We’re releasing a small update today which will resolve some issues with playing with player’s on your Friend’s list.
This includes a problem where if you tried to cancel a game the client would hang until your friend responded to the challenge.
This update just happens to coincide with our second double XP long weekend! Players will earn double the experience for kills and captures in both Skirmish AI and competitive Online matches!
Earn upto 3200 XP versing random online opponents and 2720 XP for wins versus our Veteran Master AI. Players can also brush up on their skills and earn 2240, 1760, 1280 and 800 in Master, Expert, Intermediate and Novice AI matches respectively.
We hope you enjoy dominating your friends far more efficiently in Warhammer 40,000: Regicide.
Cheers,
Otakua | Game Designer
Update 2.2.0 and Double REXP Weekend!
Hail Kingslayers,
We’re pleased to bring you update 2.2.0 for Warhammer 40,000: Regicide! Alongside our new update which increases the difficulty of the AI, we’re also bringing you our “DOUBLE REXP” weekend, so during the weekend, online accounts will receive double Requisition AND double XP for wins in both online and Skirmish matches!
Players will be awarded up to 500 Requisition and up to 3200 XP for PvP, 400 Requisition and 2720 XP for Veteran Master, 350 Requisition and 2240 XP for Master, 300 Requisition and 1760 XP for Expert, 250 Requisition and 1280 XP for Intermediate & 200 Requisition and 800 XP for
Novice!
This event will span from 6 p.m Friday (+10 UTC) and runs across the weekend globally!
Cheers,
Chris (Larkin) | Community Manager
UI + Added contextual Escape Key Functions
+ Models in Campaign, Armoury, Skirmish, Multiplayer and Post-Match Results Menus updated to images for improved load times.
+ Replaced stretched Faction Selector Sprite in Armoury Menu
+ Added safeframe to ability window
Campaign + Added New Lines to Campaign Act 3 Mission 11
Factions + Mirror match up will result in the enemy faction being changed to a different faction
AI + Increased the difficulty of Intermediate to Master AI in Regicide mode
Units + Space Marine ++ Devastators
+++ Reduced Strength from 5 to 4
+++ Increase base Snapshot damage from 0 to 1
++ Assault Marines
+++ Increased base Assault damage from 0 to 1
+++ Reduced Snapshot Range from 3 to 2
++ Terminators
+++ Increased base Assault damage from 0 to 1
++ Captain
+++ Increased base Assault damage from 0 to 1
+ Orks ++ Lootas
+++ Reduced Strength from 5 to 4
+++ Increased base Snapshot damage from 0 to 1
+++ Reduced base Assault damage from 2 to 0
++ Stormboy
+++ Reduced Snapshot Range from 3 to 2
Abilities + Space Marine ++ Increased the Critical Bonus of Auspex from 25 to 33 percent
++ Increased the Armour Bonus of Artificer Armour from 1 to 2
++ Artificer Armour no longer scales with a unit’s current armour value
+ Orks ++ Increased the buff/debuff value of the Da Green Tide from 1 to 2
++ Increased the Duration of Furious Charge from 3 to 4
++ Increased the Strength of Rokkit Slam from 4 to 6
++ Increased the Self Damage of Rokkit Slam from 4 to 7
++ Increased the IP Cost of Rokkit Slam from 1 to 2
++ Increased the Strength Modifier of Deffgun Volley from 0 to 2
++ Reduced the Range of Kunnin’ Gits from 8 to 2
++ Increased the Armour Damage of Kunnin’ Gits from 1 to 2
++ Green Iz Best now constantly evaluates for adjacent friendly units while active
Animation + Skipping the SM Rook vs. Ork Queen killcam no longer cause part of the animation to freeze
+ Thunderfire/Mekgun Bombard - Flinch no longer occurs as soon as the ability is used
Audio + Death moans are now present when killing a unit with an ability
+ Button Mouseover and Select are now controlled by UI & Master Volume settings
Localisation + All Languages - Player stats message is no longer cut off when playing
+ All Languages - Update error message has now been localised
+ French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian - Various spelling, punctuation and capitalisation fixes in
