Summary of changes (For more details and notes, see the full changelog (TAT-v2.0-Beta-Changelog.txt) included in the release):
Arm and Core MRUs energy cost increased to match standard energy drain for building advanced vehicles.
The following amphibious units had their energy cost lowered to 50% above baseline instead of 100% above:
Arm Pincer
Arm Pelican
Arm Triton
Arm Marauder
Core Garpike
Core Gimp
Core Shiva
Core Croc
Core Poison Arrow
Arm PomPom and Core Aries had their energy cost increased by 50% and their speed increased by 25% to match the other amphibious units.
Core Gimp speed increased proportionately match the Arm Pelican.
The following advanced tanks have had their armor increased by 50% and their firepower decreased by 50%:
Arm Mumbo
Arm Triton
Arm Demolisher
Core Reaper
Core Poison Arrow
Core Termite
Core Halberd
The Arm Bulldog and Core Goliath have had their armor doubled and their firepower halved.
Arm Sneaky Pete and Veil and Core Castro and Shroud no longer automatically cloak as soon as you start to build them. The T1 and T2 jamming towers were also set to cost twice as much metal and energy as the T1 and T2 radar towers. This reduced the T1 jammers cost and increased the T2 jammers cost.
Arm MRU energy cost increased to 58071 (34169) and build time reduced to 52791 (61600).
Core MRU energy cost increased to 56403 (35517) and build time reduced to 52604 (61437).
NOTE: This puts the Arm and Core MRU at standard energy and metal drain for advanced vehicles (Around 21 metal/second and 580 energy/second). This means they'll build somewhat more quickly, but also cost more energy than before. This is more energy than a Fusion costs, but also mobile and close to triple the armor.
Arm Pincer energy cost reduced to 1514 (2019).
Arm Pelican energy cost reduced to 9167 (12223).
Arm PomPom energy cost increased to 7671 (5114), speed increased to 1.7625 (1.41), and description changed to "Amphib AntiAir Laser KBot(1/3 dmg to non-air Fast/Maneuverable)" ("Amphibious Anti-Air Laser KBot (1/3 damage to non-air units)").
Arm Triton energy cost reduced to 19134 (25512).
Arm Marauder energy cost reduced to 24323 (32431).
Core Garpike energy cost reduced to 1555 (2073).
Core Gimp energy cost reduced to 12959 (17278) and speed increased to 2.0 (1.82).
Core Aries energy cost increased to 8072 (5360), build time reduced to 4847 (5819), speed increased to 1.6025 (1.282), and description changed to "Amphib AntiAir Laser KBot(1/3 dmg to non-air Fast/Maneuverable)" ("Amphibious Anti-Air Laser KBot (1/3 damage to non-air units)").
Core Shiva energy cost reduced to 26100 (34800).
Core Croc energy cost reduced to 9702 (12936).
Core Poison Arrow energy cost reduced to 28980 (38640).
NOTE: Amphibious units previously cost twice the standard energy for their metal cost. This change puts them at 50% more than standard, instead of 100% more. The Gimp speed was increased to put it at 10% slower than the Pelican, where it should have been. The Arm PomPom and the Core Aries were already at standard energy cost, despite being amphibious, so they were increased to 50% more than standard and given the standard 25% increase in speed. Also, the Aries, due to an error back in Beta 23, has had a 20% slower build time than it should since then, which was fixed.
Amphibious units can be nice to build even when not using them in the water, but the heavy energy cost made them harder to justify. For example, the Core Croc is roughly similar to the Panther in cost and role, but cost twice as much energy, which made it a lot harder to build in larger groups.
Some amphibious units remain at twice the energy cost, as they are specialized in other ways:
Arm Courier
Arm Sharpshooter
Arm Infiltrator
Arm Invader
Core Emissary
Core Skuttle
Core Parasite
Core Roach
Core Intruder
Arm Mumbo armor increased to 6114 (4076).
Arm Mumbo weapon [TAWF003_weapon] damage reduced to 38 (57).
Arm Triton armor increased to 6458 (4305).
Arm Triton weapon [ARM_MEDIUMCANNON] damage reduced to 269 (404).
Arm Demolisher armor increased to 9183 (6122).
Arm Demolisher weapon [ARM_HLIGHTNING] damage reduced to 269 (404).
Arm Bulldog armor increased to 19810 (9905).
Arm Bulldog weapon [ARM_BULL] damage reduced to 324 (648).
Core Reaper armor increased to 7450 (4967).
Core Reaper weapon [CORE_REAP] burst reduced to 8 (12) and burstrate increased to 0.08 (.04).
Core Poison Arrow armor increased to 10773 (7182).
Core Poison Arrow weapon [CORE_PARROW] damage reduced to 400 (600).
Core Termite armor increased to 10931 (7287).
Core Termite and Clasher weapon [CORE_TERMITE_LASER] damage reduced to 243 (364).
Core Clasher armor increased to 10901 (7267).
Core Goliath armor increased to 22404 (11202).
Core Goliath weapon [COR_GOL] damage reduced to 500 (1000).
NOTE: Advanced vehicles, battle tanks, specifically, seem to struggle to engage advanced defensive lines. Tanks, with their heavier armor and better speed, are usually a good choice in attacking defensive lines, and they seem to do well at T1, but T2 tanks were seeming somewhat lacking. This gives advanced tanks more armor at the cost of firepower, which shouldn't affect how they perform against other units, but should help them be better at surviving long enough to fire on defensive lines. This is only for battle tanks, not supporting vehicles. They get 50% more armor and have their firepower reduced by 50%, except for Bulldogs and Goliaths, which have double armor and half firepower situating them for potentially being good at cracking defensive lines.
This is an experimental change and might need adjusting.
Arm Sneaky Pete init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
Arm Veil init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
Shroud Castro init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
Core Shroud init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
NOTE: This means they won't automatically cloak as soon as you start to build them, which drained extra energy the whole time you were building them. The extra cloaking energy cost for the Sneaky Pete and Castro, for example, more than doubled their total energy cost to build. The downside is now the enemy can see what you're building, but this usually didn't come into play.
Arm Sneaky Pete metal cost reduced to 98 (206), energy cost reduced to 1500 (2008), and build time reduced to 4091 (6180).
Arm Veil metal cost increased to 490 (362), energy cost increased to 22500 (11151), and build time increased to 20455 (13516).
Core Castro metal cost reduced to 100 (218), energy cost reduced to 1600 (2238), and build time reduced to 4476 (6798).
Core Shroud metal cost increased to 500 (369), energy cost increased to 24000 (11895), and build time increased to 22360 (14788).
NOTE: This changes T1 and T2 jammers to be twice the metal and twice the energy cost of their radar equivalents, which makes the T1 jammers cheaper and the T2 jammers more expensive.
