PATCH 1.07 IS NOW OLD. DOWNLOAD LATEST 1.09 VERSION IN HERE
Hi Everyone,
I am proud to announce the release of Patch 1.07, the patch EA promised to Gamereplays but never delivered. I would like it to go on record that although 1.06 is advertised as 'official', it was actually designed mostly by Gamereplays. Further history around the 1.06 development can be found here. 1.07 is simply a fine, fine tune of 'our' 1.06 patch. Had EA continued to support BFME2 1.07 would have also become official, based on Gamereplays changelog.
Patch 1.07 Frequently Asked Questions
Q) Who made Patch 1.07 and why was it made?
A) Originally, the Gamereplays Patch Series was designed by MaDDoX, an unofficial affiliate of EA who liased with Aaron, the EA community manager back at the time. This patch was going to be the official one, as promised by EA but due to inadequate funding it never ended up happening. After MaDDoX did most of the 2.x series, Rainmaker directed the last few in that series, followed by myself designing the 3.x series. the Gamereplays Patch Series was created in order to polish the game from the awful state that 1.06 left it in. Today, the original name, Battletest Directors Cut, has been renamed to Patch 1.07, something that should have been done a long time ago by EA, as previously mentioned.
Q) What is Patch 1.07 and what does it do?
This patch has literally thousands of changelog entries, developed since the beginning of 2007 by the competitive, highly skilled scene for BFME2, mostly associated with clanwars.cc. If you wish to read through all of the changelogs, see the older versions links below. There are also hundreds of bug fixes that are apart of 1.06. Dragon Strike, Battlewagons, Blade of Purity, Mirkwood attack rate with ST arrows, just to name a few. The most major stand out changes in this series are Aragorn nerfs, Eagle nerfs, Glorfindel fixes and Battlewagon Men of Dale fixes. This is only to name a few out of thousands.
Q) What no I need to play Patch 1.07?
Patch 1.06 is a per-requisite for 1.07. Get it here
Q) Why should I play Patch 1.07 over 1.06?
Why wouldn't you? Even if for some reason you dislike the Patch, you can deactivate it by one click with our Patch Switcher. See the next section for a few nice features that we have over 1.06
Q) Does Patch 1.07 support Widescreen?
A)Yes it does!!! Widescreen also has new, un-stretched icons that are higher resolution
Q) Does Patch 1.07 support non-English languages?
A) Unfortunately not
Q) How do I fix install issues?
Please make sure before asking for help that you check that the install directory is pointing to the correct place
For x64 systems it will be here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth ™ II
For Windows XP it will be here
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth ™ II
If you have a manually specified install directory you will need to point the installer to the correct location
Q) Can I still play custom maps designed for 1.06?
Yes, they should still be compatible with 1.07, if you have any issues alls you need to do is switch back to 1.06 via the switcher to use these maps.
Patch 1.07 features
- Five entire years worth of extreme fine tuning of balancing by the most competitive and skilled community of BFME2 players
-Hundreds of Bug fixes from 1.06
-Reduced command delay for off-host players
-The ability to switch between replay versions
-Better zoom levels, do you enjoy your fortress taking up your entire screen in 1.06?
Patch 1.06 screenshot normal zoom
Patch 1.07 screenshot extended zoom for all maps
-An approach to balance that includes making everything useful. Enjoy the power of Gandalf in BFME1? It has returned in Patch 1.07. The same principle has been applied to every unit, upgrade & hero in the game. No more ' this unit is better than this ' like there is in 1.06. Gandalf returns with Shield Bubble from BFME1 & stronger existing powers. For players new to 1.07, Shield Bubble can be activated by the U hotkey. Refer to the 3.2 changelog for more information!
Q)How do I change my resolution to a 16:9(wide)?
Easy! Go here C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\My Battle for Middle-earth™ II Files. Open options.ini with notepad, and edit the resolution to the one you wish. For example my own is 1080P as defined here
Q) How do I use the Patch Switcher?
A) If you wish to play 1.07, select it in the drop down box below older versions and press apply.
If you wish to play 1.06 for whatever reason, press official patch
*- Earthquake total damage to fortresses now 1750 (from 2500)
-Aragorn Athelas now heals 1000 hitpoints (from 2000), blademaster +50% bonus vs structures removed
-Boromir's horn fear duration reduced to 10s (from 15s), attack hero-knockdown chance reduced to 15% (from 25%)
-Faramir levelup improved (50/100/150/280/420/540/690/840/990 from 60/120/180/370/560/750/900/1050/1200)
*- Faramir line of sight increased to 580 (from 500), health now 2250 (from 2000)
- Faramir bow pre-attack delay now 350 ms (from 1170 ms), wounding arrow recharge time now 35s (from 40s)
-*- Ivory Tower reload time now 4m30s (from 6m)
-Market place cost reduced to 500 (from 1500)
-Gondor Soldier damage 33/75 (from 40/90)
-MotW stables cost now 500 (from 600)
-Gondor archer range 330 (from 300), speed now 50 (from 47)
-Soldier of Gondor base damage restored to 40/90 (from 33/75), damage vs structures reduced by 17.5%
-Soldier of Gondor now takes 105% damage from poison (was 100%)
-MotW archery Range buildtime now 15s (from 30s)
-Gandalf wizard blast damage 2.5 times higher against enemy infantry
-Aragorn regular weapon splash radius now 12 (from 10)
-Aragorn Elendil recharge now 80s (was 60s)
-Gondor Archer unupgraded pierce damage now 30 (was 25)
-MotW barracks buildtime now 33s (was 30s)
-Gondor Soldier Banner Carrier upgrade cost now 350 (was 400)
-Faramir bow pre-attack delay now 350 ms (from 1170 ms), wounding arrow recharge time now 35s (from 40s)
-Ivory Tower recharge time now 5m15s (from 6m)
-Summoned Rangers now have the longshot ability available
-Marketplace cost 500 (was 1500), Grand Harvest production bonus +15% (was +10%), Iron Ore reduces heavy armor and forged blades upgrade costs by 33% (was 25%).
-*- Gondor Archers experience award now 2/2/3/4/5 (was 3/4/5/6/7), experience requirement 1/40/80/120/160 (was 1/50/100/150/200); for levels 1 thru 5 respectively
-Soldier Shieldwall formation base armor bonus +20% (was +25%), now makes pierce armor 100/16% (from 125/20%)
-Eowyn spear reload now 1m30s (was 1m), +200% damage bonus to all ground evil heroes and Drogoth. Includes Lurtz, MoS, Nazgul, Wormtongue, Saruman, Sharku, Gorkil, Drogoth and Shelob
-Towerguard buildtime 24s (was 20s)
-Mounted Gandalf armor now resilient-hero (was tough-hero)
-Theoden build time now 40s (110s). Glorious Charge recharge now 4min 30s (4min)
-Faramir mount/dismount times now 1s (2s). Mounted speed now 90 (80)
-Tower Guard speed now 40 (37)
-Lone tower now provides the same healing/LD as fort Banners/House of Healing if you have purchased them. Purchasing Numenor Stonework for the fortress also upgrades the Lone Towers.
