Heroes & Generals News

[h3]Soldiers![/h3]
Welcome to the Community Creators blog! Every week we will scroll through YouTube, our Discord media page and our Community Hub on Steam to find your best creations!

[h3]Content Creator Program[/h3]
Last year we have launched our brand new Content Creator Program. With this program we hope to show Heroes & Generals to the world with the help of our Creators. While at the same time help them to grow their channels and attract bigger audiences. Every week we start off the Community Creations blog by showing some of their footage. Do you think you have what it takes to join the content creator program? Take a look at the requirements and sign up!

[h3]Content Creators of the week![/h3]
Ronin13 returns with a very nice compilation of some of his most moments. Be sure to check out his video below!

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Do you prefer to watch some life footage? scottyslo might be up your street! Be sure to check out his channel on twitch!

[h3]Holding the bridge[/h3]
Kriegsman has shared this absolutely amazing image of two tanks on the stone bridge, scanning the forest for possible targets.

[h3][/h3][h3]Machine gunner in the forest[/h3]

Discord has been on a roll again, [S.D] finzsha sharing this awesome shot of a gunner shooting from the forest.



[h3]Black and white[/h3]
Most of these images are 1940-1945 colorized, but not this one. ACKscout has shared this awesome shot on discord.



[h3]Recon in action![/h3]
His channel may be called Toilet ProductionD, his content certainly should not be flushed! Check out some of his adventures in the video below.

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[h3]Don't forget to show some love to the creators of the videos, screenshots and artwork![/h3]
Do you want to be featured in the next instalment? Simply upload your screenshots or artwork to steam or join our discord and share your creations there.

Are you a twitch streamer? Make sure your viewers create some clips of your most epic moments!
Lastly, if you are a youtuber, don't forget to tag your videos with 'Heroes and Generals' as this is the tag we search on to find your videos! (only videos below 10 minutes have the chance to be featured).

See you next week!
RETO MOTO

Starting today we will hold weekly Challenges for discord users only! Be sure to tell your friends to join our discord so that they can participate and win prizes!
The discord challenges will be easy and we will make sure everyone can participate in them!

The winners will be decided by raffles, though in some challenges we may also give extra rewards for the 'best' submission.

Most challenges will only allow for one submission, but in some cases multiple submissions are allowed!
Be sure to read the rules of every challenge, to make sure your submission(s) qualify!

Join our discord now at and participate in the challenges!
https://discord.com/invite/heroesandgenerals

*Screenshot shared by Discord user Galahad

Updated 06/04/2021 3:00PM CEST
[h3]Soldiers![/h3]You cracked some eggs and trained your grenade hand! All participants with 5 player kills with eggs has just received their reward!
[h3]Rewards[/h3]

• 1 Day Veteran Membership
  
• 1 Offensive Grenade for a soldier of your choice!
  
• 1 Battle Ribbon Booster

Thanks for participating in this year’s Easter Event!
RETO MOTO

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[h3]Soldiers![/h3]Sometimes you have to break a few eggs… on your enemy’s face! Celebrate Easter and win Veteran Membership, Offensive Grenade and a Battle Ribbon Booster!
[h2]Objective:*[/h2]Get 5 player kills** with eggs during the event in staged battles.
This is no Easter Hunt, you will be deployed into battle with a supply of eggs!
[h2]Rewards:[/h2]Complete the objective and be rewarded!

• 1 Day Veteran Membership
  
• 1 Offensive Grenade for a soldier of your choice!
  
• 1 Battle Ribbon Booster

[h2]PAINT YOUR EGGS AND GET READY FOR BATTLE![/h2]
Enjoy!
RETO MOTO

* Event runs from 1st Apr. to 6th Apr. 11AM CEST
** Only kills made in Staged Battles with eggs against other players count

[h3]Soldiers![/h3]
Update 1.22 - Soldiers of Spring is now live! Explore new soldier appearances, get rewards from quick-matchmaking, put on 10 new uniforms for your tankers and pilots, enjoy massive LoD improvements for several buildings and much more!

