Petroglyph Games released the Universe at War: Earth Assault patch 2 today. This patch focuses on game balance changes, but also adds 4 new skirmish/multiplayer maps. The patch weighs in at just under 29MB’s, so you should have the patch quickly and be ready to play.
Download patch 2.
Changelog
General/Gameplay Changes
Four brand new skirmish/multiplayer maps have been added:
Washington D.C. (1 vs 1)
Atlatea (1 vs 1)
Arecibo (1 vs 1)
Grand Canyon (8 players)
Atlatea, Arecibo, and Washington D.C. have been added to the Ranked game map
rotation
Most Abnormal Game Exit crashes should now be a thing of the past (oh man am I
glad to type that)
That occasional invulnerable walker thing? Fixed.
Walker hardpoints are now always customizable after loading a saved game
Camera distance increased by 22%
Map transfer support added (maps go in Data\CustomMaps)
Mod support added (full mod tools coming soon)
AMD driver and detection issues resolved
UI response time and behavior has been improved
DirectX 10 performance improvements
All shadows should now touch units’ feet
Miscellaneous AI improvements
Quick Match should now be more responsive when matching
Players can no longer modify their settings in a Custom session once the host
has started the countdown
Outdated replays now appear in red to indicate that they were recorded with a
different version
Replays no longer quit at the point another player leaves the game
Newly recorded replays should behave better in general (alternate universe
replays should no longer happen)
The camera view can now be rotated via the keyboard (left and right arrows)
Removed 5 cows from Appalachia southwest starting area
Several Russian and Korean language audio/text fixes
General terrain and map beautification. Also, more crushing!
Civilian pathfinding optimized for better performance
The Inverter shield is now lowered upon being EMPed
Conquerors no longer pass through buildings while using Vortex
Masari Knowledge Vault upgrades are no longer cancelable by attacking the
upgrade in progress
Altea’s Peace now shuts off Saucer foo behaviors
Allies can no longer be taken over by Mind Magnets
Phased units are no longer targeted by Mind Magnet
Avengers no longer spawn when Masari vehicles are uploaded by Vertigo
Vertigo can no longer upload other Vertigos in multiplayer games (the
ramifications were just too confusing)
Midnight basketball league for at-risk youth added
Masari balance changes
Figments no longer require Knowledge Vault Tier 1 upgrade for production
Figment damage vs infantry increased by 50%
Figment damage vs vehicles, walkers and structures reduced by 60%
Figment health reduced by 15%, DMA pool reduced by 50%
Figment cost reduced from 55 to 50, and build time reduced from 50 to 45
Figment Light Mine damage vs infantry increased by 50%
Figment damage vs vehicles and structures reduced by 30%
Peace Bringer Disintegrate damage reduced by 30%
Peace Bringer Tractor Beam range reduced by 20%
Peace Bringer Tractor Beam speed modifier reduced from 90% to 30% (Mirabel can
now flee!)
Peace Bringer global damage increased by 50%
Peace Bringer range reduced by 40% in both Light and Dark mode
Sentry DMA Pool reduced by 50%
Skylord range increased by 18% in Light mode
Skylord damage vs vehicles and structures increased by 15%
Skylord price increased from 160 to 175
Disciple damage vs infantry reduced by 50% in both Light and Dark mode
Disciple damage vs vehicles, structures, and aircraft increased by 40% in both
Light and Dark mode
Conqueror Light mode range reduced by 10%
Conqueror Light mode FOW reveal reduced by 10%
Guardian Turret FOW increased by 10%
Guardian Turret rate of fire increased by 10%
Knowledge Vault Tier 2 upgrade build time reduced from 100 to 85 seconds
Oracle range reduced by 35% in both Light and Dark mode
Oracle cost increased from 60 to 80
Oracle build time increased from 40 to 45 seconds
Oracle beam weapon min range increased by 10%
Sky Guardian price increased from 50 to 60 credits
Sky Guardian build time increased from 35 to 38 seconds
Sky Guardian upgrade price reduced from 75 to 50
Sky Guardian upgrade build time reduced from 50 to 40 seconds
Sky Guardian range in Light mode reduced by 15%
Sky Guardian min range properly set
Dark matter weapons now do 25% less damage vs dark matter armor.
Hierarchy balance changes
Gravitic Turret now has a minimum range of 40
Gravitic Turret price increased from 300 to 400
Radiation Spitter Turret Cost increased from 450 to 475
Monolith Stealth reveal refresh timer updates more often
Walkers now bring all turrets to bear on targets
Walker Foo Chamber healing amount increased by 10% per second
Nufai Phase Claw damage vs vehicles and infantry increased by 20%
Brute damage vs infantry increased by 15%
Brute charge ability now does 100% damage to all unbuffed turrets
Brute Death from above damage vs all vehicles reduced by 15%
Lost One damage vs aircraft increased by 20%
Walker Arc Turret damage increased by 20% vs aircraft
Monolith Beam weapon damage vs infantry increased by 10%
Mass Drop damage vs Aircraft increased by 100%
Defiler popcap increased from 2 to 3
Defiler build time increased from 24 to 26 seconds
Defiler Project Radiation Ability recharge increased from 20 to 28 seconds
Novus balance changes
Amplifier spin-up time per damage stage reduced by 3 seconds
Corruptor stealth reveal refresh timer updates more often
Corruptor damage vs all infantry types increased by 10%
OHM damage vs heavy infantry increased by 15%
Blade Trooper damage vs all infantry increased by 60%
Dervish Death Blossom range reducedby 30%
Redirection Turret FOW reveal increased by 15%
Redirection Turret projectile chaining damage reduced by 10%
