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Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon gets a free expansion pack!

"One thing you can say for enemies; they make life more interesting.” (Gilbran Quail – Imperial Essayist

Today we are very pleased to announce - thanks to the Emperor's Will of course - the release of a Free DLC of the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon called Untold Battles!

In this new chapter of the Second War for Armageddon, players will have to fight their way through five challenging single player scenarios.

And that’s not all!

For the very first time, they will also have the opportunity to take direct control of the Ork Waaagh! Leading the Orks against the highly disciplined and well-trained Imperial troops will certainly not be a piece of cake, and only true Warlords will be able to properly coordinate their fearsome warriors!


If you already own Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon you can download Untold Battles for free from the product page:


http://store.steampowered.com/app/348760

So is this the first time Ork Waaghs are unlocked and play as Ghazghull ? And what's new? new IG regiments to join the fray and will Wyvern shows up?

Last week we also released the 1.0.4 patch for more details and a full changelog read here:


Hi everyone,

the patch is now available via the update button in game. The full change log is below.

1.04
New features:
- Added Window mode. Check "Windowed" in game options. You can now size game window, move it around the screen and even stretch across several monitors. Uncheck this option to return to normal mode.
- Added Fullscreen mode. Press Space to toggle UI panels over tactical map on and off.
- Unit list is now sorted by core/aux and then by class
- Added stats comparision in Purchase screen: better stats in the second column are marked green, worse values red. When there is no clear advantage (e. g. 1-2 vs. 2-3 range), no marking is used.
- Improvements in MP interface:
▪ private challenges are listed after public ones
▪ all lists can be sorted by any column by clicking its header
- Replay opponent's turn option in Multiplayer should work now (new games only)
- Added new audio to the game:
▪ Briefing music
▪ Environment sounds during each mission (volume of this sound track can be changed separately from all the rest using Environment slider in game options)
▪ Victory/defeat music
▪ New turn sounds
▪ Button press sounds
- Improved damage indication: during combat, both inflicted damage (white number) and killed strength (red number with skull) are shown, for each weapon individually.
- Improved death sequence: when a unit perishes, it fades out slowly instead of disappearing, and death sound effect is played.
- Improved AI turn presentation:
▪ Map no longer jumps around
▪ Enemy units appear when they move out of fog of war, not in advance
▪ Flags change when they are captured
▪ Morale changes after combat which affected it
▪ Other minor tweaks to make AI turn easier to observe
- Combat animation speed can be changed in game options using Combat Speed slider

EDIT: Additional changes of 1.04:

Unit Balance Changes:
Imperial units:
▪ Price of all Macharius tanks has been reduced by approximately 100 each

Space Marine units:
▪ Salamander Firedrake squad size reduced from 20 to 15. Hit point rating increased from 2 to 3
▪ Salamander Stalker, Hunter, Razorback with Heavy Bolter, Razorback with Lascannon, and Whirlwind tanks all given the support trait and price reductions.
▪ Salamander Vindicator vehicles defense raised slightly
▪ Hit point rating of all Salamander vehicles that are not land raiders reduced from 5 to 4
▪ Salamander Thunderfire cannon given the support trait
▪ Salamander Land raider transport reduced in price to 300
▪ Sanguinary Cost price increased by 200 to 760

Ork units:
▪ The following Ork units have gained the leadership trait: Nobz, Weirdboyz, and all Squiggoth beasts
▪ Normal Squiggoth movement speed increased to 4
▪ Price of Mega Armored Nobz increased from 250 to 450 and spotting reduced from 3 to 2
▪ Price of Nobz increased from 125 to 175
▪ Goff Klawstompa reduced in price from 1400 to 1100

Weapon file changes:
▪ Multi-Melta Power increased to 60
▪ Icarus Stormcannon Array and Skyspear Missile Launcher weapons completely reworked
▪ Icarus is now a very high rate of fire (6) no penetration (0) support weapon that has significant range penalties (-20% per hex)
▪ Skyspear is now a low rate of fire (1) high penetration (50) support weapon that has no range penalties when firing across multiple hexes.
▪ Whirlwind missile penetration increased to 20
▪ Accuracy rating for Heavy Stubber weapons raised from 50% to 75%
▪ Punisher gatling cannon increased from 6 to 8 rate of fire
▪ Heavy Flamers now have the Siege trait.
▪ Increased Rate of Fire for Stormbolter weapon

Other Changes:
▪ Ogryn and Ogryn Veteran units are now available for use in the campaign, multiplayer scenarios, and solo play scenarios!

