Rise of the East 2.0 WIP

RISE OF THE EAST MULTIPLAYER BETA 2.0 CHANGELOG


BALANCE CHANGES & FIXES
GENERAL
•	Streamlined countries, there is no longer an immense difference between same side factions
•	Enabled bounty on all kills once a Battle Lab is built
•	Reduced all structure HP by 25%
•	Defense structures can no longer be promoted (stalled games too much)
•	Infantry garrison weapon range increased to 6 from 5, reduced damage and garrison hold to compensate
•	Added an additional promotion rank for units and changed bonuses:-
 o	 Reduced rank up requirements to 1.5x from 2x, all up 12% more exp required per rank
 o	 Veteran
 o	 Damage increased by 25%
 o	 HP increased by 20%
 o	 Increased sight
 o	 25% self-healing/repair
 o	 Elite
 o	 Rate of Fire increased by 25%
 o	 HP increased by 20%
 o	 50% self-healing/repair
 o	 Heroic
 o	 Speed increased by 15%
 o	 Damage increased by 20%
 o	 Rate of Fire increased by 20%
 o	 Range increased by 20%
 o	 100% self-healing/repair
 o	 Infantry gain the ability to scatter automatically and stealth detection
 o	 Vehicles and aircraft become immune to EMP weapons
 o	 Aircraft become radar invisible

•	Soviets have been made available:-
 o	 Iraq uses nuclear based weapons and can upgrade normal weapons to nuclear
 o	 Russia employs advanced Tesla based weaponry
•	New game mode option, Reduced Durability:-
 o	 Rise of the East doubles the HP of everything, this option reduces it down to normal RA2 levels
 o	 This mode will be default in campaign
 o	 Siege and aircraft damage is reduced by 30% in this mode
•	Updated a few sidebar images that did not match the depicted unit
•	All anti-air weapons have received a range boost
 o	 Infantry & vehicle default range is 10 -> 13
 o	 Defensive structures default range is 13 -> 16
•	Rocket infantry damage vs infantry and structures doubled
•	Attack Dogs deal less damage against well armored infantry (20-40% less depending on armor)
•	All harvesters have been made crush resistant
•	Reduced aircraft damage vs vehicles depending on armor (from light to heavy):-
 o	 155/175/195% -> 160%,130%,190%
•	Reduced anti-tank shells vs vehicles depending on armor (from light to heavy):-
 o	 100/110/120% -> 60/80/100%



ALLIES
CHRONO LEGIONNAIRE
•	Damage reduced by 25%
•	New art

AURORA
•	Allied staple, no longer America exclusive
•	Increased impact damage vs vehicles by 100% & infantry by 50%
•	Removed damage over time effect from infantry

PILOT
•	Certain allied units will eject a pilot depending on veteran level, pilots can hijack enemy vehicles

AIRSTRIKE
•	Is now for all Allied factions
•	Reduced bomb damage to 37 from 50

A10
•	Increased HP to 1400 from 700

COMANCHE
•	Allied staple and no longer tied to America
•	Reduced damage by 30% to compensate usage

PRISM TROOPER
•	New Tier 2 infantry, weaker version of Germany’s Prism Defender and cannot deploy


ASIA
TROOPCRAWLER
•	Increased HP to 500 from 480
•	No longer can get promoted

NUCLEAR PLANT
•	Doubled radiation duration when destroyed

AA GUN
•	Gave it gatling capabilities
 o	Damage reduced by 30% to compensate

HACK CENTER
•	Reworked as a Standard Tier 3 Resource Structure, see below for details:-
 o	 When Superweapons is unchecked:-
 o	 Provides $64 every 14 seconds
 o	 Buildable from the Structures Tab
 o	 ECM Tanks and Hackers are built as Veteran in rank
 o	 When Superweapons is checked:-
 o	 Provides $64 every 14 seconds
 o	 Buildable from the Defenses Tab
 o	 ECM Tanks and Hackers are built as Veteran in rank
 o	 EMP Bomb Superweapon becomes available

RADAR TOWER
•	No longer gives cash when a Hacker is nearby
ASIA (CONTINUED)
RADAR JAMMER
•	Now also acts as a Radar (counts towards prerequisites)