+ French, German, Spanish, Italian & Russian - Unit information is no longer cut off in the unit detail panel
+ French, German, Spanish, Italian & Russian - Various unit information formatting issues have been fixed in the unit detail panel
+ German - Theron is no longer named “Tactical1” in Campaign missions
+ German - Best AI difficulty beaten statistic no longer underlaps in the Armoury
+ Russian - Text no longer bleeds out of the dialog box when asking the player to select the ‘There Is Only War’ ability
+ French - Restart button no longer shows the restart confirmation message
+ French - Campaign menu - Act 3 is no longer called Campaign Act 2 in the drop down box
+ French - Multiplayer menu - Text is no longer cut off on the Create New Game button
+ French - Leaderboards - Friends leaderboards “loading” text is no longer in English
+ Spanish - Various spelling mistakes in the Campaign have been fixed
+ Most text clipping issues have been fixed in the Regicide, Classic, Camera and HUD tutorials (some are still to be confirmed)
Bug Fixes + XP is no longer lost when a player resigns or disconnects from a timed multiplayer match
+ Fixed an issue where Campaign Missions were incorrectly awarding Requisition
+ The Angel of Death ability no longer displays incorrectly on Ork enemies
+ Unit detail and map panels no longer overlap when changing to a Challenge Friend match
+ Changing the language while creating a Vs. Human match no longer changes the button to "Novice"
+ Settings tooltip no longer gets stuck during the Regicide Tutorial
+ Changing to tier 1 units no longer displays tier 2 avatar and information
+ Pawn promotion information now disappears when selecting another piece
+ Various Move History panel bugs have been fixed
+ Artificer Armour no longer scales with a unit’s armour value
+ Fixed a bug where Campaign Checkmate Objectives were not triggering XP and Requisition rewards
+ Fixed an issue where the AI would honorably commit suicide with health based abilities
GET REQ’D: Double Requisition Long Weekend
Greetings Kingslayers,
While we’re gearing up for Update 2.2.0 we’re pleased to announce our first (of many) Double Requisition “GET REQ’D” Weekends! During this time online accounts will receive double the Requisition awards for wins in both Online (Find An Opponent) and Skirmish (VS AI) matches.
Players will be awarded up to 500 Requisition for PvP, 400 for Veteran Master, 350 for Master, 300 for Expert, 250 for Intermediate and 200 for Novice.
This event will span from 6 p.m Friday (+10 UTC) and across the weekend everywhere!.
Cheers,
Otakua | Game Designer
Update 2.1.0
Greetings Kingslayers,
We’re proud to announce our first official post-launch update which includes changes to player progression, game balance, AI improvements as well as some minor bug fixes. Earlier this week we released an AI hotfix, improving the method it was using to calculate its hits and misses in Campaign and Skirmish modes for anyone logged in. With this update, the fix will now be available to offline users.
You’ll see faster progression of their Requisition points in both Multiplayer and Campaign modes, earning larger amounts for winning matches and completing objectives. This means you will be able to unlock new factions at a quicker rate and bring their favourite chapters or clans to the battlefield even sooner.
Don’t think we’ve forgotten about the people who have already played through the campaign: This weekend we’ll be doing a Requisition and Experience Point Giveaway - Players who log in will be rewarded 8000 Experience and 2000 Requisition points to make up for any they would have otherwise missed out on.
We’ve also made numerous changes to both Orks and Space Marines, including buffs to both Space Marine accuracy and a handful of abilities, as well as scaling back some of the Orks’ more overwhelming abilities. For a full list of changes, please refer to the Patch Notes below.
