Milestone MONCEY Out Now!
BAM!
A new milestone has dropped on WARNO. Surprise!
Strap in, commander. In the time you might wait for the major update to install, take a look at today’s DevBlog to see what the new MONCEY milestone has to offer.
[h2]Milestone MONCEY’s Historical Namesake[/h2]
As is Eugen tradition, each WARNO milestone is named after a notable Napoleonic War commander, specifically a French marshal. For you eager beavers not interested in some fine military history, skip this part and go straight to all the good things milestone MONCEY brings to the table.
Let’s start with Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, one of the oldest marshals in Napoleon’s retinue. Most of Moncey’s field career was before or during the early Revolutionary Wars, where he distinguished himself well with his expert command, especially when fighting against Spain. After supporting Napoleon’s coup in 1799, he continued to briefly serve as a field commander in Italy.
Afterward, Moncey was associated with the French military police, the Gendarmerie, which he commanded pretty much to the end. A tricky command used as a counterweight to the ever-scheming minister of police, Moncey reported only to Napoleon himself. He would accompany the Emperor on most of his campaigns, keeping order within and in the rear of the Grande Armée. As such, he would be the only gendarme to be elevated to Marshal status.
”Let’s go home to die”
An experienced commander, Moncey briefly returned to the battlefield to command troops, especially during the early stages of the Peninsula War. He was also one of the few marshals to oppose the Russian invasion. When France was invaded in 1814, Moncey rose to the occasion, fighting one of the last battles just outside of Paris.
After Napoléon’s abdication, Moncey pledged himself to Louis XVIII. Although loyal to his new sovereign, our marshal did not take up arms when Napoleon campaigned in the Hundred Days war. Still punished with house arrest, Moncey escaped the harshest of sentences. As one of the remaining surviving marshals, Moncey was present when Napoléon’s ashes were brought back to France in 1840 to be interned. Gravely ill, in a wheelchair, pumped full of medicine to attend the ceremony, the 86-year-old commander kissed the hilt of Napoleon’s sword. He was recorded saying when leaving, “Now let’s go home to die.”
[h2]Milestone MONCEY[/h2]
So, what can you expect from milestone MONCEY?
A brand-new Operation can be found in milestone MONCEY: the Warsaw Pact-focused Sledgehammer. In this Operation, the Soviet 8th Guards Army has reached Hanau on the outskirts of Frankfurt-am-Main on the third day of the invasion. With NATO’s resolve stiffening along the central axis of advance, the Soviets are eager not to let up on their attack. It is on the 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division to clear the NATO outposts in front of Hanau. They need to breach the defensive lines and allow for exploitation forces of the 79th Guards Tank Division to take this small city.
The Sledgehammer Operation is a combined arms mission in which you are given additional tactical choice on which forces you want to commit. The battlefield takes place in front of the Main River, with various positions that your combat engineers and motorized riflemen must breach. You start the mission as ZENIT before being given the choice to finish off the pesky NATO defenders as either the infantry-based OKTOBR or with tanks as VOLNA.
In Operation Sledgehammer, expect ambushes, staunch West German and American defenders, and a grueling multi-pronged battle to open the way to Hanau.
[h2]New Danger Hills 10vs10 map[/h2]
We continue the quest to give you more 10vs10 maps to play with. One of our efforts is to adapt existing 3vs3 maps to be played on a 10vs10 scale. This is not as easy as reformatting command zones, but involves redesigning the AI systems to best “learn” the new maps. Danger Hills will have redesigned deployment zones, as well as the aforementioned updated AI logic.
[h2]New Units[/h2]
New units, you say? Yes! In milestone MONCEY’s case, the Soviet BMD series of vehicles will see both fixes to existing models and the addition of several new variants.
BMD vehicles as they were depicted in WARNO lacked missile launchers. Although the BMD-1 could have one (or not, depending on the variant), by default the BMD-2 was built featuring one. We have fixed this omission.
The updated BMD-2 replaces the older model (with a price adjustment); the BMD-1P has been added as a new transport option to the Soviet 35-ya OG Desantno-Shturmovaya Brigada (the 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade).
The other major unit addition will surely please our British fans. You guys let us know that the 1st Armoured Division was the first one to receive the state-of-the-art CHALLENGER Mk.3 with added ERA armor. Note that this is the Challenger I Mk.3, not its successor introduced in the late ‘90s.
This new British unit (a brand-new model) has slightly more side armor than the Mk.2 and receives the ERA trait, granting it a +2 HP. Consider the CHALLENGER Mk.3 a worthier target for the plentiful Soviet tandem-charge ATGMs that before could only explode to their fullest potential on the AMX-30 B2 BRENUS!
