Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where Heavy Weapon Squads were not getting the bonuses from Setup when activating Pour It On or Piercing Shot

General

• This is a balance and bug fixing patch with a central focus on responding to the first real battle-tests of the new Astra Militarum Faction
  
• Pretty much all of the Astra Militarum roster has been updated to some degree. With the largest changes being to the abilities of the HQ Units
  
• We have also fixed some significant issues with the core faction abilities that meant that the soldiers of the Astra Militarum were not receiving the benefits of their training
  
• Other significant updates are the training of the Cadian Shock Troops to pull the trigger more rapidly, giving the Armoured Sentinel a bit more punch and utility and a rework of the Basilisk’s skills to be clearer and more reliable in action

Balance

Astra Militarum

• Born Soldiers
  
  • Fixed issues with Per Momentum bonuses not being applied properly
  
  
• Ordered Battleline
  
  • Receiving an order gives +10 baseline momentum whilst that unit has an Order
    
  • Fixed issue where Orders were not persisting into the enemy turn
  
  
• Valkyrie Transport
  
  • Can now transport Ogryns
  
  
• Commissar
  
  • Emperor’s Will, Bonus HP boost increased to 10% (5%)
    
  • Execute adds momentum to surrounding tiles as well as the target unit, and can be used to target a unit that was previously targeted (to refresh or to boost with Empowered)
    
  • Show Them Steel
  
  
  • Added Ranged Crit Chance +10%
    
  • Cooldown set to 2 turns (1)
    
  • Corrected Show Them Steel to use Additive maths
  
  
• Cadian Castellan
  
  • Voice of Leadership, Accuracy boost increased to 10 (5)
    
  • Bring It Down, Increased range to 5 tiles, reduced cooldown to 2 turns, clarified Status Effect length (1 turn, removes at end of casters turn)
    
  • Move Move Move applies to all within a 1 tile radius of Castellan, 3 turn cooldown
  
  
• Tank Commander
  
  • Shock and Awe damage bonus increased to 10% (5%)
    
  • Battle Cannon -> Range to 1/5/9
    
  • Pound Them To Dust is now a buff skill that gives +100% shots for all weapons to a nearby vehicle
    
  • Blitz Them now gives the “Blitz” Charge Ability to friendly Leman Russ or Rogal Dorns and an Incoming Graze buff to any vehicle
  
  
• Leman Russ Battle Tank
  
  • Leman Russ Sponsons upgrades halved to match Tank Commander
    
  • Leman Russ Points to 250 (260)
    
  • Lascannon, cooldown to 2 (3), range to 1/5/8
    
  • Plasma Cannon range to 1/4/8
    
  • Demolisher, range to 1/3/5, AP 6 (5)
    
  • Vanquisher, range to 3/7/10
  
  
• Rogal Dorn
  
  • Rogal Dorn Pulverisor to 0 points for upgrade
    
  • Sponson Multimelta to 10 points for upgrade
    
  • Twin Battle Cannon, range to 1/5/9
    
  • Heavy Bolter, attacks to 28 (24)
    
  • Oppressor, range to 1/6/9
    
  • Pulverisor, AP 5 (4)
  
  
• Armoured Sentinel
  
  • Armoured Sentinel cost to 110 (125)
    
  • Plasma Cannon
    
    • Range to 1/4/8
      
    • Attacks to 2 shots @ 50 Damage
    
    
  • Multilaser range to 1/4/8
    
  • Harrassing Fire can now target 3 adjacent enemies, but fires fewer shots
  
  
• Chimera
  
  • Multilaser range to 1/4/8
    
  • Run Over min range of 2 (1) to reflect that it's a charge
    
  • Fixed issue with Run Over final charge damage
  
  
• Cadian Shock Troops
  
  • Cost increase to 40 (was 35)
    
