Eastern Front 1.60 Patch

Eastern Front Fans,

Patch 1.600 is now released! After a vast amount of discussing, debating and arguing over these six months, we've made several changes to the Soviets that we hope you'll enjoy:

• First of all, there is no more munitions upkeep... yes you read it correctly - no more munitions upkeep for Soviet Light vehicles, Weapon teams or Tanks, meaning that you will not get +0 munition income when you already own sectors producing the munitions resource.


• Second, abilities now cost munitions. Once the upkeep was abolished, the next step was to set up a munitions cost for every ability. Hope you enjoy spending your hard earned munitions now.


• Third, almost every single map featured in Eastern Front was reworked, and while they can still be changed in the future to make them even more balanced, we hope you like them, specially the new Zhytomyr and Berlin maps.


• Fourth, Soviet balance was hit hard, after hundreds of games there is a larger list of balance changes, bug fixes and changes than in the previous major patch; also, several 2D/3D art elements were tweaked in order to make them feel more like a Relic faction, let alone that it plays more balanced than before.


• Fifth, Jagdtiger is back as reward unit of the Jagdpanther and Shtrafnie Troops are back as support unit for the Red Tide.

This update is the result of six months hard work and is probably going to be one of the biggest updates ever made for the Soviets, so we hope you like it. Remember to check the changelog to know what has been changed since the last version. We also have some other goodies for you:

• Cranialwizard, one of the members of our Balance Team, has finished his Guide for Eastern Front which will surely help new players to familiarize themselves with the Eastern Front content.


• Rizz has made a web guide for the Soviet units on Eastern Front, it contains the main features of each unit like population costs, reinforcement costs and among other properties that an average player would appreciate.


• Rizz finished a chatbox add-on for the launcher, you can use it by clicking the button next to "Check for Updates". You need an EF account in order to use it.


• Eastern Front now has support for Simplified Chinese texts, support that was supposed to be released two patches ago (our apologies), so the player can choose if he want to use Traditional or Simplified Chinese translations. You can download the installer from here.

We also have some additions to the Team and promotions:

• EvilSpike was promoted to Developer and is helping us in the 2D department, a lot of the new 2D art included in this patch was made by him.


• Maxiking was promoted to Head Mapper(or Vice-Head Mapper :P?) and is helping us to improve Eastern Front maps.


• Walki was promoted to Developer and is helping us with 3D art and animations.


• Ellipirelli joined to the team and is helping us in the 3D department and animations.


• Celéstial returned to the team as Developer and is helping us in the Balance and 2D department, several new 2D art included were made by him.

Special Thanks to:

• The players that still play Eastern Front and have waited all these months for the new version.


• The Balance Team for helping us along the road with Eastern Front.


• Our community mappers that create awesome maps for Eastern Front.


• Our forum users at EasternFront.org for reporting balance issues and bugs.


• Translators for helping us with the different locales, the majority of them are really fast and proffessional guys.


• Anders Lejczak for his great ME262 model(brought to EF thanks to Walki).


• [RED-SQ]Cpl.Manu{DRG} for sharing his sound for the Scoped SVT40.

Our life would've been much harder without them ;).

Remember to report the bugs you find in the Bugs & Tech Support section and the balance issues on the Balance Discussion at our forum.

Thanks for downloading and continue to enjoy,

Eastern Front Development Team

Mirrors

Mirror 1, requires previous 1.520 EF Install: http://www.speedyshare.com/file/KNVS4/EF-Setup-1.6.0.0.exe

Mirror 2, requires previous 1.520 EF Install: http://www.speedyshare.com/file/rXPwQ/EF-Setup-1.6.0.0.exe

Mirror 3, requires previous 1.520 EF Install: Part 1/2 - Part 2/2 (Mediafire)

Last edited February 5, 2012 at 8:46 PM by Dragon93

Downloading the patch now! Great job guys! Really good job! You are what Relic should have been!
Keep up the good work! Love you guys <3

It is a lot of changes! It is new mod!

Just finish playing and I must say...
Guys, you are OUTSTANDING!

Really, I was a bit skeptical about things when I see the video...
I thought some of the changes make Soviet Union don't feel Soviet again etc, etc...

But once I play, the feeling is surely a lot different!
No longer I felt overwhelmed by Soviet number of types.
And changes I thought will make Soviet become something else? It simply make Soviet even more fresh and enjoyable.
I...
I can't exactly express it but this one, this one is really great...
GREATER than EF from any previous version.

Sir
I salute you all...
And I hope the community will grow bigger than before and I have faith that with this patch such thing isn't impossible...
GREAT JOB!

Finally.


... damn, I didn't have enough time to finish Mstov for final release :(

Damn, I can only download it :P. Cant play it now :(. Good work though guys :D

Downloading right now,thanks for this awsome mod once again!!

I quickly looked through the change log and saw Conscripts get vet ;D :

This will be pretty fun :D

Jager wrote:
I quickly looked through the change log and saw Conscripts get vet ;D :

This will be pretty fun :D

Trust me, you will love it... ;)
i once dislike conscript, but after i play...
Sweet...

Cool! I especially enjoy the Ostheer!

Oh wait!

RifleSky wrote:
Cool! I especially enjoy the Ostheer!

Oh wait!

If you can not bear to wait on balancing then make the osheer by yourself

Or use time machine... :P

...or Nostradamus. :P

Does this patch support Russian version?

do you mean russian language? or the russian version of the game?

nevertheless afaik it supports both :D

created a mirror if some ppl have problems to get a connection with the launcher

http://www.speedyshare.com/file/KNVS4/EF-Setup-1.6.0.0.exe

Thanks Spike.

