Iron Harvest News

• The new Usonia Faction with over 20 new units
  
• The Usonia Campaign (Singleplayer & Coop) with 7 brand new missions and more than 25 minutes of new cinematics
  
• Three new playable heroes
  
• New flying units for all factions
  
• New anti-air defences for all factions
  
• New multiplayer maps
  
• New playable allies in the Usonia campaign
  
• Dozens of new skins & seasons to come
  

• Play the full Usonia Faction Campaign
  
• Play all the new multiplayer/skirmish/custom matches maps
  
• Play on the new maps as host of a custom game
  
• Play Polania campaign missions 1-5 (Tutorial)
  
• Play multiplayer/skirmishes with Usonia or Polania
  
• Choose from a selection of multiplayer/skirmish and challenge maps
  

• We’ve reworked how the A.I. chooses which units are most effective for the current task or for destroying certain units
  
• The A.I. is more responsive when they detect hostile forces and groups start building combat strategies immediately
  
• We’ve revamped the A.I. at all difficulty levels to make them more distinct from each other. In particularly, Easy and Insane are affected the most, with Easy no longer idling for extended durations, while Insane will put up much more of a fight throughout the entire duration of a match
  
• We’ve tweaked A.I. at all difficulties to use unit abilities where available and applicable
  
• The A.I. now features an improved decision making in combat situations, resulting in better strategies when to push or to retreat
  
• Unit A.I. is now prevented from relentlessly chasing retreating enemy units. They will break off pursuit after a brief period if they can't kill their target
  
• Increased the chance that the A.I. will use small unit groups to quickly conquer objectives
  
• A.I. now deals with barbwire more intelligently, either cutting or navigating around it
  
• Reduced the chances that A.I. will all-in rush your base at the start of the game

• Fixed a rare case whereby you could target your own units with attack and abilities. For example, Gunter can no longer target allies, and himself, with his punch ability
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed building multiple HQs in team games
  
• Tons of smaller fixes and improvements

Things are about to get good and loud in alt-history RTS game Iron Harvest, because the Americans are coming. Operation Iron Eagle, a standalone DLC for Iron Harvest, arrives May 27, and it's introducing the new faction along with a whole new single-player campaign.

The Usonia faction has 20 brand-new units to bring to the field, including a gigantic steampunk zeppelin, which you can get a peek at in the trailer below. There are three new playable heroes, plus the new campaign - which you'll be able to play either solo or co-op. The add-on also includes new air units for all factions, as well as the air defense structures you'll need to shoot them down. There's also a new batch of multiplayer maps included.

Since it's a standalone DLC, there are several possible approaches to Operation Iron Eagle. You can of course add it on to Iron Harvest's base game, which grants access to all the existing factions. If you don't already own Iron Harvest, you'll be able to pick up Operation Iron Eagle and play with players who own only the base game - you won't need the expansion in order to play against players who are using the new faction. It's set to list at $19.99 or your regional equivalent.

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• The new Usonia Faction with over 20 new units
  
• The Usonia Campaign (Singleplayer & Coop) with more than 25 minutes of new cinematics
  
• Three new playable heroes
  
• New flying units for all factions
  
• New structures and anti-air defences for all factions
  
• New Multiplayer Maps
  
• New playable allies from a yet to be revealed secret faction
  
• Dozens of new skins & seasons to come!

• Play the full Usonia Faction Campaign
  
• Play all the new multiplayer/skirmish/custom matches maps
  
• Play on the new maps as host of a custom game
  
• Play Polania campaign missions 1-5 (Tutorial)
  
• Play multiplayer/skirmishes with Usonia or Polania
  
• Choose from a selection of multiplayer/skirmish and challenge maps

• Play in multiplayer/custom games where Operation Eagle owners picked Usonia
  
• Play with the new common aircraft units (Skybike, Dropship, Gunship) in multiplayer/skirmish/custom matches
  
• Use the new structures and anti-air defences
  
• Play on new maps in multiplayer matches when another player owns Operation Eagle or join via matchmaking. We will not separate the multiplayer base by main game or addon owners!
  
• Not play the Usonian Coop Campaign, even if the other player owns the add-on
  
• Not play as Usonia in any game mode

• Polania Exosuits (Rycerz) now have a veteran ability “Shields Up”. This reduces incoming damage at the cost of reduced movement speed

• Fixed a bug that prevented Medics from receiving XP for healing units. They now also receive XP for unit-models that where newly created by their healing
  
• Faction specific portraits will now load when capturing a neutral weapons systems
  
• Fixed a bug that caused idle player Mechs to chase enemy units that enter their range, often resulting in finding your mechs far behind enemy lines
  
• In the player profile cosmetics tab it is now possible to choose artwork for your skirmish and multiplayer loading screens