-Fortress Banners now provides standard +50% damage leadership
-Visual Effect: Aragorn reclaims Anduril, forged from the Shards of Narsil
-Visual Effect: The Light of Moria will now guide Gandalf until he is White
-Visual Effect: Gandalf will now radiate with the Strength of the Maiar when casting Light of Istari
-Gandalf buildtime from 75s to 60s
-Gandalf Light of Istari cooldown from 240s to 160s
-Gandalf Lightning Sword cooldown from 240s to 180s
-Gandalf Lighting Sword damage vs heroes from 30% to 110%
-Gandalf Istari Light damage vs heroes from 225% to 300%
-Gandalf Istari Light damage vs WitchKing Mounted from 140% to 60%
-Gandalf Istari Light damage vs Fellbeasts from 126% to 110%
-Gandalf mounted speed from 90 to 95
-Blacksmith buildcost from 1500 to 1200
-Blacksmith buildtime from 90s to 70s
-Theoden HP from 1600 to 2000
-Theoden buildtime from 40s to 35s
-House of Healing cost reduced to 700, from 800
-House of Healing buildtime reduced to 25s, from 30s
-House of Healing effect radius from 200 to 300
-House of Healing Hero Revival bonus removed
-Fortress Banners from 650g to 500g
-Lone Tower Leadership bonus radius from 200 to 250
-Lone Tower Healing bonus radius from 100 to 150
-Inn Elves can no longer be upgraded
-Ivory Tower cost increased to 1500
-Tower Guard build time increased from 24s to 26s
-Gondor Archer's Health from 100, to 85
-Gondor Archery Range buildtime from 15s to 18s
-Tom Bombadil duration decreased from 60s to 45s
-Tom Bombadil sonic song cooldown reduced to 17s, from 20s
-Rally Call from 2 min 30 to 2 min
-Grand Harvest buildtime from 60s to 45s
-Faramir dismounted speed from 50 to 55
-Faramir wounding arrow damage from 400 to 600
-Eowyn Shield Maiden now grants 25% speed and 25% armor, from 65% armor
-Eowyn now has splash damage
-Eowyn dismounted armor type from Tough to Hero
-Eowyn dismounted speed from 50 to 55
-Eowyn now has a 30% penalty vs structures
-Eowyn delay between shots and pre-attack delay significantly increased
-Aragorn has a new Anduril graphical effect
-Aragorn levels 8-10 exp required reduced
-Rally call radius increased from 75 to 105
-Heal cooldown from 180s to 160s
-Shield Wall speed penalty reduced from 60% to 70%
-Arrow Volley cooldown from 360s to 180s
-Archery Range Level 2 upgrade cost from 500 to 450
-Lone Tower cooldown from 240s to 180s
-Army of the Dead Summon Duration from 45s to 50s
-Army of the Dead speed from 65 to 70
-Merry now has fireworks and other assorted goods
-Firecracker deals 150% bonus damage vs structures, also effective vs units
-Fireworks has a very small explosion radius that will damage units trying to attack him
-Summon Hobbit Allies bonus vs structures from 70% to 60% of normal damage
-Blademaster now Blue, from Red
-House of Healing now provides an additional 5% discount from hero purchase price
-Discount stacks with fort banners, totaling 15%
-Banners cost from 300g to 250g*
-Well buildtime from 45s to 25s*
-Trebuchet buildcost from 700 to 600*
-Gandalf now has Shield Bubble
-Shield Bubble provides 100% Armour for 4.5 seconds
-Shield Bubble cooldown set to 60s
-Hotkey for Shield Bubble is U
-Shield Bubble can be used as both Gandalf The Grey & White
-Gandalf level 4-5 experience required reduced*
-Eowyn cost from 2000 to 1500*
-Eowyn Smite now deals splash in radius 15
-Eowyn Smite cooldown from 90s to 60s
-Eowyn scalars vs Mordor flyers from 400% to 150%
-Eowyn health from 2800 to 3000*
-Marketplace buildtime from 45s to 40s*
-Grandharvest buildtime from 45s to 35s*
-Grandharvest buildcost from 800 to 700*
-Summon Dunedain Allies now 4 batallions, from 3*
-Level 2 Barracks upgrade time from 30s to 25s
-Level 3 Barracks upgrade time from 30s to 25s
-Level 3 stable upgrade time from 60s to 25s
-Level 2 Siegeworks upgrade time from 30s to 25s
-Level 3 Siegeworks upgrade time from 30s to 25s
Isengard
*-Warg rider poison armor now 110/75% (130/75%), cavalry ranged armor now 135/75% (150/75%)
*-Wormtongue's Venomous Words now obtained at lvl1 (lvl2), base damage now 130 (100)
*-Saruman Fireball recharge time now 66s (60s). Now deals 50% more damage against Drogoth and Eagles
*-Uruk warrior CP cost now 60 (70)
*-Furnace buildtime now 17s (from 15s)
*-Warg rider buildtime now 32s (from 30s)
*-Berzerkers now deal 20% less damage against Guardians
*-Sharku outer radius damage and damage against structures decreased to 170
*- Berzerker Specialist armor now 90% (was 80%), health 950 (was 1000), buildtime now 30s (was 25s)
*- Warg Rider leveling no longer affects its trample damage; Howl effect now +70% damage and -15% armor, now stacks with everything but damage leaderships and can't be cancelled by a debuff
*- Sharku's Tame the Beast moved to lvl9, can now capture any cavalry unit but can only target one horde
*- Wormtongue experience required for lvl10 now 740 (was 690); Venomous words moved to level 2, speed penalty now -35% (was -50%)
*- Warg Sentry now automatically respawns wargs, vision range 400 (was 175), no longer decelerates when crushing (had 1% deceleration); Both wargs now die when the building is destroyed
*- Isen mine launcher fort upgrade weapon now fires three additional mines
*- Bloodthirsty for Uruks now has a +125% experience modifier (was +20%) - level 1 horde gets to level three with one usage
*- Isengard banner carrier research cost 250 (was 600) and time 15s (was 30s); equip cost now 200 (was 300)
*- Warg Rider crush radius removed
*- Berserker now takes 80% from specialist (was 70%), 200% from crush (was 100%), damage penalty vs cavalry now -50% (was -80%)
*- Crossbows now have a +15% damage bonus against Giant Eagles, flame weapon now deals 70 pierce dmg (was 75), +45 flame (was 35)
*- Furnace health 1080 (was 980)
*- Dragon Strike pre-attack delay 0.8s (was 1.6s)
*- Summon Dragon pre-attack delay 0.766 (was 2s)
*- Uruk Hai Formation now take 105/30% from pierce (from 140/40%), 105/60% from cavalry-ranged (instead of 140/80%), and 85/16% from structural (instead of 100/20%)
- Isengard Explosive Mine now takes 1% from pierce and cavalry-ranged (was 25%), 15% from siege and logical-fire (was 100%) and 1% from structural (was 10%)
*- Isengard Siege Works level 3 upgrade cost 500 (was 1000) and time 40s (was 60s)
*- Isengard Mine Launcher expansion weapon no longer hurts allies
*- Warg sentry cost 400 (was 350), comes with two wargs (only one can be unleashed/rebuilt) and wargs now uses the trample attack much more often
*- Uruk warrior unarmored now takes 105% (was 110%) from poison damage
- Crossbowmen base armor now takes 77% (was 85%) from pierce, 45% (was 50%) from poison, unupgraded weapon now has a +25% damage bonus against fellbeasts
*- Isengard summon dragon +75% damage scalar vs heros
*- Freezing Rain now cancels High Level leadership on top of the -25% armor -25% damage debuff to all enemy units; doesn't affect hero abilities
- Saruman's Wizard Blast damage now 750 (was 500), now has a 15% chance of knocking back heroes
*- Grima's Backstab now deals 500 damage (was 200) and poison duration now 25s (was 20s)
*- Wargs now take 42% (was 50%) from arrows, 18% (from 25%) with armor
*- Berserker health now 1000 (from 800), splash radius 20 (from 15)
*- Fuel the Fires economy buff now +60% (from +50%)
*- Sharku default attack preattack delay now 625ms (from 1.25s) and has splash damage (11 units radius)
*- Saruman Level 10 ability (Lightning Bolt) now 3.5 times stronger vs heroes
*- Uruk Warriors now take 110/60% damage from poison (was 100/50%)
*- Sharku trample damage 180 (from 70)
*- Fuel the Fires production bonus now +50% (from +100%)
*- Dragon Strike direct damage against fortresses halved
* Saruman attack knockback chance against heroes now 25% (from 100%)
* Wormtongue now has a 50% damage bonus vs heroes
* Wildmen damage reduced to 30 (from 40)
- Uruk warrior now lose 30% from speed (from 40%) when in formation
- Uruk crossbows pre-attack delay now 550ms (from 820ms), delay between shots 2.6s (from 2.5s)
- Palantir duration now 1m10s (from 40s), vision range 900 (from 1000)
- Dragonstrike damage reduced to 7300 (from 9000)
- Warg Rider upgraded weapon bonus vs structures reduced to +50% (from +100%)
- Saruman hitpoints reduced to 2000 (from 3000), fireball logical-fire radius reduced to 25 (from 40)
- Furnace health increased to 980 (from 750)
-Crossbow cost from 350 to 325
-Crossbow delay between shots from 2500ms to 1800ms
-Crossbow range from 300 to 325
-Excavations (fort) build time reduced from 30s to 25s
-Burning Forges (fort) build time reduced from 30s to 25s
-Fire Arrows (Fort) build time reduced from 30s to 25s
-Fort Crebain vision bonus reduced by 10%
-Warchant cooldown 120s, from 150s.
