A new major version of the game was released. Here’s all the changes: [b]Game Mechanics[/b] [list] [*]Map [list] [*]Removed Quebec-Great Britain connection [/list] [*]Income [list] [*]Player Base Income - Add a $150 base income for any player and reduce influence based income from $2,5 per player and point to $2 per player and point [/list] [*]Smarter NPCs [list] [*]NPC to not deploy in back country anymore [*]NPCs to sell excess resources [*]NPC to acquire and and defend regions (for region bonuses) [*]NPC to purchase high level units (tanks and jets) [*]Research preferences for NPC [*]NPC to move units from back country to the front [*]NPC to have personalities (NPC can have different preferences, strategies, levels of irrationality etc.) [/list] [*]Improved NPC Attacking [list] [*]NPC to not always attack with all units [*]NPC to use Military Strength for evaluation (instead of number of units) [*]NPC attack evaluation to determine optimum number of troops to leave behind to defend [*]NPC to purchase oil for attacks [*]Improved budgeting for NPC command phase [*]Include science & research bonuses in NPC evaluation [/list] [*]Resource Balancing [list] [*]Tank Cost increased to 12 steel (before 8 steel) [*]Jet cost changed to 5 steel, 4 components (before 8 steel, 3 components) [*]Map to provide less components (4 instead of 6) [*]Map to provide more gold (6 instead of 4) [*]Gold to inflate at 5% (before 6%) [/list] [*]Science Balancing [list] [*]Gold Mines decreased to $80 per Turn (before $100 per turn) [*]Mining Carts decreased to +10 Steel per Turn (before +12 Steel per turn) [*]Debt Monetization decreased to +$300 per Turn (before +$400 per turn) [*]Level 2 Science Cost increased to $600 (before $500) [*]S12 Projectiles converts 15% of Hits to Double Hits (before 10%) [*]Unlock level 3 research at 6 technologies (8 before) [*]Unlock level 4 research at 9 technologies (12 before) [/list] [*]Market [list] [*]Reduce market stock for higher price impact [/list] [/list] [b]Improvements[/b] [list] [*]“Fast Resolve” - Skip all battle animations in Singleplayer mode to speed up game experience [*]Faster Camera Zoom [*]Country Summary View - Displays a countries resources and military strength when zoomed out (versus full unit details) [*]Zoom-Level adjusting UI [*]Highlight active battles instead of zooming in to create context for battles [*]Bind ‘Enter' key to confirm active dialogs [/list] [b]Bugfixes[/b] [list] [*]Country pick mode not showing units & resources [*]Losing selected unit type in deploy phase when zooming [*]Quick purchase missing oil button does not update when selected units change [*]Level 4 research does not unlock even though player meets requirements of 12 techs [*]Unit count in deployment window has no background color in (MacOS) build [/list] To play Border Clash and participate in our Closed Beta, please join our [url=https://discord.gg/JZXh8Db5Yd]Discord Community[/url]. Free Demo coming soon! Thank you for adding Border Clash to your [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2467480/Border_Clash/]WISHLIST[/url]!