RO8 Extension
The RO16 has already brought us some of the most intense series that we've seen this tournament, but some players were not able to finish their games in time. For this reason we have decided to extend the RO8 with one week to allow players to play out their RO16 matches and have all RO8 matches within the same weekend. We expect a lot of great games to come out of next weekend's stream!
ESOC Patch Update & New Addition To ESOC Team
We released a small update today to combat an alarming number of bugs which were present in the ESOC Patch. As mentioned in older news posts, @Rikikipu
is now in charge of developing the ESOC Patch while @BucketheadRikikipu wrote:notification
continues to be useful in other parts of ESOC. Joining the rest of the ESOC Developer Team is @EAGLEMUTBuckethead wrote:notification
, who will mainly be working on the website and pursuing his mission of freeing the A list of changes from the previous version of the patch can be found below.EAGLEMUT wrote:notification
[spoiler=ESOC Patch Changes]
- Fixed an issue where a misplaced tapir in the middle of the map was hindering players with the option "Easy Drag Military" enabled.
- Fixed an issue where certain upgrades gave LOS to the tapir
- Fixed an issue where the cost of one Howdah was incorrectly changed to 350f 250c. The cost has been reverted to 250f 350c.
- Fixed an issue where the Counter Infantry Rifling upgrade from the Arsenal was also affecting Dragoons.
- Fixed an issue where the Infantry Breastplate upgrade from the Arsenal was incorrectly changed to +15%. The effect has been changed to +10%.
- Fixed an issue where the Russian blockhouse from the Chinese consulate spawned broken units.
- Fixed an issue where the Tomahawk from treasures was snaring other units. This has been corrected and the Tomahawk will no longer snare.
- Fixed an issue where the Iroquois Explorer would only grant a +10% hitpoint increase, instead of the intended +15%.
- Recorded games played on the ESOC Patch will now be named "EP Recorded Game #"[/spoiler]
Second Chance Tournament
The Second Chance Tournament has officially begun and we've already seen some great series! I'm looking forward to who will crown himself the best scrub. As usual, thanks to everyone who donated during ESOC Streams! As of now we have accumulated enough to host another ESOC Seasonal Event. I hope you have all enjoyed this weekend's streams, and make sure to check out Jerom's RO16 Preview, as some matches are yet to be played.