-Devastation resource cap set to 1500
-Warg Sentry damage from 400 to 100
-Warg Sentry buildtime from 45s to 55s
-Warg Sentry cost from 400 to 450
-Crebrain cooldown reduced from 3 min to 2 min 30s
-Palantir cooldown reduced from 3 min 30 to 3 min
-Siege works upgrade cost from 800 to 500
-Siege works upgrade time from 30s to 25s
-Isengard Ballista buildtime from 40s to 20s
-Isengard Explosive Mine buildtime from 45s to 20s
-Saruman levels 8-10 exp required reduced
-Warchant radius increased from 75 to 105
-Crossbow Delay between shots from 1800ms to 2100ms
-Tainted Land removed
-Tained land replaced with Untamed Allegiance
-Untaimed Allegiance cooldown set to 270s
-Untaimed Allegiance now provides a heal equal to half of Forces of Light
-Untaimed Allegiance lair control removed
-Untamed Allegiance will now heal heroes, monsters & infantry
-Improved Sharku heal rate from 15 hp/s to 30 hp/s
-Summon Dragon speed from 75 to 85
-Berserker buildtime from 30s to 26s
-Isengard Excavations bonus's removed
-Excavations now provides a passive heal equal to 1.5% hp/s(FoL is 3%), in radius 300
-Saruman health from 2400 to 2800*
-Saruman speed from 55 to 60*
-Saruman buildtime from 90s to 60s*
-Saruman Fireball now deals 400% vs Drogoth & Eagles, from 150%
-Devastation resource cap set to 1300, from 1500
-Level 2 Uruk Pit upgrade time from 30s to 25s*
-Level 3 Uruk Pit upgrade time from 30s to 25s*
-Level 2 Warg Pit upgrade time from 30s to 25s*
-Level 3 Warg Pit upgrade time from 30s to 25s*
-Untamed Allegiance heal increased from 25% max health to 35% max health(FoL is 50%)
-Untamed Allegiance cooldown from 270s to 210s
-Battering Ram speed from 37 to 40
-Grima Venomous Words cooldown from 110s to 90s
Elves
*-LW experience requirements for levels now 1/50/125/200/275 (1/75/150/225/300)
*-Eagle summon duration now 1min 20s (1m 10s). Now deals 20% less damage against forts
*-Legolas build time now 50s (60s)
*-Treebeard siege armor now 33% (from 100%)
*-Mirkwood Archers banners hotkey now C (from N)
-Rivendell Lancers now take 150%/100% from specialist (from 200%/100%) and 32/25% from slash (from 40/25%)
*- Floodgates' fire reload 16s (was 20s), health 1300 (was 1000) and cost 1200 (was 1500)
- Treebeard now takes 75% from flame (was 200%) and 50% from specialist (was 100%)
*- Lorien warrior experience award increased by 1 in all levels, experience requirement 1/75/150/225/300 (1/50/100/150/200)
*- Lorien Archer now takes 67/40% from cavalry-ranged damage (was 100/50%), unupgraded weapon -10% damage penalty vs non-archer infantry removed
*- Giant eagle takes 62% (from 55%) from structural damage, summon duration now 70s (was 40s)
*- Mithlond buildtime 38s (was 40s)
*- Mirkwood takes 250% from crush (was 200%), minimum range removed.
*- Thranduil base weapon damage penalty vs machines now -60% (was -85%), armor now resilient-hero (was hero-mounted)
*- Flood power base damage 215 (was 142), damage penalty vs forts now -87.5 (was -75%)
*- Legolas Train Archers ability now on level 3 (was level 4), knife fighter on level 4 (was 6)
*- Mallorn Tree health now 1040 (was 940)
*- Legolas knife fighter now gives +50% armor (was +20%).
*- Arwen damage penalty vs buildings -20% (was -30%).
