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[Thtb-Ally]

- Added Button vehicle ability to Bren carrier.

Wtf

[Akranadas]

To make the Bren more viable mid-late game, note; if you upgrade to a Vickers, you lose the Button Ability (iirc)

[Thtb-Ally]

Then add the "shoot goliath out of ass" abilty to the bike/ puma and so on, too :I

[Unkn0wn]

Here's an interesting new change!

- Damage on Turret mounted and M3 halftrack .50 cal HMGs increased vs tp_infantry_soldier.

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=178861&page=5&pp=15

[stumpster]

Online

- Refactored host notifications and automatch messages.
- Added user feedback to the Relic Online Account Details screen whenever an invalid input is given.
- A number of automatch related network bugs have been resolved.

Gameplay

- Tuned priority of Bren Carrier weapon and modified Bren Carrier Button ability so that it more reliably shoots at target of Button Ability.
- Increased Radius of Axis Rocket Barrage from 15m to 20m
- Increased Damage of Axis Rocket Barrage weapon from 100 to 175
- Reduced cost of Axis Rocket Barrage by 50mun to 200mun
- Reduced number of shells in Rocket Barrage from 15 to 12. FX changed.
- Reduced delay of Axis Firestorm barrage by approximately 3 seconds.
- Testing glider landing - gliders will land anywhere except enemy territory. Looking at code solution to prevent glider from landing in enemy base sector only.
- British Commando Concealing Smoke and Commando Grenades share timers - abilities cannot be used at the same time.
- British Commando Glider, with the exception of the Glider HQ, will not allow reinforcements or be able to build units outside friendly territory.
- British Commandos cannot capture when using Concealing Smoke. Using smoke while capturing will stop the capture.
- Suppression on some HMG and LMGs increased further vs tp_infantry_soldier.
- Strafing Run reduced in effectiveness.
- Munitions halftrack mine placing ability takes longer but costs 25mun (down from 35mun)
- Axis bunkers gain 300 health when Axis players choose Fortify the Perimeter command tree ability.
- Panzerfaust damage increased vs heavy armour (roughly 50% more damage) and increased roughly 30% vs Light Armoured vehicles
- Panzerschreck scatter tuned - angle reduced from 20m to 15m, scatter offset increased.
- British Lt. Heroic charge duration reduced from 20s to 15s.
- Testing collision issues with team weapons.
- Fixed flamethrower infantry death critical. Critical type now only applies to squad member carrying flamethrower.
- Fixed timing issues and left behind sim-boxes with several smoke abilities.
- Added one more reload cycle to M1 thompson. Rangers would fire two bursts before reloading. Will now fire three.

Holy smokes, a whole lot of stuff in here that affects us.

- Rocket Barrage changed.
- Firestorm buffed (about damned time).
- More suppression changes (only against Soldier Armor though, doesn't affect us yet...)
- Strafing Run changed (Third time in this beta, should be interesting to see the difference)
- Faust buffed heavily. (!!)
- Pshrek tuned (again...)
- Fixed flamer criticals, hopefully will make Engineer/Pios a bit more survivable
- Additional cycle on the Thompson won't be too noticeable, but it will mean that Rangers charging infantry in cover will not have to reload so soon.

[CommanderNewbie]

Fausts will be batsh*t crazy.

[Thtb-Ally]

Fausts will be batsh*t crazy.

About time, even with the cheeper faust I as allyed still was all; "lol run volks over and then repair for 10 sec" anyway

[Days of War]

- Added one more reload cycle to M1 thompson. Rangers would fire two bursts before reloading. Will now fire three.


=D

[Unkn0wn]

Lol ranger buff!

[stumpster]

Nope, because Relic released yet another patch!

v2.306 01/25/2008

Online
- Fixed a screen layer issue that occurs when automatch ends.
- A number of automatch fixes.

