Welcome to #ehs | European Hell Squad - Reloaded

Many of you have been awaiting information on upcoming patches and changes to the game, and we have some to share with you today.

We have a small code patch that is currently undergoing the certification process, which we hope to have finalized in the near future. Since there’s always a chance that something can go wrong during the certification, we’re unable to give an exact release date, but as soon as that date firms up, we’ll let you know.

Code changes to look forward to in the next patch include:

-A final code-based fix to the Population Cap issue. This will also resolve the problems with Space Marine upkeep costs.

-A change to retroactively grant achievements to those people who rightfully earned them in the Single Player Campaign, which also prevents this from occurring to new players.

-We’ve made some adjustments to the matchmaking system to provide better quality matches based on TrueSkill™ Rankings.

-Squashed a bug that was allowing players to instantly win in Ranked matches after modding local files.

In addition to the code changes, we’re hoping to include some balance changes at the same time. Issues addressed include:

-Several changes to how energy shields work, making them less overpowered.

-A melee damage debuff added to Tactical Marines when they use “And They Shall Know No Fear”.

-Tactical Sergeant’s melee attack is less potent.

-Reduction of Warrior Adrenal Gland vehicle damage.

-Spore mines won’t be able to enter Ravener tunnels or Webway gates.

-Warp Spiders will do more damage.

-The build cost for the Carnifex increased.

Last but not least, we’re releasing a new 3v3 map, (6p) Tiber Outpost, for both ranked and custom matches!

The above isn’t an all-inclusive list, it’s still subject to change, and it’s certainly not the last time we’ll be doing balance changes.

Beyond this, we have another, larger patch in the certification pipeline that addresses even more issues, but is still several weeks out. Once again, as details firm up, we’ll let you know.

-=PVP=-

• New Team Battle map added! "(6p) Tiber Outpost" is now available for play.

-=PvP Gameplay=-

• Implemented final fixes for the Population Cap issue as noted in Patch 1.1.3. This included reverting the temporary changes made in Patch 1.1.3.

• Tyranid Warrior Adrenal Gland upgrade damage reduced from 52 to 40

• Energy Shields no longer regenerate while active – This includes the Zoanthrope, Falcon, Hive Tyrant, Warlock, Force Commander, Mekboy and Techmarine

• Energy Shield conversion modifier reduced from .2 to .25

• Energy Shields now have an 8 second toggle on / toggle off time.

• Falcon Energy regeneration reduced from 3 to .5

• Melee damage reduction versus Rippers reduced from .25 to .3

• Zoanthrope Focus Blast now immobilizes vehicles for 12 seconds from 15

• Guardian Battle Equipment cost increased to 50/15 from 40/10

• Carnifex cost increased to 600/135 from 550/125

• Tactical Sergeant's melee special attack reduced to 28 from 50

• "And They Shall Know No Fear" now debuffs Tactical Marine melee damage by .6

• Spore Mines can no longer enter Ravener Tunnels and Webway Gates

• Warp Spider deathspinner damage increased from 20 to 30

• Warp Spider Exarch dual deathspinner damage increased from 30 to 35

-=Achievements=-

• Fixed an issue where campaign completion achievements were sometimes not awarded

-=Ranking and Online Stats=-

• Fixed an issue where players were awarded a win in Ranked multiplayer matches after modifying local files.

-=Matchmaking=-

• Fixed an issue with automatching code to help provide better quality matches based on TrueSkill™ Rankings.

• Fixed an issue allowing players with mismatched data to be grouped together.

-=Miscellaneous=-

• Updated BugSplat error reporting to new version.