*- Haldir Golden arrow damage halved vs air units, recharge increased to 2m30s (from 1m30s)
*- Thranduil bow attacks can no longer be dodged
*- Giant Eagle plow attack now 40% weaker vs heroes
*- Mithlond Sentry now takes 45% from poison unarmored (was 50%), buildtime 40s (was 42s). *- Mirkwoods pierce damage reduced by 20% vs all non-hero cavalry units, now have a 60-unit radius minimum attack range
*- Arwen damage vs structures reduced by 30%, damage against cavalry increased by 25%
*- Elrond damage vs heroes doubled
*- Fortress Eagle build time now 1m45s (was 2m30). Eagle now takes 40% from pierce (was 45%) and 55% from structural (was 50%)
*- Flood power damage vs forts reduced by 29%
*- All Silverthorn arrows (except the elven tower ones) now deal only deal 12.5% magic damage to cavalry *- Peasants speed now 50 (from 42)
*- Elven Warrior now deal 40% less damage against cavalry
- Mithlond Sentry base crush revenge now 50% stronger vs Spider Riders
- Silverthorn arrows magic damage vs fortresses reduced by half
*- Armored Lorien Warriors now take 65% (was 45%) from cavalry, 20% (was 9%) from magic and 98% from cavalry (was 84%) damage types
*- Lorien archer damage reduced by 10% against soldiers (except for Guardian) and pikes
*- Elven Lancer heavy armor +30% armor bonus removed
*- Glorfindel blade of purity damage bonus now +50% (from +100%)
*- Lorien Archers damage vs CTs reduced by 20%
*- Elrond athelas radius 115 (from 75)
*- Eagle now takes 45% from pierce and 55% from cavalry-ranged (from 20%)
-Giant Eagle now takes 80% from fire (from 30%), health 3400 (from 4000), buildtime 2m30s (from 1m), summon duration 40s (from 2m), attack now has a -70% damage penalty vs towers
-Farsight power reload reduced to 1m40s (from 3m)
-Mithlond Sentry vulnerability to slash reset (200% from 240%)
-Thanduril reload time now 2s (from 2.3s)
-Eagle now takes 45% from pierce and 55% from cavalry-ranged (from 20%), fire vulnerability restored to 30%
-Elrond speed 70 (from 65), elven grace amount increased (1000 from 600) and now affects heroes and infantry next to him,
-Hotkey for Elven Cloak from E to C
-Thranduil buildtime from 75s to 55s
-Rivendell Lancer speed from 90 to 92
-Experience Required for Elrond level 6-7 reduced
-Experience Required for Thranduil levels 8-10 reduced
-Sunflare impact radius from 200 to 250
-Sunflare damage from 3000 to 4000
-Sunflare cooldown from 660s to 600s
-Rally call radius increased from 75 to 105
-Heal cooldown from 180s to 160s
-Elven banners research cost from 750 to 400
-Elven banners research time from 30s to 15s
-Legolas Hawk Strike cooldown from 85s to 105s
-Arrow Volley cooldown from 360s to 180s
-Elven Mist cooldown from 210s to 180s
-Elven mist effect radius from 150 to 200
-Elves now have new scenery, trees will grow around their fortress
-Summon Ent Allies now 3 units, from 2
-Treebeard buildtime from 60s to 40s
-Ent now takes 25% slash, from 10%
-Ent now takes 25% pierce, from 1%
-Ent now takes 25% cavalry ranged, from 1%
-Ent now takes 75% hero, from 50%
-Mirror of Galadriel buildtime from 45s to 25s
-Legolas health from 1650 to 1850
-Ent Rock Throw now deals 10% less damage against Forts(75% to 65%)
-Rivendell Lancer Banner Carrier Heal Pulse Amount from 3hp to 7hp per 2s
-Rivendell Lancer now takes 44% from pierce, from 50%
-Visual Effect: Added new Sword for Elrond's Model
-Rally Call from 2 min 30 to 2 min
-Tom Bombadil duration decreased from 60s to 45s
-Tom Bombadil sonic song cooldown reduced to 17s, from 20s
-Ent buildtime from 25s to 20s
-Ent cost from 800 to 700
-Entmoot buildtime from 40s to 25s
-Ent spawn animation time halved
-Treebeard spawn animation time halved
-Thranduil buildtime from 90s to 75s
-Legolas Health from 1500 to 1650
-Legolas buildtime from 50s to 40s
-Legolas base damage from 150 to 200
-Legolas hawkstrike range from 485 to 530
-Legolas hawkstrike impact radius from 20 to 27
-Enshrouding mist cooldown from 270s to 210s
-Haldir Golden Arrow from 150s to 160s
-Thranduil Thorn of Vengeance from 60s to 70s
-Mystic Fountains buildtime from 30s to 25s
-Crystal Moat buildtime from 30s to 25s
-Blessed Mist buildtime from 30s to 25s
-Mystic Fountain heal radius from 200 to 300
Dwarves
*-Battlewagon Men of Dale range now 400 (from 480)
*-Lonetower now provides the same healing/LD as fort Banners/Siege Kegs if you have purchased them. Purchasing Stone Work for the fortress also upgrades the Lone Towers.
*-Dwarven archery range lvl2 upgrade time now 20s (from 30s)
*-Fortress Banners now provides standard +50% damage leadership
*-Battlewagon Men of Dale now deal 50% less damage against pikes
-Summoned Men of Dale lifetime now 2min 15s (was 2m 30s).
*- Guardians experience award increased by 1 in all levels
*- MoD summon duration 2m30s (was 3m)
*- King Dain armor resilient-hero (was hero-mounted)
*- Archery range buildtime 30s (was 35s)
*- Axe Thrower now has a 20% projectile dodge rate, upgraded weapon +25% damage bonus vs heroes, knockback stun duration average 950ms (was 1.9s)
*- Battlewagon now takes 80% (was 50%) from cavalry ranged, 125% (was 100%) from poison damage; hearth upgrade time 20s (was 45s), heal rate 1.5s (was 2s)
*- Gimli axethrower damage bonus vs battlewagons now +300% (was +500%, no longer one-shots BWs)
*- Earthquake now only damage units in its epicenter (25% in the core - 1/3 radius - and 10% in the center - up to 2/3 radius). Damage now 100% in the core, 66% in the center and 33% in the outer area
*- Demolisher now takes 150/75% from specialist (was 125/60%), buildtime 40s (was 30s)
*- Forge Works level 2 production speed bonus +15% (was +10%)
*- Gloin level 10 Shatterhammer area of effect radius 210 (from 250), recharge time now 2m45s (from 2m).
*- Battlewagon Men of Dale weapon now has a -10% damage penalty vs Cave Trolls.
*- Dwarven Guardian now takes 67/37% damage from poison (was 60/30%)
*- Gimli slayer damage bonus now +50% (from +100%)
*- Axe Thrower's now have +50% damage bonus vs cavalry (+30% with forged blades)
*- Summon Citadel now has a mighty catapult by default (instead of a catapult), vision range doubled,
recharge time now 9m (from 6m) *- Mighty Catapult shot reload time now 6m (from 5m)
*- Summon citadel Dwarven power recharge time now 6m (from 12m)
- Battlewagon Men of Dale range now 510 (from 266)
*- BattleWagon MoD damage against pikes reduced by 50%, oil barrel minimum decay now 23.5 (from 1.5)
