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* Add: Balance and add Heavy Plasma Launcher to multiplayer (commit:3426158b3e454786baac86cb036fef2441d83a60, #1871)
* Change: Revamp multiplayer anti-aircraft weapons and add Tornado Flak cannon (commit:fc6104a28d3a9bbd8017ef5ce8549de878e22b22, #1804, #1842)
* Change: Campaign rebalance aka "camBalance" merged (commit:ecd1a1612e73883b0d43169c169a027849c2ac1b, #1857, #1882)
* Change: Make howitzers less overpowered / rework mortar and howitzer tech tree (commit:eeee16c751c2c5e33a4981cca7511842d7d2e023, #1842)
* Change: Fix Wide Spectrum Sensor production and cost (commit:85963f5d9c68ef512a6f4782910d1a754892ee0f, #1842)
* Change: Improved combat parameters of weak VTOL weapons and removed obsolete (commit:97f70c2f0d77f702b13887c35dbbceafc58192fd, #1868)
* Change: Improving the parameters of the obsolete Super Auto-Cannon Cyborg (commit:0ad20ab65fc85f32699fc040b71e41651f5c7ce3, #1875)
* Change: Moving the obsolete Twin Assault Gun to come earlier (commit:a11a1010c7d1336be6c303eb5deba87a9afad404, #1877)
* Change: Raising the potential of Tank Killer Rocket and Super Tank Killer Cyborg (commit:712fa7b710bc7ad61f5f01b5dd8b25ff6d56c382, #1884)
* Change: Make the Heavy Repair Turret come earlier (commit:7465e1b97da4a3c2ffbf4b6968f882898268efa4, #1927)
* Change: Weaken the VTOL rail weapons so they aren't overpowered (commit:ba6cc666178fe28cb0832dbf880a9054a6d05ebc, #1928)
* Change: Balance and move EMP weapons to come earlier (commit:405c4ba6eb13e860919925db1671c7704c465195, #1939)
* Change: Increase cost/buildtime of Howitzers and Archangel Missiles (commit:9b26877e1aa73129e23f0cdd2fe0a03a074b0371, commit:dd4360fa2b0e36a550451ee1daa77ef92ad284cb, #1952)It's not clear to me: Do you talk about skirmish or the campaign? And if you talk about the campaign: Did you start a new campaign or did you reload old savegames?themac wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 20:32 The new re-balancing is crap. I made several single player matches against the ai on the easiest level and lost them all. Every single experience I gained since 1999 are gone. Whatever I try to repulse attacks does not even come close to what it should be. On the other hand the ai takes doesn structures with whatever weapon in milliseconds. Even the super large cannon is unable to kill a tank within three shots. Hellstorms, useless also. Tank killers, source missiles, nothing seems to stop enemy tanks anymore.
Perhaps the AI is better than you remember. There have been 5 major balance changes to multiplayer since 1999 (at least that is what is said on the forum) so I have doubts strategies from then worked sufficiently even a few releases ago.themac wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 20:32 The new re-balancing is crap. I made several single player matches against the ai on the easiest level and lost them all. Every single experience I gained since 1999 are gone. Whatever I try to repulse attacks does not even come close to what it should be. On the other hand the ai takes doesn structures with whatever weapon in milliseconds. Even the super large cannon is unable to kill a tank within three shots. Hellstorms, useless also. Tank killers, source missiles, nothing seems to stop enemy tanks anymore.
Actually after a long time I came back to this game. I recall way back when that mortars and howitzers was all that was made, and the game became 'who's artillery came first'
There's certainly a hell of a difference between 3.3 and 4.1, as in I played a skirmish map in 3.3 just an hour or so ago, and then the same map, same settings, with 4.1. 3.3, easy (because I set it to easy). 4.1? Tank rushed by the AI within minutes, very early on. No chance, none at all.Berserk Cyborg wrote: ↑16 Jul 2021, 18:46Perhaps the AI is better than you remember. There have been 5 major balance changes to multiplayer since 1999 (at least that is what is said on the forum) so I have doubts strategies from then worked sufficiently even a few releases ago.themac wrote: ↑15 Jul 2021, 20:32 The new re-balancing is crap. I made several single player matches against the ai on the easiest level and lost them all. Every single experience I gained since 1999 are gone. Whatever I try to repulse attacks does not even come close to what it should be. On the other hand the ai takes doesn structures with whatever weapon in milliseconds. Even the super large cannon is unable to kill a tank within three shots. Hellstorms, useless also. Tank killers, source missiles, nothing seems to stop enemy tanks anymore.
Which skirmish map, which AI(s), what settings?Bromstine wrote: ↑15 Aug 2021, 10:19There's certainly a hell of a difference between 3.3 and 4.1, as in I played a skirmish map in 3.3 just an hour or so ago, and then the same map, same settings, with 4.1. 3.3, easy (because I set it to easy). 4.1? Tank rushed by the AI within minutes, very early on. No chance, none at all.