Release 3 Nod changes news

Light Infantry

• Back to using release 1 portrait\button.
• Slightly changed weapon hit FX.

Turret

• Weapon damage reduced to 500 (was 700).
• Small adjustments to firing and damaged FX.
• Cost reduced to $1000, build time reduced to 10s ( price adjusted to allow for the fact that it does not spawn infantry when sold\destroyed ).
• Experience reward adjusted to match new price.

Artillery

• House color added.
• New portrait\button to factor in the release 2 color adjustment.
• Small adjustments to firing & damaged FX.
• Small adjustments to hit FX of normal shells.
• All shells now blasts infantry to bits!
• It's now named 'Artillery' instead of 'Nod Artillery'.
• AI will now use artillery.

Confessor

• Small adjustments to weapon hit FX.
• Confessors death FX now work properly.
• Confessor that gets added to squads via 'Confessor' upgrade now have death FX.
• Fixed formation preview.
• Can benefit from new upgrade: 'Black disciples'. This exclusive upgrade adds a Black hand member to all Confessor squads!
• AI will now extensively use Confessor squads.

Rocket squad

• New portrait\button.
• Small changes to upgraded 'blue rocket' hit FX.
• Upgraded 'blue rockets' now gibs infantry it kills!
• New rocket smoke trail.
• Added new heroic ability: Rage rocket ( follow link in rocket squad profile description for details of usage ).
• Rocket squad tool-tip now correctly states that the 'HEROIC' rank is required before the 'Rage rocket' ability can be used.
• The skirmish AI will now use the 'Rage rocket' if they manage to get a heroic rocket squad ( they will, you've been warned! )
• Rocket squads 'kind of' have urban camo now.
• Rocket squads Mag pouches now have house colour.

Apache

• Redone portrait\button.
• Now has house color.
• Chain gun now cuts enemy infantry to pieces!
• Now uses Tiberian Dawn voices.
• New rocket and missile smoke trail FX for heroic Apaches.
• New rocket hit FX for heroic Apaches.

Chemical warrior

• New portrait\button.
• Fixed animations.
• Weapon will now tint anything it touches green, so you'll know which enemy units are weakened.

SAM site

• Fixed portrait\button.
• Concrete base has a lower profile.
• Size reduced by 20%.
• SAM site will now only surface to fire at a target, rather than staying permanently above ground.
• New missile smoke\fire trail + small adjustments to upgraded 'blue tiberium' missile hit FX.
• SAM health increased to 10,000 ( was 7,000 ).
• SAM now takes 150% damage when exposed whilst firing.

Devil's Tongue

• New portrait\button.
• Formation preview fixed.
• Devil's Tongue reinforcement now cost $2000 ( was $1800 ).
• Devil's Tongue experience is now calculated for a $2000 unit ( was
  formerly calculated for a $1500 unit ), this is a token change.
• A newly spawned Devil's Tongue no longer starts with it's 'subterranean travel' ability ready to use, you must wait for the abilities 'reload' time ( previously a newly spawned Devil's Tongues first 'escape' was all but guaranteed due to having the subterranean travel ready from the start ).
• The Nod logo now faces the correct direction!
• Fixed an issue that meant that if a side other than Nod got a Devil's Tongue the flames would be invisible!
• What's the point update 1: The Devil's Tongue grinders can gib any enemy infantry that it comes in contact with!
• What's the point update 2: The Devil's Tongue grinders can now throw up sparks if it contacts an enemy vehicle!
• When you use the Devil's Tongue reinforcement power it now 'surfaces' instead of just fading in.
• The 'Subterranean travel' ability now has a unique button.

General

• The 'Blue tiberium mix' upgrade now takes 90 seconds instead of 100.
• Seed blue tiberium removed.

Additions

Flame tank

Attack cycle

• Speed increased to match Kane's Wrath bikes ( 140 -> 160 ).
• Can now benefit from 'Blue tiberium mix' upgrade, increases attack power and damage radius.

Legend
Blue = Changes since internal beta.
Green = Changes from trials in the Best of Both Worlds R3.