[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
Milestone MONCEY also introduces some unit balancing. To represent Warsaw Pact doctrine more closely, the vehicles transporting ATGMs have been reworked. This also means that your decks might need to be updated, so keep this in mind after today’s update roll-out. This change affects both Soviet and East German decks.
Fagot and Metis ATGM were only to be found in BTR regiments. BMP regiments had enough firepower with their IFVs and organic armament of ATGMs. Therefore, FAGOT ATGM teams and MOTOSTRELKI (METIS) (or Metistrelki as some in the WARNO community have come to call them) will be restricted to soft-skin vehicles or wheeled APCs. These are either jeeps, trucks, or the BTR-60 and BTR-80. On the other hand, KONKURS ATGM teams will be locked to either the UAZ jeep or tracked APCs and IFVs.
Another major change concerns the Soviet 39-ya Gv. Motostrelk. Div. (the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Division). This division is over-performing, thanks to its rather healthy complement of BMP-3. These state-of-the-art IFVs were, as a matter of fact, still very rare, with historically only a battalion-worth having been delivered to the Soviet 8th Guards Army in East Germany.
To balance this, we have restricted the BMP-3 to the MOTOSTRELKI KOM. commander squad and the new MOTOSTRELKI (RPG-22) squad. The latter unit will replace two cards of existing MOTOSTRELKI (BMP) in this division. In this way, the BMP-3 will be limited in numbers but still a force to be reckoned with, comparable to the equally modern (but more numerous in real life) M2A2 BRADLEY.
[h2]BRADLEY IFV Changes[/h2]
As we are on the topic of the BRADLEY IFV, a reminder that this milestone also includes the changes coming to this series of vehicles as talked about in previous DevBlogs.
That’s all for this week. Let us know what you think of the latest WARNO milestone.
Join the passionate WARNO community. Check the latest news on the Steam News page or visit the Steam Forums. Get together with other players on either the excellent Discord server, Reddit page, YouTube or our Instagram.
See you on the battlefield, commander.
A new milestone has dropped on WARNO. Surprise!
Strap in, commander. In the time you might wait for the major update to install, take a look at today’s DevBlog to see what the new MONCEY milestone has to offer.
[h2]Milestone MONCEY’s Historical Namesake[/h2]
As is Eugen tradition, each WARNO milestone is named after a notable Napoleonic War commander, specifically a French marshal. For you eager beavers not interested in some fine military history, skip this part and go straight to all the good things milestone MONCEY brings to the table.
Let’s start with Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, one of the oldest marshals in Napoleon’s retinue. Most of Moncey’s field career was before or during the early Revolutionary Wars, where he distinguished himself well with his expert command, especially when fighting against Spain. After supporting Napoleon’s coup in 1799, he continued to briefly serve as a field commander in Italy.
Afterward, Moncey was associated with the French military police, the Gendarmerie, which he commanded pretty much to the end. A tricky command used as a counterweight to the ever-scheming minister of police, Moncey reported only to Napoleon himself. He would accompany the Emperor on most of his campaigns, keeping order within and in the rear of the Grande Armée. As such, he would be the only gendarme to be elevated to Marshal status.
”Let’s go home to die”
An experienced commander, Moncey briefly returned to the battlefield to command troops, especially during the early stages of the Peninsula War. He was also one of the few marshals to oppose the Russian invasion. When France was invaded in 1814, Moncey rose to the occasion, fighting one of the last battles just outside of Paris.
After Napoléon’s abdication, Moncey pledged himself to Louis XVIII. Although loyal to his new sovereign, our marshal did not take up arms when Napoleon campaigned in the Hundred Days war. Still punished with house arrest, Moncey escaped the harshest of sentences. As one of the remaining surviving marshals, Moncey was present when Napoléon’s ashes were brought back to France in 1840 to be interned. Gravely ill, in a wheelchair, pumped full of medicine to attend the ceremony, the 86-year-old commander kissed the hilt of Napoleon’s sword. He was recorded saying when leaving, “Now let’s go home to die.”
[h2]Milestone MONCEY[/h2]
So, what can you expect from milestone MONCEY?
- A new Operation, Sledgehammer.
- A new 10vs10 variant of Danger Hills.
- New units.
- Bradley IFV rework.
- Balance changes.
A brand-new Operation can be found in milestone MONCEY: the Warsaw Pact-focused Sledgehammer. In this Operation, the Soviet 8th Guards Army has reached Hanau on the outskirts of Frankfurt-am-Main on the third day of the invasion. With NATO’s resolve stiffening along the central axis of advance, the Soviets are eager not to let up on their attack. It is on the 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division to clear the NATO outposts in front of Hanau. They need to breach the defensive lines and allow for exploitation forces of the 79th Guards Tank Division to take this small city.