Cheers,
Otakua | Game Designer
UI + Added mouseover and select effects on GUI buttons
+ ABLTY_NO_NAME in Tutorial updated
+ Added description to ABLTY_NO_NAME in Tutorial
+ New “locked” icon for Grot Prod
+ Opening the Armoury now defaults to the Loadouts tab
+ Unit statistics in the Campaign and Armoury now use a list format
+ Tooltips are now present when hovering over the Tutorial questions
AI + Updates to AI decision making capabilities
+ Increased Standard Novice AI difficulty
+ Increased Standard Intermediate AI difficulty
+ Increased Standard Expert AI difficulty
Campaign + Draws now award XP
+ Re-evaluated Requisition awards for Primary and Secondary Objectives
++ Primary Objectives in Act I now award 120 Requisition while Secondaries award 80
++ Primary Objectives in Act II now award 240 Requisition while Secondaries award 160
++ Primary Objectives in Act III now award 360 Requisition while Secondaries award 240
Multiplayer + Increased Requisition awards per online victory from 100 to 250
Skirmish + Skirmish VS AI now awards the correct amount of Requisition
++ Increase Requisition awards from Veteran Master victories from 100 to 200
++ Increase Requisition awards from Master victories from 100 to 175
++ Increase Requisition awards from Expert victories from 100 to 150
++ Increase Requisition awards from Intermediate victories from 100 to 125
++ Increase Requisition awards from Novice victories from 100 to 100
Units + Space Marine ++ Increased the Weapon Skill of all Space Marine units by 1
+++ Tactical Marines, Assault Marines, Devastators and Terminators Weapon Skill increased to 5
+++ Librarians Weapon Skill increased to 6
+++ Captains Weapon Skill increased to 7
+ Orks ++ Reduced the Weapon Skill of Lootas from 3 to 2
Abilities + Space Marine ++ Increased Narthecium Cooldown from 4 to 6
++ Increased Chapter Banner Weapon Skill boost from 2 to 3
++ Reduced Angel Of Death Cooldown from 8 to 6
++ Increased Artificer Armour Percent Gain to 40%
++ Righteous Fury
+++ Reduced Cooldown from 6 to 3
+++ Reduced Initiative Points Awarded from 2 to 1
+ Ork ++ Reduced Iron Gob Critical Chance from 100 to 75
++ Reduced Green Iz Best Duration from 4 to 3
++ Kunnin’ Gits
+++ Added a Charge Time of 3
+++ Increased Initiative Point Cost from 1 to 2
+++ Reduced Armour Damage from 2 to 1
Animation + Terminator V Pawn Capture
+ Units flinch when hit by Rokkit Slam
Audio + Added mouseover and select effects to all GUI buttons
+ Shields now play audio when deactivated
+ Knight Assaults & Hammer of Wrath now affected by effects volume in the Settings menu
+ Stormboyz now use an activation phrase when using Rokkit Slam
Localisation + Update Localisation - All languages
+ Added missing Cyrillic characters
+ Polish load screen hints are no longer in English
Bug Fixes + Fixed a side effect of updates to the AI’s chess based decision making
+ Fixed a bug on Campaign Mission 1 of Act 1 where the game would freeze
+ Fixed a bug where the game would hang at the end of Campaign Mission 1 of Act 1
+ Resolved and issues causing a NullReferenceException in Act 2 Mission 10
+ Act 2 Mission 13 & 14 secondary objectives now unlock correctly
+ Fixed an issue where some Secondary Objective would show 0 XP as a reward in the Campaign menu
+ Fixed an issue where players couldn’t select factions in the armoury after signed in and out
+ Fixed Requisition not being awarded correctly in Skirmish
+ Fixed an issue where Pawns and Bishops would disappears on death after snapshot and assaults
+ Offline games now correctly display error messages when trying to unlock factions if an issue arrises
+ Fixed an issues where Mission 14 of Act 2 failed to complete
+ Character persistent effects now correctly turn off when pieces are killed
+ Units now correctly use contextual negative audio
+ Fixed blood stains persisting across matches
+ Ultramarine texture fixes
+ Fixed an issue where purchasing a faction centralises the factions in the drop down box
+ “Best AI Beaten” now fits in a single line
+ Inverted the Commlink scroll bar to be consistent with other menus
+ FIxed an issue where in some cases models remained visible on the loading screen
+ Updated Bad Moons Unlock process
+ Hour or more long matches now show the correct time
+ Fixed an issue where AI difficulty would no longer be toggleable after entering the map select menu
+ Multiplayer Match Timer no longer appears during opponent’s turn when the other player has used up all of their Initiative Points
+ Fixed an issue where resigning a match on the opponent's turn from the match list does not update the match information correctly for the opponent
+ Selecting a piece affected by Green Tide now shows the correct ability name
+ The Player is now able to select factions in the armoury when playing offline
+ A Tooltip is no longer shown when the player closes the Settings & Friends List menu via the cross
+ Requisition is now earned in skirmish matches
+ Macedonia and Madagascar have now been separated in the account creation list
+ Fixed an issue where changing language during a skirmish doesn't change the AI name
+ Locked Grot-Prod in the Armoury now uses the correct icon
+ Correct faction icon and image is now shown for Bad Moons
+ Boss Pole now correctly triggers sounds and plinks when activated
+ Correct XP earned is shown when the Daily Reward multiplier has gone up
Hotfix 2.0.1
UPDATE NOTES:
AI
Greetings Kingslayers,
We’ve been working tirelessly over the weekend to bring you an update to our AI. After rigorous testing and help from community members we’re pleased to announce a hotfix to AI hit chance ratios. As many of you have experienced AI was able to consistently land attacks despite routinely low hit chances; this was an unintended side effect of updates to the AI’s chess based decision making capabilities and has thus been fixed.
