General

We’ve updated the European map. Major changes include the addition of major rivers, creating new pathways and choke points across the map. We’ve also reshuffled provinces, added new NPC nations and changed doctrines to rebalance starting positions.

Rivers

  • Added Rivers
    • Elbe
    • Rhine
    • Danube
    • Dnieper
    • Wolga
    • Seine
    • Don
    • St. Lawrence
    • Northern Dvina
    • Vistula
    • Garonne
    • Rhone
  • Connected the Great Lake Area to the Atlantic
    • Added sea connections so ships can travel on the St. Lawrence
  • Connected the Don and Volga to the Sea of Azov
    • Added sea connections so ships can travel on the Don and Volga all the way up to Nizhny Novgorod

Province changes

  • Added four new NPC nations
    • Malta
      • Pan-Asia Doctrine
    • Bermuda
      • Pan-Asia Doctrine
    • Belarus
      • Pan-Asia Doctrine
    • Melilla
      • Pan-Asia Doctrine
  • Updated the provinces for the following Nations
    • England
      • Removed Gibraltar, the territory is now merged into the Cadiz province
      • Valetta/Malta and Hamilton Island/Bermuda are now AI nations
    • Algeria
      • Turned Touggourt into an urban province
      • El Oued is now a mountain province
    • Canada
      • Montreal and Toronto can now construct a Naval Base
    • Northern States of America
      • Detroit can now construct a Naval Base
    • Russian Empire
      • Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan can now construct a Naval Base
    • Communist Russia
      • Minsk is now part of Belarus,
      • Added Veliky Novgorod as new urban province
    • Spain
      • Tangier and Melilla are now part of the new Melillar AI nation
      • Updated provinces and province borders for the following NPC nations
    • Netherlands
      • Reshaped province borders to account for the addition of the Rhine
    • Cossack Republic
      • Redivided the territory into new provinces and reshaped borders to account for the addition of the Volga and Don
    • Karelia
      • Redivided the territory and redrew borders to account for the addition of Belarus
    • Czechoslovakia
      • Redrew province borders to account for the addition of the Danube
    • Portugal
      • Redivided the territory and added the Alqueva Dam reservoir

Doctrines

  • Changed Doctrines for the following Nations
    • Russian Empire
      • Comintern -> Pan-Asian
    • Libya
      • Axis -> Pan-Asian
    • Southern United States
      • Allies -> Pan-Asian    

Map Balance changes

  • Reduced amount of sea connections
  • Reduced NPC starting money
    • 25,000 -> 15,000
  • Removed land and connections
    • The Northern and Southern States of America now have less border crossings
  • Max morale penalty reduced
    • 35 -> 30
    • Morale penalty also starts slightly later
  • Updated starting units
    • Added 2 Anti Tank
    • Removed 2 Anti Air
These changes apply to all maps played on the Europe map: Clash of Nations, Rush for Europe and Swift Strike

Balancing

War Bonds

The next iteration of War Bonds balancing has arrived. Based on community feedback we are now rolling out nerfs to healing, War Bonds accumulation and Instant Spy actions. A big thank you to our tournament community for testing these features and sharing extensive feedback 🤝 These changes apply only to newly created game rounds!
  • Healing costs
    • Significantly increased the healing costs for Motorized Infantry and Armored cars
    • Slightly increased the healing costs for Strategic and Tactical Bombers
  • Reduced the accumulation rate of War Bonds on World Maps
    • 30,000 per day -> 20,000 per day
    • This change applies to the following maps
      • World at War
      • Free For All
      • 4x Free For All
    • This is a first test to see how a lower accumulation rate impacts gameplay. As always we are looking forward to your feedback!
  • Increased War Bonds cost of Instant Spy Actions
    • Country Info
      • 4,400 -> 6,600
    • Reveal Local Army
      • 4,400 -> 6,600

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that made it impossible to change what resource or province you were trading in diplomacy in the mobile app
  • Fixed the issue preventing players from changing language in the mobile app
  • Fixed an issue that caused the wrong War Bonds costs for Instant Spy Actions to be displayed in some translations
  • Cleaned up the trade offer interface in the diplomacy window to be more accommodating to translations