Battlecruisers News

[h2]Difficulty changes[/h2]
• Removed Easy difficulty
• Renamed difficulties

• • Normal => Easy
  
• • Hard => Normal
  
• • Harder => Hard
  

• Made (new) Easy and Normal difficulties increase AI build speed per level:

• • Easy: 0.65 (level 1) => 0.77 (level 25) (Previously constant 0.7)
  
• • Normal: 0.93 (level 1) => 1.05 (level 25) (Previously constant 1)
  
• • (new) Hard difficulty AI build speed remains at 1.25
  

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]
• Fix bug where gunship would not attack destroyers as soon as they came within range, especially on fast forward
• Only show the “Loot!” button after winning a level for the first time, forcing the user to check out the loot
• After winning a level (eg: 1), make the home screen “Continue” button start the next level (eg: 2), instead of the same level (eg: 1).

[h2]Balancing[/h2]
• Increase artillery build time from 120 to 140 seconds

[h2]Other[/h2]
• Tweak clocked game message to encourage users to try the Skirmish game mode

[h2]What we’re working on next (long term)[/h2]
• Localization
• Expansion
• Multiplayer maybe?

[h3]Skirmish Mode[/h3]
In a skirmish you decide:

• The AI to fight (random, balanced, rush or boom)
  
• The cruiser the AI uses (random, or one of the eight cruisers)
  
• The cruiser you use (random, or one of the eight cruisers)
  
• The difficulty (easy, normal, hard or harder)
  

Unlike in the campaign you won't know which strategy the AI will use!



[h3]Other Improvements[/h3]

• Remember help label toggle (question mark) state between levels
  
• Improve Options screen UI
  

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

• Destroyer
  
  
  
  • Increase build time from 80 to 100 seconds
    
  • Reduce air turret range from 20 to 18
    
  • Reduce SAM site range from 25 to 20
    
  • Reduce SAM site burst size from 3 to 2
    
• Reduce Mann o` War built time from 360 to 300 seconds
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fix bug where offensive buildings would sometimes get tired and stop firing
  
• Fix bug where mortar shells would magically pass through attack boats on fast forward speed
  

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

• Reduce Eagle builder bay build speed bonus from 15% to 10%
  
• Reduce Eagle hit points from 2,800 to 1,800
  
• Reduce artillery build time from 180 to 120 seconds
  
• Increase air turret hit points from 220 to 310
  
• Reduce deathstar laser duration from 5 to 4 seconds
  

[h3]Other[/h3]

• Make explosions look even better