Online accounts can receive the fix by simply logging on, no download required, if you’re currently online log off and on to receive the fix. Offline accounts will be updated during our official update later this week.
Thanks to all our community members who helped by reporting this issue on Steam and Helpdesk.
Cheers,
Otakua | Game Designer
DOUBLE XP LONG WEEKEND
Greetings Kingslayers,
We're announcing our first Double XP Long Weekend spanning 6pm (UTC+10:00) Friday to 6pm (UTC+10:00) Monday!
Earn twice the experience in Skirmish and Multiplayer matches; up to 3200 vs an opponent online and 2720 vs AI Veteran Master.
Simply restart your client to start receiving awards.
As always the team are always on hand to answer any questions you may have - simply email us using support@hammerfallpublishing.com and we'll do our best to back to you quickly.
We'll see you on the battlefield!
Best,
Cat Codex | Project Lead
Warhammer 40k Regicide Leaves Early Access!
Hail Kingslayers!
After months of meticulous production and integrating features requested by fans, Regicide is moving out of Early Access into full release. The full game includes new factions for Space Marines and Orks, Acts II and III of the epic campaign written by Games Workshop author Ross Watson and a veritable bombardment of new gameplay features, enhancements and refinements!
Assault Animations
See your Assault Marines and Stormboyz tear into their opponents!
Multiple Tiers
Earn the ability to customize the way your army looks by levelling up and unlocking new tiers of armour for your favourite armies units!
Local Vs Mode (Hotseat)
Satisfy your thirst for war offline! You can challenge your friends and family offline with our hotseat multiplayer mode!
Leaderboards
Think you’re a pro at Chess or Regicide? See how you stack up on our leaderboards!
New Localisation!
Play Warhammer 40,000: Regicide in your language! We’ve added in localisation for German, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian, Spanish, Swedish and Polish - with more languages to come!
Leaderboards
Compare your victories on the Global Leaderboards or compete with your friends in the Friends Leaderboard!
New Space Marine chapters
The mysterious ‘Dark Angels’ Space Marine Chapter joins the fight for Hethgar Prime, alongside the rebellious ‘Space Wolves’ and disciplined ‘Ultramarines’ Chapters!
New Ork Clans
Warboss Gobklaw has brought some of his thieving Death Skull and speed obsessed Evil Sunz allies to join his WAAAGH!
The war has spilled into the city of Hethgar Prime! Take command as the Space Marines and Orks battle in the streets!
You can now play the epic Warhammer 40,000: Regicide campaign, skirmish against the AI and win the war for Hethgar completely offline!
We’re hope you’re as excited as we are for full release! Check out our new launch trailer below!
https://youtu.be/jcxqhIuVrDU
See you on the battlefield,
Best,
Cat Codex | Project Lead
& All the devs at Hammerfall Publishing
Release Date Update
Greetings Kingslayers,
Release Update - Warhammer 40,000: Regicide has gone gold and will now be released
US September 8 (AU September 9)
Only a few days away! Giving you the very best experience is our number 1 priority so we wanted to use these last few days to test and polish the game even further ensure this.
The full release of Regicide has an enormous list of content, including:
The full 50 mission story-driven campaign!
5 more Chapters and Clans are joining the fight!
Units tier up and become more impressive as you play!
