These changes bring a nerf to some heavy static defenses and a bunch of fixes. Non-rectangular starboxes continue to be applied to more maps. Zeus is slightly more accurate in an attempt to tune Cloakybots.Balance*DDM*:

cost: 1200 › 1600

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There are two large balance changes in this release. The Blastwings weapon is now a fireball similar to a small Firewalker (or large Kodachi). It is unlikely to be balanced but at least it should be possible to make the unit more useful lategame withou…

Halloween is around the corner and so is the October 2v2 tournament.

The tournament is going to take place at 10 AM UTC on the 31st day of October. Registration is open up until 1 hour before the start time of the tournament.

Format and rules, as usual:
– 2 human players per team
– Double elimination
– Random seeding
– First map of each round is predetermined, the following maps in the winners bracket will be selected by the loser of the previous game from the featured 1v1 map pool.
– All winners bracket games will be best of 3 (including finals). All losers bracket games will be best of 1 with the exception of the losers finals (bo3).

It is possible to substitute for players who don’t show up. If you have signed up, make sure to show up on time. Those who fail to show up will likely be subbed out by 10:30 UTC.

The players coming first, second and third will receive special unique collectible awards to their player profile as well as tournament points which will be used to determine the yearly champions of 1v1 and 2v2.

As usual, the tournament is scheduled to take place on the last Saturday of the month at 10 AM / 10:00 UTC.

Tournament format & rules:
– Registration is open until 1 hour before the official start time of the tournament, at which time the bracket will be shuffled.
– Double elimination
– Random seeding
– First map of each round is predetermined, the following maps in the winners bracket will be selected by the loser of the previous game from the featured 1v1 map pool.
– All winners bracket games will be best of 3 (including finals). All losers bracket games will be best of 1 with the exception of the losers finals (bo3).

It is possible to substitute for players who don’t show up. If you have signed up, make sure to show up on time. Those who fail to show up will likely be subbed out by 10:30 UTC.

The players coming first, second and third will receive special unique collectible awards to their player profile, and receive tournament points which will at the year’s end determine the year’s altogether best tournament player.

The list of predetermined maps will be announced on Friday when the approximate number of participants is known.

September has been a bit slow with game-side development. Regardless, we have accumulated enough fixes for a decent sized release.Game MechanicsJumping out of water is now blocked (except for Recon Commander). However jumping into water is allowed (to …