Steel Division 2 News

Hello commander,

We hope you are well! First of all, we wanted to apologize for the lack of a DevBlog last week. The Eugen team has been hard at work on the World War III cousin of Steel Division 2, preparing for the latest major milestone for WARNO.

With that out of the way, we do have some interesting Steel Division 2 tidbits to share with you today.

[h2]Blood Feud in Transylvania[/h2]
We are steadily advancing ever forwards with the next Steel Division 2 expansion, Blood Feud in Transylvania. As mentioned, we have been busy with WARNO, which influences our work on other projects. See the packaging of our new expansion as a Russian doll: we need to complete one step before being able to continue to the next one. This, at times, creates bottlenecks.

Such as?

• We are working on the Army General campaign map. This needs to be finalized before we are able to record each faction’s briefing video. Likewise, the voice acting needs to be completed in order to align the sound and video briefings; and we need these briefings to be finished before we can integrate it into the game. One puzzle piece after another.
  
• Once done, the Army General campaign needs to be thoroughly checked from start to finish, fixing issues and typos, see how each turn pans out, restarts, etc. All of this takes time.
  

But, we do have one piece of art to show off: the introduction video of Blood Feud in Transylvania is ready. Let us know what you think!

https://youtu.be/cD6jfeL_J40

[h2]Siege of Dunkirk[/h2] Nemesis: Siege of Dunkirk DLC is also coming up. The 3D models to be featured in this mini-expansion are being worked on as we speak. The Czechoslovakian infantry has been finalized, and the French FFO (Forces Françaises de l’Ouest) are being mustered and are almost ready to be deployed.



[h2]Until next week![/h2]
That’s it for this DevBlog. One other thing before we leave: our talented Strike Team members will stream the first Blood Feud in Transylvania divisions later this week. Keep an eye out on our Discord if you want to check it!

Join the Steel Division 2 community on our Steam forums. The latest Steel Division 2 news can also be found on our Instagram.

Looking for an online game? Visit the Discord server or Reddit page and get involved with the lively Steel Division 2 community!

See you on the battlefield, commander!

Hello commander,

Today is Patch Day! We teased it here, it is now live ...
It features a long awaited exploit fix, whole unit type's buff, and some love given to underperforming divisions.

[h2]Patchlog[/h2]

The patchlog can be found here.

Why those changes? Here are some of the reasons:

[h2]ATR ambush[/h2]
One exploit which was brought to our attention recently was the use of 2-man ATR teams, with fast transports, to lay ambush along the enemy's lines of communication in order to intercept its infantry reinforcements. A very legit strategy, yet with the current settings, a single ATR bullet would blow up a transport truck and kill an entire squad with it.
With the change brought today, a destroyed transport will only kill 4 of its passengers (meaning an entire half-squad in the case of a jeep), leaving the others suppressed but not all dead. Therefore, one can still lay an ATR ambush, but he better bring HMG or flamethrower to finish suppressing and routing the surviving enemy reinforcements!



[h2]Miscellaneous changes[/h2]

• Assault engineers with one (not two!) flamethrower weren't deemed appealing enough in comparison with their brethen with TNT. Their price has been buffed over the board.
  
• Since Nemesis: Raid on Drvar was released, we have been listening to feedbacks regarding the two new divisions, NOV & Unternehmen Rösselsprungs. Being regarded as too weak, we have buffed their slot prices.
  
• Other divisions needed some love too, though. Especially Soviet ones, and in particular 3GvTK & Tyurina. The latter clearly lacks AA, it is actually one of its "trademark", yet we've added a limited 25mm AA gun card, while the former is given two cards of ISU-152 which he was due from the beginning, having a regiment attached during Bagration, as depicted in the Army General campaign.
  
• The 15th Scots (and by extension one Soviet division) also got some improvement through cheaper Churchill tanks.
  
• ... and more.

[h2]What about Turda?[/h2]
As announced last week, we are still working hard on polishing Turda's campaign, which we hope we'll disclose more soon.
In the meantime, the Strike Team will soon be allowed to stream about the new upcoming divisions & units.

