Hey Commanders. This is your loyal comrade Fred Kendall coming at you from the Developer War Room. We're all extremely excited to announce the first major update of the new year.
Believe it or not, Warpath's second anniversary is right around the corner. Version 7.0 will be all about celebrating the blood, sweat, and tears we've all shed together over the past two years.
Plus, we'll be launching the all-new [Officer Training] system, which will give you far more freedom in selecting and customizing your Officers' skillsets. Let's take a look at the details of this update.
1. Happy 2nd Anniversary!
In the [Anniversary Returning Skin Vote] event, we've assembled some of our favorite Base Skins from previous events. The one that gets the most votes will be available in the Legendary Showroom!
a. Work together with the rest of your server to light up the [Combat Board]!
b. Who'll come out on top in [Gunning for the Top]? Compete with for a spot on the leaderboard for a chance to acquire a Classic-quality Base Skin: Gun-Damn!
c. The [Bingo Battle] is back on! Fill out bingo cards to earn valuable rewards!
d. The [Legendary Showroom] is back with even more new Classic and Epic quality Skins, Emoticons, Attack Effects, and more!
e. Look back on your past 2 years in Warpath and win a limited-time Medal on the [Memory Road].
c. Test your knowledge in another [Alliance Quiz]. This game mode will test your knowledge, both in-game and out!
g. Take on Raven's finest with your Alliance in [Distract and Destroy: Special Ops]. Your rewards include a Base Skin of your choice: Joint Command or Penguin Palace!
h. Celebrate the Anniversary by sending your friends and allies [Auspicious Red Packets]!
i. Dress up your Base, show it off, and win prizes in Warpath's [Next Top Base]!
j. Claim new rewards every day from [Anniversary Trip] event as you take part in the Anniversary festivities.
2. [Officer Training] System Enabled
a. We will be enabling the Officer Training system for servers that have been online for at least 180 days. With this system, you can equip your Officers with passive skills from other Officers that you've unlocked.
b. The 1st skill slot for each Officer will be unlocked after your server's age reaches 180 days. The 2nd skill slot will be unlocked at 300 days.
c. With the launch of the Officer Training system, passive skills have been divided into four categories: Offense, Protection, Balanced, and Special. Note that each Officer can only learn one skill of each type. Also, Special-type skills will not work if the Officer is serving as their Troop's Aide.
d. If an Officer is training another Officer in a skill, the trainer Officer cannot learn a skill from someone else. However, the trainer Officer can still be deployed in combat and will not lose access to the skill they're providing to their student. Similarly, each Officer can only train one other Officer at a time.
e. An Officer can only learn one skill from their trainer at a time. If they have two skill slots, they cannot duplicate that skill for both slots.
f. The Officer Training system does not work in the Arena.
3. Adjustment to Migration Rules
a. Servers will be divided into tiers, depending on how long they've been online.
i. The three server tiers are Rookie (0-180 days), Pioneer (180-300 days), and Warrior (300+ days).
ii. Commanders in higher-tier servers cannot migrate to lower-tier servers.
b. New Glory Servers
i. For each server tier, the servers with the highest Power will become Glory Servers.
ii. A server's Power is the sum of the all-time highest Power of the top 300 active Commanders on the server.
iii. If your all-time highest Power exceeds a Glory Server's Power limit, you can only migrate there by applying for Special Migration. A Glory Server's Power limit depends on its tier.
c. Special Migration Rules
i. If your all-time highest Power exceeds a Glory Server's limit, you need to apply for Special Migration to migrate there.
1. Special Migration applications are valid for 3 days. You can only apply for Special Migration for one server at a time.
2. Applications for a server are approved by the Leader of the server's highest-ranked Alliance on the world Power rankings.
3. After being approved, you will be able to migrate to the server.
d. Migrate Command Adjustments
With the introduction of the Officer Training system, Officers will on average have higher Power than before. To ensure a better migration experience, we have adjusted the relationship between your all-time highest Power and the number of Migrate Commands you need to migrate.
4. New Server [Regions]
a. Servers that have been open for over 500 days will occasionally be combined into a Region.
b. A Region's Power is the sum of the all-time highest Power of the top 300 active Commanders in the Region.
c. For each server tier, the Regions and independent servers with the highest Power will become Glory Regions and Glory Servers respectively. All servers within a Glory Region will also become Glory Servers.
d. You do not need to apply for Special Migration to migrate within the same Glory Region.
e. Migrating within the same Region does not cost Migrate Commands.
f. You need to wait for 7 days after migrating within your Region before you can migrate within your Region again.
5. New [Modern War] Techs
a. Servers that have been open for at least 300 days can unlock the new "Modern War" Tech tree, which contains buffs for specific troop types.
b. Similar to Advanced Combat Techs, when you've fully-upgraded all Techs pertaining to a particular troop type in the Modern War Tech tree, the icons for those troops will gain new visual effects.
