Patch 3761

Spirit

Brings the Spirit's speed in line with the other t1 scouts. This plays a small role in reducing the effectiveness of tree breaking as well.

• Max Speed: 5 4.6
• Max Acceleration: 5 4.6

Mongoose and Hoplite

The following changes make these units better at staying on target while moving.

• Turn Rate: 90 80
• Rack Salvo Charge Time: 2 1
• Rack Salvo Reload Time: 1 2
• Turret Yaw Speed: 80 90

• Turn Rate: 90 80
• Muzzle Velocity: 15 20
• Turret Yaw Speed: 60 130

Deceiver

This buff is to counter the vision change to ensure that the Deceiver is not obsolete.

• Stealth Range: 20 23

Mobile Missile Launchers and Spearhead

MML and Spearhead missiles are much faster now. This should help them against recent TMD buffs and help hit mobile units

• increased Missile Speed by 1.75x

Land Experimentals

Frigates

The range decrease and cost increase to Cybran frigates combined to too much of a nerf. The exact opposite is true for Aeon frigates, so we are revoking the cost change for both.

• Energy Cost: 2800 2900
• Mass Cost: 280 290
• Build Time: 1400 1450

• Energy Cost: 2600 2500
• Mass Cost: 260 250
• Build Time: 1300 1250

Tech 1 Subs

All T1 subs are getting a survivability increase which allows subs to take 2 hits from torp bombers. This does not apply to Sera, but they have anti torp which will accomplish the same result.

• HP: 550 775

• HP: 600 800

• HP: 525 775

• HP: 400 550

Shard

The Shard is rarely used due to low damage. This change is to make it more viable.

• Build Time: 800 600
• Damage: 6 7.5

Cybran Destroyer

We increased the range for the Salem before but found it to still be lacking considering the nerf to their frigates. This should help bring their T2 navy in line with the other factions.

• Max Range: 80 85

Cruisers

All cruisers are getting increased HP and decreased range. This change will make sending torpedoes directly into cruisers much less efficient, but at the same time reduce cruiser AA coverage. Instead picking off ships out of range will be favored. Non-Aeon TMD is buffed to deal with a larger number of missiles.

• HP: 3250 3850
• AA Range: 75 60

• HP: 2500 3100
• AA Range: 75 60
• TMD:
• Range: 50 60
• Rate of Fire (RoF): 0.5 0.25

• HP: 3000 3600
• AA Range: 75 60
• TMD:
• Range: 50 60
• Rate of Fire (RoF): 0.5 0.25

• HP: 2400 3000
• AA Range: 65 55
• TMD:
• Range: 50 60
• Rate of Fire (RoF): 0.5 0.25

Cooper

The Coopers will be getting a tight formation so they cover each other better with their torp defense. Additionally, they get multiple stat changes to get an overall buff.

• Energy Cost: 7200 6480
• Mass Cost: 900 810
• Build Time: 3600 3240
• Footprint: Made Cooper Fit tighter and better in formation
• Max Range: 50 55
• Water Vision: 45 55

Aircraft Carriers

The increased Vision and Water Vision Radii will allow carriers to detect subs and provide intel to their fleets. The Aeon and Seraphim carriers get TMD to let then deal with missiles. The existing Cybran carrier TMD gets the same buff as on their cruiser

• Water Vision Radius: 36 100
• Vision Radius: 85 100
• TMD:
• Range: 50 60
• Rate of Fire (RoF): 0.5 0.25

• Water Vision Radius: 36 100
• Vision Radius: 85 100
• Added TMD

• Water Vision Radius: 36 100
• Vision Radius: 85 100
• Added TMD

Battleships and Battle-cruiser

The TMD range of Battleships and the Battle-cruiser has been nerfed to make them less self-sufficient and push them to use Cruisers and Aircraft Carriers for adequate TMD coverage.

• TMD Range: 50 40
• Sera Speed: 3 3.2
• Cybran Speed: 3 3.2

• TMD Range: 50 40

Naval Experimentals

Air Elevations

Generally, lower flying targets are easier to hit with ground-to-air weapons. However, if they are brought too low, they can fire at shields in the case of interceptors or inside shields in the case of bombers. Therefore T2 planes are brought to an elevation just above T2 shields and T3 planes are brought to an elevation just above T3 shields.

• T1 Scout: 20 16
• T1 Interceptor: 18 14
• T1 Bomber: 18 14
• T2 Combat Fighter: 20 18
• T3 Scout: 25 22
• T3 Air Superiority: 20 18
• T3 Strategic Bomber: 14 18
• T3 Torpedo Bomber: 25 18
• T4 CZAR: 25 20

Transports

Adjust the movement of air transports to increase consistency and responsiveness. This means that placing unload orders on the fly will not cause a huge delay in unloading. It also makes transports quite easy to micro, so we are giving interceptors similar changes to help them against the new transports.

Interceptors and SwiftWind

This change helps balance out the transport changes. This also makes Interceptors feel more responsive and better to micro.

ACU and SCU Drones

Updated the ACU and SCU Drone HP to 50, the same as Kennel drones

• Health: 6 50

Drones

Gives all drones the ability to reclaim on a patrol move. This Dose Not Include ACU or SCU Drones

Mercy

Based on Deribus's suggestion from a while ago, this changes the Mercy's role from a sniping unit to a damage over time AOE unit.

