In my Defense ...
by: Frizz on Wednesday the 29th of November 2006 at 07:50pm
A balance pass has been made looking-at how defense is handled in TinyWarz. The intent of this update is to increase the amount of damage high complexity units can take and to give players more (and better) options when improving the defense of their vehicles. This update should increase the length of battles between high complexity units and also give higher complexity units better survivability against low-complexity, high-damage units. All mods that affect defense have been considered and many have been changed (some vehicles and commands have also been tweaked). Lastly, two new Merits and three new Commands have been added that provide defense bonuses ... all players who used their re-spec to choose new Commands and Abilties have been given another for free (Note: Free re-specs will not always be given when Commands & Abilities are modified or added).

Buckler Light Shield Generator - Increases Shields 25%
Kite Medium Shield Generator - Increases Shields 50%
Hightower Shield Generator - Increases Shields 100%
Backflash Recharger - Increases Shields 50%
Hyper-bat Recharger - Shield Regen Increased
Masscap Recharger - Shield Regen Increased
PlaSteel Armor - Increases Armor 25%
Steelcore Armor - Increases Armor 50%
Pro-Max Armor - Increases Armor 100%
Patchwork Armor - Increases Armor 50%
Shield Boost Acti - Activated bonus improved
Shield Rush Acti - Activated bonus improved
Shield Restore Acti - Now restores all Shields when activated
Basic Repair Nanites Acti - Activated bonus improved
Repair Nanites Acti - Activated bonus improved
Advanced Repair Nanites Acti - Now restores all Armor when activated
Improved Hydraulics Acti - Activated bonus improved
Powered Hydraulics Acti - Activated bonus improved
Natural Armor Acti - Activated bonus improved
Overload Capacitor - Damage Reduced
Shield Shunt - Max Speed bonus increased, Shield penalty decreased
Volley Adaptor is now the Rapidfeed Adaptor (modifies Ballistic weapons instead of Missile weapons)
Armor Piercing Missiles - Damage decreased, CE Modifier decreased
Explosive Missiles - Damage decreased
Triad Missile Launcher - Range decreased
Zeus Missile System - Max speed penalty removed, Controlled Speed -5, Damage increased to 14
Neptune Seige Cannon - Max speed penalty removed, Controlled Speed -5, Damage increased to 18

Two New Merits, plus Changes:
(New) Engineer - Crew's unit receives +25% Shields
(New) Armorer - Crew's unit receives +25% Armor
Packrat - Now gives +50% ammo
Beserker - Crew does +1 Missile, +2 Ballistic, +4 Energy Damage

Three New Commands, plus Changes:
(New) Wild Maneuver - Target unit is much harder to hit this turn (3 Gunnery Levels) and receives a penality to-hit (2 Gunnery Levels). (Requires Evasive Action)
(New) Energy Shell - Target unit takes 2 less damage per attack for the next 3 turns. (Requires Power Burst)
(New) Energy Barrier - Target unit takes 5 less damage per attack this turn. (Requires Energy Shell)
Evasive Action - Bonus increased, unit is now always harder to hit (not just when not moving), cool-down increased.
Mass Confusion - Unit now loses 2 Movement for 3 turns, cool-down increased.
Detect Weakness - Inflicts 1 additional damage per attack this turn.
Find Flaw - Shots that hit the target's armor inflict 2 additional damage per attack for 2 turn.
Expose Soft-spot - Inflict 1 additional damage per attack for 3 turns.

Vehicle Changes:
Brightlance - 1 Controlled Speed
Super Nova - 0 Controlled Speed
Sentry - Damage increased to 7 per weapon
Takagi - Ammo increased to 6 per weapon
Prowler Ammo increased to 4

Whirlwind CE increased to 390
Firestorm CE decreased to 440
Other Tweaks:
You can no longer issue a Mine, Salvage, or Recycle Command to a unit that is moving.