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v.103437: MACDONALD Patch notes

[h3]Maps[/h3]
  • A building was ungarrisonable on Darkstream. It is now garrisonable as other buildings.
  • Added 3 maps: BlackForest 1v1 Duel, Vertigo 1v1 Duel, Airport 3v3 Destruction

[h3]Operations[/h3]
  • New British Operation Hold Until Relieved

[h3]Code fixes[/h3]
  • AI planes are now more cautious, and don't kill themselves when the threat is too high
  • Fix a crash on Airport map occurring when destructing some specific buildings
  • Fix possible black screen when viewing old replay
  • Fixed the number of saves and replays displayed in the Load menu
  • Fixed display of experience gain in end of game screen
  • Improved AI driven commander capture missions
  • Fixed transport choppers following a path on the ground instead of flying in a straight line
  • Fixed "Disable sound when out of focus" option not working for ambient sounds
  • Fixed AI managed command units not being able to capture some too small command areas
  • Improved napalm avoidance by AI units
  • Improved aircraft autostrike, when multiple valid targets are present
  • Fixed shifting of objectives in tutorials and in operations, when moving the camera

[h3]Data fixes[/h3]
  • Fix ATGM being stuck in "aligining" state and not firing
  • Overall pass on pricing (70+ price change)
  • Overall pass on units availability (80+ changes)
  • Overall pass on Howitzer aim & rof, depending on caliber value. Globally, aim time reduce, but RoF reduced
  • Howitzer splash damage and suppression increased by 6%
  • Overall pass on mortars aim & rof, depending on caliber value. Globally, aim time reduce, but also RoF reduced
  • All mortar suppression decreased by 15%
  • 81mm mortars HE set to 1
  • 107 to 102mm mortars +3% damage and suppress splash radius
  • Rocket Artillery rof and aim time modification depending on caliber / role (better aim time and rof, but reload time increased)
  • All Rocket Artillery supply cost +20%
  • Overall pass on Rocket ARtillery damage and splash, on par with caliber
  • Cluster Rocket artillery now have slightly better chance to start a fire in the surroundings
  • Overall pass on planes canons & gatlings, harmonizing outputs (mostly nerf)
  • Corrected ADEN 30 canon typo, to ADEN 25 (mm), as it should be
  • All planes (except A10 & Su25) turn rate radius -18%
  • All planes speed -6% (except A10 & Su25), but Harrier get +5%
  • All planes get +40 seconds flight time
  • Overall pass on plane pricing (80+ modifications)
  • Fix an issue on several plane rocket pods having too much travel
  • All HE bombs get +6% damage and suppress radius
  • All LGB bombs accuracy increased to 90% and dispersion range decreased
  • HE and Napalm bomb (x2) accuracy increased to 75%
  • Overall pass on spaags, HE and suppression slightly decreased (only 20mm increased)
  • Removed the sorting shots for all spaags from 20mm to 57mm
  • Changes on 12,7mm and 14,5mm HMG, dealing a bit more damages on light armored vehicles
  • All units using 12,7mm HGM, +5 pts increase
  • Small weapons HE and suppression increase, based on caliber : SMG = 0,04 and +1 supp, Assault Rifles = 0,045 and +1 supp, Battle Rifles = 0,05 and +1 supp, Light Machine Gun 5,56mm = 0,135 and +2 supp
  • All Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle,and LMG got +5% accuracy
  • Remove sorting shots for 7,62mm MG and SAW
  • 7,62mm MMG stats, infantery / vehicles / helos, harmonized
  • All MMG aim time increased to 2 seconds
  • All HMG aim time increased to 2,25 seconds
  • Sorting shot for HMG deactivated
  • HMG aim time raised to 2,25s
  • HMG 12,7mm, HE raised to 0.25, damage splash reduced
  • HMG 14,5mm, HE raised to 0,27, suppress splash reduced
  • All HMG get +4 suppression
  • LMG / MMG / HMG minimal range reduced
  • Grenade launchers time between shot increased to 0.7s
  • Grenade launchers minimal range increased
  • Grenade launchers suppression +15%
  • Decrased availability of HMG / MMG teams
  • Autocanon (ground) time between shot increased 20mm : 0,55s, 25mm : 1,05s, 30mm : 1,3s
  • Removed sorting shots for all Autocanons
  • Overall pass on Autacanon HE : 20mm : 0,40 / 23mm : 0,43 / 25mm : 0,45 / 30mm : 0,50
  • Pass on some recon prices (mostly helos)
  • Increased S-24 rockets' damage by 15%
  • 5mm SMG outputs (HE, supp, splash...) are now on par with5mm Assault Rifles
  • All SMG salvo lenght decreased to 4
  • All Assault Rifles & Battle Rifles, +33% ammo
  • All carried inf LMG get +15% ammo
  • All mounted MMG get +50% ammo (approximately, depending on model)
  • All mounted HMG get +25% ammo (approximately, depending on model)
  • All HMG/MMG dedicated teams now show accuracy per salvo
  • SMG range set to 475m ground, 425m Helos
  • All SMG aim time set to 1s
  • SMG now display accuracy by salvo
  • All SMG accuracy decreased by 15%, (except carbines)