- Dwarven Guardian pierce resistance reduced (85/35% from 75/30%), siege hammers damage reduced to 56 (from 80)
- Gimli slayer attack damage vs forts halved
-Exp Required for Gloin levels 8-10 reduced
-Exp Required for King Dain levels 7-10 increased
-King Dain damage from 400 to 325
-Rally call radius increased from 75 to 105
-Heal cooldown from 180s to 160s
-Gimli heal rate improved from 30 hp/s to 40 hp/s
-Inn Hobbits can now level
-Dwarven level 3 Archery Range upgrade cost from 600 to 300
-Dwarven level 3 Archery Range upgrade time from 30s to 20s
-Gimli Leap range from 135 to 145
-Gimli Leap Radius from 30 to 40
-Gimli Axe Throw now deals ~ 2000 hero damage against flyers
-Gimli Axe Throw cooldown from 45s to 38s
-Undermine HP increased from 6000 to 8500
-Masterwork Munitions build time reduced from 30s to 25s
-Siege Kegs build time reduced from 30s to 25s
-Siege Kegs cost from 1000 to 750
-Siege Kegs effect radius from 200 to 300
-Fort Oil recharge increased from 20s to 25s
-King Dain buildtime from 70s to 55s
-King Dain delay between shots from 1300ms to 700ms
-King Dain preattack delay from 1366ms to 600ms
-Rally call from 2 min 30 to 2 min
-Men of Dale buildcost from 500 to 450
-Men of Dale buildtime from 30s to 25s
-Fort Banners buildtime from 5s to 15s
-Summon Undermine now deals 175 Specialist Damage, from 0, in Radius 200
-Summon Undermine cooldown from 360s to 240s
-Summon Undermine damage will affect Allies
-Demolisher Deploy Armour Bonus from 100% to 50%
-Demolisher Health from 4000 to 3500
-Demolisher Damage from 700 to 600
-Axe Thrower damage from 20 to 24
-Battlewagon now takes 150% from Hero Ranged, from 200%
-Level 3 forgeworks upgrade time from 60s to 50s
-Level 3 forgeworks upgrade cost from 1200 to 1100
-Gimli Slayer now provides knockback immunity to most types of knockdowns
-Gimli Leap Range from 100 to 200
-Gimli Axe Throw now deals 300% against Eagles, from 950%
-Gimli Revive Time for levels 8-10 from 180s to 150s
-King Dain Mighty Rage cooldown from 210s to 160s
Mordor
- Witchking hitpoints reduced by 20% (6400 from 8000)
*-Horde bonus now requires 70 individual units (60)
*-Haradrim archer rate of fire now 1.4s (1.7s)
*-Haradrim archer Black arrows can now be multiselected
-Black Riders now deal 20% less damage to all structure
*- Bloodthirsty for Orc warriors now has a +250% experience modifier (was +150%) - level 1 horde gets to almost level three with one usage
*- Orc Archer health 180 (was 200)
*- Troll cage lvl3 upgrade time now 45s (from 60s)
*- Attack troll CP cost now 60 (from 75), buildtime 40s (was 45s), magic armor now 45% (from 50%)
*- Fellbeast now takes 115% from cavalry-ranged (was 100%)
*- Mounted Witchking now takes 50% from cavalry-ranged (was 20%
*- Orc horde bonus +33% attack (was +50%)
*- Orc Fighter speed 42 (was 40), takes 75% dmg from uruk type (was 50%)
*- Orc archer speed 55 (was 57)
*- Banner carrier research cost 300 (was 600) and time 20s (was 30s)
*- Barrow Wight (from Morgul Blade) summon duration now 1m40s (was 2m), now invulnerable to knock back
*- Orc pit health 1650 (was 1500), cost to upgrade to level 2 now 350 (was 500)
*- Mummakil pen health 2600 (was 1500), troll cage health 3500 (was 2500)
*- Mouth of Sauron mounted armor now resilient-hero (was tough), Evil eye damage bonus vs fellbeasts +30% (was +80%), damage bonus vs Mounted Witchking +50% (was +100%), -30% damage penalty vs Legolas
*- Mountain Troll no longer automatically crushes pike units
*- Attack Troll crush damage 50 (was 10)
- Rain of Fire damage reduced by 35% against fortresses
*- Nazgul now has a -25% damage penalty to structures, and takes 90% damage from structural (was 100%)
*- Mountain troll rock damage reduced by 20% vs structures, 13% (was 15%) from slash, 30% (was 50%) from cavalry, and 43% (was 50%) from structural, 50% (was 55%) from pierce
*- Soldier of Rhun now takes 175/45% (was 100/25%) from Uruk type dmg.
*- Fellbeast health 7000 (from 6000), plow damage against structures 500 (from 375)
*- Witchking on Fellbeast plow damage against structures 500 (from 375)
*- Corsairs now takes 85% (was 75%) from crush and cavalry, price decrease bonus from multiple taverns reduced (minimum cost now 300 instead of 240)
*- Barrow Wight now drains 35% health from the damage dealt (was 50%)
-Orc Archer unupgraded weapon damage bonus vs Uruks reduced to 20% (was 40%)
- Gorgoroth spire damage restored to 2000, now only deals fire damage (from siege + fire), inner radius now 100 (from 50)
- Nazgul Rider crush deceleration percentage now 5 (from 4), minimum crushing velocity 56 (from 58), mount toggle now takes 4s (from 1.4s)
- Corsair fire bomb double damage bonus vs structures removed, fire decay now 25 (from 16)
- Gorgoroth spire range 650 (from 2000), siege damage 200 (from 1000) on central radius (60), recharge 7m (from 5m)
- Witchking hitpoints reduced to 6700 (from 8000), mounted armor 20% stronger vs all damage types, healing rate now 32 health/s (from 25 health/s)
- Unarmored Haradrim Archer now takes 80% pierce (from 100%), barbed arrows reload now 4s (from 6s)\
- Mumakil cost reduced to 1500
- Mordor Orcs horde bonus now works with just 3 hordes (from 5), check radius 250 (from 160), damage bonus now +33% (from +55%), also affect haradrim lancers
-Witch King buildtime from 115s to 100s
-Darkness improved from 25/25 to 25/50(damage)
-Mouth of Sauron Evil Eye scalar vs Legolas from 70% to 30%
-Doom Pyres standardized from 50/50 to +25% damage +25% exp
-Fortress Fire Arrows buildtime from 30s to 25s
-Cauldrons buildtime from 30s to 25s
-Lava Moat buildtime from 30s to 25s
-Warchant cooldown 120s, from 150s.
-Eye of Sauron cooldown reduced from 3 min to 2 min
-Eye of Sauron experience gain bonus from 25% to 50%
-Siege Catapult buildtime reduced from 30s to 15s
-Orc bonus to structures decreased from 180% to 145%
-Haradrim Palace health increased to 1800, from 1500
-Haradrim Lancer speed increased from 40, to 44
-Haradrim Lancer damage from 90 to 110
-Haradrim Lancer preattackdelay from 1.6 to 1.4
-Corsair Firebomb range reduced to 290
-Mumakil Pen Tier 2 and 3 upgrade times reduced from 30s to 20s
-Mouth of Sauron levels 8-10 exp required reduced
-Rain of Fire cooldown from 720s to 600s
-Rain of Fire impact radius from 200 to 250
-Eye of Sauron improved to 25% armour + 25% damage
-Warchant radius increased from 75 to 105
-Witchking heal rate improved from 32 hp/s to 42 hp/s
-Fire Arrows (fort) build time reduced from 30s to 25s
-Warchant cooldown 120s, from 150s.
