1.5

New Maps:

2p_Beaux Lowlands
4p_Lyon

General Fixes

• Games with friends now have a friend icon displayed when browsing the lobby game list.
• Messages regarding game connection attempts are logged to the chat window for all players in the session.
• Rank icons now indicate the type of game the rank was earned in.
• Games with players who have infinite pings now display an “X” for ping in the lobby game list.
• New game list filtering options added to the online lobby.
• Custom maps are now properly supported in multiplayer.
• Losing connection with the lobby while downloading a patch no longer crashes the game.

Sound

• UI sounds have been added to the online lobby.
• Auto match sound notification has been improved.
• Various speech fixes for weapons have been implemented and tuned.
• Destruction sounds have been added to various world objects.
• Repetition has been reduced in battle chatter and with various units.

Gameplay

Sherman Calliope:

• Sherman Calliope’s main tank gun has been removed and the Calliope Barrage ability is now free to use.
• Sherman Calliope Barrage range increased from 130 to 150 meters.
• Sherman Calliope now has cap of 2, similar to the Pershing Heavy Tank.
• Sherman Calliope cost reduced from 600 Manpower to 560 Manpower.
• Sherman Calliope Barrage ability recharge timer increased to 105 seconds

M10 Tank Destroyer:

• Allied M10 Movement improved: 15% increase to acceleration and 10% increase rotation rate.
• Allied M10 Tank Destroyer weapon damage has been increased and Fuel cost has been reduced by 5.
• Axis Armoured Car (Puma) 20mm main cannon rear penetration vs. the Allied M10 significantly reduced.

M8 Armored Car:

• Allied M8 Armored Car’s accuracy on the move increased. Now on par with the M4 Sherman and M10 Tank Destroyer.
• Allied M8 Armored Car’s accuracy penalties vs. the Axis Armored Car (Puma) have been removed.
• Allied M8 Armored Car Armor upgrade Munitions cost reduced by 25.

M26 Pershing Heavy Tank:

• Allied Pershing penetration rate vs. the Stug increased to 80%.
• Axis Stug penetration rate vs. the Pershing has been reduced to 45% from 74.6%

Allied Commander Tree Improvements:

• Armoured Fury Branch changed to: Raid to Allied War Machine to Calliope.
• War Machine Branch changed to: Fast Deployment to Field Repairs to Pershing.
• Allied War Machine Command Point Cost reduced by 1
• Sherman Calliope Command Point Cost reduced by 1

Infantry AT weapon changes (Allies and Axis):

• All Infantry Anti-Tank weaponry (Bazooka, Recoilless Rifle, Panzerschreck) are slightly more accurate when firing at moving light targets.
• Allied Bazookas and Recoilless Rifles now deal slightly more damage to Light Vehicles
• Panzerfaust accuracy against infantry targets has been reduced as intended. While there is still a chance to directly hit and kill targets like snipers, - Panzerfausts are now more likely to cause splash damage rather than kill infantry.
• Panzerschreck Damage vs. base buildings lowered by 25%.
• Bazooka damage vs. base buildings has been lowered by 25%.

Allied BAR and suppression changes:

• Allied BAR Rifle upgrade now gives 2 BAR Rifles rather than 3. Allied BAR Riflemen squads will now be able to pick-up MG42 and Panzerschreck items
• Allied BAR Rifle damage increased by 40%.
• Allied BAR Rifle will take slightly longer to Pin units that are in a Suppressed state
• Allied BAR Suppression ability can no longer suppress and pin units in heavy cover.

Construction Changes:

• Players may no longer delete Sand Bags or Tank Traps.
• Allied Observation Post built from Riflemen now has the same build speed as the Observation Post built by Engineers.
• Allied Observation Posts, Axis Observation Posts, and Machine Gun Nests now have the appropriate target type while building; now like all other buildings they will be much more susceptible to damage while under construction
• Axis Volksgrenadiers can now utilize the same build menu as the Grenadiers – this allows them to construct Barbed Wire and Sand Bags.

