RTS : WARNO Milestone GROUCHY Out Now!

Are you ready, commanders?

Today is the day!

latest milestone,

, has arrived. And with it, the brand spanking new

with one full campaign –

– plus four

tutorials.

brings much, much more. Keep reading for all the juicy details, but this includes a new map, new optional lightning conditions for maps, tank rework, new vehicles and traits, VFX updates, and divisional updates (including some brand-new previously undisclosed updates detailed below).

Let’s go!

If you want to read more about

rather infamous “late” historical namesake, check out last week’s DevBlog for some military history.

We have managed to add some additional “housecleaning” updates affecting the West German divisions and one British battlegroup. See below for more!

Apart from that, what can you expect from

milestone in

?

• Army General’s four tutorials

  . These explain everything from movement to combat, action points, AA interception, reinforcements, what you must do to win, and more! Read more about the tutorials here.

• The first
  Army General

  campaign,

  BRUDERKRIEG

  , playable as both

  NATO

  and

  WARSAW PACT

  , but for the time being only in single-player. Versus and cooperative online will be added later. This is an “extra” campaign on top of the four

  Army General

  campaigns originally envisioned to be featured in

  WARNO

  . We converted an initial prototype into a condensed campaign with

  BRUDERKRIEG

  pitting the armies of a divided Germany against each other. Note that this campaign is more compact than the other campaigns, which are larger in scale (some are truly massive!). Read more in this DevBlog here.

• A brand-new urban map,
  HESSE

  . We previewed it in last week’s DevBlog.

• Tank Rework

  and divisional “house cleaning”

  Part 2

  , both topics which can be read in this DevBlog, plus “house cleaning”

  Part 3

  (which is detailed in this post here). We have also added some additional rebalancing affecting West German and one British division.

• New vehicles and unit
  Traits

  :

  Electronic Warfare

  helicopters with the

  Jammer

  trait.

• Major SFX pass, including:
  • Tracer rounds for
    machine gun

    ,

    flak

    ,

    autocannon

    , etc. will have their correct NATO/Warsaw Pact specific colors.

  • More compression effects on explosions (read: shockwaves).
  • Reworked and optimized MLRS smoke trails.
  • Reworked and optimized airplanes and helicopter flares.
• New configurable
  map ambiance

  .Players can choose which lightning setting they prefer for the map in the game creation lobby. You’ll get the option between

  night

  ,

  morning

  , or

  afternoon

  . Note that in

  Army General

  , this

  ambiance setting

  will automatically match the in-game time depicted. More of these new lightning options will follow.

Previously undisclosed, but we added some extra changes to existing divisions in the

milestone. We “cleaned up” the West German battlegroups, plus started work on one of the British divisions (more updates to come to our BAOR formations).

So what’s new in

?

As seen with other NATO and Warsaw Pact divisions, we took a stab at smoothing out the West German battlegroups. The

and the

was that – typical for German meticulous organization – both formations were composed of the same building blocks: Panzer and Panzergrenadier brigades. With most of the equipment standardized, the divisions differed in the ratios in which these brigades were featured. We wanted to find additional ways to make both these divisions more distinct from one another.

Another point of attention was that, unlike other armies, the West German

was the only nation in

without a “pure” national division lacking any foreign allied detachments. The

is located closer to NORTHAG, and – as simulated and played within our

campaigns – will be isolated from the rest of CENTAG due to the Soviet offensive. Being pushed back to the northern NATO allies, it made the most sense to keep the

multinational. This means that the

is the logical choice to be converted into a “pure” West German division.

Another way to set each of the three West German divisions apart (including

) was to tweak their air support. We decided to make the

division more of a “flying circus,” regrouping all trainer and obsolete German planes. Therefore, all

(fit for the museum),

(trainers), and

(reserve) will be removed from the other divisions and concentrated in

only.

• The
  5. Panzer

  , as a “pure” German division, will be the only formation fielding “true”

  Luftwaffe

  airplanes of the era. This means

  F-4F

  and

  Tornado

  aircraft with several new and/or modified loadouts.

• The
  2. PzGrenadier

  receives replacements for its transferred obsolete and trainer planes but will depend more on other NORTHAG national air forces (see below).

• TerrKdo Süd

  , as a rear-area reserve command, will get the complete eclectic mix of

  GINA

  ,

  ALPHA JET

  and

  F-104G

  planes.

What does this mean for each division?

