OUT NOW: The Fate of Finland DLC + 2 Free Reinforcement Packs

Welcome!

The second History DLC for Steel Division 2, The Fate of Finland is now available! The new massive expansion takes the fight to the northern flank of the Eastern Front and gives players a ton of new content, available in solo, coop and multiplayer, including 6 new Divisions, 200+ new units, 2 new Aces, 2 new Historical Battles, and a gigantic new Army General turn-based strategic campaign.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/988171/Steel_Division_2__History_Pass/

If you haven’t, get the History Pass now! It gives owners access to all the three history DLC planned for Steel Division 2. The History Pass includes today’s The Fate of Finland expansion and The Death on the Vistula expansion. And the third expansion? When the time is right, we’ll tell you all about it!



What can you find in the new The Fate of Finland DLC? There is a lot of new, shiny stuff to be discovered!

[h2]Six New Divisions[/h2]
Customize your battlegroup from 6 new Divisions, including unique Finnish formations. The Axis gain access to the Panssaridivisioona, the Ryhmä Raappana, and 122. Infanterie-Division. The Allies to the 126-y L. Gornostrelkovy Korpus, the Podv. Gruppa Vyborg, and the 358-ya Strelkovy Div.

Read all about the new Divisions in this blog post.

[h2]Massive new Army General campaign[/h2]
Command the hard-pressed Finnish forces or the mighty Soviet Leningrad Front while combat errupts across the critically important Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944. Play with dozens of historically accurate battalions and units in a new massive turn-based Army General strategic campaign.

Read all about the new Army General campaign in this blog post.

[h2]New Units and Aces[/h2]
Take control of 200+ new units, meticulously researched and authentically recreated in-game, including the BT-42 assault gun, the multi-turreted T-28 tank, the Finnish T-26E, the fast BT-7 and the state-of-the-art ISU-122S. Take to the skies with warplanes such as the Polikarpov I-153 biplane, the lend-lease P-40 Kittyhawk, the Italian-made Fiat G.50 or the Finnish-designed VL Myrsky. Raider units, a new type that excels in fighting behind enemy lines, can now be deployed. Two new heroic Aces, each bringing his own unique skin, are available as well: Eino “Illu” Juutilainen and his Me-109 G-2/R1 fighter, and Alexander Bilyukin with his lend-lease P-39N Aircobra.

Read all about the new units and Aces in this blog post.

[h2]New Historical Battles[/h2]
Play and master 2 new Historical Battles highlighting some of the most intense engagements on the Finnish front: Fate of a Nation and The Last Battle.

Read all about the new Historical Battles in this blog post.



As you might know, we have also worked hard at preparing several Reinforcement Packs for our community. These packs are free for all Steel Division 2 owners and contain exciting new mechanics that will make your life as a commander much easier!

[h2]Auto Deployment[/h2]
All players should now have access to the Auto Deployment mechanic. The Auto Deployment feature significantly speeds up your deployment phase during a tactical battle, by removing repetition, with the computer placing your units and defensive structures automatically. You can read more about the free, new feature in this blog post here.

[h2]Rules of Engagement[/h2]
The Rules of Engagement feature allows you to set your units’ behavior, taking into account various parameters. You can tell them to execute certain types of orders, reducing the amount of player micromanagement and improving overall accessibility. You can read more about the free, new feature in this blog post here.



[h3]FEATURE:[/h3]
Introducing two new income rates' patterns: Flat Line & V for Victory.

[h3]FIXES:[/h3]
Fixing all the 25-pdr & Polish 45mm AT guns' RTS icons.
Fix GebG 36 75mm's RTS icon
Fix GebH. 40 105mm's RTS icon
Fix PANZERJÄGER's Transported icon
Fix SKI. PZ.SCHRECK's Transported icon
Fix GORA KALWARIA 1v1's Air reinforcement route
Fixed POL. 1st Inf. Div.'s deck autofill.
Fixing/adding RTS icons
Fixed spec's icon moved in the right corner of the unit tag.
Fixing Axis combat engineers' NATO icon.
Fixing HS 129 variant's armament.
Fixing missing price changes for British & Canadian BL 5,5-inch from 100 to 120 (previously announced)
Fixing RTS icon for British & Canadian BL 5,5-inch (previously announced)
Fixing SU-76M PT Averin's availability per card, on par with other SU-76M PT.
Fixing Geb.Haubitze 105mm's RTS icon
Fixing the missing Hungarian ME 109 G-8 from 12. Tartalék.