-Goblin Archer health from 80 to 85
-Goblin Archer damage from 26 to 29
-Bats cooldown reduced from 3 min to 2 min 30s
-Drogoth inner plough damage from 750 to 675
-Drogoth pre heal delay improved to 15s, from 30s
-Drogoth speed increased to 95, from 86
-Drogoth fireflight cooldown increased to 1 min 45, from 1 min 30
-Drogoth fireflight radius increased to 85, from 60
-Drogoth fireflight range from 150 to 250
-Drogoth incinerate cooldown increased from 180s to 190s
-Drogoth incinerate radius increased to 250, from 210
-Cost of Inn Wildmen Torch Upgrade increased to 400 from 300
-Shelob buildtime from 50s, to 40s
-Goblin Cave base HP increased to 2200, from 1900
-Firedrake Health increased from 4000 to 4800
-Gorkil Call from the Deep cooldown increased from 190s, from 180
-Mountain Giant cost from 1300 to 1100
-Mountain Giant buildtime from 45s to 30s
-Summon Spiderling structural penalty reduced from 50% to 80%
-Dragon Monument heal from 2% to 1.25%
-Dragon Monument heal radius from 200 to 300
-Half Trolls now have a 200% damage bonus against Attack Trolls
-Drogoth Fireball now deals 100% vs Witch King Mounted, from 300%
-Drogoth Fireball now deals 375% vs Fellbeasts, from 300%
-Drogoth Fireball cooldown from 60s to 45s
-Summon Spiderlings cooldown from 360s to 180s
-Gorkil levels 7-10 exp required reduced
-Shelob levels 7-10 exp reduced
-Shelob heal rate from 30 hp/s to 40 hp/s
-Shelob tunnel from 90s to 45s
-Warchant radius increased from 75 to 105
-Goblin Archer resistance to crush decreased by 5%
-Untaimed Allegiance cooldown set to 270s
-Untaimed Allegiance now provides a heal equal to half of Forces of Light
-Untaimed Allegiance lair control removed
-Untamed Allegiance will now heal heroes, monsters & infantry
-Summon Dragon speed from 75 to 85
-Inn Wildmen can now level
-Level 2 Goblin Cave upgrade time from 30s to 25s*
-Level 3 Goblin Cave upgrade time from 30s to 25s*
-Goblin Warrior poison blades cooldown from 60s to 50s
-Drogoth now takes 48% magic damage, from 40%*
-Spiderling Allies summon duration set to 30s, from 180s*
-Spiderling Allies weapon damage vs structures from 80% to 65% of normal
-Untamed Allegiance heal increased from 25% max health to 35% max health(FoL is 50%)
-Untamed Allegiance cooldown from 270s to 210s
-Cave Troll Buildtime from 40s to 36s
-Cave Troll resistance to pierce increased from 49% to 41%
-Goblin Archer Health from 85 to 83
Global
-All Porters/Builders now build in 25s, from 30s
- Dwarven riches and Industry no longer stack
*- Balrog's health increased to 4800 (was 4000), armor flank penalty now -50%, siege damage penalty vs forts now -90% (was -87.5%)
- Light hero armor now takes 63% from magic (was 70%)
- Industry radius reduced to 100 (was 200)
- All Fort Armor upgrades cost now 1200 (was 1600)
- Fire Drake now takes 25% from crush (was 100%), and 5% from magic (was 20%), shockwave resistance now 74 (was 1), revival time 45s (was 30s
- Hobbit summon power recharge now 6m30s (was 5m)
- Interface Improvement: All fortress upgrades and hero recruit/revival buttons are now available in the palantir as well
*- Balrog whip siege damage vs fortresses now 100 (from 400), can now hit fliers with double the base siege damage
- Balrog summon explosion now deals 100% damage on center (60% radius) and 60% damage on perimeter
*- Eagle claw attack now does half damage vs Balrog
*- All advanced arrows unlocking upgrades (except for Eregion Forge) and research costs now 600, buildtimes 30s, equip costs increased by 100
- Cave and Mountain Trolls with a tree now have a -50% damage penalty towards structures
-Basic resource buildings production increase +20/35% (was +25/50%), population bonus 50/75 (was 25) for levels 2/3 respectively
-All heavy armoured units now take 15% damage from logical-fire damage
-Hobbit Sheriff now more vulnerable to trample (75/45% from 30/20%) and cavalry (140/100% from 100/40%), sword attack now 'cavalry' damage type
-Wildmen summon reduced to 3 hordes (from 4)
-Some mid-game heroes (Eomer, Faramir, Dain and Sharku) now cost 1500
-All unarmored pikes now 25% less vulnerable to siege
-Resource Limiter with 6 resource buildings reduced to -10% (from -15%)
-All pike-type units now take 240% from slash, except for the Tower Guard (still 200%)
-All artillery units bombard mode now have 1200 range, 12s reload, 75% damage falloff
-All heroes now take approximately 20% less experience to level up to 5 and above
-Rohirrim and Spider Riders bow damage increased by 30%
-All fortresses built-in towers damage reduced to 40, 60 vs cavalry (from 75)
-Farm and structure armor now take 6% and 5% from logical fire damage, respectively (from 2%)
-Earthquake total damage to fortresses now 1750 (from 2500)
-Hobbit sword attack now 35% weaker vs structures (70% weaker vs fortresses), speed now 54 (was 40), buildtime 30s (was 40s)
-Elven Warriors and Hobbits now take 115% from poison (was 100%)
-All swordsmen crush revenge now slash, Lorien Warriors and Uruk-hai crush revenge damage 40 (from 10), Gondor Soldier and Elven Warrior 60 (from 20)
- Elven Warriors and Hobbits now take 115% from poison (was 100%)
-Hobbit health 160 (was 200), -30% attack penalty vs unit production buildings.
-Hobbit summon power recharge now 6m30s (was 5m)
-All Forces of Darkness fire arrows equip cost now 250 (was 300/400)
-Mounted hero armor takes 20% (was 15%) from cavalry ranged
-Hero armor takes 35% (was 25%) from Uruk damage type
-Neutral Inn health now 2000 (was 3000)
-New "Resilient Hero" armor. 33% default, 25% slash and cavalry, 17% pierce and magic, 55% specialist, 20% cavalry-ranged and flame, 60% poison and hero, 50% siege and structural
-Balrog now takes 70% from magic (was 100%), sword siege damage penalty vs forts now -87.5% (was -80%)
-Archers defensive stance speed penalty reduced to -35% (was -60%)
-Buckland Map: terrain under towers leveled (height advantage removed), Troll lairs replaced by Warg lairs
-Dwarven and MotW summoned towers now take less damage from slash (50% from 75%), uruk (35% from 50%), flame 10% from 33%), hero (20% from 50%), cavalry (25% from 45%) and magic (20% from 50%)
-Mounted heroes now deal 12.5% less damage to all structures except forts
-Towers removed from Buckland
-Buckland wights replaced with warg lairs
-Added widescreen support
-Monster Heal Delay from 15s to 10s
-Monster Heal Amount from 15 hp/s to 40 hp/s
*- Summon Dragon now lasts 1m10s (from 1m), speed 75 (from 60), turning time 2s (from 5s)
Bugfixes
-Corrected an issue with Normal & Widescreen players getting OoS with AI involved
- Fixed Shelob Speed bug (now properly 80)
- Mountain Giant not healing on level 2 fixed
- Fortress Fire Drake not healing fixed
- Goblin King attack exploit fixed
- Rohirrim splash attack no longer damage friendly units
- Summoned rangers no longer cost command points
- Fixed Dwarven and Elven statues fear resistance LD, now properly works against terror
- Fixed Porters vulnerability to logical-fire
- Heroes with attack damage delay fixed: Goblin King
- Fire Drake Inferno radius fixed
- Fixed Arwen and Glorfindel not starting mounted
- Inn and signal fire armors fixed, now properly "structurearmor"
- Fixed outer wall hubs not being buildable everywhere
- Saruman base weapon knockbacking allied units fixed
- Boromir's Horn of Gondor fear duration on Forces of Darkness units now properly 10s (was 15s)
- Mounted Goblin King stuttering while turning fixed
- Warg Sentry Locomotor sensibly improved