HACKER
•	Weapon is now a direct hack, no longer a projectile and cannot miss
•	Can now be promoted
 o	 Weapon does not deal damage and thus cannot be promoted normally

INFERNO CANNON
•	Increased damage vs vehicles by 15%

COMMANDO YUMI
•	Explosive Arrow ROF reduced to match normal attack intervals
•	Explosive Arrow area of effect increased by 33%
•	Increased damage of both ammunition types against base defenses
 o	 Normal – 75% -> 100%
 o	 Explosive – 100% -> 260%
SOVIETS
DESOLATOR
•	Reworked completely and is available to Iraq only:-
 o	 Cost reduced to 400 from 600
 o	 Can no longer deploy rad fields, instead once deployed his weapon radiates nearby enemies through the ground and leaves small rad fields

TESLA TROOPER
•	Reworked slightly and is available to Russia only:-
 o	 Carries Shock Grenades that short-circuit enemy vehicles, disabling their weapon systems for 2 seconds.

INDUSTRIAL PLANT
•	Vehicle cost bonus reduced to 15% from 25%
 o	 All other production cost penalties reduced to 50% from 100%

KIROV AIRSHIP
•	Hover speed increased to 6 from 5
•	Crash explosion damage increased to 66% from 33%
•	Reduced armor from medium to light

MAMMOTH TANK
•	Cost increased to 2000 from 1750
•	HP reduced to 1600 from 2000
•	Rate of turn reduced to 3 from 5
 o	 Turret ROT reduced to 2 from 5
•	Missiles now target ground units initially before switching to cannon (e.g. TD Mammoth Tank)
•	Cannon damage reduced to 200 from 240

TERRORIST (INCLUDING BIKE TERRORIST)
•	Moved over to Yuri faction

DEMO TRUCK
•	Reduced area of effect by 30%
•	Now deals singular cell damage (not based on building size)

SIDE SPECIFICS
ALLIED

AMERICA
F22 RAPTOR
•	Raptors start as veteran and no longer need the Armor Upgrade to do so
•	Fixed a bug where it was doing 20% more damage than it should

SHATTERER
•	Fixed Elite weapon doing 50% of damage to infantry and base defenses, now deals 100% as it should
•	No longer able to fire uphill through cliffs
•	Reduced damage vs structures from 60/90/30% to 40/60/20% (normal, base defense, fortified)

NIGHTHAWK
•	Tripled missile speed

HUMVEE
•	TOW Upgrade available at Tier 1
 o	 Allows the Humvee to fire a TOW missile every few seconds

GERMANY
B2-B SPECTER
•	New Tier 3 bomber unit that replaces Aurora:-
 o	 Exclusive to Germany
 o	 Drops prism shards that explode into prism fragments
 o	 Costs 2200
 o	 Slower than the Aurora but has more armor and becomes stealth when Heroic

PRISM DEFENDER
•	Rate of fire increased by 10%

BURST TANK
•	Cost reduced to 600 from 700
•	Damage vs vehicles reduced by 10%

PRISM TANK
•	Rate of fire decreased by 22%
•	Damage vs vehicles increased by 15/10/5% (from light to heavy)
•	Damage vs base defenses increased by 10%
•	Range increased to 10 from 9.5

ASIA

CHINA
MIG
•	Napalm Upgrade removed, now standard with the MIG.
•	Napalm effect doubled in duration

HELIX
•	Deals 10% less damage vs all structures
•	Increased rate of fire by 30%


CHINA (CONTINUED)
INFERNO CANNON
•	Damage reduced by 13%
•	Range reduced to 9 from 10
•	Cost increased to 1000 from 900

NORTH KOREA
MLRS 270
•	Now North Korea exclusive

ICBM
•	Damage vs defenses increased by 20%
•	Missile pitch reduced to 45 degrees from 60
•	Missile speed reduced to 17 from 21
•	Missile HP increased to 175 from 150
•	Armor type changed to light from heavy
•	Increased HP to 480 from 450


SOVIETS

IRAQ


RUSSIA


YURI

YURI HQ
TERRORIST
•	No longer explodes if killed before suiciding

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