1.02 Combined Arms - Final

1.02

Features

• Smart casting for unit abilities (by default only the closest unit to the target will fire & ctrl can be used to force all selected units to fire).
• New tech structure: Oil Refinery. Grants the owner a 10% production discount. Added to several team game maps.
• Added button in skirmish/multiplayer lobby to reset options to defaults.
• Added Fast Regrowth lobby option.
• Overhauled Mini Drone attachment (making them easier to attach and less glitchy).
• Improved support power targeting visuals.
• Vehicles/aircraft can be sold at Service Depots.
• Multi-Queue Scaled - Removed Optimized Production upgrades. Associated discounts are permanently provided by the relevant T2/T3 structures being built.
• Lowered selection priority for transport aircraft.
• 20 new 1v1 maps.
• 52 new team game maps (17x 2v2, 15x 3v3, 10x 4v4, 8x 5v5, 2x 6v6)
• Added Testing Grounds map.

Artwork & SFX

• New voice lines for many units: Chrono Prison, Battle Fortress, Mirage Tank, Cryo Launcher, Siege Tank, Sukhoi, Halo, Thief, Eradicator, Disruptor, Mammoth Tank, Titan, Juggernaut, Battle Drone, Mammoth Drone, X-O Powersuit, Comanche, Microwave Tank, Spectre, Venom, Acolyte, Templar and Heavy Flame Tank.
• New voice announcements for upgrades: Seismic Missiles, Railgun Titan, Ion Mammoth, Hover Mammoth, Battle Drone, Intensified Microwaves.
• Improved custom RA EVA voice line effects.
• Added/updated transport loading and aircraft takeoff/landing sound effects.
• Added IFV transform sound.
• Added additional visual when units are upgrading.
• Added brass casings ejected from vehicles/aircraft with machine guns.
• New sound effects for Vulcan weapon.
• Impact sound effects for Shard Launcher, Gun Walker, Shard Walker, Ravager, Lacerator.
• Scaled down Stormrider/Venom/Enervator.
• Range circle for radar jamming field is now player coloured.

Balance & Faction Gameplay Changes

General

• Loaded transports no longer immune to mind control. Loaded transports and harvesters take 4 seconds to mind control (Commando type passengers provide immunity).
• Radar cost increased to $1800.
• Reduced Rifle/Minigunner/Warrior damage vs defenses by 10%.
• Increased tier 1 tank & Tank Destroyer damage vs defenses by 20%.
• Added health regen to commando units as standard. Rate doubles when elite.
• Increased Engineer/Assimilator mine detection range.
• Reduced basic defense power requirement from 25 to 15.
• Reduced amount refunded when selling basic defenses.
• Reduced mine defusal time for Engineers/Minelayers from 3s to 2s.
• Commando/Tanya/Boris can now shoot revealed mines.
• Lowered healing cap for commando units. Takes longer to wear off.
• Added healing cap to any infantry with 15k HP or more.
• Increased Commando/Tanya C4 cooldown a little.
• Reduced the distance from Service Depots that units can be upgraded at.
• Guarantee at least 2 rifles/warriors when selling buildings (if value of building is sufficient) to reduce RNG. Reduced Civilian value to 50.
• Allow infantry to detect cloaked units diagonally.
• Reduced time taken for tib exposure to wear off.
• Static AA defenses no longer auto targeted in defensive stance.
• Powered down defenses have reduced vision.
• Added minimum distance to airstrike powers to prevent instant damage near map edge.

