Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 News

[p][/p][p]Dear players,[/p][p]While the summer heat is outside, the real action is on Steam — the Summer Sale has begun.[/p][p]Battle of Empires: 1914–1918 is now up to 75% off! It's a good time to grab it for yourself, gift it to a friend, or complete your collection.[/p][p]The discount is available for a limited time only.[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]We’ve also seen a noticeable increase in wishlist activity recently. That renewed attention hasn't gone unnoticed — it reminds us that the game still resonates with many of you, and we truly appreciate that.[/p][p]It also fuels our motivation — we're seriously considering starting work on a sequel.[/p][p]Thank you for your support.
— The Development Team
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List of changes :

Bug fixes:
-QF 18 pounder no longer consumes high-explosive shells when firing shrapnel shells.
-Gun carrier can now elevate its gun to the maximum firing range

Multiplayer fixes

-Removed artillery from "no artillery" preset
-Added Italian and American machine gun to "only infantry mode"
-Returned heavy infantry to "Control points" mode, cost is 12
-All light mortars have equal 6 sec reload time
-8cm Feldkanone and Cannone da 75 guns now have 55 HE and 10 shrapnel shells in multiplayer
-Saint-Chamond tank frontal armor increased to 12mm
-Tankegewehr armor penetration raised +4mm
-Heavy MG command points reduced from 25 to 15
-All elite squads have officer replaced by an elite soldier. This allows them to use speed boost
-Reduced amount of shrapnel shells in all field guns from 25 to 10 to decrease shrapnel spam that was hindering infantry gameplay. To compensate the amount of HE shells increased from 50 to 55.
-All engineer squads now only have 1 grenade per soldier

Multiplayer factions balance fixes

Austria-Hungary:
-Jager with sniper rifle replaced by a regular jager, cost of squad +2
-Bosnian infantry cost +3
-AA truck cost +10, command points +4 cooldown +10
-Skoda 75mm gun range increased by 15 meters, cost reduced by 10 points
-225mm mortar cost reduced by 11 points

Italy:
-Fiat 2k price +20, cooldown +15, command points +10
-Carcano rifle damage now same as all other rifles
-Howitzer cost reduced from 115 to 100 points
-Soldiers rifle ammo count increased from 90 to 150

Germany:
-Jagers now have same amount of ammo as riflemen
-Jagers speed increased from 0.9 to 1.1
-Stormtroopers now have same health as stormtroopers in other factions (from 150 to 300)
-21cm Mörser cost reduced from 160 to 140 points
-25cm mortar cost reduced by 11 points

USA
-Grenadiers cooldown no longer resets when you buy riflemen
-Marines now have same health as stormtroopers in other factions (from 150 to 300)
-Marines and grenadiers cost reduced by 2 points

Britain:
-Gun Carrier removed from defenders team in Frontline mode

France:
-22cm Mortier cost reduced from 160 to 140 points

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