Hey Guys and Girls,
Just 10 days after KW2B launch, we are ready to unroll our second massive update, and the best part - this time around it was You guiding the team.
This update was all about what our Players want to see changed and fixed. We`ve collected over 20 player suggestions, and dozens of bug reports from our very helpful player community. And the result - is this massive update, giving You - what You want to see changed. We`ll continue working in the same direction for our next update.
Our next update will be ready towards end of the month, and will feature a lot of great new features and fixes.
And so presenting 1.02 "The Players Patch"
Major Updates and New Features
-Major change to multiplayer - replaced options with one Find a Game feature. Find a game will look for 1vs1 matches, or 2vs2 and FFA depending on player population
-New feature - give selected units to allied player - button under Minimap
-Fixed issue with campaign progress not saving if losing internet connection
-Auto save option for singleplayer
-Campaign difficulty completely re-balanced for Easy and Medium - much easier
-Fixed problem with Repair Gate never un-greying Gate Controls
-Gatehouses now properly show Rebuild Gate button when gate has been destroyed
-Control scheme changed, no longer need to hold Space to use WASDQE
-Double Click on Group icon to shift camera
-Added Friends Only option to Custom Battle
-Added Player Colour options to Custom Battle
-Adjusted sorting custom game list by friends and friends of friends
-New AI difficulty drop-down box that also applies to Random AI selection
Minor Updates and Fixes
-Ten seconds after victory all players are taken to the main menu
-Chapter 2 easier - more starting resources, less attacking units
-Chapter 3 easier - more starting resources, Dragons easier to kill
-Chapter 4 fixed a bug with loosing on start
-Chapter 4 a lot easier - less attacking units
-Chapter 5 a lot easier - less attacking dwarves
-Chapter 5 death counter goes up much faster on easy and medium
-Fixed Large Human Gatehouse breaking on loading saved game
-Zombies do ten times less damage to Dragons and Hydra
-Zombies move up to 30% slower in Survival mode
-Arrows flight speed increased 30%
-Fixed several errors with chat
-Fixed Challenge notification if already in battle
-Main menu icon tooltips will not show if Multiplayer window is open
-Fixed extremely loud audio for campaign voice overs
-Fixed problems with certain cards not working
-Fixed problems with building palisade in Grand Hut
-Fixed problems with constructing Warg Pens
-Fixed rare error that would break interface
-Fixed canceling User Rename breaking the menu
-AI Orc Grand Hut will no longer spawn units after defeat
-Show tooltip about Campaign saving automatically on campaign loading screen if no save file exists for campaign