4.9.9 Patch Preview
Posted: 25 Jul 2017, 12:47
Hello all BK fans! The work on patch is still going but we have for you patch preview so that you can see what to expect. We are still discussing several things internally (including changes to Armor doc and others) so the change log is not closed yet thus expect updates.
General:
- Non-working campaigns removed from the main menu
- Revised and corrected penetration values of various AT guns vs AB Armored Jeep
- Axis 37mm and 50mm PaKs should now one-shot Dingo and Bren Carrier
- Force retreat ability should now retreat infantry in Hold Position mode
- Demolition charges now take longer to plant (19-25 seconds from 5-8)
- Demolition charges should now destroy any building next to which you plant the charge in one explosion (applies to US Engineers, AB engineers, WM Pios, Storm demo squad, CW Sappers(+RE sappers), Commandos, Sturm pios, Luft Pios)
- Allied tank guns should no longer bounce off of naked 88mm flaks
- All Axis tank hunters which used to have Ambush near bushes but "static position" in other place now have only Ambush but it has same activation conditions as tank destroyers of Allies (in other words, Axis can ambush in same way as allies can)
- Removed yellow "lines" from static howitzers (those that indicated weapon't "cone of fire")
- HMG42 should no longer penetrate Tetrarch tanks
- Fixed a bug which made many of the "Single HE shot" abilities miss much less than intended (tanks and 17 pounder)
- Fixed a bug which made many units in their "HE mode" miss way less than intended (vehicles (including Scott) and flak36 88mm)
- Improved efficiency of infantry-carried flamethrowers and Wasp vs emplacement crews
- Frag grenades should now be in general more efficient at decrewing emplacements
- Fixed a bug which caused that "Rapid shot" ability on Comets and Panthers actually made shoot faster the target of the ability instead of the tank itself
- Sandbags, barbed wires and road blocks should now be "neutral" after player finishes building them
- Unified scatter of smoke shells from all mortars to "13" (values varied from faction to to faction from 10 to 25)
- Significantly increased damage output dealt by Axis 28mm, 37mm and 50mm AT guns vs CW HQ trucks in mobile mode (when the truck is "deployed" the damage remains the same as it was before; change made to prevent crush abuse from CW players in early game)
- Fixed unintended stacking of certain buffs *update
- Roadblocks (SE and RE) have increased HP compared to normal Tank traps but now cost 50MP each *update
- Fixed wrong aim times for certain units (M16, M15A1, Moebelwagen, Ostwind) *update
- PaKs should no longer be able to abuse for rapid shooting *update
US:
- Infiltration rangers cancel their Crawl ability when they receive Retreat order
- Infiltration rangers can no longer activate "Fire up" ability when they are in Crawl mode
- Improved texture of destroyed Ambulance (thanks to Panzerblitz1)
- Fixed a bug which made soldiers inside "Fortified Observation Post" (Infantry doc) take no damage from bullet-shooting weapons
- Calliope jeep moved from Airborne doctrine to Infantry doctrine
- Unified speeds of Shermans M4, Crocodile, 76(W)and 105 to "4.1" (varied from version to version from 3.8 to 5.2)
- Unified acceleration speeds of M4, Crocodile, 76(W)and 105 to 1.9 (from 1.6)
- Lowered Calliope speed to 3.5
- Increased Sherman E8 acceleration speed to "2.2" (from 1.9)
- Armor doctrine can now use Offmap barrage from Chaffee, Stuart and Scott if they have Tank Commander inside
- Global repair ability (Armor doctrine) now lasts for 30 seconds (instead of 20) but after the usage the cooldown will take 60 seconds (from 25)
- Dropped cost of Allied war machine to 200 ammo (from 250)
- Allied war machine now only replaces Chaffee, Stuart, Scott, M10, M18, M4, M4E2 76(W), E8, Calliope