[h3]Nato forces[/h3]
  • Change Lynx AH MK1 MMG, better range and behaviour, on par with vehicles MMG
  • Up M47 Dragon ATGM suppression, on par with others ATGM
  • Reduce all M270 MLRS and MARS availability to 1 unit per card
  • BRDM-2 (reco) availability reduced to 4/2/1
  • M113 Green Archer (reco) availability increased to 6/4/2
  • AMX-10 VOA get GRS trait and Forward Deployment
  • M981 FistV get GSR trait and Forward Deployment
  • Sonderwagen get GSR trait and Forward Deployment
  • Green Archer get Forward Deployment
  • VAB Rasit get Forward Deployment
  • Fuchs Rasit get Forward Deployment
  • Decreased ERC-90 SAGAIE's optics from Normal to Mediocre, on par with other tanks

[h3]Pact forces[/h3]
  • Mi-8MT [UPK] accuracy divided by 2
  • D-44 canon rof reduced to 10
  • Fix & increased JakB gatling range, on par with its counterparts
  • BRDM-2 (reco) get GSR trait and Forward Deployment
  • Pionier, Pionier (Flam), saperi and saperi (RPO) availability changes depending on deck
  • TO-55, T-62M, T-64BV, T-80B availability per card reduced
  • Decreased SCHWIMM.PZ. PT-76B's optics from Normal to Mediocre, on par with other tanks

    Zentrum
    • Vopos, K.D.A, GR-MG20mm, FS-Jager (metis) availability reduced to 1 card

Milestone MACDONALD Out Now!

Hello commander.

Get ready for another… surprise update by the Eugen team!

That’s right, the moment has come for another WARNO milestone, and guess what, it's available now! Let’s welcome to the stage the MACDONALD milestone. What kind of goodies can you expect from this update? A new British-focused Operation, for instance, plus the new Ranked-optimized Duel maps, a new variant of Airport, and more!

As always, we’ll start off with a historical primer. For you commanders itching to know all the juicy gameplay and update deets right now, best to scroll down further.

But for those of you with a bit more patience, let’s begin!

[h2]Macdonald’s Historical Namesake[/h2]
Ah, Napoleonic history. Why does it matter to our Cold War aficionados playing WARNO? Well, it’s a Eugen tradition to name our milestones after a whole series of famous (and not so famous) French military commanders from the Napoleonic wars. With the latest update, it is the turn for the rather British-sounding (plot twist, he is not) Etienne Macdonald.



Macdonald has often been described as “honest”, in comparison with some of the other more looting or art-stealing French marshals. A loyal but very stern marshal, he took good care of his men, even though he was a strict disciplinarian, and there was little fun and diversion to be had under his command. Enlisted before the French Revolution, Macdonald rose in ranks during those tumultuous years. By 1800, he was a top lieutenant in General Moreau’s employ, who was a direct competitor to the ambitious Napoleon Bonaparte. As history has made it pretty clear, Moreau lost the political battle, which subsequently left Macdonald out of service.

This changed in 1809, when Austria declared war on France, with Napoleon and most of the Grande Armée campaigning in Spain. A new army in Germany needed to be raised double quick. To help command this force, Macdonald was brought back. With impressive battlefield successes, first in Italy and later in Austria, especially during the Battle of Wagram, Macdonald received the prestigious “dignity” of Marshal bestowed in the field - the only one of its kind.