  • Added Frag Grenade to all loadouts
    
  • Increased cost of Bayonet Loadout to +5
    
  • Lasgun
    
    • Range to 1/3/6
      
    • Attacks to 4 shots @ 4 damage @ 80 Acc w AP1
    
    
  • Lasgun w Bayonet
    
    • Range to 1/3/5,
      
    • Attacks to 4 shots @ 4 damage @ 65 Acc w AP1
    
    
  • Bayonet Armour Piercing to 4 (3)
    
  • Removed cooldown from Bayonet weapon action
    
  • Increased Momentum Gained when killed to 2 (1)
  
  
• Kasrkin
  
  • Evasion to 10 (5)
    
  • Hotshot Lasgun
    
    • Range to 1/3/7
      
    • Attacks to 7 shots @ 5 damage @ 90 Acc w AP3
      
    • All Unit targets single enemy model rather than spreading shots
    
    
  • Hotshot Volleygun
    
    • Range to 1/4/8
      
    • Attacks to 10 shots @ 5 damage @ 90 Acc w AP3
      
    • Upgrade cost to 10
    
    
  • Moved unit accuracy bonus to weapons for consistency with other units, no gameplay impact
    
  • Melta Mine HP to 1 (was 10)
  
  
• Ogryns
  
  • Are now Transportable by Valkyrie
    
  • HP to 160
    
  • Fixed issue with Furious Charge final damage
  
  
• Heavy Weapon Squad
  
  • Lascannon
    
    • Range to 1/5/8,
      
    • Accuracy to 60 (65), falloff to 6
      
    • All Unit targets single enemy model rather than spreading shots
      
    • Removed Cooldown
    
    
  • Autocannon
    
    • Range to 1/5/8
      
    • Accuracy to 60 (65), Attacks to 3 (2), falloff to 6
      
    • All Unit targets single enemy model rather than spreading shots
      
    • Pour It On adds +1 shots per 2 stacks of Set Up spent (from per 1 stack)
      
    • Pour It On cooldown to 2 (1)
    
    
  • Missile Launcher
    
    • Accuracy to 60, Ranged Falloff to 6
  
  
• Primaris Psyker
  
  • Force Staff
    
    • Attacks to 2 (1)
    
    
  • Nightshroud
    
    • Casting gives +20 momentum
      
    • Disabled edge case where you could still get pistol reactions against buffed unit
      
    • Locked at start in Planetary Supremacy
    
    
  • Mental Shackles
    
    • Cooldown to 3 (2)
      
    • Casting gives +20 momentum
      
    • Accuracy debuff to -30
      
    • Fixed maths to be additive
      
    • Unlocked by default in Planetary Supremacy
  
  
• Basilisk
  
  • Steady Aim updated
    
    • Used as an ability to make an attack with the Earthshaker with +10 accuracy for every Movement Point the Basilisk has left unspent
    
    
  • Barrage Updated to target a tile not a specific enemy
    
    • Does not use the weapon accuracy, instead scatters 3 shots in a 3x3 area
    
    
  • Artillery Targeting reworked to instead give a buff to the firing Basilisk each time it deals damage with an aimed Earthshaker Cannon shot
    
    • Stacks are lost on movement, like Set Up
      
    • Barrage does not add stacks (as unaimed)
  
  
  • Visual FX Tweaks
    
    • Increased rate of fire of Multilaser
      
    • Increased speed of all Las weapon projectiles
      
    • Added Supercharge WarmUp VFX to Armoured Sentinel
    
    
  • Updated default armies for Astra Militarum (Skirmish and Planetary Supremacy)

Orks

• Gretchin
  
  • Grot Blasta Accuracy to 75 (90)

Necrons

• Scarab Tempest Command Ability
  
  • Spawned scarabs have -1 Action Points on their first turn.
    