[h3]GENERIC:[/h3]
Recon squads rehaul: better optics & stealth + adding Dissimulation Bonus, when halted.
Decreased Dense forest stealth bonus ~-15%
Decreased 25-pdr (all nations)' price from 90 to 75.
Rehaul Moral value of all aircrafts (the will break off their attack earlier under AA fire, hence increasing their chances of survival).
Reduced all Bomber's price by -15%
Decreased multiple 12.5mm damage
Decreased multiple 20mm damage
Decreased precision of 40mm 20 -> 14
Increased 37mm AA gun from 2-4-8 to 3-6-9
Rehaul air recons' prices.
Rehaul Speed & Agility of all JU-87.
Rehaul MMG (RoF + Damage 0.25 -> 0.50 + Range 1000 -> 1200 + Increase Suppress)
Rehaul HMG (RoF + Damage), that is the 12,7mm+
Decreased all 45-50mm mortars' (but Soviet RM-38, see below) price from 20 to 15.
Decreased all specific PTRD squads (Soviet partisans, German Kossacks & Polish insurgents)'s price from 10 to 5.
all Artillery commanders' availability changed from 3/6- to 2/4/6
Rehaul ME 410's speed & agiltiy.
Krupa map: adding one ground reinforcement road on each side
Counter-battery order now restricted to howitzer/cannon (SP or not) only + mortars (SP or not) are removed from the list of CB targets.
Increased AA 37mm auto-cannon chance of critics +25%
Increased Flakverling suppression +25%

[h3]AXIS:[/h3]
Adding AP rounds to Hs 129 B-2/R2
Decreased HS 129 B-3's price 150 -> 140
Decreased STURMPIONIER's price from 30 to 25.
Decreased REITENDE-JÄGER's price from 35 to 30.
Increased FLAKVIERLING's price from 100 -> 110
Increased FLAKVIERLING (Sf)'s price from 105 -> 115
Increased WIRBELWIND's price from 110 -> 125
Increased SDKFZ 7/1's price from 110 -> 120
Changed Do 217 J-1's name for Do 217 J-2.
Decreased LÖVESZ' price from 25 to 20
Decreased SKIJÄGER's price from 25 to 20
Decreased JÄGER's price from 25 to 20
Increased Hungarian AA 36M & 36M L/63 DIMÁVAG 40mm accuracy from 14% to 16%
(14Inf) Changed Bef.StuG's availability from B to C.
(78Sturm) Changed INF slots from 1/1/1/1/1/2/2/3/3/4 to 1/1/1/2/2/2/3/3/4/4.
(1st Skijager) Replaced Do 217 J-1 with bomb by Me 410 with the same quantity of payloads.
(5Tartalek) Change PaK 97/38's availability from 3/5/8 to /4/6/8 + automatically come with one level of veterancy.