We have tweaked the setting a bit more and added a reticule so you're able to see the area of effect when Mercy is fired

• Max Speed: 10 13
• Min Speed: 10 3
• Turning Speed: 1.5 1
• Health: 10 90
• VisionRadius: 15 10
• Elevation: 18 12
• Damage: 2400 79
• DamageRadius: 3 7.5
• Damage Ticks: 0 20
• Damage Time: 0 10
• Fuel Duration: 110 400
• Added Vision Projectile on impact

Torpedo Bombers

All of the Tech 2 Torpedo Bombers now have the same number of projectiles. This is important as they are vulnerable to anti-torpedoes now.

UEF

• Projectile Count: 2 3

Cybran

• Projectile Count: 2 3

Strategic Bombers

A slight decrease in cost and build time but a large increase in reload time. This should prevent early bombers from 1-passing so many targets in quick succession.

• Mass Cost: 2100 1750
• Energy Cost: 144k 180k
• Build Time: 9.6k 12k
• Rate of Fire: 5s 8s

Torpedo Defenses

Decreases the volatility of T1 navy and makes getting locked out of the water at T1 harder.

Tech 1 Torpedo Defense

UEF

• Damage: 150 180

Aeon

• Damage: 150 180

Cybran

• Damage: 25 30

Seraphim

• Damage: 100 120

Tech 2 Torpedo Defense

UEF

• Damage: 150 180

Aeon

• Damage: 150 180

Cybran

• Damage: 50 60

Seraphim

• Damage: 201 242

Sonar

The current range of T1/T2 sonar is lacking compared to T1/T2 radar considering the speed difference between land and navy units. T1 and T2 sonar will be getting a range buff to make them more useful while giving them more expensive to build and run to balance them out.

The Cybran Tech 3 Sonar has also gotten a nerf to its stealth field and received a small E drain cost reduction.

Tech 1 Sonar

Aeon

• Health: 500 400
• Energy Cost: 544 1275
• Mass Cost: 64 150
• Build Time: 80 127.5
• Maintenance Cost: 10 20
• Sonar Radius: 115 160

UEF

• Health: 600 400
• Energy Cost: 544 1275
• Mass Cost: 64 150
• Build Time: 80 127.5
• Maintenance Cost: 10 20
• Sonar Radius: 115 160

Cybran

• Energy Cost: 544 1275
• Mass Cost: 64 150
• Build Time: 80 127.5
• Maintenance Cost: 10 20
• Sonar Radius: 115 160

Seraphim

• Energy Cost: 544 1275
• Mass Cost: 64 150
• Build Rate: 13.01 14.08
• Build Time: 80 127.5
• Maintenance Cost: 10 20
• Sonar Radius: 115 180

Tech 2 Sonar

Aeon

• Health: 1000 800
• Energy Cost: 3600 7200
• Mass Cost: 150 300
• Build Time: 845 1680
• Sonar Radius: 230 290

UEF

• Health: 1400 800
• Energy Cost: 3600 7200
• Mass Cost: 150 300
• Build Time: 845 1680
• Sonar Radius: 230 290

Cybran

• Health: 625 800
• Energy Cost: 3600 7200
• Mass Cost: 150 300
• Build Time: 845 1680
• Sonar Radius: 230 290

Seraphim

• Health: 1000 1400
• Energy Cost: 6000 9600
• Build Time: 600 2120

Tech 3 Sonar

Cybran

• HP: 850 1200
• Maintenance Cost: 700 600
• Radar Stealth Field Radius: 70 40
• Sonar Stealth Field Radius: 70 40

SAMS

SAMs have always had a disproportionate amount of hp for their cost, making them nearly invulnerable to raids. If you built a SAM it would stay there until you got pushed off the area entirely. This change will allow them to be raided, including by air-to-ground units and TML.

• HP: 7000 5000

Economy Structures

In the early game, the primary focus is on raiding expanding engineers. One engineer's death may have potentially devastating consequences. On the other hand, after the expansion phase is over it can be very difficult to find value with light raids. We'd like to encourage more interaction between players by increasing the damage potential of small raids after the expansion phase.

Reducing Mex HP across the board should encourage raiding across most of the game. In particular, the T1 Mex HP reduction allows for T1 bombers to destroy them in just two passes, which should help them find utility outside of their regular engineer-slaying duties.

Mass Extractors

Tech 1

• Cybran: 500 360
• UEF: 760 400
• Aeon: 600 370
• Sera: 650 380

Tech 2

• UEF: 2500 2000
• Sera: 2000 1950

Tech 3

T3 Mex hp is brought closer together and Cybran T3 Mex no longer die to a single TML

• Cybran: 6000 6250
• UEF: 9000 7000
• Aeon: 6200 6500
• Sera: 7000 6750

Power Generators

Tech 1

• UEF: 760 600
• Aeon: 600 525
• Sera: 650 550

Tech 2

• Cybran: 1800 2200
• Aeon: 1900 2300
• Sera: 2000 2400

Seraphim Tech 1 Power Generator

Make it so that the Seraphim tech 1 Power generator has the same consistency as all the others.

• Removed Death Animation

Aeon ACU

The Aeon gun range upgrade is quite powerful with the current cost. We have split it to allow it to still be strong later but not oppressive in the game's t1/early t2 phase. This along with the OC nerf should make the Aeon gun com far less oppressive while still being viable.

UEF ACU

Cybran ACU

Cybran is especially reliant on Stealth for their combat ACU, so it gets some buffs as well as a much needed self-repair upgrade to lessen the impact of vision changes.

Maser gets a nerf to lessen the potential of maser + self-repair.

• Base Regen: 15 18

Seraphim ACU