- Allied war machine now replaces all affected vehicles lost as long as the ability lasts (so not just 3 vehicles per use)
- Reorganized tech tree of Armor doctrine according to the picture below
- In armor doctrine "Heavy mines" unlock is replaced with "Ammo reserves" (automatically equips all M4s, 76(W) and E8s with both AP and HE upgrades)
- Heavy mines in armor doctrine now require M1A1 mines upgrade in order to be used
- AB Engineers are now able to place democharges anywhere
- M1 Grands of Riflemen and Rangers should fire a bit faster now at longer ranges*update
- Sticky bombs now have better chance of detracking or damaging engines on targets that don't have skirts installed *update
- Sticky boms should no longer cause "destroy secondary weapon" critical *update
- Straffing run with AP ammo upgrade should deal damage to lightly armored targets (Hummel, MarderIII - was intended several patches ago but the changes got lost) *update
CW:
- Commandos glider now on landing spawns Marine Commandos instead of Sten Commandos (Details here)
- Slightly buffed Stens used by Marine Commandos and Sten Commandos
- BOYS Commandos squad is now available without any Glider upgrade
- Fixed an issue which created a massive FPS drop when a player had selected a fake howitzer
- Capture speed of BOYS team lowered to 0.8 (from 1)
- Added smoke shells to Commandos Mortar team
- Changed armor type of Comet; frontal penetration chances should be about the same as before, rear hits should now penetrate from most weapons
- 95mm Cromwell removed from RAF doctrine
- Destroying Churchill Crocodile should now provide more XP
- BOYS Commandos can now use passive camo without stealth unlock *update
- Lowered the damage of BOYS rifle to 55 (from 60) *update
- Accuracy of BOYS rifles vs moving Halftracks and sdkfz 234 lowered by 25% *update
- Increased penetration chance of BOYS rifle vs PIV D *update
- Corrected penetration of 17 pounders vs Hetzer (was too low) *update
- Fixed bug where Comet had very low MP upkeep (about "7"; upped to "20") *update
- Fixed bug where PIAT Commandos required 8 pop instead of 4 *update
- Commandos squads can no longer activate ambush ability in a middle of a fight *update
WM:
- Stormtrooper training unlock now correctly applies to Stormtrooper squad that can come with the Offmap battlegroup
- Fixed a bug which made random units that come with the Offmap battlegroup (StuG III, StuG IV (late version), PIV H/J) unable to capture points
- Removed deflection damage from JPIV 75mm/L48
- Flak38 (20mm) naked/emplaced should no longer penetrate Cromwells
- Applied a workaround for the more expensive Kingtiger to no longer display floppy barrel (hopefully it will finally work)
- Reduced build time of Panzer IV J to 40 seconds
- Mass production now also lowers the price of Panzer IV J to 380MP 30F
- Panzer IV "D" of BK doctrine moved to Kriegsbarracks
- Lowered build time of Grenadiers to 40 seconds (from 45)
- Demolition Stormtrooper squad no longer retreats in crawl mode
- Lowered the cost of LMG42 upgrade to 85 ammo (from 100)
- Defensive training and Zeal unlocks provide weaker (approximately half) bonuses to Volksgrenadiers than to combat infantry (Grenadiers, MG/Mortar teams etc.)
- Lowered speed of Panthers A and G to 4.4 (from 4.6)
- Lowered acceleration of Panthers A and G to 2 (from 2.5)
- Panzer IV J now has correct armor type upon construction
- Fixed a bug where Tank traps under construction took no damage from small arms fire *update
PE:
- Luft Straffing run can now only damage lightly armored vehicles
- PIII in HE mode should no longer overperform vs certain armored targets
- Removed deflection damage from JPIV 75mm/L48
- Stuka patrol should now target exclusively emplacements and trenches occupied by infantry (so no longer attacks road blocks/sandbags/OPs/barbed wires etc.)