Fixes
- Items are now transferred to remaining members of a squad instead of dropping them on the ground. If the team is fully absorbed into a team weapon, the items are dropped.
- Fixed AI unit production limit so that certain units won’t be built more than specified amount.
- Added additional unit demand multiplier, which lowers production demand if AI player has the same unit already.
- Ambient sounds now run more efficiently.

Gameplay
- Fixed Hetzer Reinforcement requirements to match squad popcap.
- Commando squad reinforcements cost increased to fix UI rounding issue (UI showed 34, actual cost was 35). Cost should display as 35 now.
- Jagdpanther and Hetzer squad veterancy requirements doubled.
- Calliope rockets do equal damage modifiers to tp_infantry and tp_infantry soldier.
- 280mm rockets tuned vs buildins and British HQs. Damage increased vs British HQs and decreased vs US buildings.
- Ranger M1 Thomspon cooldowns and reloads tuned to decrease damage output.

They are seriously cranking out the patches right now, I hope it continues.

[CommanderNewbie]

I have a theory that the team automatch beta is just an excuse for them to go back to beta-style balance testing

[Wraith547]

No issue with that, things went alot smoother with that way.

They can release multiple small balance changes as fast as possible instead of having a month long QA phase.

[Akranadas]

They'll still have the QA process once they've finalized the patch; regardless of the beta.

[Unkn0wn]

Yes but they'll only have to do QA testing once where as they've implemented a lot of balance patches in the retail, they would've had to send every individual patch to QA testing .

This way Relic is fixing more bugs & balance complaints than they would've ever fixed without a beta, it's great.

[Unkn0wn]

Latest patch, huzzah!

v2.308 01/31/2008

Online
- Fixed a number of issues with tool-tip layers.
- Added "Exit Game" option on the Count Not Verify Media pop-up.

Fixes
- Laying barbed wire should be fixed and back to how it was in vanilla CoH.

Gameplay
- Tuning to British Artillery
- Overwatch artillery projectile speed increased marginally
- Overwatch weapon scatter tuning adjusted - angle reduced, area reduced marginally. Should make for more concentrated effect
- Overwatch recharge reduced. Overwatch used to take 30s to disable itself, now takes 22s.
- Overwatch ability passively reduces the recharge rate of 25pounder barrage abilities
- Creeping barrage has increased artillery rounds incoming.
- Creeping barrage passively reduces the recharge rate of 25pounder artillery barrage abilities.
- British 25pounder rotates faster to make it more responsive during Counter Batttery operations
- British Artillery in Counter Battery mode will fire back at enemy artillery even if it does not damage friendly units
- British Counter Battery should be a bit more responsive.
- British Counter Battery takes less time to disable itself. 22s instead of 30s.
- British Sappers will move at normal speed outside territory when upgraded as Demolition and Disposal Section
- Infantry antitank weapons will do less damage to Flak 88s and Flakvierling weapons.
- Panzer Elite tank traps offer heavy cover.
- Panzer Elite tank traps are buildable as walls. This is for test purposes - the size of the object occasionally makes building walls a little difficult.
- Axis Observation Points receive a health bonus when Axis players choose Fortify the Perimeter from the Defensive Doctrine.
- British Captain's FOO artillery ability is improved. First round lands must faster and is very accurate. That round is followed shortly by 3 rounds and then finally by 5 rounds in expanding areas.
- US Calliope recharge time reduced to 75s

Lots of artillery finetuning.
And yay, they fixed barbed wire!

[TheDeadlyShoe]

- Panzer Elite tank traps offer heavy cover.

Hmmmmm. Interesting.

[Ucross]

I didn't know PE could build tank traps.

[TheDeadlyShoe]

Must mean scorched earth barricades.

[Thtb]

About time the sorched earth got a fix!

The booby traps do no damage whatsoever if the enemy watches his troops. :I

[Days of War]

About time the sorched earth got a fix!

The booby traps do no damage whatsoever if the enemy watches his troops. :I

But it's always satisfying when you hear the -tick-... -POP- and see burning bodies. =D