Our commander continued with further service in Spain, campaigns in Germany - where he had to swim across the Elster River near Leipzig after the bridge had been blown up too early - and in 1814, in France proper. An intensely loyal man, he remained at the side of Napoleon until the latter officialy relieved him of his oath, when he went in exile. Having then pledged allegiance to the new French king, Macdonald, true to his word as he was, took up arms against his former commander-in-chief when Napoléon returned in 1815.
Even so, the troops under Macdonald’s command, when he tried to rouse them into action against Napoleon, “politely” refused. Instead of arresting Macdonald, he was asked by his subordinates to leave, which he did, joining the French king in exile. After Napoleon’s second defeat, Macdonald was restored to the military, where he served the Bourbon king until his retirement, dying of old age in 1840.

[h2]Milestone Macdonald Features[/h2]
We leave for our summer break with a milestone (MORTIER), and we are back with a new milestone (MACDONALD). What more could you ask for? Well, what’s inside the latest WARNO update, of course! Without further ado.



Milestone Macdonald features:
  • The new British Operation: Hold Until Relieved.
  • New Ranked-play optimized Duel variants of existing maps:
    • Black Forest Duel.
    • Vertigo Duel.
  • A new 3vs3 variant of the Airport map.
[h2]Operation Hold Until Relieved[/h2]
We have one new Operation for you, the British-focused Hold Until Relieved. In this scripted single-player mission, the British Army on the Rhine (BAOR), on the boundary between CENTAG and NORTHAG, is fighting a determined rearguard battle against the invading Warsaw Pact. For reinforcements to come from staging points further west, time needs to be bought on the battlefield.



Forward-deployed elements of the British I Corps are hard-pressed as the Warsaw Pact takes Kassel and then nearby Warburg. The British 33 Armoured Brigade at Paderborn, part of the 3rd Armoured Division, deploys as quickly as possible. A screening battalion from the Queen’s Own Highlanders, dug in behind the Diemel River, has been badly mauled but continues holding the line.

In Hold Until Relieved, the player takes control of a small tank detachment from the Blues & Royals regiment, equipped with the heavy-hitting and armored Challenger tanks. They are sent to the Diemel River to reinforce the infantry and defend against a renewed offensive by the Soviet VDV’s 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade.



With very limited forces, you need to beat back a VDV attack on your positions while trying to keep as many units as possible alive. If you succeed, some additional reinforcements become available with the Operation entering its next stage. In this latter part of the battle, every man is expected to do their duty as you aim to destroy a Soviet FOB on the opposite bank of the Diemel.



[h2]More Duel maps[/h2]
The previous milestone already featured the first of its kind, but now get ready for three more Duel maps. These are variants of existing maps specifically designed for Ranked 1vs1 play. The frontline is all yours to manage while you attack and defend smaller command zones. The new milestone MACDONALD features two new Duel maps: Black Forest and Vertigo.



Black Forest Duel

This new version sees players fight their way through very dense West German forests. If the opponent establishes a foothold in the sawmill area, you might want to reassign troops to capture the central town and industrial zones instead. Keep pushing to reach the valuable and easily defendable terrain.

Vertigo Duel

This Duel map features a wide frontline hard to defend (and to attack). Players can position their forces on the farms and forests to guard their flanks. Both sides need to use logistics and recon smartly to win this particular battlefield.


[h2]And even more maps[/h2]



A healthy dose of Duel Ranked play doesn’t mean we have forgotten our other multiplayer modes. Milestone MACDONALD features a brand-new Destruction variant of Airport. This variant has massive Command Zones, fit for intense and savage fights, while still allowing for sneaky flanking attacks to get around your opponent’s units.