The Sledgehammer Operation is a combined arms mission in which you are given additional tactical choice on which forces you want to commit. The battlefield takes place in front of the Main River, with various positions that your combat engineers and motorized riflemen must breach. You start the mission as ZENIT before being given the choice to finish off the pesky NATO defenders as either the infantry-based OKTOBR or with tanks as VOLNA.
In Operation Sledgehammer, expect ambushes, staunch West German and American defenders, and a grueling multi-pronged battle to open the way to Hanau.
[h2]New Danger Hills 10vs10 map[/h2]
We continue the quest to give you more 10vs10 maps to play with. One of our efforts is to adapt existing 3vs3 maps to be played on a 10vs10 scale. This is not as easy as reformatting command zones, but involves redesigning the AI systems to best “learn” the new maps. Danger Hills will have redesigned deployment zones, as well as the aforementioned updated AI logic.
[h2]New Units[/h2]
New units, you say? Yes! In milestone MONCEY’s case, the Soviet BMD series of vehicles will see both fixes to existing models and the addition of several new variants.
BMD vehicles as they were depicted in WARNO lacked missile launchers. Although the BMD-1 could have one (or not, depending on the variant), by default the BMD-2 was built featuring one. We have fixed this omission.
- We added a new BMD-1P variant with Faktoriya missile launcher.
- We updated the existing BMD-2 to feature a Konkurs missile launcher.
- We took the opportunity to add command versions of both vehicles, the BMD-1K and BMD-2K.
The updated BMD-2 replaces the older model (with a price adjustment); the BMD-1P has been added as a new transport option to the Soviet 35-ya OG Desantno-Shturmovaya Brigada (the 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade).
The other major unit addition will surely please our British fans. You guys let us know that the 1st Armoured Division was the first one to receive the state-of-the-art CHALLENGER Mk.3 with added ERA armor. Note that this is the Challenger I Mk.3, not its successor introduced in the late ‘90s.
This new British unit (a brand-new model) has slightly more side armor than the Mk.2 and receives the ERA trait, granting it a +2 HP. Consider the CHALLENGER Mk.3 a worthier target for the plentiful Soviet tandem-charge ATGMs that before could only explode to their fullest potential on the AMX-30 B2 BRENUS!
[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
Milestone MONCEY also introduces some unit balancing. To represent Warsaw Pact doctrine more closely, the vehicles transporting ATGMs have been reworked. This also means that your decks might need to be updated, so keep this in mind after today’s update roll-out. This change affects both Soviet and East German decks.
Fagot and Metis ATGM were only to be found in BTR regiments. BMP regiments had enough firepower with their IFVs and organic armament of ATGMs. Therefore, FAGOT ATGM teams and MOTOSTRELKI (METIS) (or Metistrelki as some in the WARNO community have come to call them) will be restricted to soft-skin vehicles or wheeled APCs. These are either jeeps, trucks, or the BTR-60 and BTR-80. On the other hand, KONKURS ATGM teams will be locked to either the UAZ jeep or tracked APCs and IFVs.
Another major change concerns the Soviet 39-ya Gv. Motostrelk. Div. (the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Division). This division is over-performing, thanks to its rather healthy complement of BMP-3. These state-of-the-art IFVs were, as a matter of fact, still very rare, with historically only a battalion-worth having been delivered to the Soviet 8th Guards Army in East Germany.
To balance this, we have restricted the BMP-3 to the MOTOSTRELKI KOM. commander squad and the new MOTOSTRELKI (RPG-22) squad. The latter unit will replace two cards of existing MOTOSTRELKI (BMP) in this division. In this way, the BMP-3 will be limited in numbers but still a force to be reckoned with, comparable to the equally modern (but more numerous in real life) M2A2 BRADLEY.
[h2]BRADLEY IFV Changes[/h2]
As we are on the topic of the BRADLEY IFV, a reminder that this milestone also includes the changes coming to this series of vehicles as talked about in previous DevBlogs.
- Some of US 3rd Armored FIRE TEAM squads will get access to the up-armored and TOW-2A armed M2A2 BRADLEY.
- Half of 3rd Armored’s M2A1 BRADLEY CP cards will be replaced with new M2A2 BRADLEY CP.
- Half of 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment’s recon M3A1 BRADLEY CFV will be replaced with new M3A2 BRADLEY CFV.
That’s all for this week. Let us know what you think of the latest WARNO milestone.
Join the passionate WARNO community. Check the latest news on the Steam News page or visit the Steam Forums. Get together with other players on either the excellent Discord server, Reddit page, YouTube or our Instagram.
See you on the battlefield, commander.