Allies

• New unit: Peacemaker - Heavy bomber available at T3 (Tech Center).
• New upgrade for Ranger: Advanced Optics - Gives Rangers an ability that extends their vision and detection range for a short time.
• Added new IFV turrets for infantry of other factions: Yuri/Mastermind, Black Hand, Enlightened, Cyborg Elite, Mortars (Cryo/Sonic/Chem), Intruder, Ravager.
• Reduced SEAL movement speed. Reduced HP from 18k to 16k. No longer immune to mind control/chaos gas. Added 4 second delay to C4 planting. Reduced C4 cooldown by 2 seconds. Will no longer place C4 automatically in Attack Anything stance.
• Chrono Tank will prioritize ground targets over air targets.
• Increased Scout Tank vision from 6 to 7.
• Increased Chrono Prison damage vs heavy armor.
• Increased Sniper IFV damage vs vehicles. Concussion requires Raufoss upgrade.
• Added Guardian GI IFV turret.
• Increased Battle Fortress damage with Rifle/Rocket passengers. Increased HP from 120k to 130k.
• Medic in Battle Fortress gives healing aura.
• USA drops require Barracks/Factory plus either radar or aircraft production (previously required radar).
• Reverted Nighthawk to normal selection priority. Default stance to Defend.
• Increased jamming field radius by 1
• Reduced Turret power requirement to 25.
• Reduced entrenched Engineer deployment time. Increased radius from 3 to 5.
• Longbow benefits from Cryo Rockets upgrade.
• Reduced Chrono Harvester upgrade cost to 1250.
• Reduced Advanced Ore Processing cost to 750.
• Reduced Nighthawk HP from 44k to 38k.
• Increased Veil of War cooldown from 4 min to 5 min. Reduce max radius by 1. Increase min radius by 1.
• Reworked chill effect to have max 10 stacks (up from 6).
• Damage penalty removed from IFV cryo rockets.
• Changed MGG/MRJ to light armor (increased HP from 22k to 25k).
• Allow spies to disguise as Scrin. Added SEAL/Commissar icons when disguised.
• Sniper will one-shot upgraded Templar, Cyborgs and Brutes. Reduced reload time.
• Increased Pillbox damage vs infantry, light armor and heavy armor. Now tracks target.
• Increased Raider APC damage vs light armor. Reduced vs defenses.
• AA Gun requires War Factory instead of Radar Dome.
• Reduce Harrier delay between salvos to match similar planes (MiG etc.).
• Allow fake Radar Dome to be powered down.
• Reduced Prism Tank damage vs heavy armor slightly.
• Reduced cost of Prism Cannon upgrade to 750.
• Increased Prism Tower cost from 1300 to 1350. Increased power consumption from 75 to 80. Reduced damage vs infantry.
• Increased Tank Destroyer range by 1. Reduced HP from 46k to 44k.

Soviets

• New unit: Floating Disc - Replaces Kirov for Psi-Corps.
• New unit: Commissar - T3 infantry that buffs nearby infantry (increases movement and rate of fire).
• New Upgrade for Psi-Corps: Gattling BTR.
• Increased damage radius of V3 missiles.
• Reduced damage and area of effect of V3 missiles when shot down.
• Yuri will no longer kill slaves when using mind blast ability. Slaves are killed when released, either manually, or by exceeding capacity.
• Iron Curtain now limits the speed of affected units.
• Increased turret turn speed of Mammoth Tank & Eradicator.
• Reduced radiation strength of Apocalypse Tank shells. Reduced damage against infantry with Flak Armor/Hardened Carapace upgrade. Reduced projectile speed. Increased damage vs buildings.
• Mammoth Tank and Apocalypse Tank will prioritize ground targets over air targets.
• Increased Siege Tank damage vs buildings and defenses. Increased concussion duration by 1 second.
• Replaced Psi-Corps Parabombs with Chaos Bombs.
• Increased MAD Tank HP from 100k to 120k.
• Increased Tesla Track damage. Reduced speed from 72 to 68. Increased cost from 1250 to 1350. Reduced HP from 22k to 20k. No longer requires Tesla Coil.
• Increased Tesla Tank damage. Tesla Coil requirement can now be substituted with Tech Center.
• Reduced Iron Curtain damage vs infantry.
• Reduced Brute DPS vs infantry significantly. Reduced attack speed (DPS same except vs infantry). Reduce speed slightly.
• Desolator will one-shot upgraded Templar, Cyborgs and Brutes. Increased damage vs light armor. Chem Tower requirement can now be substituted with Tech Center. Reduced deploy time. Slightly increased splash damage vs infantry.
• Increased Flame Tower/Chem Tower RoF slightly.
• Increased Shock Trooper HP from 7k to 7.5k.
• Thief can't be crushed when moving. Reduced selection priority.
• Reduced Heavy Hazmat Suits cost from $1k to $850.
• Flamethrower's Flame Tower requirement can now be substituted with Radar Dome. Increased damage vs infantry.
• Increase Yuri mind blast damage vs buildings.
• Increase Dog vision and cloak detection radius slightly.
• Increased Atomic Reactor HP from 100k to 110k.
• Increased Sukhoi projectile speed.
• Kirov will be disabled rather than killed by EMP.
• Dogs now immune to mind control.
• Reduced Tesla Coil power consumption from 100 to 75.
• Increased V2 splash radius slightly. Reduced cost of V2 upgrade from 1000 to 500.
• Increased Katyusha cost from 700 to 750. Reduced splash radius slightly.