A new environment with multiple day settings!
Multiple new abilities!
Updated balance!
XP, Levels, and daily rewards!
+ many more features
There's a huge amount of content, all of which is completed, that is now going through an additional polish stage. That’s a good thing not only for gamers, but for fans of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe.
The Dev team are on hand if you have any questions - please ask away and we’re more than happy to help you guys out.
Thanks for your patience guys - I know you're all eager to get into the game. We can't wait until you see the full game revealed.
Best,
Cat Codex | Project Lead
(PS thanks to Evil Doctor PC for the image - awesome work)
Hotfix 1.3.1
Greetings Kingslayers!
We have a small Hotfix to tide you over before our release on August 26th.
UPDATE NOTES
XP
Skirmish victory give full XP (as if you killed all enemies) like multiplayer.
Resigned games should now give XP as if the player who didn’t resign won.
Fixed issue where players only levelled up after passing the XP required for a level, not if they landed on it
Fix a visual issue in results screen where sometimes the players XP starting level/xp during the count up was in fact based of their new total XP, not the XP from the start of the match - so the values were to high.
Resigned games should now gives XP as if the player who didn’t resign won.
ARMOURY
Fixed all the issues with abilities re-locking and the incorrect number of available skill points being displayed.
CAMPAIGN
Fixed issue where offline players would be unable to continue at the end of a campaign match.
MULTIPLAYER
Fixed a crash that occurred only when drawing a match against a random opponent
GENERAL
Fix for a crash that could occur if friends online status changed exactly as you start loading into a level.
BUG FIXES
Multiplayer menu exception has been fixed. Hopefully this means the issue for some players that have been unable to start matches is now fixed, but we've been unable to reproduce this issue to be able to confirm, so further testing is required.
Offline XP is now saved
Thanks for taking the time to read our update notes. If you ever want to contact the dev team - we're always here to listen. Email us using - social@hammerfallpublishng.com
See you on the battlefield!
Cheers,
Otakua | Game Designer
Update 1.3 NOW LIVE!
Hi Kingslayers!
The newest Update 1.3 for Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is officially live! Armour Tiers are now available as well as new sound effects have been added so that Boltgun fire sounds just as devastating as it should and best of all the battlefield remains bloodier for longer.
A plethora of new unit and player abilities have been added in this update in an effort to make the Space Marines and Orks more diverse and play very differently. The Orks now behave more like a mob of animalistic hooligans, their abilities having a chance to be a detriment rather than a boon whereas the Space Marines now act as an army of heroes.
This update also includes the Beta version of the Armoury. This means the XP you earn from now on will be persistent and recorded. When you level up you will earn points to spend on unlocking abilities to customize the way you play, you can unlock and assign skills within the armoury.
Finally, we are very excited to announce the first Act of the Campaign where you can finally meet Captain Dracomedes and Librarian Baldassar as they hunt the vile Orks on Hethgar Prime! The first act contains ten lovingly crafted missions that show the Captain’s vicious hunt of the Orks and the Weirdboy Zugtoof.
If you've not yet purchased the game it is available in Early Access through the Steam Store here for Windows. We hope you enjoy playing this game as much as we enjoy working on it!