[h2]Massive gameplay patch, part one![/h2]

Get ready, this is one of our biggest gameplay patches yet! We've been working on it all summer to bring it to you now. However, this patch will be delivered in 2 parts to give us more time but also to take into account your feedback!
Here are the elements:

Ready now:
  • Global adjustment of SMG/AR/BR/LMG/MMG/HMG
  • HMG penetration implemented
  • Global buff of explosions to be more in line with their area of effect
  • Global adjustment of ground and ground-to-air autocannons
  • Improved aircraft maneuverability and flight autonomy
  • Global adjustment of aircraft guns
  • Overall adjustment of aircraft HE bombs
  • Overall adjustment of MORTARS/HOWITZERS/MLRS
  • Adjustment of unarmed recons to enhance their usefulness
Scheduled for the next patch:
  • Adjustment of successive shot correction and shot dispersion for all weapons
  • Distinction between helicopter and aircraft armor to make it more realistic and better balanced
  • Complete rework of clusters with clarified UI explanation
  • Complete rework of the vet system, with 4 chevrons accessible mainly via commanders
  • Application of the same logic to the special forces vet system
  • Adjustment of the cohesion system
  • Adjustment of the cover offered by buildings/forests
  • Adjustment of all ATGMs (realistic and better
  • balanced reload time)
  • Adjustment of all optics (improved vision)
  • Generalization of traits to offer more explanations to players
  • Adjustment of multiple traits (Shock, GSR, Reservist...)

In addition to this, you'll find over 300 prices and availabilities modified and adjusted, and divisions revised and improved in terms of personality.


[h2]We are back in action[/h2]
That’s all for today. With milestone MACDONALD’s release, consider the Eugen team back in action. Many more cool things are coming WARNO’s way, so don’t forget to check in and read our DevBlog when they drop.


You can always 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!

v.101679: MORTIER hot fix

[h3]Code Fixes[/h3]
  • Fix possible black screen when viewing old replay
  • Fix crash on Airport map occurring when destructing some specific buildings

v.101570: MORTIER Patch notes

[h3]Operations[/h3]
  • The Dieburg Salient: optional character specified in the wording of the "Destroy AA" objective
  • The Dieburg Salient: enemy T-80UK replaced with T-80BVK

[h3]Tutorials[/h3]
  • "Infantry - Basic Combat" : - The phase during which the player has to destroy two BMDs now starts when the advisors has endend its previous dialog sequence
  • "General - Basic I - Camera & Controls" : - Slight improvement of the fluidity of certain dialog sequences
  • Tutorial "General - Basic I - Camera & Controls" : - Hint : Addition of the mention of game pace control tools (arrows) in the UI.

[h3]Maps[/h3]
  • New 3x3 Airport map
  • The highway pathfind of Twin Cities has been enhanced
  • Delivery of the "1vs1 Duel" scenario for the Two lakes map
  • Delivery of 10vs10 tactical scenario for maps: Rift, Twin Cities and Triple Strike

[h3]Features[/h3]
  • New FXs for fuel explosion & helicopter crashes

[h3]Code fixes[/h3]
  • When a unit asked for supply has reached the supplier, it will follow the supplier if this one goes out of range
  • It is now possible to use the last day of the month for the anniversary date when creating an account.

[h3]Generic[/h3]
  • All tanks with reactive bricks now gets a new ERA trait, granting them +2 HP (10-->12) but their extra-armor is restricted to +1front & side armor value compared to their nonreactive counterpart, except T-80UD which get +2/+2 due to its next-gen reactive bricks being more efficient against kinetic rounds too. This affect the following tanks: T-62MV, T-64BV, T-64BVK, T-80BV, T-80BV Izd. 29, T-80BVK, T-80U, T-80UD, AMX-30B2 BRENUS
  • Very small splah damage added to infantry weapons
  • Small precision increase for autocanon around +5%
  • Change behaviour of MMG/HMG/Grenade tripod : 90° yaw angle and -40/+40° pitch angle, now allowing more firing situation
  • Change behaviour of ATGM tripod : 90° yaw angle and -40/+40° pitch angle, now allowing more firing situation (yes, they can have the high ground, Anakin)
  • All transport helicopter's price raised by +5 pts
  • All helicopter's max speed reduced by 10%
  • All ATGM jeep price increase +5 pts
  • +5% damage HE on autocanon and +6% on their splah area

