Today we will be diving into the deeper end of the pool as we release two chains ready for gamplay but before we do that, there seems to be some confusion regarding our DLC policy and what our ideas are with DLCs. I realize that this stems from the way we formulated what the DLCs do.
DLC POLICY
The DLC Terminals are meant to be aspects and personalities of MIRVIN. A way for you to unlock policies when playing and formulating your strategy. They have upsides and downsides and are thus a supplement to the game play not a substitute. Let me take an example: the Supreme Commander edition and it's policy for the Establishment of NORAD. The idea here is that you as the Terminal Player get the option to start with the Establishment of NORAD by giving up other policies, and concisely selecting other costs NOT that Establishment of NORAD is completely out of the game unless you buy the DLC. This is why the announcement is writing about unlocking the policies. The base design has been and remains to be that, if you do not have the DLCs you can still get the policies but with a different set of circumstances, benefits and drawbacks.
That said I see that we did not communicate this well enough and gave the wrong impression of the intent with the DLCs, as writing that the Policies were unique to the DLC gives the impression that they are not in the rest of the game, which is incorrect. This has now been corrected and of course we will refund all who feel they bought the DLCs for the wrong reason because the DLCs were never meant to be pay to win and those who thought so will definitely get a refund. Now on to this weeks content.
FATE OF GERMANY
+ NEW decision chain added for USSR for deciding the fate of East Germany. This decision chain is available in single (WARGAMES MODE: Balance of Power SCN 10) and multiplayer (CHALLENGE MODE).
+ The Great Patriotic War is over and the USSR has its boot on the neck of Germany. In occupied East Germany a military administration holds power. The Soviets, in particular their foreign ministry, Will you seek justice?
SHIFTING SANDS
+ NEW decision chain added for USA and USSR playing out in the Middle Eeast. This decision chain is available in single (WARGAMES MODE: Balance of Power SCN 10) and multiplayer (CHALLENGE MODE).
USA POLICIES
+ STATE OF ISRAEL: Recognize the State of Israel and permanently increase US success chance for ASSASSINATION missions by 5%
USSR POLICIES
+ PAN-ARABISM:(Ends if Nasser is lost): Nasser -1 POWER. Closer unification of the Arab World granting +5% INFLUENCE in the MIDDLE EAST.
+ POLITICAL REALIGNMENT(10 Turns Cooldown): Set GOVERNMENT interests to 5. Chance +20% for Islamist Jihad(INFLUENCE set to 0 in one USSR CONTROLLED region).
SUPREME COMMANDER EDITION
+ NEW directives menu fixed for Supreme Commander Edition DLC. Forge alternative strategies to a vanilla start, where you sacrifice a lot of your nations people interest to get ahead the risk a misjudgement.
AI
+ NEW and improved AI support for the AI's handling of Decisions
MODDING
+ NEW Multiplayer now supports player MODS and will synchronize players connecting for a selection of mod to play in the Challenge Mode.
EDITOR
+ Upgraded and added better sorting inside the editor
OTHERS
+ The game now shows missing required costs next to conditions for a better player overview of costs in a decision
+ Fixed an issue in SCN 7 where an error would be shown for Orlov's warning
+ Fixed an issue where some tests were shown incorrectly.
+ Fixed various typos and minor issues
+ Game engine has been updated to newer version