UPDATE NOTES
HIGHLIGHTS
Act I of the Campaign
Beta Version of the Armoury
Tiered Cosmetic Awards for Orks and Space Marines
New Player and Unit Abilities
New Audio and Visual FX
Unlocked Player Experience and Skill Points Systems
ARMOURY
Loadouts for each race vs race combination on the left; available player abilities on the right
Assign abilities by selecting them and then clicking on a slot in the loadouts on the left
Unlock Player Abilities via expending Skill Points
Loadouts selected in the Armoury are now used in Multiplayer and Skirmish Regicide matches
ANIMATIONS
Tactical Marine snapshot speed has been increased
AUDIO
Most Units Snap Shot’s sound FX have been updates
Bullet’s sound effects drop off at longer distances
Grenades now sound more boomy
Many ability sound updates
Many Capture sound updates
New Music Tracks for Victory, Defeat and Draw Scenarios
New Character Dialogue Lines
BUG FIXES
Accept and Decline buttons no longer appear when trying to load back into a Challenge match
If the King is in Check when one player leaves and then rejoins the Multiplayer match, the tile effect will now be present
Artifacts no longer appear around the white marker that shows where the player has moved to on the chessboard
Several “Second Login” issues have now been resolved
Classic: Health bars no longer switch on again after a capture
Fix to stop players loading into completed matches then going into the connection dropped state
Player ability hotkeys are now correctly labelled
CODEX
New Ork and Space Marine Unit Abilities
Space Marine Bishop‘s Pin Them Down ability is now called Suppressing Fire
Space Marine Knight’s Moving Attack ability is now called Hammer of Wrath
Armour of Contempt is now called Iron Halo
Unyielding is now called Artificer Armour
Orks! Orks! Orks! is now called Kustom Force Field
ABILITIES
General
Increased the cooldown of Thunderfire Bombard and Mekgun Bombard from 5 to 6
Frag Grenade and Stikkbomb now cost 2 IP across all races, has a base chance to hit of 75% and damage scales Independent of unit strength
Grenades can no longer crit or cause armour attrition
Iron Gob cooldown increased from 3 to 5.
Lifeleech damage and health gain increased from 2 to 3.
Gork’ll Fix It removed (He did not fix it)
Pin Them Down renamed to Suppressing Fire.
Move Attack renamed to Hammer of Wrath.
Shield cooldown reduced from 6 to 5 for both races. Orks! Orks! Orks! renamed to Kustom Force Field. Armour of Contempt renamed to Iron Halo.
Unyielding renamed Artificer Armour. Changed to single-target. IP cost reduced to 1.
New Space Marine and Ork unit abilities available:
Librarian
Shockwave: A psychically-produced concussive blast that damages adjacent enemies
Go Fasta: The weirdboy spurs the boys into action, gaining an extra Initiative Point (IP) for this turn.
Assault Marine
Krak Grenade: An implosive grenade for cracking open the heaviest armour.
Stormboy
Rokkit Slam: A rokkit-powered attack that damages the user and all units around him.
Loota
Mek’s Tools: The Loota scraps together some additional armour for an adjacent ally
New Space Marine and Ork player abilities available:
Space Marines
Auspex: Unit engages its Auspex scanner, increasing the accuracy of itself and nearby allies.
Chapter Banner: Place a chapter banner down, bolstering the Weapon Skill of nearby marines.
Orks
Grot-Prod: Whips a unit into a frenzy by prodding it with a powerful zapper, damaging it and increasing its critical hit chance.
Green Iz Best: Unit is filled with confidence by surrounding units, gaining Weapon Skill and Strength for each adjacent ally.
UI
In-game:
Updated Promotion UI
Promotion UI now represents locked out choices
Small general fixes (e.g. extended length of enemy player name)
Ability costs represented on the ability buttons
“Press space to skip” - text is now capitalised and smaller
Weapon strength swords icon replaced with machine gun icon
Tooltips when hovering over menu buttons have been moved so that they do not cover the button
Plinks:
Consequence plinks now show for units that have died
Consequence plinks are always shown at the same height
Chance to hit plinks have been reworked to always appear and they no longer stack up
Selecting a unit will show a sorted list of the current buffs on the unit. They have the ability name that caused the buff preceded by a “+”, e.g. “+GO TO GROUND”.
Menu:
Improved settings UI
Disabled camera movement while settings is up
Small improvements to the Skirmish menu
FX
General
Large blood stains now remain for longer
Smaller blood stains now stay on the map for twice as long
Oodles of effects added for new abilities
Effect Sequence Feedback updates:
Ork Bishop vs. Ork Rook killcam: camera is no longer off centre
Ork Bishop vs. Ork Knight killcam: camera no longer shakes after the Knight has been killed
Ork Rook vs. Ork Bishop killcam: camera is no longer too close
Ork Queen vs. Ork Knight killcam: southwest camera transition no longer finishes too close to the Queen
Ork Queen’s fingers no longer clip through its staff during the idle pose
Settings menu: F6 hotkey information for the settings menu has been removed (Esc still opens this menu)
Thanks for taking the time to read our update notes. If you ever want to contact the dev team - we're always here to listen. Email us using - social@hammerfallpublishng.com