[h3]Nato forces[/h3]
  • Increased M1 & M1IP ABRAMS' 105mm gun's range from 2100m to 2275m (AP changed accordingly)
  • Gazelle Canon price increase to 50 pts
  • Puma Pirate price increase to 60 pts
  • Puma Pirate now avaibale with 2 cards of 4 units each
  • Decreased all AMX-30 (but BRENUS)'s armor to 9/4/3/2
  • Decreased AMX-30B2 BRENUS' armor to 10/5/3/2
  • Increased all AMX-30 (and only AMX-30!)'s 20mm accuracy from 34% to 58%
  • AMX-30B price decrease to 90 pts
  • AMX-30B CMD price decrease to 120 pts
  • AMX-30B2 price decrease to 135 pts
  • AMX-30B2 CMD price decrease to 165 pts
  • AMX-30B2 BRENUS price decrease to 145 pts
  • M1 Abrams price increase to 185 pts
  • M1 Abrams CP price increase to 215 pts
  • M1P Abrams price increase to 205 pts
  • M1P Abrams CP price increase to 235 pts
  • AMX-30's M621 autocannon renamed M693 as fitting
  • Increased AMX-30 (all)'s autocannon loadout from 300 to 480
  • AMX AuF1 Canon modified to match IRL behaviour, with 6x6 round salvos
  • Chasseurs Paras price increase to 55 pts
  • Légionnaires Paras price increase to 65 pts
  • Paras S.A.S price increase to 65 pts
  • M40A1 price increase to 45 pts
  • L6 WOMBAT price increase to 45 pts
  • Rover Wombat price increase to 50 pts
  • S.A.S price increase to 85 pts
  • Arm. rifle price increase to 40 pts
  • HSF price increase to 25 pts
  • Réservistes price increase to 25 pts
  • FR.Polizeu-Reserve price increase to 25 pts
  • Airmobile Gun Group price increase to 40 pts
  • Dismount Troopers price decrease to 50 pts
  • Kanjagd price increase to 50 pts

[h3]Pact forces[/h3]
  • Increased T-64B, BV & BVK's armor from 14/7/3/3 to 17/9/4/3
  • Decreased T-64B, BV & BVK's AP from 18 to 17
  • Increased T-64B, BV & BVK's main gun accuracy from 55/45 to 65/55
  • Renamed T-64B, BV & BVK's main gu from 2A46M to 2A46-2
  • Decreased T-64BVK's number of auoloader "salvo" from 2 to 1 (halving main gun ammo)
  • Fix HE of RPO napalm launcher to 0.75 as intended
  • Fix armor error on T72M1 DDR, et to : 17/8/4/3
  • All T-72M armor set to 15/8/4/3
  • All T-72M range reduced to 2100m
  • All T-72M accuracy set to 55/45
  • All T-72M CMD ammo reduction to 22
  • All T-72M1 armor set to 17/8/4/3
  • All T-72M1 range reduced to 2100m
  • All T-72M1 accuracy set to 55/45
  • All T-72 armor set to 15/7/4/3
  • All T-72 range reduced to 1925m
  • All T-72 accuracy set to 55%/45%
  • Removed T-62MK's ATGM, as was the case with command variants
  • Replaced all T-62M's NSVT with a DShKM
  • Increased T-62M, M1 & MK's armor from 10/3/2/2 to 14/8/4/2 (it got better "real" armor protection than the "reactive" MV)
  • Increased T-62MV's armor from 12/6/3/2 to 12/9/4/3
  • Changed T-80U's armor from 20/9/3/2 to 19/9/5/3
  • Increased T-55AM2 & AM2B' 100mm gun's range from 2100m to 2275m (AP changed accordingly)
  • Increased 9M117 Bastion missile's accuracy from 40 to 60%, being IRL laser beam riding
  • Fupz T55AM2K3 price increase to 135 pts
  • Kpz T55AM2 price increase to 105 pts
  • Kpz T55AM2 base avaiability decrease to 8 per card
  • Kpz T55AM2B price increase to 135 pts
  • Kpz T55AM2B base avaiability decrease to 6 per card
  • Fupz T72M price increase to 195 pts
  • Kpz T72M price increase to 165 pts
  • Kpz T72M base avaiability decrease to 6 per card
  • Kpz T72 price increase to 140 pts
  • Kpz T72 base avaiability to 7 per card
  • Kpz T72M1 price increase to 190 pts
  • PAK MT-12 & MT-12 Rapira price increase to 85 pts
  • BMP-3 price increase to 85 pts
  • T62M1 price increase to 115 pts
  • T62M1 base avaiability decrease to 8 per card
  • T62MK price increase to 145 pts
  • T62M price increase to 145 pts
  • T62M base avaiability decrease to 7 per card
  • T62MV price increase to 145 pts
  • T62MV base avaiability decrease to 6 per card
  • T64B price increase to 210 pts
  • T64B base avaiability decrease to 6 per card
  • T64BV price increase to 245 pts
  • T64BV base avaiability decrease to 4 per card
  • T64BVK price increase to 275 pts
  • T80BV price increase to 250 pts
  • T80BVK price increase to 280 pts
  • T80BV IZD price increase to 255 pts
  • T80UD price increase to 350 pts
  • Gaz-66 ZU-23-2 price increase to 45 pts
  • Gaz-66 ZU-23-2 base avaiability decrease to 6 per card
  • SPG-9 price increase to 50
  • FS-SPG-9 price increase to 55
  • UAZ SPG-9 price increase to 50 / 55 pts (paras)
  • DESANT UAZ SPG-9 base avaiability decrease to 6 per card
  • Vopos price increase to 25 pts
  • K.D.A price increase to 50 pts
  • PT-76B price increase to 35 pts
  • T34/85 price increase to 35 pts

