New heroes are rising in Update 46! Let's check out everything now: 1. THE GAME-CHANGING LIEUTENANTS The mighty Lieutenants are invaluable new characters you can attach to your Commander's convoys, boosting your army immensely and providing groundbreaking special skills and bonuses! Each hero is unique, with superpowers that allow you to tailor your army composition and create dynamic strategic combinations. A) BASICS - Six Lieutenants are coming with Update 46. And more are on the way! - You can unlock all six Lieutenants at level 1 on 29.06 FOR FREE! - The Lieutenants are managed and recruited through the new LIEUTENANTS HQ. You will be able to build and use it after the update becomes mandatory on 06/28. You have to be level 22 or above to do it. - Each Lieutenant has a unit specification. That means that they are connected to a particular unit type. - Every Lieutenant has a rank, sub-ranks, and levels. You can increase them to make your Lieutenants as strong as possible. - You can add not one but two Lieutenants to the same army, but they have to be of different types. - You can also add Lieutenants to Army Presets. - The same Lieutenant can only join one convoy at a time. B) LIEUTENANT SKILLS a) The Lieutenants have two game-changing special skills, providing incredible bonuses to your armies. - The first special skill will be automatically unlocked when a Lieutenant is acquired. - The second skill is unlocked after you increase your Lieutenant’s rank. b) The Lieutenants will also have two additional sets of powerful stats. - The Baseline bonuses are Lieutenant-specific and increase with each new level. - The Specialization ones are passive bonuses connected to the Lieutenant's skill tree. The tree of every hero has many powerful passive skills alongside its branches that improve the specific unit type of the particular Lieutenant. C) RECRUITING - You unlock Lieutenants and increase their rank by collecting enough of their Lieutenant shards in combination with Rank-Ups. - You will receive 10 Lieutenant shards for each hero on 29.06! This will allow you to unlock all heroes at level 1 for FREE. - You can obtain Lieutenant shards and Rank-Ups by using the Recruit section of the LIEUTENANTS HQ building. - To do that, you need Lieutenant Recruit shards, which you can get from various channels, including the Recruit section. You have one free Recruit action every 24 hours. And on 29.06, we will gift you five Recruit shards! - We will have brand-new epic Lieutenant events, awarding top prizes for upgrading your heroes. - And we will launch new festive chain events allowing you to win specific shards for a different Lieutenant every week. We will have a SPECIAL YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR THE LIEUTENANTS. You can learn everything about the game-changing heroes very soon! So stay tuned! 2. UNIT REBALANCE - The base damage of all units was increased by around 15%. - The artillery received a 25% increase in base health. - The base HP of all aerial units was bumped up by 20%. - The base production cost of units from tier 1 to 10 was decreased by up to 10%. - And from tier 11 to 14, the cost dropped by up to 30%. - The base production speed of units from tier 1 to 10 was lowered by up to 30%. - For units from tier 11 to 14, the production speed was decreased by up to 45%. - We reduced the repair cost of all units from 10% to 8% of the production cost. - And their repair speed was reduced by a third. 3. TIER 15 The Tier-15 units are arriving! - Their strength is 17% more than Tier 14! - The stats of Tier-15 units are 10% higher than Tier-14. The new tier will be available upon reaching World HQ Level 35, allowing players to build level-36 headquarters and unit factories. The Tier-15 units will be obtainable through various channels, including event rewards. 4. COMMANDER AND ADD-ON CHANGES A) Power-Ups will no longer provide energy to the Commanders they hit. B) Ability changes: - Ylva's Thor's Hammer—We reduced the base damage from 260% to 200%, and its scaling per rank was decreased from 40% to 30%. - Ylva's Rocket Barrage regular ability base damage per missile was reduced from 40% to 35%. - Trasher’s specialization skill for Commander damage reduction was changed from 2% to 1% per rank (30% at rank 30). C) Add-on changes: - Kopka's Mad Rifle—We reduced the damage scaling per rank from 40% to 30%. - The Thorium Crest—We nerfed the scaling of the damage reduction from Commanders from 2% to 1.4% per level. That makes a total of 45% at level 26. - Grahn's Chemical Impairing Mites—We changed the stun chance at level 26 from 30% to 100%! 5. THE MIST WEATHER EFFECT The mist effect appears only on player bases and on empty tiles on the map. - No one can scout you while you are in the mist! - But you are visible and can be attacked. - Also, you can interact with the tiles under the mist. 6. THE INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVITIES A) The epic WPO WANTS YOU! Chain event brings the fire! - You can join the special events during the holiday period, dominate the leaderboard and fill your bag with explosive rewards! B) THE FIREWORKS MINI-GAME - Countless fireworks rockets will invade the World Map during the celebration period. - Go on a treasure hunt and gather as many as possible to get our holiday currencies. Then visit our Festive Trader and get exclusive rewards in return. C) THE LIBERTY WARD OFFENSIVE ITEM - Designed for Commander Kopka, this powerful weapon will give you increased Health when Defending and Occupation Speed as its set bonuses. D) DEFENSIVE COMMANDER SKIN - Uncle Trasher looks stunning, and its Unit Armor when Defending bonus could be crucial on the way to victory! E) THE PEACEKEEPER DEFENSIVE ITEM - The Defensive Commander will also be pampered with a new addition to the WPO WANTS YOU! gear set. The SAM02 Peacekeeper is an Implant that boosts Assault units' Armor and Health as its two set bonuses. Its random properties give bonuses from the Offensive and Defensive pools. F) COSMETIC ITEMS - Two base decorations: the Outcast Sanctuary and the Grace Tower - Two epic avatars - Two tasty emojis - One top-shelf profile frame 7. THE MARAUDER RENEGADES The new Renegade season brings destruction alongside some epic crafting and offensive items. - The Titan Bulwark is an offensive item for Commander Volsky. It will provide you with a Load Capacity boost and Bonus Health to your armored units. - The Dawnbreaker Exoskeleton is a new addition to the Marauder Gear set, enhancing armored damage and health as its first set bonuses. Its random bonuses come from the Offensive, Defensive, and Commander pools. 8. "NEW RECRUIT" FACTION MEMBER STATE New Faction members will be in this state under the following restrictions: - They can't reinforce or be reinforced by a Faction member. - They can’t participate in Faction Rallies or a Faction's coordinated attacks. - They can’t Attack, Rally, or Reinforce a capital. - After the end of the New Recruit state, everything returns to the original rules and rank conditions. - Leaving and re-entering a Faction will apply or reset the state. 9. FACTION WARS SCORING If a Faction signs up for a Faction Wars battle but does not participate in it, this will result in losing rating points. 10. PROVING GROUNDS UPGRADE We reduced the strength of the Renegade armies for the Easy and Hard difficulties of the event by 15%.