Update 1.8.2

Greetings, Commanders! Update 1.8.2 will take place at 9:00 AM (UTC) on Thursday, November 20th, with servers undergoing approximately an hour of maintenance. The following are the contents of Update 1.8.2:

New Unit Variants

• Mass-Produced Farseer Decreases the recruitment cost of Farseer by 100, but decreases Farseer’s ATK by 40% and range by 20.

• Fortified Farseer Increases Farseer’s HP by 80% but decreases ATK by 30%.

• Improved Void Eye Increase Void Eye’s ATK by 40%, HP by 40%, and range by 5 but increases recruitment cost by 50.

Balance Adjustment

Fire Badger

• Added to the Starter Packs.

• ATK 26 → 24 (-8%)

• HP 4589 → 4222 (-8%)

• Scorching Charge Adjusted to: Increases the Fire Badger’s base HP by 90%. When its HP drops below 50%, it charges an enemy and detonates, dealing damage equal to its remaining HP to enemies in a 40m radius, igniting the surrounding ground.

• Counter-Fire Adjusted to: Increases HP by 50%. Taking damage increases the Fire Badger’s Range by 70 for 20s.

• Scorching Fire ATK modifier +100% → ATK modifier +85%

Developer's Note

After the movement speed of the Flame increased, Fire Badger has been really strong in the high MMR range lately. Therefore, we have decided to slightly nerf it while adding it to the Starter Packs. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to adjust the Fire Badger based on statistics and your feedback.

Vulcan

• ATK 80 → 74 (-7%)

Developer's Note

After the movement speed of the Flame increased, Vulcan became a bit overpowered. This change aims to bring Vulcan power back to a similar level as that of other Giants.

Tarantula

• HP 13937 → 14773 (+6%)

• Field Maintenance Price 300 → 200

Developer's Note

Facing competition from Fire Badger and Vulcan, Tarantula’s win rate has dropped significantly. Therefore, we have decided to buff Tarantula to help it reach a similar level of strength as Fire Badger.

Hound

• Armor Enhancement Price 350 → 250

Developer's Note

Hounds with Armor Enhancement will be an effective counter to the currently strong Fire Badger and Vulcan.

Phoenix

• ATK 2892 → 3066 (+6%)

Developer's Note

The buffed Phoenix will be able to counter high HP units more efficiently.

Raiden

• ATK 5291 → 5027 (-5%)

• HP 16735 → 16065 (-4%)

Developer's Note

With more chaff-clearing methods added to the game, Raiden has become increasingly powerful. Many players have stated that it’s difficult to find effective counters to Raiden. The goal of reducing Raiden’s ATK in this update is to lower its efficiency in killing giant units while maintaining its suppression effect on medium units.

Prediction Tickets

• The regeneration rate of Prediction Tickets has been increased from 1 per 6 hours to 1 per minute.

• Prediction Tickets can no longer be purchased with Credits.

• The storage limit for Prediction Tickets has been raised from 8 to 1000, and no further increase will occur once the limit is reached.

• For players who previously held Prediction Tickets exceeding the storage limit, the extra will be converted into Credit Points at a ratio of 1:15 when they first log into the new version.

Developer's Note

Based on the feedback from players on the test server, we have decided to significantly increase the storage limit of prediction tickets. The adjusted prediction system will be more fair and allow more people to have the opportunity to participate in predictions.

Viewing Reinforcement History Records

Now players can view the reinforcement choices (cards and drops) offered in the current and previous rounds.

Matchmaking

• Reduced the likelihood of players with a large difference in MMR getting matched together.

• When defeating a powerful opponent (whose MMR is 200+ points higher than one’s own), additional Combat Power will be awarded.

Bugfixes

• Fixed the issue where Combat Power was not displayed in the player profile.

• Fixed the multilingual error in medal sharing within the chat box.

Testing of 1.9 is around the corner

After the official release of Update 1.8.2, we will start preparing for the testing of Update 1.9 for Season 6. In Update 1.9, we will attempt to use some relatively novel methods to address many issues that everyone has long been concerned about. We welcome everyone to come to the test server at that time and give us feedback.

Feedback & Bug Reports

That’s all for this update. Feel free to submit feedback, suggestions, or report bugs for this patch via the following channels.

Mechabellum Discord: (https://discord.gg/mechabellum) Mechabellum Reddit: (https://www.reddit.com/r/Mechabellum/) Mechabellum Steam Discussions: (https://steamcommunity.com/app/669330/discussions/)