A Status Update
Hello all!
We hope you are well. As you might know, last week saw the release of the latest WARNO milestone, VICTOR, bringing a bunch of exciting new features and improvements to our game. Check out this dedicated DevBlog to know all the ins and outs of this new milestone.
In today’s DevBlog, let’s lift the tip of the veil on the hodgepodge of new features you can expect to hit WARNO in the coming future, including the next milestone MORTIER.
[h2]The MORTIER milestone[/h2]
The Eugen team never rests on their laurels. We are busy with the next batch of updates. When? Let’s plaster the Eugen trademark of “when it’s done, it’s done” for the time being. But the What? is something we can answer today.
As part of our production pipeline, we are working on the upcoming milestone, codenamed MORTIER. Some of the new features listed further below might be part of this milestone, but only when finished, tested, and ready to ship. What we can say will be part of MORTIER is the following:
Mind you, everything else described next is - in one way or another - very much work-in-progress. Likewise, the release date of MORTIER is still up in the air, but we hope to have it done soon (Eugen trademark).
[h2]New Maps[/h2]
As explained above, we will try to feature several new maps in MORTIER. The first one on the list is the previously revealed Airport map, set for 3vs3 play. Read more about it in this DevBlog here.
We mentioned this before, but the Airport map will feature several new assets and improvements in level design, gameplay, and balance. Dynamic urban combat is one of them!
New 10vs10 variants
As is a popular request for quite some time already, we’ve been hard at work at providing even more 10vs10 maps. Part of the work involves tweaking the AI so that they will accommodate the new player count. The next set of 10vs10 maps will be updated versions of the existing Twin Cities, Rift, and Triple Attack.
Let us know what you think. We will keep refining the 10vs10 format, depending on your feedback and comments!
New 1vs1 Map Duel
We have also listened to your feedback about wanting more 1vs1 maps, especially balanced ones for competitive play. A new series of maps are in the works, called Duel, which will be offered for Ranked play.
MORTIER will probably feature the first 1vs1 Duel scenario, playable on the Two Lakes map. Other maps of this new type should significantly increase the number of maps available in Ranked. We are also working on a 1vs1 Duel version of the Airport map.
[h2]New Operations[/h2]
We are working on two new Operations. We aim to include a host of single-player battle scenarios intimately tied to our overall fictional World War III. The current roster of Operations range from desperate rearguard combat Black Horse’s Last Stand, Soviet airborne assault in The Kitzingen Ruse to the devastating tank battles in Red Juggernaut.
In the next two Operations, one will take place at the far northern end of CENTAG with the British Army on the Rhine, while another zooms in on the Soviet efforts to breach the NATO defenses on the outskirts of Frankfurt.
[h2]Hold Until Relieved[/h2]
In the first scenario, the British Army on the Rhine will have its glorious appearance. While the British were chiefly responsible for NORTHAG, in our war scenario, a successful Soviet push on the operational boundary between NORTHAG and CENTAG sees several British Army units being pushed further south from the original positions.
In the upcoming Hold Until Relieved, forward-deployed elements of the British Army of the Rhine are hard-pressed by the Warsaw Pact spearhead aimed at Dortmund, with Soviet units first taking Kassel and then nearby Warburg. With only limited forces available, the British 33 Armoured Brigade at Paderborn, part of the 3rd Armoured Division, is rushed to the front to buy time for reserves to deploy in the rear. A battalion from the
We hope you are well. As you might know, last week saw the release of the latest WARNO milestone, VICTOR, bringing a bunch of exciting new features and improvements to our game. Check out this dedicated DevBlog to know all the ins and outs of this new milestone.
In today’s DevBlog, let’s lift the tip of the veil on the hodgepodge of new features you can expect to hit WARNO in the coming future, including the next milestone MORTIER.
[h2]The MORTIER milestone[/h2]
The Eugen team never rests on their laurels. We are busy with the next batch of updates. When? Let’s plaster the Eugen trademark of “when it’s done, it’s done” for the time being. But the What? is something we can answer today.
As part of our production pipeline, we are working on the upcoming milestone, codenamed MORTIER. Some of the new features listed further below might be part of this milestone, but only when finished, tested, and ready to ship. What we can say will be part of MORTIER is the following:
- The new 3vs3 Airport map.
- New 10vs10 versions of existing maps, namely Twin Cities, Rift, and Triple Attack.
- A new 1vs1 Map Duel variant of existing maps, used to expand the number of Ranked maps for competitive play.
- Other improvements, updates, and changes, including potentially some of those listed below.
Mind you, everything else described next is - in one way or another - very much work-in-progress. Likewise, the release date of MORTIER is still up in the air, but we hope to have it done soon (Eugen trademark).
[h2]New Maps[/h2]
As explained above, we will try to feature several new maps in MORTIER. The first one on the list is the previously revealed Airport map, set for 3vs3 play. Read more about it in this DevBlog here.
We mentioned this before, but the Airport map will feature several new assets and improvements in level design, gameplay, and balance. Dynamic urban combat is one of them!
New 10vs10 variants
As is a popular request for quite some time already, we’ve been hard at work at providing even more 10vs10 maps. Part of the work involves tweaking the AI so that they will accommodate the new player count. The next set of 10vs10 maps will be updated versions of the existing Twin Cities, Rift, and Triple Attack.
Let us know what you think. We will keep refining the 10vs10 format, depending on your feedback and comments!
New 1vs1 Map Duel
We have also listened to your feedback about wanting more 1vs1 maps, especially balanced ones for competitive play. A new series of maps are in the works, called Duel, which will be offered for Ranked play.
MORTIER will probably feature the first 1vs1 Duel scenario, playable on the Two Lakes map. Other maps of this new type should significantly increase the number of maps available in Ranked. We are also working on a 1vs1 Duel version of the Airport map.
[h2]New Operations[/h2]
We are working on two new Operations. We aim to include a host of single-player battle scenarios intimately tied to our overall fictional World War III. The current roster of Operations range from desperate rearguard combat Black Horse’s Last Stand, Soviet airborne assault in The Kitzingen Ruse to the devastating tank battles in Red Juggernaut.
In the next two Operations, one will take place at the far northern end of CENTAG with the British Army on the Rhine, while another zooms in on the Soviet efforts to breach the NATO defenses on the outskirts of Frankfurt.
[h2]Hold Until Relieved[/h2]
In the first scenario, the British Army on the Rhine will have its glorious appearance. While the British were chiefly responsible for NORTHAG, in our war scenario, a successful Soviet push on the operational boundary between NORTHAG and CENTAG sees several British Army units being pushed further south from the original positions.
In the upcoming Hold Until Relieved, forward-deployed elements of the British Army of the Rhine are hard-pressed by the Warsaw Pact spearhead aimed at Dortmund, with Soviet units first taking Kassel and then nearby Warburg. With only limited forces available, the British 33 Armoured Brigade at Paderborn, part of the 3rd Armoured Division, is rushed to the front to buy time for reserves to deploy in the rear. A battalion from the