• fixing the KM PIONIER's wrong number of rifle
  
• fixing the Chetnik insignia on the USTASE's cap
  
• fixing the speed discrepancy between some tank variant and their recon version, by standardizing it on the "vanilla" one: PANTHER D AUFLK., PANZER IV J AUFK., T4 CERCETARE, BEUTE FIREFLY, T-34/85 RAZV., T-34/76 RAZV., M4A3(75) SPAHIS
  
• ditto with BEUTE FIREFLY's speed being brought on FIREFLY Vc's speed
  

• transported squads only get 4 casulaties but get high stress when its transport is destroyed
  

• all CROMWELL (but VII)'s speed brought back to 63 km/h
  
• added STRELKI (DT) one extra man with DT + increased price from 20 to 25
  
• increased CRUSADER AA Mk.1's availability per card from 1/2/4 to 2/4/6
  
• increased DZHIP KAO (152mm)'s price from 120 to 170
  
• decreased CHURCHILL IV's price from 60 to 50
  
• decreased CHURCHILL V's price from 65 to 50
  
• increased CHURCHILL IV & VI's availability per card from 5/10/15 to 6/12/18
  
• increased (US) ENGINEERS' price from 20 to 25
  
• decreased (US) HVAP rounds per unit (76mm AT gun, M10 TD & Hellcat) from 3 to 2
  
• increased all mortar units with the RADIO trait's price by +5
  
• decreased SHTRAFNIKI OFF.'s price from 40 to 35
  
• increased SHTRAFNIKI AVTO.'s availability per card from 3/6/9 to 6/9/-
  
• decreased RANGERS' price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased PIONNIERS' price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased ISU-152' price from 130 to 115
  
• increased SU-152' price from 60 to 70
  
• decreased ISU-122' price from 95 to 80
  
• increased TU-2S' price from 95 to 110
  
• (NOV) changed AT slots from 1/2/2/3/3/4 to 1/1/2/2/3/3
  
• (Pancerna) SAPERZY with TNT increased to 12 men with Bren, but no Sten
  
• (Pancerna) SAPERZY with flamers increased to 12 men with Bren
  
• (Pancerna) SAPERZY with flamers renamed INŻYNIERZY to differentiate them from the TNT ones
  
• (Tyurin) add one 6// card of 72-K 25mm AA gun
  
• (3GvTK) added 2 cards of ISU-152
  

• increased TURAN II's short 75mm main gun's HE damage on par with those of German Stummel (short 75mm)
  
• increased ÁRKÁSZOK's availability per card from 5/10/15 to 6/12/18
  
• added REITENDE JÄGER (MP-44) some Molotov cocktails
  
• decreased GD STURMGRUPPE's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased GD STURMGRUPPE MG's price from 30 to 25
  
• increased BEO. FI 156C (172,5mm)'s price to 110
  
• decreased ROHAMÁRKÁSZOK's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased VM PIONIERI ASALT's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased Fs-STURMPIONIER's price from 30 to 20
  
• decreased GEB. STURMPIONIER's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased GD STURMPIONIER's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased STURMPIONIER's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased STURMPIONIER (SVT)'s price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased HG STURMPIONIER's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased STURMPIONIER HJ's price from 25 to 20
  
• decreased STURMPIONIER's price from 25 to 20
  
• increased SDKFZ 7/1's availability per card from 1/2/4 to 2/(4)/(6), number of cards changed accordingly
  
• increased OPEL BLIZT FLAKVIERLING's availability per card from 1/2/4 to 2/(4)/(6), number of cards changed accordingly
  
• increased off-map KARL GERÄT (600mm)'s damage and blast by x2
  
• increased SS-LEGIONARI's price from 20 to 25
  
• (Rossel.) add one 1-pt INF slot
  

Hello commander,

We hope you are well. As we mentioned in last week’s blog post, we had little to report, though the team was working hard on both the next expansion and Nemesis DLC for Steel Division 2. This week, we can give you a little more detail on what’s happening behind the scenes.

Steel Division 2: Blood Feud in Transylvania is coming along swimmingly. Let’s look at some proofs of life!



[h2]Building it up[/h2]
A lot of effort has gone into getting the inner workings of Steel Division 2: Blood Feud in Transylvania up and running, but we are also putting the finishing touches on the visual and player-facing aspects of our next major expansion.

For instance, the text translations of all the game’s supported languages are being done as we speak. There is more.

[h2]The Battle of Turda[/h2]
The expansion will ship with a brand-new Army General campaign: The Battle of Turda. The campaign map is being done, as can be viewed below:



It still remains to throughly test and polish the scenario.

Like our other Army General campaigns, we will also feature a new introduction video. This one is also finished, barring the voice-over and audio recording, which still needs to be done.

[h2]The new Oarba map[/h2] Blood Feud in Transylvania will also ship with the new Oarba map. Measuring 27km², Oarba is a 2vs2 map inspired by the actual Oarba de Mureș, which took place from September 17th to October 5th, 1944.



