Battlecruisers News

[h2]Added[/h2]

• 3 new Cruisers:
  • Goatherd
    
  • Pistol
    
  • Megalith
• 2 new Buildings:
  • Cannon
    
  • Sledgehammer
• 2 new Units:
  • SpyPlane
    
  • MissileFighter
• 3 new Bodykits for existing Cruisers:
  • Longbow Fringe
    
  • Rickshaw Scathis
    
  • Yeti Corpse Piler
• Ability to select Man o' War, Huntress Prime and Fortress Prime as cruiser in Skirmishes
  
• Countdown at the beginning of PvP matches
  
• Bubbles, emitted by sinking ships and cruisers
  
• Player-coloured aircraft trails
  
• TeslaCoil firing sound

[h2]Balancing[/h2]

• Raptor:
  • increased shield build + recharge rate: 3x -> 5x
    
  • PvP is unchanged, as it already had this value 🐛
• Hammerhead:
  • increased health: 4000 -> 4200
    
  • increased ship build rate: 1.6x -> 1.66x
• Shepherd:
  • increased health: 4000 -> 4200
• ShipTurret:
  • increased damage: 40 -> 60
    
  • reduced range: 19 -> 16
• SAMSite:
  • increased damage: 100 -> 120
• FlakTurret:
  • increased reload: 2.5s -> 2.86s
• GrapheneBarrier:
  • increased health: 750 -> 900
    
  • increased barrier health: 1500 -> 1800
• Nova Artillery:
  • increased damage: 800 -> 1200
• GlobeShield:
  • increased shield regeneration: 15 HP/s -> 20 HP/s
• AttackBoat
  • increased health: 120 -> 180
• Frigate
  • increased anti-ship range: 9 -> 11
• Destroyer
  • increased anti-ship range: 9 -> 11
• Mann o' War
  • increased laser DPS: 200 -> 240
• AttackRIB
  • increased preferred range: 13 -> 19
• SiegeDestroyer:
  • increased projectiles per burst: 11 -> 12
    
  • increased range: 35 -> 37
• FlakTurtle
  • increased reload: 2.5s -> 2.86s
• GunBoat:
  • reduced health: 400 -> 360
    
  • reduced damage: 25 -> 24
    
  • increased reload: 1s -> 1.2s
    
  • PvP already had this reload value before 🐛
• GlassCannoneer:
  • reduced reload: 20s -> 16s
    
  • reduced shell velocity: 35 -> 20

[h2]Changed[/h2]

• PvP Asset Loading is instant now
  
• Increased FlakBullet collider radius: 0.15 -> 0.35 for better consistency at 5x speed
  
• Focus button now glows when a building is focused by all drones
  
• The sea is now shaded
  
• Countless improvements to effects
  
• Improved Cruiser and Ship deaths
  
• Updated various level skies and backgrounds
  
• Most Projectiles now have an auto-detonation timer
  
• Minor GlobeShield adjustments
  
  
• New left / right arrows for level selection screen and arena selection screen
  
• Updated LevelSelectionScreen
  
• Updated StoryDialogScreen visuals
  
• Updated PostBattleScreen
  
• Updated Bodykit preview
  
• Updated Profile screen
  
• Updated "Battle" / "Next" and "Back" button graphics
  
• Updated main menu premium banner
  
  
• News button is now placed in main menu
  
• Not yet unlocked level captains are now black instead of white
  
• Lifetime destruction now uses its own icon
  
• Removed unnecessary scroll bars in skirmish screen
  
  
• Entering a battle is more responsive
  
• Minor texture quality improvements
  
• Localisation improvements and fixes
  
• Shortened connection failure message
  
  
• New, streamlined save file format
  
• Simplifications to PvE and PvP
  
• Barbester SideQuest now requires Level #15 "Angry Spider" to be completed
  
• Better support for 24:10 and 5:4 aspect ratio
  
• Loading texts no longer break into 3 lines on 5:4 aspect ratio
  
• Minor performance improvements to missile rendering

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• TasDevil shield recharge rate: 1.9x -> 2x
  
• PvPSiegeDestroyer movement speed: 2 -> 1
  
• PvPStratBomber movement speed: 4.5 -> 5
  
• Removed artifacts in many backgrounds
  
• Various Cruiser death fixes
  
• Many fixes to effects
  
• "Continue" button now properly selects the first unplayed level
  
• Fleeing from a side quest dialog screen no longer messes up level selection
  
• Resolved minor UI issues in bodykit shop
  
• Minor story dialog fixes
  
• SAMSite / FlakTurret projectile impact effects are no longer delayed
  
• Minor corrections to Barbester animation
  
• Fixed a whole bunch of issues with PvP projectiles
  
• Cruiser descriptions no longer overlap cruiser images in loadout
  
• When using click & drag for building placement, the building icon is no longer positioned incorrectly
  
• Loot now (finally) gets unlocked correctly
  
• Exos no longer clip outside their boxes
  
• Captains now taunt each other on the story dialog screen
  
• CoastGuard description is no longer wrong in some languages (ES, PT, RU, TR)
  
• Building descriptions in loadout no longer overlap with their icon
  
• MissilePods now hit small targets more reliably and don't just disappear when attacking low-profile ships
  
• Profile screen now works properly on 4:3 aspect ratio
  
• Rockjaw and Shepherd fire rate boosts now apply to MLRS, MissilePod and MissileRevolder again

Fixed

• GunBoat no longer has a lower build time in PvP than in PvE
  

+ Level selection screen now shows correct difficulty for completed levels
+ Chinese translation fixes
+ Longbow no longer has too many drones in PvP
+ SeaFactory has clearer UI sprite

Fixed

• Level selection screen now shows correct difficulty for completed levels
  
• Chinese translation fixes
  

Added

• Bodykit preview in shop
  
• Music when finding an opponent in PvP

Balancing

• ShipTurret:
  
  • increased damage: 10 -> 40
    
  • increased reload time: 1s -> 4s

• Ultra CIWS:
  
  • increased build time: 1000 -> 1200
    
  • increased required drones: 10 -> 12

• GunBoat:
  
  • increased speed: 2 -> 2.25

Changed

• Reduced load times
  
• Updated PvP loading screen visuals
  
• Improved CoastGuard effects
  
• Reduced audio memory usage
  
• Improved quality of some level backgrounds
  
• Improved post battle screen background quality
  
• Many minor localisation changes and fixes

Fixed

• Levels + SideQuests now always unlock properly
  
• Cruiser deaths no longer look weird
  
• Premium edition button in Bodykits shop no longer has artifacts
  
• A minor cloud load issue no longer occurs