-Fellbeast claw attack properly fixed against structures
-Fire drake inferno radius properly 110 (was 100)
-Sentry warg charge speed fixed
- Lurtz's carnage exploit properly fixed
-Stubborn pride now properly stacks with Mighty Rage
- Mirkwood banner carrier can no longer be trampled
-Rohirrim and Gimli on slayer mode can now harm the isengard warg sentry structure -Drogoth attacking fixed
-Mounted heroes getting stuck against lvl2 Corsairs fixed
-Men statue now uses an armorset
-Hobbit commandpoint not adding up fixed
-There is no longer the issue of troops dissapearing on the map edges on widescreen minimap
-There is no longer a stretching of icons and palantir in widescreen
-Spiderling Lair lings no longer apply poison damage
-Building Crystal Moat while Eagle is alive no longer prevents resurrection
-Fellbeast claw attack properly fixed against structures
-Glorfindel can no longer mount while Blade of Purity is active
-Darkness FX now correctly applies to units built after spell cast
-All tooltips corrected
-Pillage from Fort Spiderlings fixed(removed)
Patch 1.07 Revised Changes 19/07/2013
-Gandalf Lightning Sword now deals splash in radius 12 -Gandalf Istari Light now deals Critical Damage to Giant Eagle Summon -Gandalf Istari Light now deals 200% to Fort Eagle, from 70% -Gandalf Istari Light now deals 300% to Shelob, from 70% -Gandalf Istari Light now deals 110% to Drogoth, from 70% -Gandalf Istari Light now deals 380% to Aragorn, Elrond and Gimli, from 300% -Gandalf Istari Light no longer has penalties against Dain, Theoden, and MoS -Gandalf Lightning Sword now deals 150% bonus damage against Gimli, Aragorn and Elrond, from 110%
Isengard
-Devastation cooldown reduced from 360s to 300s -Wormtongue cost from 2000 to 1800 -Palantir Vision cooldown from 180s to 150s -Armory buildtime from 60s to 50s
Elves
-Mirror of Galadriel can now heal multiple battalions simutaneously -Giant Eagle heal regen from 15hp/s to 25hp/s -Giant Eagle now deals 12% bonus damage against Fellbeast and Witch-king mounted -Thrandiul Dead Eye now deals 20% against forts, from 100% -Thrandiul Dead Eye duration increased from 20s to 25s -Thrandiul Dead Eye cooldown reduced from 120s to 100s -Thranduil Move Unseen Effect Radius from 50 to 100 -Ent buildtime from 20s to 25s -Treebeard cost from 2000 to 1500 -Treebeard now takes 75% specialist, from 50% -Treebeard & Ents now take 50% from Hero Ranged, from 5% -Treebeard now takes 25% slash, from 10% -Enchanted Andril Upgrade Discount's improved for each level -Elven Barracks Level 3 Upgrade Time from 60s to 25s -Green Pasture Level 2 & 3 Upgrade Time from 60s to 25s
Dwarves
-Hearth can now heal multiple battalions simutaneously -Battlewagon Men of Dale now deal 60% to Isengard Pikeman, from 25% -Battlewagon now takes 180% structural damage, from 200% -Battlewagons now gain self-heal at level 5 -Battlewagon Hearth Effect Radius from 100 to 200 -Men of Dale Black Arrows now deals 200% against Mumakil -Men of Dale Black Arrows range increased to 460, from 380 -Men of Dale Black Arrows now deals 15% damage to Heros, from 100% -Men of Dale Black Arrows now deals 35% damage to Monsters, from 100% -Men of Dale Black Arrows now deal 1% damage to All Structures -Men of Dale Black Arrows cooldown from 30s to 60s -Swapped Barrage with Cloudbreak -Gloin Shake Foundation now deals 15% against Forts, from 25% -King Dain cost now 1800, from 1500
Mordor
-Evil eye no longer deals critical damage to Mordor Flyers -Orc Archer Bugfix: The bonus damage against Dwarven infantry no longer applies to all units -Mordor Orc Archer bonus vs Uruk Warriors from 120% to 110% -Attack Trolls have been redesigned as an anti-infantry/cav/hero unit, weak to flame, magic & pierce -Attack Trolls now take 50% from crush revenge, from 100% -Attach Troll speed from 68 to 61 -Attack Troll now costs 75 CP, from 60 -Attack Trolls now take 100% flame, from 50% -Attack Trolls now take 110% magic, from 90% -Attack Trolls now take 40% from pierce, from 25% -Barbed Arrows cooldown set to 60s (matches black arrows) -Barbed Arrows range from 380 to 460 -Drummer Troll Buildtime from 45s to 38s -Drummer Troll leadership radius from 400 to 300 -Fellbeast damage vs heroes increased from 30% to 50% -Fellbeast resistance to pierce increased from 80% to 72% -Fellbeast damage against buildings increased from 75% to 85% -Haradrim Archer buildtime from 40s to 33s -Haradrim Archer Barbed Arrows Range from 350 to 460 -Haradrim Archer Barbed Arrows now deals 30% damage to Heroes & Monsters, from 100% -Haradrim Lancer now deals 60% to heroes, from 120% -Haradrim Lancer now deals normal pikeman crush revenge to all cavalry -Haradrim Lancer penalties against Archers removed -Haradrim Lancer buildtime now 35s, from 45s
Goblins
-Shelob speed from 80 to 85(now keeps up with riders) -Shelob resistance to specialist increased from 42% to 39% -Goblin Archer damage from 29 to 28 -Goblin Archer health decreased by 2 -Half Troll bonus damage vs heroes removed -Half Troll bonus vs Attack Trolls reduced from 200% to 120% -Summon Spiderlings lifetime from 30s to 35s -Summon Spiderlings now deal 55% to structures, from 65% -Drogoth now deals 50% damage to Heroes, from 30% -Drogoth now deals 85% damage to structures, from 75% -Drogoth Fireball now deals critical damage against Giant Eagle Summon -Spider Pit Tier 3 upgrade time from 60s to 30s -Spiderlings now have a 15% bonus against corsairs -Spiderlings now have a 7% bonus against Guardians
Global
-Earthquake outer phase weapon damage decreased -Rally Call & Warchant now grant 50% bonus experience -The Balrog's Fire Breathe will now deal Critical Damage against Gandalf if he fails to cast Shield Bubble -Dragon Lifetime from 70s to 80s -Darkness Armor Bonus from 25% to 33% -Cost of builders from 500g to 450g -Tooltips corrected accordingly
This post has been edited by Val`: Jul 26 2013, 02:36 AM
I like all the changes. I remember myself pushing for a goblin cave build time reduction long ago, but it got shut down. It has finally happened though. The only thing I might be just a little worried about is Dwarves beating up on Elves too much now. I don't think the buffs should have too big of an affect on the match up though.
You can get a replay without needed someone else to play against. All you need to do is go to network, host a game, put a bot opponent on, delete your fort, and save the replay. It's not hard and just takes a few minutes. So, whenever you make a new patch, you won't have to wait for someone else to post a game.
Of course, it's not like you need to get that done OMG RIGHT NOW anyway. So just waiting for someone else isn't a problem really.
Oh yeah To be truthful 3.1 would of been the last if it weren't for bug fixes. Pretty sure there is absolutely none left in 3.3, I did test Gimli against all flyers and shit
I like all the changes. I remember myself pushing for a goblin cave build time reduction long ago, but it got shut down. It has finally happened though. The only thing I might be just a little worried about is Dwarves beating up on Elves too much now. I don't think the buffs should have too big of an affect on the match up though.
It had really gotten retarded how impossible it was for Dwarves to basically kill anything in that matchup. The change to BWs and Hero-Ranged damage was definitely neccessary. It'll just be interesting to see how the boost to ATs damage will work, since those were already really potent in the matchup.
