WARSAW News

Heya folks,

we're back with the promised new Roadmap for the rest of this year. Exciting FREE changes are coming to Warsaw - all based on your feedback!


New free content!



NOVEMBER - UPDATE "RADOSŁAW"

+ NEW CONTENT - Heavy German Reinforcements - a new Boss

+ NEW FEATURE - Combat Objectives

Complete optional Battle Objectives for additional rewards! Each battle gets a fresh set of objectives for a completely different experience and increased variety. In the future Battle Objectives will seamlessly merge with the upcoming Character Progression Overhaul, forming a deeper, more engaging system.

+ NEW FEATURE - Codex Overhaul

Total refresh of the way the Codex is presented. Check all unlocked things at a glance and easily track enemies, weapons, and characters that you have not met yet. Check the skills and stats of weapons and enemies. Read all the characters epilogues you have already seen and even check the requirements of the elusive personal missions!

DECEMBER - UPDATE "ŻMIJA"

+ NEW FEATURE - Character Progression Overhaul

Out with the old, in with the new. Characters now earn Experience Points for their achievements which can be used to acquire new skills and perks. XP is earned through Missions, Combat Objectives, Narrative Events, and more. Perks are added to the progression tree which let you choose passive attribute bonuses for your characters. Skills in the progression tree are no longer random and now allow for more choices and player agency.

Both updates will add more bug fixes, quality of life features and other polishing stuff.

Additional goodies are also planned for the near future!

Another large update lands on the public branch today - Żniwiarz! It brings a lot of new stuff plus the anticipated Melee feature to the game.

NEW FEATURE - MELEE



Every character has gained a new skill in their repertoire - a melee attack! These can be used from any place and may target any enemy on the grid. No ammo needed! The kicker here is that these melee attacks are not very powerful; still, they can be quite useful in a pinch.

And wait, there's more! Multiple melee attack types are now available in the game. Some characters simply deal damage while others also push or pull the enemies for some additional utility!

NEW FEATURE - EASY MODE

You asked for it and we delivered. A fourth difficulty, "Easy", is available now for the more casual players who want a more relaxed challenge level in the game.

NEW CHARACTER - ERNEST BUDNIK THE EXECUTIONER

Within the ranks of the Home Army, there are men and women tasked with carrying out death sentences issued by the Polish Underground State. When justice falls short, they act. Ernest is one such executioner.

Ernest wields revolvers and machine guns. He also has a whole arsenal of unique skills. First and foremost, he's able to apply Awareness to any ally which lets them target any position on the enemy grid while attacking. He's no slouch in other areas, though: Guillotine turns his revolver shots into Critical Hits, On the Mark ignores any Accuracy or Dodge modifiers of the enemy while using machine guns, and to round it all off, he has the ability to heal himself upon killing an enemy. Lots of interesting tactical options!



NEW NARRATIVE EVENT - "The Verdict"

Ernest's personal event in which a shadow is cast upon the figure of the executioner.

NEW CODEX ENTRIES AND A NEW EPILOGUE

Both for the new character.

NEW WEAPONS - MG13 & PANZERFAUST




- Fixed multiple issues with usable consumables.
- Fixed Wurfgerät being moved incorrectly.
- Fixed Jan's portrait in the epilogue.
- Fixed Grim Bravery (again!).
- Fixed Soothing Presence.
- Fixed Cap Off.
- Fixed Survivor.
- Fixed some broken and missing audio in skills.
- Fixed missing localization strings.
- Fixed Codex and context menu UI displaying incorrectly in some cases.
- Fixed Inventory UI in the Hideout while multiple items are present.


- Slight tweaks to the battle UI.
- Simplified 3D models of the destroyed city for shorter loading times.


With "Żniwiarz" deployed, we have reached the end of our roadmap for October. Now is the time to look back and reevaluate the collected feedback and prepare a new November roadmap for you all, We'll share it with you when it's ready. Don't worry, though, it won't be long.

Here's a small teaser though - a COMPLETE revamp of character progression is coming!

NEW FEATURE - STEALTH

Use a new consumable item, "Camouflage", to become invisible when exploring the city. Avoid German patrols and their line of sight zones.

NEW FEATURE - AMBUSH

Turn the tables on your enemies! Approach the Germans while in stealth to ambush them and gain advantage in battle. Ambushed enemies have their initial amount of Activations reduced by 1.



NEW ENEMY - SS Veteran



Armed with a deadly Panzerfaust, this veteran enemy can deplete the Stamina of your Insurgents, destroy barricades, and unleash a hail of bullets with his looted PPSH.

NEW ENEMY - Wurfgerät 42



Technically part of the Nebelwerfer family, the Wurfgerät 42 is a unique type of enemy consisting of two separate elements: the weapon and the operator. Killing the operator early prevents the launcher from firing, but if you wait too long, the Wurfgerät 42 will rain fire upon your team for devastating AOE damage.

