Tannenberg News

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There’s a new map, a new squad, new weapons, more improvements and a secret event announced for this Spring...


Those following our posts here will have seen several teasers for the new Bulgarian squad, but for everyone else... they bring a number of iconic weapons like the Mannlicher M90 carbine and the venerable Martini-Henry rifle! They can call in flyovers by recon planes to spot concentrations of enemy forces, and enjoy balanced loadout options with rifles, pistols and grenades.




A new map is set in the Dobrudja region between Bulgaria and Roumania which has erupted into conflict. With the strategically important waters of the Danube river visible in the distance, there is a central hilltop position to contest, with small fortifications scattered around the hillside leading down to a valley in the north.



After an Early Access period full of updates, gameplay tweaks, and useful feedback, we made sure that every squad has their own distinctive loadouts, and every map has a mix of strategic sectors, each offering their own advantages to the side strong enough to take control.


With the full release comes a great set of translations! Tannenberg now supports the following languages:
Russian
German
French
Portuguese (Brazilian & Portuguese)
Spanish (Spain)
Italian
Turkish
Polish
Japanese and Simplified Chinese will follow soon after release!


Many thanks to everyone who has played the game during Early Access, provided feedback, and supported us! Enjoy the launch and get ready for the special event - we can reveal it is a ‘sort of’ truce event… but nothing like the Christmas Truce.

Owners of our Western Front game Verdun will get a 25% loyalty discount voucher - make sure to check your inventory!

The Tannenberg release is less than a week away, so what better way to pass the time than a recap of all the teasers we’ve released so far? Let’s start with the new squad.


The Bulgarians are a support squad for the Central Powers. As with the Roumanians, it means that every member of the squad carries extra HMG ammo, and their squad roles have a good mix of rifles and grenades, with some pistols available. The Bulgarian NCO will have access to the special Na Nozh! ability which allows spawning in cut-off sectors, and faster recapturing of a target sector.

A Bulgarian squad posing.

Bulgarian troops in action.


We’ve seen rifles, a shovel, and more so far. Here are some of the new weapons coming with the release:


In order:
The Russian M1912 trench shovel - a useful tool and deadly weapon.
The Martini-Henry Peabody rifle, an Eastern European and Turk produced variant of the famous rifle used by the British Army.
A Russian ‘Lantern’ grenade - heavy and complex, but effective nonetheless.
A Werndl-Holub rifle, originally adopted by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1867. During WW1 they issued it to some rear-echelon units.
And finally, the Mannlicher M90 carbine!
We haven’t shown off too much of the new map yet… so today there are three new screenshots for you to admire below:

The road leads on to one side’s headquarters on the right, and you can see one of the cornfields near the abandoned supply wagons.

You can see there are many smaller trenches and pieces of cover to break up the slope.

Here we’re looking over one of the small fighting positions at the view outside the battlefield. The Danube is visible in the distance!

Finally, anyone who hasn’t seen the feature trailer yet should check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhSr9ZMtk6k See you in five days!

The first update of the year is here, and it’s a big one! We wanted to add more distinctiveness to both the squads and sectors in Tannenberg, and that’s what this update is all about. But first, a teaser to get you hyped for the release on the 13th!
https://youtu.be/fhSr9ZMtk6kGet a closer look at the Bulgarians...


Every sector will now have a special trait and advantage associated with controlling it! The key sectors will continue to increase the speed of enemy score drain. Ammunition and artillery sectors will reduce the cooldowns of their associated abilities by 10% - you’ll be able to use ammo crates and call in artillery strikes more frequently. Recon sectors will increase how long spotted enemies remain visible on the mini-map by 10%. Finally, reinforcement sectors will reduce respawn times by 10%.

Here you can see the new sector types as applied to Poland. There are recon and artillery sectors next to the HQs, the key sector at the Crossroads, and a reinforcement sector to the north with an ammunition supply sector to the south.


We have made a series of changes to squads, abilities and call-ins in order to make every squad more unique and interesting. To start with, each squad can now be broadly categorized as Infantry, Assault, or Support. NCOs from all squads can call in smoke shells to cover an advance, but artillery, gas and recon missions are now linked to specific squads.


Infantry squads are focused on long range combat, with plentiful long rifles, related role perks, and the ability to call-in artillery strikes. The K.u.K Trupp even have access to the superheavy 305mm Škoda 30.5 cm Mörser M.11!


Assault squads focus on offensive actions, with grenades, melee weapons, and abilities that can negate suppression or increase it in enemies. They also command gas call-ins. Every call-in now has multiple levels, generally along the lines of light / medium / heavy. The heavier call-ins have longer cooldowns, so NCOs have the choice of deploying support more often, or having more powerful support less frequently.


The support squads are capable defenders and can potentially recapture lost sectors faster than other squads - but don’t underestimate their power in an attack, where they can act as mobile grenade and ammo supply points and use recon flights to identify enemy defensive positions or spot counter-attacks.

Note: Right now only the Austro-Hungarian siege mortar is implemented, the other squad abilities are coming soon!

Support roles now each have one placement ability (put down ammo and grenade crates or field telephones anywhere) and act as a mobile source of ammo, grenades, or telephone connection!

We will be looking forward to hearing your thoughts on all these changes - post your thoughts in the feedback thread on the hub!


This update also brings a collection of other changes and squashed bugs. Read some of the most significant below:
Unity version updated to 2018.3.
Always allow sector spawns on all friendly sectors.
Faster mount/dismount time for HMGs.
Spawning is now a lot more responsive! Fixed cases of getting stuck in Spawning.
Cluster spawns within 50m of an enemy capzone is no longer possible.
Various new UI updates, performance optimisations and fixes.
Frommer Stop now has 7 bullets instead of 8.
Exposed spawns in center of Carpathians have been adjusted.
Fixed incorrect "Your NCO called in..." message for actions of other squads (now only display for your own squad call-ins).
Less chance of floating prone people.
Improved gasmask checking on spawn. This should resolve the 'spawning in gas' issues.
Network bandwidth optimisations.
As always, check out the full changelog on the forums… and don’t forget to brace yourselves for the upcoming release on February 13th!

Before we go, take a look at one more little teaser!

Not all of the new weapons coming at release are for the Bulgarians…

Cheers!