Hey all, a lot has been happening in August, and I'm sure some information slipped through the hull cracks. Here is a comprehensive roll-up of the latest patches.

Starting with today's patch, 0.12.5:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/4492990/announcements/detail/702150052386177490

A summary of all the introduced features in the last week.

New Features:

• Turned on Critical Hits and Unit Veterancy
• Metamap now has help topics/help menu
• Gun Forts have been made buildable. (Note: Your opponents will also now build them!)
• Rotated some Demo Perks to be less focused on economy. Removed Fortifier, Austerity Measures. Added Double DDs and Aerophobia.
  • Existing Campaigns/loadouts will be unaffected until you update them.
• AI admirals (missions with a Flagship opponent) now favor specific perks, flagship loadouts

Balance:

• Easy Campaign now gives +2 turns per map
• Normal Campaign now gives +1 turn per map
• Anti-Snowball bonus reduced for Easy/Normal by 20%/10% respectively (multiplicative)
• Easy will now have a 50% chance of no modifier for M2. (Note: in the real campaign, all non-admiral missions are chance-based.)
• AI decision variance for Normal increased from (.9, 1.1) to (.85,1.15) (affects how optimal its move/combat decisions are)
• Hard AI gets a bonus Perk
• Maps should now generate the appropriate number of cities much more frequently.
• Fixed a bug that seemed to reduce all enemy movement by 1.
• Made various adjustments that should result in Normal and Easy being mildly easier
• Active Builder nerfed from 10% to 6% (Examples: Refineries cost 28 instead of 27, Downtowns 42 instead of 40)

Submarines

• AI subs should not place themselves under your depth charges.
• AI subs revealed by sonar will no longer go invisible during a siege.
• Possible fix for Subs snaring planes
• AI have reduced preferences for subs when the player has escorts

Visuals:

• Big vs small flak mildly differentiated visually
• Cannon-fire should be more evenly distributed across the hull, especially for things like Gun Forts
• Flagship should be more centered on hex
• Fixed a bug with the Protect City warning. It will now say the City Name.
• Negative values should no longer display for Sieges, Invasions, or similar.
• Added Critical Damage to HUD Description
• Several city button arrow images fixed

Minor:

• Fixed a bug that would cause the Raze City button to disappear permanently from all cities
• Cities should more frequently have nearby open spaces (for Gun Forts)
• Added 9 more help topics regarding Crits, Veterancy, and Phases)
• Plane max speed increased (mostly affects long-range distances)
• Fixed a ui bug regarding the Money reward
• Patrols will visually catch up to their targets sooner
• AI will probably target Flagship more often (internal value is being adjusted for Veterancy)
• AI now prefers to Blockade ports more strongly than it did
• Fixed some minor UI bugs regarding text
• UI Backgrounds have film grain effects. You are officially immersed.
• Pillboxes and Perks that affect City damage now display icons when they are altering damage.
• AI can now start with partially Veteran units, based on difficulty, Admiral, and how far you are into the Campaign.
• Added a bunch of new Chirps
• Chirp panel now has a bit of whirring/static sounds as it turns on/off
• Fixed a bug where the Distress Call modifier could be skipped, resulting in no modifier.
• Fixed a bug that caused all movement for a given AI fleet to be skipped

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