NEW NARRATIVE EVENT - "Step by Step"

Surrounded and left with no options, a family attempts a daring escape.


- Persistent consumable items like the Compass or the new Camouflage now display a nifty icon, which clearly shows the remaining time before they expire.

Plus multiple minor bug fixes.


- Increased critical chance of Make Way
- Increased range and damage of Guardian Angel and reduced its ammo cost
- Increased Bleed chance of Hack
- Increased Bleed chance of Blade Rush
- Increased range of Foray
- Increased damage of Root Out and reduced its ammo cost
- Increased accuracy, range and critical chance of Showdown and reduced its ammo cost
- Increased range of Enmity
- Increased range of Reckoning and reduced its ammo cost
- Reduced ammo cost of Nemesis
- Adjusted Will to live
- Increased range of Signal Corruption
- Reduced range of Fake Transmission
- Increased range of Single Out
- Increased Blind chance of Fake Transmission

NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTER - JAN CIEŚLAK THE WATCHMAN



Jan is a member of the famous 1107th Home Army platoon which consisted in large part of deaf and mute resistance fighters. He wields rifles and grenades.

His combat efficiency depends on the positioning of the enemy. As such, comboing him with characters who are able to reposition the Germans will be of great help. In addition, he can increase the activation costs of the enemy to 2 points instead of the usual 1. The nature of his condition also grants him increased resistance to Suppression.

On the flip side, due to his inability to communicate through speech, he cannot pass any narrative event checks that rely on Charm, Academics, or Intuition.

NEW FEATURE - TURBO MODE



You can now adjust the animation speed during battles. Increase it to 1.5x, or even 2x, and enjoy a more snappy gameplay. The game will also remember your last selected speed and apply it every time you get into a fight.

NEW NARRATIVE EVENT - "Inaudible"

Jan's personal narrative event in which we learn that pain and grief transcend words.

NEW CODEX ENTRIES AND A NEW EPILOGUE

Both for the new character.

NEW WEAPON - Mannlicher 1888



NEW WEAPON - Steyr 1912




- You can now move a single item instead of the whole stack in the preparation screen. Hold Left Shift when clicking on an item to trigger this.


- Skill tooltips are now correctly updated after a weapon is swapped in the hideout.
- Fixed the starting skills of the Uhlan and the Phone Operator.
- Fixed SS Officers' portraits.

"Baszta" is upon us!

"BASZTA" IS NOW LIVE FOR EVERYONE ON THE PUBLIC BRANCH!

NEW FEATURE - DIFFICULTY LEVELS

We're proud to present you this anticipated feature a week early! Starting a new campaign will let you choose between three difficulty levels for both the battles and the strategic map.

Regular difficulty level is the one you've been playing so far. Challenging difficulty level is similar but slightly easier than the one the game launched with. Extreme difficulty level is for the most confident veterans!



NEW FEATURE - STARTING PARTY CUSTOMIZATION

You can now select your starting characters when you launch a new non-tutorial campaign. Unlock new characters to select from by recruiting them in your previous campaigns!

NEW FEATURE - VOLUNTEER CUSTOMIZATION

You can now freely select both the weapon and the support skills when recruiting a new Volunteer. Say goodbye to the RNG! It's also possible to go with random values if that is your wish.



NEW FEATURE - SKIPPING TIME IN THE HIDEOUT

Lots of wounded characters? Waiting for that 'New Blood' event? You can now skip the time in the Hideout without embarking on a new mission. Giving your team a breather is priceless but watch out because waiting in the comfort of the Hideout means all three available mission on that day will count as failed!

NEW NARRATIVE EVENT - "A Discourse in Ballistics"

Everyone likes cannons. But do you know how to operate them?

NEW ENEMY - SAPPER

Do you like to hide your characters behind cover? The Sapper can destroy player barricades with a single skill, deploy cover on the German side and make a deadly salvo with his MP40.

NEW ENEMY - JAEGER

Deadly and effective, the Jaeger will move to benefit from any cover available on the map while buffing himself at the same time. He is also armed with his trusty G43 and will make short work of your characters if you leave them in the open.




- Significantly increased the chance of recruitment for the Ex-Prisoner, the Uhlan and the Radiooperator. Most of you haven't seen them even once so here's a shot in the arm!


- Refreshed the Commander interface in the Hideout. Active missions and excursions are now displayed on the minimap. Excursions have received a face-lifting to make them more pleasing to the eye and to also make them consistent with the rest of the game.


- In an effort to prevent save data corruption in rare cases, the codex will now save itself less frequently
- (Hotfix #3) Fixed battles freezing in rare cases, mostly due to reactive skills
- Increased text duration in the epilogues for easier reading
- Fixed the Chemical Mishap skill
- Fixed a bug when the game would fail to launch due to a video player missing in the OS - Windows Enterprise and N versions mainly