UNSC Open Beta v0.52.21055 Update and News

Version 0.52.21055 Update

Earlier this week I gave word to the team to finish up current mod tweaks this week. After they're done we'll hand that release over to the testing department and they'll try to break it for us. You should expect this sometime late next week. I'll post the full changelog below, but I'll cover some of the biggest changes to the mod right now:

• The Orion is much closer now to the Covie-killing capital we imagined. It also now has an ability that allows it to fire more rapidly at a lower dps, for participating in smaller engagements (designed for killing frigates instead of capitals).
• All of the ships that are derived from re-purposing the Phoenix colony ship have the new updated models. New fighter models are included as well.
• Flood homeworlds are much harder to take now. Only turn on Flood/Pirates in your matches if you're up for the challenge. Flood are in no way done, but they're much closer now to being finished.
• New shipyard factories.
• We've changed wormholes into Forerunner portals, enjoy the view from inside the structure!
• Strikecraft have been nerfed. Squadrons have been reduced in size, while individual craft have been buffed. Carrier-spam is less effective now.

The UNSC Fleet is done, but we still have several building to put in. This won't be the last update you see before the Covenant come out, I assure you.

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Changelog:

Added:

- "Cov Killer" ability to Orion Battlecruiser
- "Fleet Command" ability to Thermopylae Supercarrier
- Flood World armor buff
- Flood World icon
- Flood World portrait
- Flood-themed pirate raid alerts
- "Full Power" ability to Valiant Heavy Cruiser
- Game speed buttons
- Level 3 to "Spartan Boarding Party" ability
- New Athens Carrier mesh and textures
- New Capital Ship Factory mesh and textures
- New damage particle effects
- New faction icons
- New Frigate Factory mesh and textures
- New Longsword mesh and textures
- New Phoenix-class colony ship mesh and textures
- New player icons
- New Sabre mesh and textures
- New unit HUD icons
- New unit portraits
- New dialogue for the Orbital Defense Platform
- New wormhole particle effect
- Orion-class battlecruiser to GalaxyScenarioDef file so that it can be used in GalaxyForge
- "Red Line" ability to Phoenix Assault Ship
- Research preqrequisite for Anchor Station hangar upgrades, "Hangar Defense"
- "Skilled Piloting" ability to ONI Prowler
- "SotP" prefix to all custom map names
- "Targeting Uplink" ability to Valiant Heavy Cruiser
- Weapon range buff to Defense Coordination Station

Changed:

- Capital ship build menu order
- Consolidated UNSC research tree
- "Eion Light Carrier" unit's name to "Eion-class Light Carrier"
- "Evasive Formation" ability's level 1 minimum experience level requirement from 5 to 3
- "Evasive Formation" ability's level 2 minimum experience level requirement from 6 to 5
- Frigate build menu order
- "Huge Cargo Holds" research per level modifier value from 7.5% to 15%
- "Mako Corvette" unit's name to "Mako-class Corvette"
- Marathon-class cruiser's "Fusion Rockets" ability's range from 8500 to 11000
- "New Blood" ability's stacking limit from 100 to 60
- "New Blood" ability's damage modifier from 0.25% to 0.30%
- Orbital Defense Platform's ability to a weapon
- Orbital Defense Platform's max hull points from 3000 to 1500
- Orbital Defense Platform's damage from 5000 to 15000
- "Orion Battleship" unit's name to "Orion Battlecruiser"
- Orion Battlecruiser's MAC cooldown from 2.7 to 5
- "Phoenix carrier refit" unit's name to "Phoenix Assault Ship"
- Phoenix Assault Ship's credit cost from 1800 to 1200
- Phoenix Assault Ship's "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's minimum experience level requirement from 0 to 6
- "Phoenix-class Carrier" unit's name to "Phoenix-class Colony Ship"
- "Pirate Base" planet name to "Flood World"
- Reduced the costs of building and upgrading the Anchor Station by roughly a third
- Sabre Bomber's maximum linear speed from 2700 to 2400
- Sabre Bomber's autocannon damage from 80 to 30
- Sabre Bomber's missile damage from 200 to 150
- Sabre Bomber squadron size from 8 to 2
- Sabre Interceptor's autocannon damage from 80 to 30
- Sabre Interceptor's missile damage from 200 to 150
- Sabre Interceptor squadron size from 8 to 2
- "Sabre Squad" squadron name to "Sabre Bombers"
- Sabre Interceptor Squad" squadron name to "Sabre Interceptors"
- Longsword Bomber squadron size from 3 to 2
- Longsword Fighter squadron size from 4 to 2
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 1 range from 7000 to 9000
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 2 range from 9000 to 10000
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 1 point blank range splash damage from 3125 to 3000
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 2 point blank range splash damage from 4375 to 3500
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 3 point blank range splash damage from 5625 to 4000
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 1 close range splash damage from 2343 to 500
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 2 close range splash damage from 3281 to 600
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 3 close range splash damage from 4218 to 700
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 1 medium range splash damage from 1562 to 500
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 2 medium range splash damage from 2187 to 600
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 3 medium range splash damage from 2812 to 700
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 1 long range splash damage from 312 to 500
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 2 long range splash damage from 437 to 600
- "Shiva Nuclear Missile" ability's level 3 long range splash damage from 562 to 700
- UNSC's "Sprint" ability's stacking limit from 100 to 80
- Valiant Heavy Cruiser's credit cost from 2000 to 1600
- Valiant Heavy Cruiser's "Evasive Formation" ability's range from 5000 to 50000
- "Vulkoras Desolator" unit's name to "Deployer Vessel"

Fixed:

- Berlin-class Frigate's "Coordinated Bombardment" buff so that it no longer affects structures and starbases
- Devout Class's normal map
- Typo in "Bulkhead Optimization" research description string
- Zealot Class's normal map

Removed:

- "Ion Blast" ability from Thermopylae Supercarrier
- Longsword Fighters and Longsword Bombers from Anchor Station
- "Raze Planet" ability from Valiant Heavy Cruiser
- "Repair Droids" ability from Phoenix Assault Ship
- "Targeting Uplink" ability from Orion Battlecruiser
- Weapon cooldown buff from Defense Coordination Station