[h3]ALLIES:[/h3]
Kazaki's rifles changed from Mosin to SVT.
Adding the Raiders trait to PARTIZANI
Decreased PARTYZANCI from 25 to 20
Decreased BERLINGOWCY from 25 to 20
Decreased D-CA PARTYZANTÓW from 35 to 30
Decreased SABOTAŻYŚCI from 45 to 40
Decreased KUBUŚ from 20 to 15
Standardizing the IL-2KR's availability at 2/4/6 per card over all (Soviet & Polish) divisions
BM-13's range extended from 4,2 to 7km.
Increased BM-13-16 KATYUSHA's min. dispersion, stress damage & splash by 10%.
Decreased BM-13-16 KATYUSHA's price 90 -> 80.
Increase SU-122's damages from 4 to 6.
Decrease QF 75mm gun's accuracy from 60% to 40%, on par with this gun on other tanks (Shermans mostly)
Decrease Churchill VII's price from 90 to 85.
Decrease Churchill Crocodile's price from 90 to 85.
Decreased British & Canadian Assault Pioneers' price from 25 to 15.
Decreased British & Canadian Mot. Rifles' price from 25 to 20.
Decreased British & Canadian Rifle Leader's price from 30 to 25
Increased British & Canadian BL 5,5-in. 140mm howitzer's price from 100 to 120.
British & Canadian 2-in. Carrier are now available to 4-man recon squads, such as Scouts & Scouts (PIAT).
Increased AVRE's Spigot gun's pphysical damages from 12 to 14 + increase suppress AoE.
Decreased Arm. Rifles' price from 25 to 20.
Decreased Arm. Rifles (BAR)' price from 30 to 25.
Decreased Long Tom's' price from 140 to 130.
Increased RM-38 50mm mortar's range from 540m to 800m.
Decreased KAZAKI's price from 20 to 15.
Adding smoke rounds to the 52-P-356.
Decreased SU-152's price 80 -> 65
Decreased PE-3BIS's price 100 -> 85
Decreased PE-3BIS bomber variant's price
Decreased PE-2-83 Heavy payload bomber variant's price
Decreased PE-2-83 Heavy payload bomber variant's price
Avto. Komroti's strength changed from 3 to 2, price changed from 20 to 15 and SMOKE removed.
Avto. Komroti's availability changed from 2/4/6 à 3/6/-.
Tanko. Komroti's strength changed from 3 to 6 with a sniper rifle added, and price changed from 20 to 30. Veterancy reduced on par with other leaders.
Tanko. Komroti's availability changed from 3/6/- to 2/4/-
Increased U2-LNB's price from 15 to 20
Decreased U2-LNB TAMAN's light bomber variant's price.
Increased U2-LNB & U2-LNB TAMAN's speed & agility.
Decreased YAK-9B's PTAB variant's price from 150 to 140.
Increased TANKO. KOMROTI's price 25 -> 30
Increased VZVOD UPR.'s price 30 -> 40
Increased WLA PM-37's price 60 -> 65
Increased MORTAR 120mm's price 80 -> 90
Increased SG-43 rate of fire
Increased Recon carrier Optics from High to Very High
Increased All Carrier Stealth from Bad to Good
Increased FORD GPA MG Stealth from Bad to Good
Increased FORD GPA MG Stealth from High to Very High
Modified AVTO. KOMROTI's cargo space from Light to Very light.
Increased T-34/76 obr.1942's price 50 -> 55
(3GTkC) increased one 1-pt INF slot to 2-pt, and one 2-pt to 3-pt.
(3GMechC) adding one extra 1-pt INF slot, and decreasing one 3-pt one to 2-pt.
(3GMechC) removing one 3-pt TANK slot.
(3GMechC) adding 1 card of Avtomachiki, Saperi & Gvardyia Komroti ; 2 of Gvardyia (DP) & 3 of Gvardyia
(3GdsMech) Partizani PTRD & RM-38 now have acces to WLA side-cars.
(3ArmUS) Increased Heavy Flamethrower's availability from 6/12/- to 9/18/- on par with other nations.
(3GMechC) Changed SU-76M PT's availability from 3/6/9 to 4/8/-, on par with other divisions.
(9CavG) Changed Kazaki availability from 9/18/27 to 12/24/32.
(9GdsCav) Adding one card of 152mm off-map artillery.

[h3]Keep us posted![/h3]

We’d love to hear what you think of The Fate of Finland DLC, as well as the free Reinforcement Packs. Don’t hesitate to drop us a line on Steam and Eugen forums, or on our social channels (Facebook and Twitter). You can also join us on our [https://discord.gg/TEeBArm]Discord channel or Reddit page.

See you on the battlefield, commander!