  • They can still do an initial charge on descent
  
  
• Canoptek Scarab Swarm
  
  • Added extra explosive damage to the Self Destruct Protocol ability

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where graphics settings did not always save correctly
  
• Fixed Unspent Action point Momentum cost for Astra Mil to be same as every other faction, -20 momentum
  
• Fixed Crit Chance Per Momentum not working properly
  
• Fixed Graze Chance Per Momentum not working properly
  
• Stopped AI doing a Change Facing whilst using Overwatch (which was cancelling Overwatch on some occasions)
  
• Stopped Valkyrie from coming back to haunt the HQ Commander when doing a Valkyrie Transport
  
• Fixed description for Valkyrie Transport
  
• Reduced noise of Valkyrie engines on departure
  
• Fixed slow firing Heavy Bolters on Demolisher
  

General

• Fixed an issue where some mid-mission saves from the Age Of Crimson Dawn campaign were not loading correctly
  
• Updated and adjusted some Astra Militarum SFX
  
• Adjusted some Astra Militarum movement animations
  
  • Including fixing tank tracks
  
  
• Compressed the Astra Militarum Tech Tree to fit in all screen resolutions
  
• Fixed UI issue where some data panels were not updating properly when match options were changed/armies were updated

Balance

Astra Militarum

• Commissar Chainsword attacks 3 times, to match his animation
  
• Leman Russ (and Tank Commander) Plasma Cannons corrected to cost zero AP
  
• Valkyria Dropoff updated to have the same range as Valkyrie Transport
  
• Valkyrie Transport heals negative statuses (e.g Poison) from transported units
  
• Demolisher and Pulverisor corrected to have min range of 1
  
• Basilisk Barrage ability cooldown reduced to 2
  
• Fixed issue with CPP awarded from death of Shock Troops
  
• Updated cohesion limits for some Astra Militarum units
  
  • Unit (Limit at 1000/2000/3000):
    
  • Kasrkin 2/4/6
    
  • Tank Commander 1/2/2
    
  • Rogal Dorn 1/2/3
    
  • Shock Troops 8/12/16
    
  • Leman Russ 2/3/4
  
  
• Fixed issue where some Astra Militarum units had greater than 100 melee accuracy
  
• Standardised some Astra Militarum visibility cones

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where some attack information panel would not display for some weapons
  
• Fixed rotation of Tank Commander muzzle flash
  
• Fixed Penetrating Shot ability for Heavy Weapon Squad with Lascannon
  
• Fixed Trygon Bio-Electric Pulse splash damage
  
• Fixed Pour It On ability not giving extra attacks
  
• Fixed eye animation for Kasrkin
  
• Fixed Furious Charge debuff to be flat value instead of modifier

Command and Discipline

Defense Forces

Elite Forces

Tanks and Cannons

General

• Added Astra Militarum as a new playable faction
  
• Added Remnants of Victory, a new skirmish map
  
• Added Weapon Category and Graze Chance to tooltips and combat previews.
  
• Updated Map Editor and Campaign Creator with new functionality and improved user interface

Balance

• Exorcist gained Artillery trait

• Biovore gained Artillery trait

• HQ Command Abilities cannot graze on impact
  
• Army Cohesion bonus reduced to 10% (from 25%)

Bug Fixes

• Changes in AI player behavior – it should no longer overuse grenades on empty fields.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Command Ability range was incorrect when targeting the caster.

Dev Diary #15 - Form an Ordered Battleline!

For Cadia! For the Imperium!

General

• Tweaked AI logic for Krak Grens, Stikkbombz and Photon Grenades. AI should use them in more appropriate circumstances now
  

Balance

• Lieutenant
  
  • Empowered Graces of the Angels gives +100% momentum gains (from +150%)
    

Bug Fixes

• Warbiker “Volatile” explosion now happens much quicker
  
• Fixed issue where Necron Triarch Pretorians could gain +1MP if they jumped to exactly the limit of their range
  
• Fixed issue where disabling and enabling some empowered abilities could lead to infinite command point generation
  
• Fixed issue with F11 User Report Tool where pressing “g” would remove the focus from the text box
  
• Fixed issue where certain flying enemies, if in particular positions, could gain unlimited attacks