Testing timeline

Akaoz · Post by **Akaoz** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:04 am

To questions:

How close are we to release of the 42 DLC? One more beta build or something?

And, when will we start testing of the 43 DLC

(Daddy wants his Tigers!)

Kerensky · Post by **Kerensky** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:30 am

Should see another BETA of 1942. There were several updates made to it based on user feedback, balance and text changes mostly.

1943 will follow the pattern of previous DLC. That is, BETA tests will mostly like start the week after the release of the previous DLC. So 1942 is scheduled for late January release, 1943 test will start in early February.

Longasc · Post by **Longasc** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:51 pm

Can you tell us which scenarios got changed or changed the most?
I would then focus on them, I might manage to finish Tatsinskaya tonight, but still have the non-breakout Stalingrad scenario to test.

Akaoz · Post by **Akaoz** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:10 pm

Sweet, February can't come fast enough!

Kerensky · Post by **Kerensky** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:44 pm

Longasc wrote:Can you tell us which scenarios got changed or changed the most?
I would then focus on them, I might manage to finish Tatsinskaya tonight, but still have the non-breakout Stalingrad scenario to test.

I'd make a sticky, but there are so many it doesn't really mean anything anymore.

Here's my quick and dirty notes of the changes.

Vitebsk
It is now possible to disembark trains in southern rail depots
Increased starting prestige and strength of pre-built core
Added trigger to end scenario prematurely If battle is going badly for the player and too many trains are lost

Simferopol
Added pair of t34/41s and reduced turn limit by 1

Sevastopol assault
Aux Matilda II removed added several ATG and light AD units to increase difficulty, increased turn limit by 2

Voronezh
reduced turn by 3

Novoanninsky
reduced turn limit by 2

Docks:
Added many idle soviet infantry units to guard the non VH dock flag hexes
Bolstered defenses around Pavlov’s house and the Rail depot

Escape from Stalingrad:
Reduced inactivity time for last wave of Russian forces to begin attacking.
Added two groups of soviet air units
Added several static defenders to block the route to Sector C escape zone

Tatsinskaya:
Increased strength of initial soviet attack waves
Added several soviet aircraft to better contest air superiority battle
Added 150 prestige per turn income

Various text fixes