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Kimberley Ellis
13 Jul, 2009

Halo Wars balancing patch on the way

360 News | It's all a balancing act.
Today Microsoft brings word of an upcoming update for Halo Wars which will balance the capabilities of many of the game's units, while also squashing a handful of bugs from the game.

According to the game's official website the update is anticipated to be released "in a few weeks".

The details of what the update will change in the game can be found below:


    Balance Changes:
  • UNSC Warthogs Gauss cannon damage against tanks and other heavily armored vehicles reduced by 25%
  • UNSC Warthogs build time increased by 3 seconds to 25 seconds
  • Anders research time bonus decreased to 25% from 50%. Her Research cost bonus remains unchanged at 50%
  • Covenant and UNSC turrets have 5% increased health and 5% increased damage
  • UNSC Elephants have a 20% more health
  • Grenade damage type now has 25% additional damage against Warthogs and other medium armor ground vehicles.
  • Recycle basic cost return fixed to be 50% for constructed buildings.
  • Locked down bases when unlocked will now release units inside very quickly, which means that when under attack a player can now build a fighting force while locked down and then release them much more quickly than before
  • UNSC Leader powers disabled at the start of Reinforcement Matches
  • Players no longer receive points for team killing.
  • Self Destructing/Recycling buildings now gives points to opponents

    Bug Fixes:
  • Players should now find it much easier to play System Link games
  • Fixed Covenant Shield Generator Exploit
  • Invisible Units should now have invisible health bars
  • Players will no longer be able to scout opposing bases by using the area-select tool

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4 Comments
2 years ago
Always nice to see some ironing out.
2 years ago
This reminds me, I still have to finish the campaign.
2 years ago
PALGN wrote
Players will no longer be able to scout opposing bases by using the area-select tool
wow
2 years ago
Sambo110 wrote
This reminds me, I still have to finish the campaign.
Me too. I love the skirmish, but the campaign is a bit of a struggle for me.
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Australian Release Date:
  26/02/2009 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $99.95 AU
Publisher:
  Microsoft
Genre:
  RTS
Year Made:
  2008

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