The

loses its two American attachments:

and

. The HELO category has been nerfed, but the divisional TANK tab has been boosted.

Other changes include:

• Removal of the
  MARDER 1A3

  as a transport option for its

  PANZERGRENADIER

  squads. This variant of the IFV was still very rare in 1989 and, as such, has been reserved for deployment with the

  2. PzGrenadier

  .

• Removal of the
  M110A2G

  since the division already has access to

  MARS

  . These MRLS units replaced the older heavy self-propelled artillery, so removing the big gun tubes from the ART tab makes sense.

• Removal of older airplanes and trainers.

The

gets some new toys to play with:

• A (new)
  F-4F [RKT]

  with heavy Zuni rockets has been added.

• F-4F [AA]

  has been modified to ” ripple-fire ” its A2A missiles, which means they fire them in pairs. While the payload will be fired more rapidly, the “shotgun” effect is more destructive.

• Added more
  LEOPARD 2A3

  cards (both in regular and CV variants).

• Added more
  BO-10 PAH-1

  helicopters.

• MARS

  ammunition has been changed from HE to cluster (to match reality).

• While the
  MARS

  changes from HE to cluster ammo, its lighter cousin

  LARS

  converts from cluster to HE, meaning less range but with a greater rate of fire (again, to match reality). This later change affects all divisions that feature the

  LARS

  MLRS.

Our intention for the

is to be the paragon division of German technology, with a prime focus on its chief strength: tanks!

Most of the changes to the mechanized

will affect its air component, though two ground units will also be updated.

• Same
  LARS

  updates as found in the

  5. Panzer

  .

• Removal of the
  MARS

  MLRS.

• ”Flying circus” changes in the air force with the removal of reserve and trainers.

What about

new air force? Being pushed into NORTHAG by the Warsaw Pact’s offensive, in our war scenario,

will enjoy greater support from the NATO allies, including new Belgian units!

• We replaced the
  GINA [HE]

  and

  [RKT]

  variant with British

  HARRIER GR.3

  counterparts.

• We replaced the
  GINA [NPLM]

  (having no

  HARRIER

  counterpart) with a (new) Belgian

  MIRAGE 5BE [NPLM]

  .

• And we replaced the
  HARRIER GR.3 [AA]

  (which didn’t exist in real life) with the (new) Belgian

  F-16A [AA]

  . These fighter planes are only armed with older Sidewinder missiles, but nonetheless, six of them “ripple firing” two at a time. A heavy aerial shotgun, once in range.

Onwards to the second-line

. The main change will be the concentration of an eclectic mix of airplanes with new and modified loadouts. The core of the division’s air support will be made up of the

,

, and

, but in turn, the regular

plane will be moved out and foreign air support restricted. This means:

• Removal of all
  F-4F

  planes.

• Removal of the
  F-16C [AT]

  .

• Removal of the
  MIRAGE 5F [CLU]

  .

• This leaves foreign air support limited to
  MIRAGE 2000 C

  fighters and

  F-111F [LGB2]

  fighter-bombers.

On the ground, we focused the divisional infantry more on the mainstay

. As such, we added more variants of this type of soldier to represent that – usually – they were lacking in AT weapons.

• Renamed JÄGER into
  JÄGER (PzF)

  .

• Decreased
  JÄGER (PzF)’s

  card number from 4 to 2.

• Added one card of (new)
  JÄGER (CarlG)

  .

• Added one card of (new)
  JÄGER

  (these take over the old name, but lack any AT weapons).

• Added (new)
  MTW M113A1G MILAN

  as a transport option for

  MILAN

  teams and

  JÄGER

  squads.

The British

– for now – will only get a limited update to correct a TO&E mistake:

• Removed
  FOX
• Added one extra card each of
  SCIMITAR

  and

  SCORPION

  .

This change was made because the

scout cars, replacing the

and

, were only to be found in Territorial Brigades (of which the

had none).

As announced previously in our DevBlogs, the Ranked has just been rebooted for a “special season” starting today up to the

‘s full release.

is out in the wild. We can’t wait to hear what you think! However, keep in mind that with

still being in Early Access, we are committed to listen, fix, improve, and update the

(and all other modes) before the official launch, and after!

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delivers. Regardless, keep your comments and feedback calm, cool, and collected especially towards other players and the devs. No need for flame wars, meme spamming, belligerent commentary, or otherwise rude behavior. You know the drill!

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