GDI

• New unit: Tomahawk Launcher - Available via research when Bombardment strategy is chosen.
• Bombardier upgrade now available regardless of strategy.
• Titan railgun will always pass through target to max range when fired at targets further than 2 cells away. Slightly reduced the passthrough damage.
• Increased turret turn speed of all Mammoth Tank variants.
• Increased Disruptor splash damage (mainly improves effectiveness against infantry).
• Reduced strategy upgrade cost from $1250 to $1000.
• (H)MLRS, Mammoth Tank and Titan will prioritize ground targets over air targets.
• Slight increase to Surgical Strike splash damage close to the target. Damage no longer reduced by prone.
• Reduced Sonic Tower concussion duration vs infantry from 6 seconds to 1 second.
• Reduced Carryall vision from 10 to 9.
• Increased Nanite Repair heal per tick from 3% to 5%, reduced duration from 30s to 25s.
• Increased X-O laser damage (but reduced vs light armor). Reduced range by 1. Increased turn rate by 33%. Now able to shoot while moving.
• Increased Juggernaut cost from $1500 to $2000. Increased range, HP and damage.
• Reduced Hover Mammoth speed slightly (72 to 68).
• At elite rank, third damage level used by Vulcan vs ground targets.
• Increase TOW missile rate of fire and add TankBuster modifier.
• Increased Jumpjet/Bombardier speed from 99 to 108. Increased facing tolerance. Removed infantry target priority.
• Increase Bombardier damage vs buildings, reduced vs defenses.
• Reduced cost of Afterburner upgrade to 750.
• Increased (H)MLRS HP from 18/20k to 20/22k. Reduced damage vs heavy armor slightly.
• Increased Battle Drone cost to 800.
• Increased Guard Tower damage vs infantry, light armor and heavy armor. Now tracks target.
• Increased Supply Drop Zone income to $1k per 60 seconds. Reduce price to $1k.
• AA Gun requires Weapons Factory instead of Comms Center.
• Changed EMP Missile Launcher armor type to be the same as other minor superweapons.
• EMP Missile has 3 concentric areas of effect which disable for 24/12/6 seconds (rather than 2 that disable for 24/12). Added target radius indicator.
• Increased Advanced Guard Tower cost from 1k to 1.1k. Increased power consumption from 50 to 70. Reduced damage vs infantry.
• Increased Sonic Tower cost from 1350 to 1450. Increased power consumption from 80 to 85. Reduced damage vs infantry.
• Changed Mobile Sensor to light armor.
• Increased Aurora cost from 2200 to 2300. Reduced splash radius vs infantry. Damage reduction reduced from 20% to 10% when afternburner is active. Target must be enemy unit/building to activate afterburner.

Nod

• New upgrade for Buggy: Decoy Projectors - Gives Buggies an ability which creates two decoy Flame Tanks (or Heavy Flame Tanks for Black Hand).
• Marked air drop replaced with Subterranean Strike. Delivers 4 Acolytes/Templar via Subterranean APC.
• Chem Warrior gains targeted ability to rush towards their target to close distance.
• Reduced infiltrator cloak recharge delay.
• Infiltrator and stolen tech rework. Unique units for infiltrating each faction's barracks/factory/air structures, tech locked when infiltrating radars/tech centers/T4 structures.
• . Cryo Mortar unlocked by infiltrating Allied Barracks.
• . Reckoner unlocked by infiltrating Allied War Factory.
• . Black Eagle unlocked by infiltrating Allied Helipad.
• . Cyberdog unlocked by infiltrating Soviet Barracks.
• . Rhino Tank unlocked by infiltrating Soviet War Factory.
• . Kamov unlocked by infiltrating Soviet Airfield.
• . Sonic Mortar unlocked by infiltrating GDI Barracks.
• . Pitbull unlocked by infiltrating GDI Weapons Factory.
• . Shade unlocked by infiltrating GDI Airfield.
• . Chem Mortar unlocked by infiltrating Hand of Nod
• . Mantis unlocked by infiltrating Nod Airstrip (or Legion Weapons Factory)
• . Vertigo unlocked by infiltrating Nod Helipad
• . Cyberscrin unlocked by infiltrating Scrin Portal.
• . Viper unlocked by infiltrating Scrin Warp Sphere.
• . Manticore unlocked by infiltrating Scrin Gravity Stabilizer.
• Increased Heavy Flame Tank cost from 1000 to 1100. Reduced speed from 68 to 60.
• Black Napalm reload time penalty increased slightly (for both Heavy Flame Tank and SSM).
• Reduced damage increase for Bikes with TibCore from +10% to +7.5%.
• Reduced Flame Tank splash damage.
• Reduced SSM splash radius.
• Slightly increased Microwave Tank RoF. Reduced splash damage (removed vs infantry). Reduced speed from 82 to 68.
• Upgraded Microwave Tank kills crews of vehicles below 75% HP (calculated after the damage from the MW zap itself).
• Slightly increased cyborg conversion time.
• Reduced Stealth Tank resistance to aircraft slightly. Reduced damage vs buildings.
• Reduced Venom damage vs buildings (with upgrade, no change).
• Reduced Turret power requirement to 25.
• Legion bonus changed to 10% discount on stolen tech units.
• Increased Laser Turret rate of fire slightly. Increased damage per shot vs infantry. Reduced DPS vs light armor slightly.
• Increased Banshee damage vs vehicles. Slightly increased splash damage.
• Reduced Comanche damage vs buildings.
• Reduced Acolyte/Templar damage vs heavy armor slightly. Obelisk requirement can now be substituted with Temple of Nod.
• Reduced time taken for Hacker to hack drones.