777Mais777 wrote:
...or Nostradamus. :P

Nostradamus would harp on and on about how great the ostheer is and how cannot play it, that would make us sadder.

ah I've just finished comp stomp on new Berlin :D this was insane, teh massive scale of battle - hundreds of men, dozens of tanks...

Someone want a game now? :D Ceph?

ahhh... I'm trying to resist... but hell... sure!  :D

Ok, online now :D

evilSpike wrote:
created a mirror if some ppl have problems to get a connection with the launcher

http://www.speedyshare.com/file/KNVS4/EF-Setup-1.6.0.0.exe

Thank you I couldnt figure out what was wrong it took forever to find the patch then when it did, it wouldnt download.

dang. TH are nerfed. i knew it was coming, but i am still sorry.

yes! street fighting switched places with KV-2!

good job agin to playmobill, HerrVoss and MaxiKing6 on berlin 1945, awsomre map

Last edited February 2, 2012 at 5:45 PM by stealthattack1

Main work was done by playmobill, but well, thanks :D

Is the Luftwaffe officer able to pickup weapons such as Panzerscrecks and Lmgs? ;>

Sorry, but i have question.
General menu of EF -> login...-what is it? ???

Login into chat. Use your forum login data.

Sommarkatze wrote:
Is the Luftwaffe officer able to pickup weapons such as Panzerscrecks and Lmgs? ;>

Probably, if the Wehr Officer can, the Luftwaffe Officer can too :).

@777Mais777
Login to use the embedded chat system I guess ;).

Оооо...Thnx.:)

Just to remind ppl (since the conversation moved from the trailer thread to here). We should all get on over the weekend and play some games :D

we should all get on now and play some games. who wants to wait for the weekend ?

Im getting on now :D. See you there :P

Great job with the patch, thoroughly enjoying it- I am truely in awe of the sound the sharpshooter's SVT-40 makes. Great to see jagdtiger & strafynie back too, red tide has been very nicely balanced. Will probably be able to find some time to play over the weekend, hope to see some of you on there.

On a secondary note: did I just log-in at an untimely occasion, or was the login function on EF launcher not working a few hours ago? Logged in yet nobody was on chat.

PPS: KV-2 is missing a description in the doctrine choice- simply says street fighting.

Great job again EF team, you thoroughly deserve plaudits.

Last edited February 2, 2012 at 10:32 PM by Speed

I just played a game with somebody against Normal Wehr AI to test the Soviets out, and I'm liking them a lot more than last update.

Also, yay at the re-introduction of Strafanyie (SP?) Troops. There was something I liked about the entire Commisar thing. Why were they originally removed? It was Political Correctness reasons right?

And is the Luftwaffe Officer worth using?

And the Marksman Rifle sound, doesn't it sound sort of like the original Call of Duty Kar98k sounds? Sounds so awesome.

@HyperSniper999
They were removed because they didn't serve a purpose as conscript upgrade. But balancers suggested to change Red Tide in order to include them and here we are ;D... about their ability, I'll work to make it kill a member of the squad to break suppression :D!

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D srry been away for a couple of months.lot of work and school.great guys keep it up! i just hope i can play this patch before ostheer comes out! ;)

HyperSniper999 wrote:
[...]And is the Luftwaffe Officer worth using?[...]

imo he is  ;D

HyperSniper999 wrote:
And is the Luftwaffe Officer worth using?

He is much like an officer in the role of a support unit. However he has different abilities.

It's sort of like Ket VS Schwimm. Both basically have the same role (Scouting and Capping) but come with different sets of abilities geared for player's personal evaluation.

In my opinion the Luft officer is better than the Heer officer. The de-moralize is a bit more useful of an ability when targeting things like flamers or elite troops as opposed to just making them run away at the cost of maybe 2 grenades. And the airstrike is just pure badassery

Well done folks, now get to work on Ostheer! It is literally killing me.

You may want to look up the definition of "literally". Rather overused word, that one.

It is.. literally.. overused  ;D

Finally! GJ Team!  ;)

someone has a second mirror? speedyshare says limit is reached. :(

no but for the update version im uploading atm a 2nd mirror :D

Congratulations for your effort and hard work! I hope we can get decent matchs now.

I didnt play it yet, but already noticed that the Nashorn non-fuel cost is a pathetic change.

Baralhaum wrote:
[...]
I didnt play it yet, but already noticed that the Nashorn non-fuel cost is a pathetic change.

You don't pay fuel when calling it but still pay fuel while he's alive. It was changed to match relic design for Call-ins...

@Otto 213
Are you happy now XD? ...

Nashorn is a call-in, but replacing a buildable unit, so this change is a tragedy. Nashorn already was a overpower unit. His advanteges comparing to Flak: dont need luftwaffe squad, instantly called in, mobile, more easily to keep vet(cause Flak crew dies easily with the vet lost forever).

Yes, 2 fuel per minute, so if he stays in game for 45 minutes will reach his old fuel cost. By the way, if you have three Nashorns, and got completelly cutted, your income of fuel gona be -1?

Panther battle group without fuel cost already is absurd, now we got two major absurds

nonono

dont compare the panther battle group with the nashorn

you have to pay very much fule in research to unlock your panthers and even then you need 1000mp to call them in
but we will have an eye on the nashorn and maybe we will change it a bit in the future if its needed

@Baralhaum
As @evilSpike said, it is not that it will stay as it forever ::)... that's why we need feedback about the changes.

btw here is a 2nd mirror for the update version

http://www.speedyshare.com/file/rXPwQ/EF-Setup-1.6.0.0.exe