Milestone MORTIER Out Now

Hello!

We bring good news, commander. The latest WARNO milestone, MORTIER, is out now!

On the cusp of Eugen’s summer holidays, this major new update brings a host of new maps, from the new Airport map to 10vs10 variants, Duel type map, and a tank family rebalancing.

Keep reading to find out more, including a bit of history on MORTIER’s real-life namesake.

[h2]MORTIER’s Historical Namesake[/h2]
As always, for those not interested in a brief history lesson on Napoleonic military commanders - an Eugen tradition - you can skip this section and jump straight into the WARNO good stuff further below.



Édouard Mortier was another mediocre corps commander during Napoleon’s conquest of Europe. Like many other marshals, he performed well as a leader of men when being a direct subordinate of Napoleon, but once given an independent command, became much weaker. In Mortier’s case, three weeks before Austerlitz, at Dürrenstein, he almost got his corps destroyed, sustaining terrifying losses but saving what he could by sheer personal courage and charisma.

Apart from his unusual demise, see below, his length was also somewhat extraordinary, being very tall for the average stature of men in that era (between 1.95 to 2,02m).

From 1812, Napoleon kept Mortier close by, giving him the command of the entire Imperial Guard (including infantry, cavalry, and artillery forces). Our commander played it shrewdly in 1815 when Napoleon returned from his Elba exile. He pledged himself loyal but conveniently skipped the Waterloo campaign thanks to a rather well-timed illness.

Equally interesting are his years post-Napoleon. Out of favor, he returned to the armed forces before meeting his demise in 1835 by an “Infernal Machine” when inspecting troops in Paris. Essentially a homemade volley gun, being a row of muskets (twenty-five in total) arranged on a wooden frame that could be fired simultaneously. This particular device was aimed at King Louis-Phillipe, in an assassination attempt, but hit Mortier and a few others of the royal entourage instead. A fitting, explosive death for a commander whose name in French means mortar!

[h2]Milestone MORTIER[/h2]
So, what’s the new good stuff brought by the MORTIER milestone? First and foremost, the update will bring an always-top-of-the-list of new content: maps!

We lifted the tip of the veil of the Airport in a previous DevBlog. Check out all the new juicy details, including more info on new map assets and urban combat gameplay.



If you want to read more about the Duel map type, the new 10vs10 maps, or the updates to several tank series, check out this DevBlog here.

What does MORTIER ship?

  • The new Airport map.
  • 3 new 10vs10 maps, which are uprated versions of Twin Cities, Rift, and Triple Attack.



  • 1 new Duel scenario type (optimized for Ranked play) playable on the Two Lakes map.
  • Balance pass on several armored units, including the T-72 and AMX-30.


[h2]Less DevBlogs during August[/h2]
Alright, commanders, with the MORTIER stage in the wild, this is also a good time for you to say that the DevBlog rhythm will be much slower in August as many of the team are on vacation.

Don’t forget to 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!