[h2]New Soldier Appearances[/h2]
Customize your soldiers even further with new appearances! Choose your soldier's appearance for free when you recruit a new soldier, or customize your current soldiers at will!

All current Soldiers have one free swap!



Additionally put on 10 new uniforms for your tankers and pilots!

[h2]New Ribbon Booster DLC Pack[/h2]
Introducing the Essential Ribbon Booster Pack to Steam!
A selection of the most essential ribbon boosters to supercharge your progression speed FTW!

The Ribbon Booster Pack contains everything a soldier needs:

• Battle
• Explosives
• LMG assault
• SMG assault
• 2X Chauffeur
• 2X Driver
• 2X Infantry Assault
• 3x Physical Training
• 3X Squad member
• 3X Squad leader
• 2X Tactical

[h2]Matchmaking Rewards[/h2]
Our recent matchmaking improvements allowed your average wait time to almost shrink by 50%! Now introducing +25% Rank XP and an additional +10% Credits when selecting Quick Battle ‘Any Soldier’, skip the line and get perks now!

[h2]Better Looks[/h2]
We have done massive improvements on the LoD of several buildings. This results in better looking more immersive buildings from afar and a better gameplay experience!

[h2]Other Changes[/h2]
We have made UI changes to inform players better. The tab ‘Heroes’ has been changed to ‘Soldiers’ and ‘Generals’ has been changed to ‘War’ for better understanding and consistency.

Changes have been made to the ‘Battle’ Ribbon Booster. It’s duration has been changed to 48 hours, so load up on Battle Ribbon Boosters and head to war!

[h3]GET YOUR SOLDIERS INTO SPRING NOW!![/h3]

Enjoy!
RETO MOTO

Changelog
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE FULL CHANGELOG!

[h2]Changelog[/h2]
[h3]UPDATED Mar. 30 2021[/h3]
[h2]1.22 – Soldiers of Spring[/h2]
[h2]New Soldier Appearances[/h2]

• Introduced New Soldier Appearances for each Faction
  
• Added 10 new uniforms in total for Tankers and Pilots

[h2]Launched New Ribbon Booster DLC Pack[/h2]
Contains:

• Battle
• Explosives
• LMG assault
• SMG assault
• 2X Chauffeur
• 2X Driver
• 2X Infantry Assault
• 3x Physical Training
• 3X Squad member
• 3X Squad leader
• 2X Tactical

[h2]Flash Client[/h2]

• Hero portraits now properly represents your character's appearance
• Improved several aspects of the Matchmaker Window
• Fixed the ‘to battle’ button ceasing to work if matchmaker was exited by Esc button
• Changed the ‘Heroes’ tab to be ‘Soldier’
• Changed the ‘Generals’ tab to be ‘War’

[h2]LOD Changes and Fixes[/h2]

• New base materials for the Industrial Building assets and new LOD models
  NOTE: Work in Progress
  
• Fixed several LOD texture issues
  
• Fixed and improved LOD of all Trainstation Platform House assets
  
• Fixed issues on one of the destructable fences
  NOTE: This fixed version also received a different look to diversify the look between Factory Map and Airfield Map
  
• Sandbag structure LOD updated
  
• Sandbag base material updated
  Note: This will make all Sandbags look better whether you are up close or shooting an opponent hiding far away behind a sandbag

[h2]Vehicle Changes[/h2]

• Updated material on M10 Tank Destroyer
  
• Updated material on M36 Heavy Tank Destroyer
  
• Updated M4A3E8 model and animations
  

New M4A3E8 Features:

• Character animations are generally lower and more covered than before
  
• Hull-gunner now has a hatch for first and thirdperson viewing
  
• Roof-mounted MG is on a 360º ringmount
  
• Fixed issue with the mounted MG where the camera would get stuck at gun-height when covering, which made players think that they were not in cover
  
• Fixed a bug on T34/76 related to the hatch

[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

• Changed the duration of the Battle ribbon booster to 48 hours
  

[h3]Click here to go back to the Update 1.22 Announcement[/h3]