- Stuka bombs should now always destroy an emplacement with direct hit
- Nebelwerfer 150mm removed from Lufwaffe doctrine
- Destroying Jagdtiger now gives appropriate XP (used to give +1XP)
- Increased speed of Panther D to 5 (from 4.6)
- Lowered acceleration of Panther D to 1.3 (from 2.5)
- Lowered speed of Jagdpanther to 4.4 (from 4.6)
- Lowered acceleration of Jagdpanther to 2 (from 3)
- Adjusted performance of Stuka bomb vs trenches and infatry in them
- Increased efficiency of Kar98 of Assault Grenadiers (used to be at Volks level, now is at WM Grens level)
- Corrected MP upkeep of Hetzer (Normal and Flammen - was only 1MP)
- Luft pioneers should only be droppable in own territory now (no longer droppable in enemy/neutral territory on own units) *update
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Redesigned Armor doctrine tech tree:
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General:
- Non-working campaigns removed from the main menu
- Revised and corrected penetration values of various AT guns vs AB Armored Jeep
- Axis 37mm and 50mm PaKs should now one-shot Dingo and Bren Carrier
- Force retreat ability should now retreat infantry in Hold Position mode
- Demolition charges now take longer to plant (19-25 seconds from 5-8)
- Demolition charges should now destroy any building next to which you plant the charge in one explosion (applies to US Engineers, AB engineers, WM Pios, Storm demo squad, CW Sappers(+RE sappers), Commandos, Sturm pios, Luft Pios)
- Allied tank guns should no longer bounce off of naked 88mm flaks
- All Axis tank hunters which used to have Ambush near bushes but "static position" in other place now have only Ambush but it has same activation conditions as tank destroyers of Allies (in other words, Axis can ambush in same way as allies can)
- Removed yellow "lines" from static howitzers (those that indicated weapon't "cone of fire")
- HMG42 should no longer penetrate Tetrarch tanks
- Fixed a bug which made many of the "Single HE shot" abilities miss much less than intended (tanks and 17 pounder)
- Fixed a bug which made many units in their "HE mode" miss way less than intended (vehicles (including Scott) and flak36 88mm)
- Improved efficiency of infantry-carried flamethrowers and Wasp vs emplacement crews
- Frag grenades should now be in general more efficient at decrewing emplacements
- Fixed a bug which caused that "Rapid shot" ability on Comets and Panthers actually made shoot faster the target of the ability instead of the tank itself
- Sandbags, barbed wires and road blocks should now be "neutral" after player finishes building them
- Unified scatter of smoke shells from all mortars to "13" (values varied from faction to to faction from 10 to 25)
- Significantly increased damage output dealt by Axis 28mm, 37mm and 50mm AT guns vs CW HQ trucks in mobile mode (when the truck is "deployed" the damage remains the same as it was before; change made to prevent crush abuse from CW players in early game)
- Fixed unintended stacking of certain buffs *update
- Roadblocks (SE and RE) have increased HP compared to normal Tank traps but now cost 50MP each *update
- Fixed wrong aim times for certain units (M16, M15A1, Moebelwagen, Ostwind) *update
- PaKs should no longer be able to abuse for rapid shooting *update
US:
- Infiltration rangers cancel their Crawl ability when they receive Retreat order
- Infiltration rangers can no longer activate "Fire up" ability when they are in Crawl mode
- Improved texture of destroyed Ambulance (thanks to Panzerblitz1)
- Fixed a bug which made soldiers inside "Fortified Observation Post" (Infantry doc) take no damage from bullet-shooting weapons
- Calliope jeep moved from Airborne doctrine to Infantry doctrine
- Unified speeds of Shermans M4, Crocodile, 76(W)and 105 to "4.1" (varied from version to version from 3.8 to 5.2)
- Unified acceleration speeds of M4, Crocodile, 76(W)and 105 to 1.9 (from 1.6)
- Lowered Calliope speed to 3.5
- Increased Sherman E8 acceleration speed to "2.2" (from 1.9)
- Armor doctrine can now use Offmap barrage from Chaffee, Stuart and Scott if they have Tank Commander inside
- Global repair ability (Armor doctrine) now lasts for 30 seconds (instead of 20) but after the usage the cooldown will take 60 seconds (from 25)
- Dropped cost of Allied war machine to 200 ammo (from 250)
- Allied war machine now only replaces Chaffee, Stuart, Scott, M10, M18, M4, M4E2 76(W), E8, Calliope
- Allied war machine now replaces all affected vehicles lost as long as the ability lasts (so not just 3 vehicles per use)
