Universe at War: Earth Assault Patch 2 Changelog

• Four brand new skirmish/multiplayer maps have been added:
  Washington D.C. (1 vs 1)
  Atlatea (1 vs 1)
  Arecibo (1 vs 1)
  Grand Canyon (8 players)
• Atlatea, Arecibo, and Washington D.C. have been added to the Ranked game map rotation
• Most Abnormal Game Exit crashes should now be a thing of the past (oh man am I glad to type that)
• That occasional invulnerable walker thing? Fixed.
• Walker hardpoints are now always customizable after loading a saved game
• Camera distance increased by 22%
• Map transfer support added (maps go in Data\CustomMaps)
• Mod support added (full mod tools coming soon)
• AMD driver and detection issues resolved
• UI response time and behavior has been improved
• DirectX 10 performance improvements
• All shadows should now touch units' feet
• Miscellaneous AI improvements
• Quick Match should now be more responsive when matching
• Players can no longer modify their settings in a Custom session once the host has started the countdown
• Outdated replays now appear in red to indicate that they were recorded with a different version
• Replays no longer quit at the point another player leaves the game
• Newly recorded replays should behave better in general (alternate universe replays should no longer happen)
• The camera view can now be rotated via the keyboard (left and right arrows)
• Removed 5 cows from Appalachia southwest starting area
• Several Russian and Korean language audio/text fixes
• General terrain and map beautification. Also, more crushing!
• Civilian pathfinding optimized for better performance
• The Inverter shield is now lowered upon being EMPed
• Conquerors no longer pass through buildings while using Vortex
• Masari Knowledge Vault upgrades are no longer cancelable by attacking the upgrade in progress
• Altea's Peace now shuts off Saucer foo behaviors
• Allies can no longer be taken over by Mind Magnets
• Phased units are no longer targeted by Mind Magnet
• Avengers no longer spawn when Masari vehicles are uploaded by Vertigo
• Vertigo can no longer upload other Vertigos in multiplayer games (the ramifications were just too confusing)
• Midnight basketball league for at-risk youth added

• Figments no longer require Knowledge Vault Tier 1 upgrade for production
• Figment damage vs infantry increased by 50%
• Figment damage vs vehicles, walkers and structures reduced by 60%
• Figment health reduced by 15%, DMA pool reduced by 50%
• Figment cost reduced from 55 to 50, and build time reduced from 50 to 45
• Figment Light Mine damage vs infantry increased by 50%
• Figment Light Mine damage vs vehicles and structures reduced by 30%
• Peace Bringer Disintegrate damage reduced by 30%
• Peace Bringer Tractor Beam range reduced by 20%
• Peace Bringer Tractor Beam speed modifier reduced from 90% to 30% (Mirabel can now flee!)
• Peace Bringer global damage increased by 50%
• Peace Bringer range reduced by 40% in both Light and Dark mode
• Sentry DMA Pool reduced by 50%
• Skylord range increased by 18% in Light mode
• Skylord damage vs vehicles and structures increased by 15%
• Skylord price increased from 160 to 175
• Disciple damage vs infantry reduced by 50% in both Light and Dark mode
• Disciple damage vs vehicles, structures, and aircraft increased by 40% in both Light and Dark mode
• Conqueror Light mode range reduced by 10%
• Conqueror Light mode FOW reveal reduced by 10%
• Guardian Turret FOW increased by 10%
• Guardian Turret rate of fire increased by 10%
• Knowledge Vault Tier 2 upgrade build time reduced from 100 to 85 seconds
• Oracle range reduced by 35% in both Light and Dark mode
• Oracle cost increased from 60 to 80
• Oracle build time increased from 40 to 45 seconds
• Oracle beam weapon min range increased by 10%
• Sky Guardian price increased from 50 to 60 credits
• Sky Guardian build time increased from 35 to 38 seconds
• Sky Guardian upgrade price reduced from 75 to 50
• Sky Guardian upgrade build time reduced from 50 to 40 seconds
• Sky Guardian range in Light mode reduced by 15%
• Sky Guardian min range properly set
• Dark matter weapons now do 25% less damage vs dark matter armor.

• Gravitic Turret now has a minimum range of 40
• Gravitic Turret price increased from 300 to 400
• Radiation Spitter Turret Cost increased from 450 to 475
• Monolith Stealth reveal refresh timer updates more often
• Walkers now bring all turrets to bear on targets
• Walker Foo Chamber healing amount increased by 10% per second
• Nufai Phase Claw damage vs vehicles and infantry increased by 20%
• Brute damage vs infantry increased by 15%
• Brute charge ability now does 100% damage to all unbuffed turrets
• Brute Death from above damage vs all vehicles reduced by 15%
• Lost One damage vs aircraft increased by 20%
• Walker Arc Turret damage increased by 20% vs aircraft
• Monolith Beam weapon damage vs infantry increased by 10%
• Mass Drop damage vs Aircraft increased by 100%
• Defiler popcap increased from 2 to 3
• Defiler build time increased from 24 to 26 seconds
• Defiler Project Radiation Ability recharge increased from 20 to 28 seconds

• Amplifier spin-up time per damage stage reduced by 3 seconds
• Corruptor stealth reveal refresh timer updates more often
• Corruptor damage vs all infantry types increased by 10%
• OHM damage vs heavy infantry increased by 15%
• Blade Trooper damage vs all infantry increased by 60%
• Dervish Death Blossom range reducedby 30%
• Redirection Turret FOW reveal increased by 15%
• Redirection Turret projectile chaining damage reduced by 10%

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