6. New Officers
a. [Golden Eagle] Jake Barnes, General Officer. Skill Preview:
i. Giantslayer: Fires off a rocket launcher, dealing Dmg to an enemy (Dmg Coefficient 600/750/900/1150/1500). For every 100 mm of Armor Thickness the enemy has, this skill deals additional Dmg (Dmg Coefficient 40/50/60/70/80). Prep Time: 8s.
ii. HEAT Rounds: Increases the Dmg this Officer's Troop deals to Tanks and Helicopters by 6%/9%/12%/15%/20%.
iii. Fragmentation: This Officer's Troop has a 3%/4%/6%/8%/10% chance of landing a Critical Strike when it attacks, dealing 150% Dmg.
iv. Best of the Best: Increases the Dmg Resist of this Officer's Troop by 5%/7%/9%/11%/15%. Increases the Dmg Resist of your Base by 2%/3%/5%/7%/10% when this Officer is garrisoned there.
v. Firestorm (Awakening Skill): This Officer's Troop deals 20% extra Dmg with normal attacks, and its normal attacks ignore 10% of the enemy's Dmg Resist (up to 15% Dmg Resist).
How to Recruit:
1) Upgrade your Watchtower to Lvl 25 to unlock [Golden Eagle].
2) [Golden Eagle] will be available on servers that have been online for at least 182 days.
b. [Bladewing] Vasily Sokolov, Fighter Plane Officer. Skill Preview:
i. Airframe Assassin: While this Officer's Fighter Plane Troop is in combat with an enemy Air Force Troop, it deals Dmg to the enemy (Dmg Coefficient 320/400/480/600/800) and has a 25% chance to deal Dmg to itself (Dmg Coefficient 40/50/60/75/100) every 4s.
ii. Killer Instinct: Increases the Firepower of this Officer's Fighter Plane Troop by 6%/9%/12%/15%/20% and its Intercept by 7%/10%/12%/17%/25%.
iii. Brutal: Increases the Dmg of this Officer's Troop by 6%/9%/12%/15%/20%.
iv. Quenched Bloodlust: When this Officer's Fighter Plane Troop kills an enemy Unit, it has a 30% chance to recover HP (Healing Coefficient 100/125/160/200/250). Can trigger once every 4s.
v. Falling Star (Awakening Skill): While this Officer's Fighter Plane Troop is in combat with an enemy Air Force Troop, it deals Dmg to the enemy (Dmg Coefficient 1100), has a 75% chance to reduce the enemy's Patrol Speed by 50% for 4s, and has a 25% chance to deal Dmg to itself (Dmg Coefficient 100) every 4s .
How to Recruit:
1) Kill 500 enemy Reserves with Fighter Planes to unlock [Bladewing].
2) [Bladewing] will be available on servers that have been online for at least 300 days.
7. [Lucky Wheel] Reward Adjustments
a. For servers that have been online for less than 180 days, the Lucky Wheel will now drop Officer Statue Picks instead of Shevchenko/Golden Pixie/Death Adder/Angel of Light Statues. After opening a Statue Pick you can choose between a Shevchenko, Golden Pixie, Death Adder, or Angel of Light Statue. If you've already Awakened all 4 of these Officers, the Wheel will instead drop Gold Officer Statues.
b. For servers that have been online for at least 180 days, the Lucky Wheel will now drop Gold Officer Statues instead of Shevchenko/Golden Pixie/Death Adder/Angel of Light Statues.
c. Lucky Wheels that originally dropped Gold Officer Statues will not be adjusted.
d. These adjustments will only take effect for Lucky Wheels that go online after 2023/03/09.
8. Officer Skill Adjustments
We've noticed that Rictus Reaper's skills were underpowered, so we've made the following adjustment:
Original Skill: Every Bombing completed increases the Dmg of this Officer's Troop by 18%. Stacks up to 5 time(s).
New Tactical Skill:
When this Officer's Bomber Troop is sent out, it deals additional Dmg to enemies hit by its first bombing run (Dmg Coefficient 400/500/600/800/1000, 20% less for each additional target). Completing a bombing run increases the Dmg of this Officer's Troop by 6%/8%/10%/14%/18% (stacks up to 5 times).
9. Further Optimizations
a. Made the Conqueror event easier to scroll.
b. Optimized the dynamic performance of the UI and Chapter Missions to speed up congratulatory pop-ups and enhance the feedback of Tech contributions.
c. Optimized the visuals of the "Medal Earned" pop-up, "Base Built" pop-up, disassembly interface, Season of Conquest countdown interface, and other UI elements.
d. Added a verification code function to combat the use of scripts. You will receive a prompt for a verification code while playing and must complete the process within a certain amount of time.
e. In the Cairo Theater of Conquest, when you dispatch a Collection Truck to construct a map building, the required Desert Oil will be deducted immediately. If the Collection Truck fails to start constructing the building, the deducted Desert Oil will be fully refunded.
f. Adjusted some of the early rewards for the Golden Slots event. You can now earn more Slot Coins by spinning the Golden Slots.
g. Optimized some Officer skill descriptions without changing their actual effects.
h. Optimized the description of certain attributes, in regards to which game modes they apply to. Their actual effects have not been changed.
i. Modern Unit Light Tanks have improved and more obvious attack effects.
j. Optimized Lite Mode. Troops in Lite Mode will now have their Power displayed.