Scrin

• New support power: Fleet Recall - Available on Signal Transmitter, teleports Devastators/Carriers/Mothership back to the Signal Transmitter.
• New upgrade: Hypercharge - Gives Seekers/Lacerators the ability to fire an uninterrupted barrage for a short time, after which their weapons are disabled and their speed is reduced until the ability recharges.
• Mastermind will no longer kill slaves when using mind spark ability. Slaves are killed when released, either manually, or by exceeding capacity.
• Increased PAC damage.
• Increased Greater Coalescence damage/healing radius.
• Increased Atomizer splash radius.
• Stormcrawler with Ion Conduits generates ion clouds more frequently (every 4 seconds down from 6). Now able to shoot while moving.
• Increased Devourer damage. Also increased vs none/light when charged.
• Increased Darkener damage vs light armor and buildings. Can now crush infantry.
• Reduced PAC cost from $3000 to $2800.
• Added range circle when targeting Greater Coalescence & Storm Spike.
• Stormrider now able to shoot in any direction. Reduced range vs ground very slightly (0.25).
• Mothership will charge nearby Stormriders/Enervators.
• Increase Atomizer range from 8 to 9. Increased cost to 1350. Prevent condition applying to multiple targets from a single hit. Atomized debuff slows target by 25%, up from 15%.
• Increased Devastator damage by 20% and splash radius slightly. Increased projectile speed.
• Increased Enervator damage from 10k to 13k and range by 1. Reduced rate of fire.
• Increased Leecher self healing slightly.
• Increased Plasma Turret HP from 45k to 46k. Increased RoF slightly. Removed inaccuracy. Moved part of damage vs infantry to % damage warhead to better deal with high HP infantry.
• Increased Interloper damage vs light armor.
• Replaced Reaper-17 Fleet Shields discount with Ichor Seed 20% cooldown reduction.
• Increased Seeker/Lacerator cloak detection radius by 1.
• Increased Ravager HP to 8k. Increased damage vs light armor. Reduced damage vs defenses.
• Suppression Field highlights the units to be affected.
• Reduced Storm Column power consumption from 100 to 85.
• Reduced Ion Surge speed boost from +60% to +50%. Reduced radius by 1. Reduced duration from 15s to 12s. Show range circle when active.

Fixes/Misc

• Corrected Cyborg Mechanic salvage time to match Mechanic.
• Corrected range of Disruptor with Seek & Destroy.
• Campaign tooltip visibility corrections.
• Fixed empty warp damage bar appearing when units have very low health.
• Added directional targeting to infiltration airstrike and corrected building damage.
• Fixed Chrono Tank not firing at aircraft.
• Fixed upgrades tab not being shown when selecting Ore Purifier.
• Fixed Chem Warrior projectile being invisible when in Battle Fortress.
• Fixed map crashes (Calming Lakes, Utter Darkness, Jungle Boogie).
• Restored "I've got a present for ya" and "kiss it bye bye" voice lines for Commando/Tanya when ordered to plant C4.
• Veil of War debuff no longer stacks with direct Gap Generator debuff.
• Iron Curtain on production building no longer pauses production from it.
• Fixed rare crashing bug caused by missiles effectively diving underground.
• Tracking beam weapons will be cancelled on death.
• Fixed Mirage Tank disguise palettes.
• Fixed condition warheads not applying to large actors with multiple targetable locations.
• Corrected Sniper/Raufoss prerequsities in mission 5.
• Fixed rare crash caused by force landing aircraft.
• Fixed Vulcan reinforcements not being in same select group as normal Vulcans.
• Fixed some aircraft sprite facings.
• TNT will be removed if a unit is picked up by a Carryall or enters a transport.
• Range circle now shown for enemy Veil of War.
• Fixed Yuri/Mastermind auto targeting when in attack anything stance.
• Fixed cluster mines causing damage when defused.
• Extend IC structure selectable bounds to prevent misclick when attacking it.
• Fixed Yuri/Mastermind not having detection.
• Added "detects spies" to tooltips.
• Custom cursor for Mastermind building capture.
• Minor AI improvements.
• Minor mission tweaks.