v2.40.4 Patch notes

Patch 2.40.4 is up. All sorts of adjustments:

I've renamed the SEAD and RAD system on aircraft and SAMs to encompass Artillery. The new 'Seek' weapons can either home passively to active radar emitters or launch on GPS coordinates for artillery positions that have been located and marked. Same result. Artillery is 'SEAD-able'. This is to try and address the frequent comments I get about how un-fun being under constant artillery barrage is.

General: Default decks slots have been reduced to 3 Armored, 6 infantry. This should make the armored deck bonuses more attractive. Mech decks now also get a +1 bonus to the numbers of armored cards in the deck, to further differentiate them from motorized Support decks have been renamed 'reserve corps' and been given a more general set of bonuses

US, UK and a couple of other nations have been given a naval availability buff.

Heavy infantry small arms resistance nerfed from 0.3x to 0.35x. HE resistance nerfed from 0.5 to 0.6 Regular infantry small arms resistance increased from 0.65x to 0.6x, HE resistance nerfed from 0.7 to 0.8

P90's Ammo caliber corrected to 5.8mm. It's not exactly true to life, but its as close as I can get for now.

Redfor Tyulpan mortar ROF reduced for the HE weapon, although the RoF of the smoke launcher still displays as it is higher

Oresund: Fixed a bug with zero availability of some units in the CV9040C

Nor: Leopard Marksman speed increased, cost improved

ANZAC: Leo AS2 MEXAS added, a tank with APS for ANZAC. Aggro Jaccko cost nerfed HE damage type removed from Javelin ATGM team, moved to FIST team SUPACAT Jackal cost reduced to 16

Rus: AK-74 name and icon replaced with AK-12 Mi-24VM ATGM 'double tap' time increased Armata command tank size set to big

China: Z-19 LOS settings tweaked so it can fire on ground targets ZZZ-59 CV tank replaced with ZZZ-99 CV tank Amphib trait removed from PLZ-05 Arty

UK: Striker renamed to Striker-Exactor. Keeping the current model and small size. I like that better. Gurkas MG ammo counts reduced from 7500, to something more sane Jackal transport cost reduced to 18

Czech: Su-22 1000kg bomber improved to IAR-97 Vultur, with 4x1000kg bombs Su-7 SEAD improved to JAS-39 Gryf, armed with jammers, SEEK missile and clusterbombs.

UNASUR Raos added to Moto and marine decks

US

Number of Javelins on Delta force reduced to 4 F-16A Falcon renamed to drom the 'A', year brought forward, ECM improved and cost adjusted F-35A: SDB's replace 2x1000kg bombs, cost increased F-35C Navy: Reroled into a bomber, 4x 1000kg JDAMs F-22 Raptor; Speed decreased to 1100kph. Its high speed was just giving it too wide a turn radius. Navy Seals DD5 Rifle ROF improved AVC cost reduced from 40 to 35

France

Mirage 2000-5 mk 2 given improved missile load-outs with Meteors replacing magic II's Mirage 2000-5 reroled into Rafael Scalp, armed with glide bombs ECBR jaguar speed increased AMX-10 MMP missile load increased

Germany

Boxer CV added, replacing Fuchs CV KSK MG ammo count fixed

Canada

Vandoos MANPADS missile load reduced Leo 2A6 CANDU added, shares the armor instance from the Merkava IV Leo 1 MEXAS returned Centurion marksman re-purposed into Leopard marksman, speed increased

India

TH-495 IFV added to replace VT-4 Kestrel APC price buffed from 15 to 12 Tejas with Laser guided bombs added HE damage type removed from Kornet team, cost reduced Sikh regiment given Grom II manpads Indian version of the V600P missile accuracy improved Tunguska cost reduced to be in line with the Russian version BMP-2 price buffed to 20 Spyder SAM suppression improved

Israel

HE damage removed from Gavnuni, moved to AGL squad Gavnuni re-purposed into Golani, heavy ATGM infantry team Eitan IFV added Kelah Da'vid missile speed increased MTAR-21 caliber changed to 5.56mm. ROF increased, Suppression decreased Shayetet 13 loadout changed to MTAR-21 and Zastava-96 Merkava CQB cost buffed