Smoke Changes:

• All Barrage weapons no longer have a 50% chance to miss targets in Smoke.
• Projectiles will no longer pass directly through Sherman’s on registered “Misses” – they will now behave like all other tanks and those hits will be registered as a non-penetrated “deflection”.
• Sherman smoke launcher recharge rate was less than the duration of the ability, now set to 45 seconds

Axis Officer:

• Axis ‘Leutnant’ Manpower cost decreased to 260 from 340
• Axis ‘Leutnant’ Build Time increased to 60 from 30.

General Squad and Weapon Changes (Allies and Axis):

• All Snipers more effective against units garrisoned inside of bunkers.
• All Allied Rifles slightly more effective against Axis Motorcycles
• Allied Engineers with the Flamethrower upgrade are no longer resistant to Sniper Shots
• Fixed an issue where the Stug’s main gun Area-of-Effect was too effective against infantry squads.
• Axis Assault ability will now break pinning/suppression and prevent pinning/suppression while the ability is active.
• Increased Axis Infantry passive health regeneration bonus received from their first level of veterancy by 40%.

General Vehicle Changes (Allies and Axis):

• Panzer IV accuracy while moving set to the same value as other tanks.
• Axis Goliaths now destroy Tank Traps in a single explosion.
• Axis Armoured Car Puma 50mm Cannon upgrade now requires Escalate to Battle Phase upgrade.
• Axis Motorcycles damage vs. units in light or heavy cover has been slightly reduced
• Axis StuH 42 now effectively kills infantry as was originally intended
• Axis Armoured Car Puma 50mm Upgrade accuracy reduced vs. infantry. It is intended as an anti-armor upgrade.

General Heavy Weapon Team Changes (Allies and Axis):

• All Mortars now have a chance to deal Mobility Damage if they hit Light Vehicles.
• All Anti-Tank guns are now more accurate when firing at moving and stationary Light Vehicles.
• Allied 57mm Anti-Tank gun firing cone has been increased by 20 degrees to match Axis 50mm Anti-Tank gun.
• Allied HMG Armor Piercing Rounds ability price reduced from 50 to 35 munitions.
• Allied Howitzer Gun Barrage is less accurate when firing into the Fog of War.
• Axis Nebelwerfer Manpower cost has been reduced by 20
• Axis Nebelwerfer Rocket Suppression area of effect increased.
• Axis Nebelwerfer Rocket area of effect damaged reduced. Direct hits and near misses will still damage infantry units.
• Axis Nebelwerfer will deal a reduced amount of damage to units in light, heavy, bunker, and garrison cover types.
• Axis Flak 88’s are more resilient to Artillery, off-map attacks, and satchel charges (the crew manning them is not).
• Axis Flak 88’s and Nebelwerfers can now be re-manned by 2-man Pioneer squads.

1.4  

General Fixes

• Both Ranked and Custom games now support random starting locations.
• The in-game server status URL now points to http://www.relicrank.com/
• Fixed a bug pertaining to unranked matches counting as Ranked matches.
• New performance and lag indicators have been added to the Online UI.
• A new loading screen has been added which incorporates player names, ranks and loading bars.

Gameplay

• Light Vehicles can no longer be blocked by Allied Barbed Wire and Sand Bags
• Light and Medium Vehicles can no longer crush Axis Tank Traps.
• Fixed bug where Allied*AT Guns could destroy Axis Flak 88s in a single registered hit, regardless of the Flak 88's health.
• Fixed issue where unfinished defensive structures had 100% health. Also,*Now all unfinished defensive structures take much more damage from all weapons.
• Fixed bug where the Axis Halftrack Flammenwerfer upgrade cost fuel. This was an attribute data error.
• Allied and Axis Snipers can once again kill each other with single registered hits.
• Improved Sherman Crocodile damage against infantry units not in cover

1.2 

• Patch Notes:
• SLI Performance bug fixed
• Various connection problems fixed
• Fixed exploit with Allied HMG Crew's Armor Piercing Rounds ability, where ability would remain active after squad was garrisoned or retreated back to HQ
• Fixed Axis wrecked building exploit
• Various crashes fixed