After several months of BETA testing and many changes in response to great community feedback, today sees the release of Game Version 3658. This patch includes a bunch of bugfixes and feature additions, but the main event is definitely the suite of balance changes.
Don’t be fooled by the 3655 label, the number system has got a bit confused in recent weeks. Here is a link to Zock’s changelog for the balance portion of this patch. It not only details the changes, but also the reasoning behind each one.
http://content.faforever.com/patchnotes/3655.html
For those of you who also want to see what’s been going on with the bugfix side, here’s a link to the full changelog:
https://github.com/FAForever/fa/blob/release/3655/changelog.md
The main highlights include:
• Added game side of a new rehost function to rehost a new game with the same settings. This will work in Downlord’s client shortly, and is coming to the main client in the near future
• Allowed players to be swapped in the lobby by using the map preview icons
• Stop torpedoes colliding with missiles, such as in nuke subs
• Overhaul of bomb drop code from the ground up. From testing, this seems to eliminate the inaccuracy from bombers shifting altitude. It may even make Janus useful!
Contributors:
Brutus5000
ckitching
Crotalus
Downlord
Exotic_Retard
IceDreamer
JaggedAppliance
JJ173
Justify87
Shalkya
Sheeo
speed2
Uveso
ZockyZock
Have fun everyone!
Zock, IceDreamer