EDIT: Oh, and big thanks for putting up the links to all the old patches for us patch noobs Val. Will be nice to watch some of the old school games again. I've been wondering in that regard if it would ever be possible to incorporate all the old versions in the patchswitcher? Or would that be too much work?
Good job Val,I'm curious to see the new changes! Lets hope this is the last BTP for at least some months now =) You will be known(or you already are) as the patch-man lol
It had really gotten retarded how impossible it was for Dwarves to basically kill anything in that matchup. The change to BWs and Hero-Ranged damage was definitely neccessary. It'll just be interesting to see how the boost to ATs damage will work, since those were already really potent in the matchup.
Yeah, I agree. I was thinking more about the AT change than the BW change when I said that. The BW buff should help dwarves a lot too though.
EDIT: Oh, and big thanks for putting up the links to all the old patches for us patch noobs Val. Will be nice to watch some of the old school games again. I've been wondering in that regard if it would ever be possible to incorporate all the old versions in the patchswitcher? Or would that be too much work?
It already works with all the old version's, as long as you have their associated .big file in your bfme2 directory. Download an old version and you'll find it is selectable in the switcher.
Axe Throwers beat Loriens in 1v1 now and because they deal slash damage they also rape Mithlond's.
Dwarves also benefit a lot from the Porter buildtime reduction
I'm seriously considering renaming Battletest to Patch 1.07( GR Portal included). Have you guys seen what Forshire did for BFME1? Everyone uses 1.05, even the non-competitive scene. Plus, everyone hates him(see bfme1 portal, good read). It's obvious why the way he rages and such all day. All's he did was name the 'mod' 'Patch 1.05' and spammed it across the internet. The most ironic thing is that practically everyone on Gamereplays hates the patch(even though it changes almost nothing, just 'host fix').
Oh the joy it would be to jump on Gameranger and see everyone using BTP
Dwarves also benefit a lot from the Porter buildtime reduction
I'm seriously considering renaming Battletest to Patch 1.07( GR Portal included). Have you guys seen what Forshire did for BFME1? Everyone uses 1.05, even the non-competitive scene. Plus, everyone hates him(see bfme1 portal, good read). It's obvious why the way he rages and such all day. All's he did was name the 'mod' 'Patch 1.05' and spammed it across the internet. The most ironic thing is that practically everyone on Gamereplays hates the patch(even though it changes almost nothing, just 'host fix').
Oh the joy it would be to jump on Gameranger and see everyone using BTP
Do it. It would be the funniest thing ever if it worked.
It's more complex than that mate, RTS is never 1v1 scenario. Axe Throwers only win because they are resistant to pierce and have a massive health pool. Their damage is low and sucks vs all other units and heroes. Far too many variables to consider
Besides, in case no one has noticed, Lancers have gotten more buffs than when they actually used to get built.
The main reason people stopped building them was because the banner carrier heal rate was 'bugged' at 10 hp/s. Rain put it down to 2 with no compensation. Since then, the 3.0 series has given them 2 extra speed(now outrun Roh's), resist to pierce, and 7hp/s heal with banners.
This post has been edited by Val`: Jan 30 2013, 02:11 AM
Download Battle for Middle Earth 2 Patch 1.07
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BFME2 All-In-One Patch Installer & Switcher
Hi Everyone,
I am proud to announce the release of Patch 1.07, the patch EA promised to Gamereplays but never delivered. I would like it to go on record that although 1.06 is advertised as 'official', it was actually designed mostly by Gamereplays. Further history around the 1.06 development can be found here. 1.07 is simply a fine, fine tune of 'our' 1.06 patch. Had EA continued to support BFME2 1.07 would have also become official, based on Gamereplays changelog.
Patch 1.07 Frequently Asked Questions
Q) Who made Patch 1.07 and why was it made?
A) Originally, the Gamereplays Patch Series was designed by MaDDoX, an unofficial affiliate of EA who liased with Aaron, the EA community manager back at the time. This patch was going to be the official one, as promised by EA but due to inadequate funding it never ended up happening. After MaDDoX did most of the 2.x series, Rainmaker directed the last few in that series, followed by myself designing the 3.x series. the Gamereplays Patch Series was created in order to polish the game from the awful state that 1.06 left it in. Today, the original name, Battletest Directors Cut, has been renamed to Patch 1.07, something that should have been done a long time ago by EA, as previously mentioned.
Q) What is Patch 1.07 and what does it do?
This patch has literally thousands of changelog entries, developed since the beginning of 2007 by the competitive, highly skilled scene for BFME2, mostly associated with clanwars.cc. If you wish to read through all of the changelogs, see the older versions links below. There are also hundreds of bug fixes that are apart of 1.06. Dragon Strike, Battlewagons, Blade of Purity, Mirkwood attack rate with ST arrows, just to name a few. The most major stand out changes in this series are Aragorn nerfs, Eagle nerfs, Glorfindel fixes and Battlewagon Men of Dale fixes. This is only to name a few out of thousands.
Q) What no I need to play Patch 1.07?
Patch 1.06 is a per-requisite for 1.07. Get it here
Q) Why should I play Patch 1.07 over 1.06?
Why wouldn't you? Even if for some reason you dislike the Patch, you can deactivate it by one click with our Patch Switcher. See the next section for a few nice features that we have over 1.06
Q) Does Patch 1.07 support Widescreen?
A)Yes it does!!! Widescreen also has new, un-stretched icons that are higher resolution
Q) Does Patch 1.07 support non-English languages?
A) Unfortunately not
Q) How do I fix install issues?
Please make sure before asking for help that you check that the install directory is pointing to the correct place
For x64 systems it will be here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth ™ II
For Windows XP it will be here
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth ™ II
If you have a manually specified install directory you will need to point the installer to the correct location
Q) Can I still play custom maps designed for 1.06?
Yes, they should still be compatible with 1.07, if you have any issues alls you need to do is switch back to 1.06 via the switcher to use these maps.
Patch 1.07 features
- Five entire years worth of extreme fine tuning of balancing by the most competitive and skilled community of BFME2 players
-Hundreds of Bug fixes from 1.06
-Reduced command delay for off-host players
-The ability to switch between replay versions
-Better zoom levels, do you enjoy your fortress taking up your entire screen in 1.06?
Patch 1.06 screenshot normal zoom
Patch 1.07 screenshot extended zoom for all maps
-An approach to balance that includes making everything useful. Enjoy the power of Gandalf in BFME1? It has returned in Patch 1.07. The same principle has been applied to every unit, upgrade & hero in the game. No more ' this unit is better than this ' like there is in 1.06. Gandalf returns with Shield Bubble from BFME1 & stronger existing powers. For players new to 1.07, Shield Bubble can be activated by the U hotkey. Refer to the 3.2 changelog for more information!
Q)How do I change my resolution to a 16:9(wide)?
Easy! Go here C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\My Battle for Middle-earth™ II Files. Open options.ini with notepad, and edit the resolution to the one you wish. For example my own is 1080P as defined here
Q) How do I use the Patch Switcher?
A) If you wish to play 1.07, select it in the drop down box below older versions and press apply.
If you wish to play 1.06 for whatever reason, press official patch
Download Battle for Middle Earth 2 Patch 1.07
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BFME2 All-In-One Installer & Switcher
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If you want Normal, download the Installer, then replace _BT2DC_v1.07W in your BFME2 directory, found at
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth II
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