The map itself is done, yet still requiring thorough QA tests (checking that each road works as indentend, that each wood is indeed considered as such from a gameplay perspective, ...). Once done and tested with the default "Capture de Flag" mode, other game modes will have to be set.

[h2]Until next week![/h2]
Short and sweet, that’s it for this week. We’ll be back soon with a new DevBlog.

We ask everyone interested to join the Steel Division 2 community on our Steam forums.

The latest Steel Division 2 news can also be found on our Instagram. Looking for an online game? Visit the Discord server or Reddit page and get involved with the lively Steel Division 2 community!

See you on the battlefield, commander!

Hello commander,

Once in a while we get to a week where there is… well… nothing much to report. And today’s post is one of those!

This doesn’t mean that we aren’t busy - far from it. As you know, we are hard at work on the next Steel Division 2 expansion: Blood Feud in Transylvania. Furthermore, we are also laying the groundwork for the future Nemesis: Siege of Dunkirk DLC.

Apart from this, our other game, WARNO just received a major update, BESSIERES, which took up most of our time lately, as well.

[h2]A short recap[/h2]
In case you want to read up on the historical and unit backgrounds of our upcoming expansions and DLC, look no further!

Blood Feud in Transylvania
The next major Steel Division 2 expansion will focus on an often overlooked campaign on the Eastern Front fought between two former allies: Axis Hungary and recently turned Allied Romania. The setting: contested Transylvania. What will you be able to find in Steel Division: Blood Feud in Transylvania?

• Six new divisions.
  
  • Of which three will be Romanian, including the Divizia 9 Infanterie, the Divizia 8 Cavalerie Motorizata and the Corpul 6 Teritorial.
    
  • And two will be Hungarian, with one German. This includes the Hungarian 2. Páncéloshadosztály (2nd Armored Division) and 25. Hadosztály (25th Infantry Division). The Germans are represented with the Sperrverband von Kessel.
• A new Army General campaign focussing on the first stages of combat in Transylvania as they happened from September 5th to 15th, 1944. It will be quite even, with the Hungarians having the edge during the opening moves, while the Romanians build up their forces until powerful enough to counter-attack and overwhelm their opponent later on. Read more about the Army General campaign in this blog post here.
  
• One new map Oarba.
  
• 2 Aces: the Hungarian tank commander Lieutenant Ervin Tarczay and Romanian fighter ace, Captain Dan Vizanti.

Nemesis: Siege of Dunkirk
The next mini-expansion, bringing two new divisions and associated units, is Nemesis: Siege of Dunkirk. This will be the sixth community-voted Nemesis DLC for Steel Division 2. We are already working on it concurrent to Blood Feud in Transylvania.



You’ll get to play with:

• The Axis Festung Dünkirchen garrison battlegroup featuring the second-rate 26. Infanterie-Division, with remnants of Wehrmacht divisions retreating from Normandy, and local Kriegsmarine troops. The latter will represent disciplined Raider squads. Limited armor is available, with a pair of phase-locked Panzer IV and StuG, as well as a few Marders and a single Jagdpanther.
  
• A good number of artillery and AA units can be deployed by this battlegroup, including Flak 20mm, Flak 88mm, and the heavy Flak 105mm, backed up by the new Flak 28(p) (captured Polish Bofors guns). Other guns include Flak 31M(r) (Soviet 85mm AA guns), K30(t) 76,5mm (Czech. vz.30) and K418(f) 155mm (French GPF) howitzers. Heavy off-map support from 164mm and 194mm pieces can also be brought to bear.
  
• The Allied CIABG are Free Czech and Slovak forces, brought together in an armored battlegroup with little organic infantry. A smattering of local French troops back up the formation, including some former resistance fighters put under “official” arms. The Czechs (and the French) will reuse captured German equipment.
  
• Support units include 17-pdr and 25-pdr artillery guns, Bofors AA and a recon squadron featuring Humber Scout Car and the unusual new Humberette Scout Car. Heavier guns are the Canadian heavy QF 3,7-inch (94mm) dual-purpose AA gun and the new heavy British (siege) howitzer BL 7.2-inch (182,5mm).

Read all about the Nemesis: Siege of Dunkirk in this detailed blog post.

[h2]Until next week![/h2]
We kept it short and sweet, but not to worry: next week we’ll be back in force!

We ask everyone interested to join the Steel Division 2 community on our Steam forums.

The latest Steel Division 2 news can also be found on our Instagram. Looking for an online game? Visit the Discord server or Reddit page and get involved with the lively Steel Division 2 community!

See you on the battlefield, commander!