Hello commander!
Good news… and some bad. Originally, the intention was to have a new patch await you with today’s post. However, due to some unforeseen data management issues with the new map, Kostritza, the team was forced to postpone the update until a later date. We expect it will be ready soon!
This does mean that the new map is now our number one priority, and we are hard at work getting it ready in tip-top shape. We will ship it to the Strike Team, and depending on their feedback, input, and testing, we will launch Kostritza in the very near future.
To not leave you empty-handed, please check out a preview of some of the patch notes below.
A new update round
Hinted at before, but we have made some effort to rebalance the current fighter-bomber meta. Their prevalence over traditional bombers (and in some cases even fighters) needed a reevaluation. This means:
- A pass on fighter-bomber and bomber prices across divisions and nations. We have nerfed several of the former and buffed some of the latter.
- An increase in planes’ repair times.
- An increase in fighters’ availability per card.
- A decrease in the damage done through strafing runs.
- An increase in AA’s optics and splash damage.
Other substantial changes:
- We have boosted some of the Soviet and Hungarian divisions, as described in detail in our previous post here. The changes include a new artillery unit (the ZiS 3), more artillery radio, the other 72-K 25mm AA gun, an update to the T-34/85 obr. 1943, and a series of infantry and unit card revisions for the 12. Tartalék and 1. Lovas divisions.
- A balance pass of the most and least effective divisions in Steel Division 2 (and some others) including nerfing our daredevil paratroopers of the German Fallschirmjäger divisions and the British 6th Airborne Division. On the other end of the spectrum, the Soviet 358-y Strelki Division and 14. Infanterie-Division got a boost in their fighting capabilities.
- A check and change on various assault gun unit prices, similar to what we did previously with tanks and tank destroyers.
Get ready for the next expansion
The launch of our new expansion, Tribute to the Liberation of Italy, is drawing near. In case you have missed it, we detailed all the new divisions in several Versus posts.
- In our first Versus post, we put the spotlight on two new Armored battlegroups: the 26. Panzerdivision with its special AA support and the supersized 6th South African Armoured Division. Check out the Versus blogpost here.
- In our second Versus, we looked at two Mountain formations: the German 5. Gebirgs-Division and the specialised 8th (Indian) Infantry Division. Read all about it in this Versus blogpost here.
- Our third Versus, we shone a light on two Infantry battlegroups: the Axis 4. Fallschirmjäger and the US-led international Task Force 45. Read all about it in this Versus post here.
- In the fourth Versus, we saved the best for last with our look at the two Italian divisions… mama mia!. A nation divided on the battlefield: for the Axis, we have the RSI 4a Divisione Alpini “Monterosa”, and the under the Allied banner, we feature the Corpo Italiano di Liberazione. Read all about these battlegroups in this Versus here.
See you around
That’s all for today. Let us know what you think. You can do this through our Steam forums and Eugen forums, or check our (Facebook and Twitter). Looking for an online game? Visit the kick-ass Discord server or Reddit page.
See you on the battlefield, commander!