- Reorganized tech tree of Armor doctrine according to the picture below
- In armor doctrine "Heavy mines" unlock is replaced with "Ammo reserves" (automatically equips all M4s, 76(W) and E8s with both AP and HE upgrades)
- Heavy mines in armor doctrine now require M1A1 mines upgrade in order to be used
- AB Engineers are now able to place democharges anywhere
- M1 Grands of Riflemen and Rangers should fire a bit faster now at longer ranges*update
- Sticky bombs now have better chance of detracking or damaging engines on targets that don't have skirts installed *update
- Sticky boms should no longer cause "destroy secondary weapon" critical *update
- Straffing run with AP ammo upgrade should deal damage to lightly armored targets (Hummel, MarderIII - was intended several patches ago but the changes got lost) *update
CW:
- Commandos glider now on landing spawns Marine Commandos instead of Sten Commandos (Details here)
- Slightly buffed Stens used by Marine Commandos and Sten Commandos
- BOYS Commandos squad is now available without any Glider upgrade
- Fixed an issue which created a massive FPS drop when a player had selected a fake howitzer
- Capture speed of BOYS team lowered to 0.8 (from 1)
- Added smoke shells to Commandos Mortar team
- Changed armor type of Comet; frontal penetration chances should be about the same as before, rear hits should now penetrate from most weapons
- 95mm Cromwell removed from RAF doctrine
- Destroying Churchill Crocodile should now provide more XP
- BOYS Commandos can now use passive camo without stealth unlock *update
- Lowered the damage of BOYS rifle to 55 (from 60) *update
- Accuracy of BOYS rifles vs moving Halftracks and sdkfz 234 lowered by 25% *update
- Increased penetration chance of BOYS rifle vs PIV D *update
- Corrected penetration of 17 pounders vs Hetzer (was too low) *update
- Fixed bug where Comet had very low MP upkeep (about "7"; upped to "20") *update
- Fixed bug where PIAT Commandos required 8 pop instead of 4 *update
- Commandos squads can no longer activate ambush ability in a middle of a fight *update
WM:
- Stormtrooper training unlock now correctly applies to Stormtrooper squad that can come with the Offmap battlegroup
- Fixed a bug which made random units that come with the Offmap battlegroup (StuG III, StuG IV (late version), PIV H/J) unable to capture points
- Removed deflection damage from JPIV 75mm/L48
- Flak38 (20mm) naked/emplaced should no longer penetrate Cromwells
- Applied a workaround for the more expensive Kingtiger to no longer display floppy barrel (hopefully it will finally work)
- Reduced build time of Panzer IV J to 40 seconds
- Mass production now also lowers the price of Panzer IV J to 380MP 30F
- Panzer IV "D" of BK doctrine moved to Kriegsbarracks
- Lowered build time of Grenadiers to 40 seconds (from 45)
- Demolition Stormtrooper squad no longer retreats in crawl mode
- Lowered the cost of LMG42 upgrade to 85 ammo (from 100)
- Defensive training and Zeal unlocks provide weaker (approximately half) bonuses to Volksgrenadiers than to combat infantry (Grenadiers, MG/Mortar teams etc.)
- Lowered speed of Panthers A and G to 4.4 (from 4.6)
- Lowered acceleration of Panthers A and G to 2 (from 2.5)
- Panzer IV J now has correct armor type upon construction
- Fixed a bug where Tank traps under construction took no damage from small arms fire *update
PE:
- Luft Straffing run can now only damage lightly armored vehicles
- PIII in HE mode should no longer overperform vs certain armored targets
- Removed deflection damage from JPIV 75mm/L48
- Stuka patrol should now target exclusively emplacements and trenches occupied by infantry (so no longer attacks road blocks/sandbags/OPs/barbed wires etc.)
- Stuka bombs should now always destroy an emplacement with direct hit
- Nebelwerfer 150mm removed from Lufwaffe doctrine
- Destroying Jagdtiger now gives appropriate XP (used to give +1XP)
- Increased speed of Panther D to 5 (from 4.6)
- Lowered acceleration of Panther D to 1.3 (from 2.5)
- Lowered speed of Jagdpanther to 4.4 (from 4.6)
- Lowered acceleration of Jagdpanther to 2 (from 3)
- Adjusted performance of Stuka bomb vs trenches and infatry in them
- Increased efficiency of Kar98 of Assault Grenadiers (used to be at Volks level, now is at WM Grens level)
- Corrected MP upkeep of Hetzer (Normal and Flammen - was only 1MP)
- Luft pioneers should only be droppable in own territory now (no longer droppable in enemy/neutral territory on own units) *update
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Redesigned Armor doctrine tech tree:
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