus of a certain type of troops. This means that if you cannot receive a certain unit as a reward for battles, there is always an alternative. By the way, we plan on implementing only 3 trust levels. 5) You will be able to boost your trust among all commanders available to you. We are not going to limit you with only one of them :)
Changes in the Drop System
- We are introducing guaranteed rewards for first-time completion of side missions.
- After you complete campaigns, you will have access to a number of units the receipt of which is bound to your ranking. It means that if you make enough progress, you will able to receive troops not available to those who haven’t achieved such results yet.
- Right now we are working on adjusting the drop system, and your feedback can influence those changes. We want the rewards for your victories to be clear and desired.
Bonuses of the Game’s Deluxe Version
Many players have asked what happened to the rewards that were received when you bought the Deluxe Version.
- When they progress through missions, owners of the Deluxe Editions will be able to obtain unique units in addition to the usual rewards.
- The statue hasn‘t been forgotten, either. It will definitely be back!
The New Interface
Although the interface was updated in Version 0.9, many players didn’t like it as it was too difficult, ponderous, and awkward...
We appreciate your opinions, and taking them into account, we started a redesign.
Here is the result of our work. We did our best to lighten the visual component, make panels more attractive, change the design of icons and frontline borders.
Please tell us how you like our new design :)
(to see the pictures in bigger resolution, click using the right mouse button on them and select the first option from the top)
Dear firends, please pay attention that these are screenshots from the development progress and not everything you may see on them will make it to the final cut!
Some important notes:
- Dear officers, many of you asked us to add an option to remove the interface from the screen. Now you can do so by pressing the F10 button.
- Some players complained that trucks in “Essential Provisions” were tough as tanks. We have fixed that bug. Now it will be much easier to destroy the trucks.
- We haven’t forgotten about other important game components. Now we are working on both the USSR campaign and on the multiplayer. Among other things, Custom Game, an option to play Skirmishes in a group with your friends.
- We’ll organise a mass account wipe closer to the game release.
- In the next updates, you will be able to reset the game progress on your own. This option will appear in the menu.
- In 0.9.2 update we are going to return the commander system.
- Statistics will appear again in the next update.
See you on the battlefield!