Additional Changes:
▪ Fixed an issue where Side 2 unit availability was not properly registered to the associated file for all multiplayer maps.

I have really high hopes for this game, I'm just waiting until a couple more factions get added in expansions to buy the "combo pack" when it comes out. Right now I can't say I'm interested in Imperial vs. Orks and that's it. I would like to see at least Chaos and Eldar added in before I buy in.

 ultimentra wrote:
I have really high hopes for this game, I'm just waiting until a couple more factions get added in expansions to buy the "combo pack" when it comes out. Right now I can't say I'm interested in Imperial vs. Orks and that's it. I would like to see at least Chaos and Eldar added in before I buy in.

IIRC, they said they only had the license for Armageddon. They purposefully made the game moddable so that others could mod in Eldar or Chaos, but they themselves can only legally stick to 2nd Armegeddon War stuff (too bad it doesn't include the 1st war to my knowledge. If it did, they could have Chaos and Grey Knights and Space Wolves)

 ultimentra wrote:
I have really high hopes for this game, I'm just waiting until a couple more factions get added in expansions to buy the "combo pack" when it comes out. Right now I can't say I'm interested in Imperial vs. Orks and that's it. I would like to see at least Chaos and Eldar added in before I buy in.

It's a great TBS game. There are tons of units, although I can't find very much use for a lot of them (I guess, much like 40k, LOL), and I find that most scenarios are easiest to succeed in with minimizing casulaties by swapping up tanking units to block access (damaged units retreat & heal, fresh units move up), and using artillery or tanks to blow things up from out of enemy retalliation range.

Because you can reinforce any unit to max health for the proportionate cost of the dead units during a game as long as it isn't wiped out (so, if a full squad is 100 credits, half that squad will cost you 50 credit), it's advantageous to soak up all the damage with the cheapest unit that won't die (like IG infantry or Tactical marines), rather than an expensive vehicle. Also, cover makes a huge difference.

And, for some reason, they have deigned that Blood Angels are more skillful and expensive than Ultramarines

I'm enjoying the game a lot, but the balance seems ... weird. The predicted damages never seem to come together, and the hard unit cap (as opposed to points and types) builds weird forces.

Ok great! thanks for posting this!!

If it did, they could have Chaos and Grey Knights and Space Wolves)

>>> I cannot commend in detail at this point, but in fact we are licensed and allowed to cover all 3 Wars on Armageddon, there is a lot more planned and coming over the next few months and years, just see this as the first release within a series.... ;-)

Is it just me or are those Gargants really tiny?

 Malika2 wrote:
Is it just me or are those Gargants really tiny?

Yeah, maybe they're Stompas, like what came in the Epic 40k starter kit.

I like the game. Nice to see them following up with it. Could be amazing with more updates and opening it up to the other wars.

 argonak wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Is it just me or are those Gargants really tiny?

Yeah, maybe they're Stompas, like what came in the Epic 40k starter kit.

It says "Gargant" on the sidebar. The sprites just aren't to scale, otherwise a squad of infantry would be all but invisible if they had the same footprint as a titan.

Burn the old version! Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon Updated!

We worshipped the Emperor, and he finally made his light shine upon us! A New Update is ready to be deployed to the battlefield of Armageddon!

Here the full changelog:


Version 1.05 - main changes

• A host of gameplay changes and balance improvements.
• A Unit name, changed through the unit details window, is now displayed correctly
on the side bar.
• Fixed missing animations when attacking a unit destroyed by a support unit during
combat
• Fixed "game menu" icon truncation when in the "strategy view"
• Fixed a crash when renaming a unit through the transport tab in the unit details
screen
• Fixed a crash when using the 'mount' command hotkey on a unit selected from the
killed unit list
• Fixed a crash in rare case when the AI attacked player units
• Fixed a crash when disbanding a unit from 'reserve list'
• "Show enemy move" and "show enemy attack" options added
• Victory screen added on campaign completion, showing your glory.

Nice guide to understanding Warhammer 40K: Armageddon Unit and Weapon Stats

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=235&t=63308