LISTEN UP SOLDIERS!

YOUR MAY UPDATE IS HERE, AND WITH IT A MUCH AWAITED FOCUS ON THE WAR!

THE WAR IS NOW AT THE CENTER OF THE EXPERIENCE

EVERY single battle, including staged battles, now counts towards the War!
The war map is now accessible for all players right before the battle begins, after it has ended and even when in battle. Open your map at any point during a battle and get info about towns and assault teams involved.

The ingame map also has a new feature: Access the map by pressing “M” and use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Furthermore, when in matchmaking you can see the war map and the ongoing battles including current faction territory.

BIPODS ARE HERE!

A long awaited community request that is now live. New Bipods for Machine Guns and Anti Tank Weapons have been deployed in the field. All LMGs and anti-tank rifles can be mounted. Press the “C“ key to mount and unmount your weapon. With the bipod deployed, it is easier to control your weapon; less sway and less conefire makes it easier to hit your target.

The old M1919A4 has been upgraded to the new M1919A6 model that comes with a bipod and a shoulder stock, and last but not least a better iron sight adjustment. This new version of the Browning Machine Gun also takes advantage of our new rendering, which makes the weapon look really good in combat.

OTHER MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS

A new “Very High” graphics setting has been made available with this update, improving the Level of Detail over all distances for textures, terrain mesh and shadows. This results in less LoD changes, providing smoother and more immersive gameplay as well as less work for compression algorithms when streaming or recording the game which is really good news for streamers too!

We have made improvements to the net-code on our backend which will improve client/server communication.

Weapon audio rate of fire sync, max shots sounds per weapon and other audio improvements have been added. Full-automatic weapons now have a much more even sound frequency.

REMINDER: THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK IS RAGING

To commemorate the events of May 1940, we have started a new War event. This time we are giving the advantage TO THE US Faction + All players who win at least 20 battles during the event will be gifted a special limited edition 'wartorn' weapon finish. These are amazing and they will be rewarded exclusively after the event!

1.15 is one of the most meaningful upgrades for Heroes & Generals since the game launched, and marks the beginning of a refocus on the War, which is what Heroes & Generals is all about. This is only the beginning, we will iterate and release more cool features that will emphasise the War in the coming weeks.


CLICK HERE TO CHECK THE FULL CHANGELOG OF 1.15

• ‘SA Rifles VS. SMGs Event’ has Started
  
• Double Experience for Tier 1 SMG and SA Specialist Ribbons during SA Rifles Vs. SMGs Event
  
• Changed ‘To Battle’ mechanic when in a Squad. You no longer get a timer when whole squad is not ready. The whole squad has to press ready in order to queue
  
• Fixed an issue with missing sounds for melee attacks
  
• Fixed an issue with matchmaking being denied after cancelling matchmaking with a General
  
• Fixed an issue with ‘To Battle’ button disappearing after pressing escape inside the matchmaker
  
• Fixed an issue with the Puma Vehicle being pushed around too easily by the T8E1 Stuart Recce Vehicle

• Various Flash Client optimizations to decrease memory consumption

• Added Advanced Matchmaking Filters
  
• Fixed seat priority in T8E1
  
• Fixed a sound issue which sometimes made grenade sounds global

• Fixed exit positions for driver and gunner on Puma
  
• Fixed some battle condition crashes
  
• Re-created animation references for bipods on character rig. M1919A6 and Johnson M1941

• The American T8E1 Stuart Recce
  
• The German Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma
  
• The Soviet BA-11

• US M5A1 Stuart

• Fixed an issue with Attack Teams having 0 morale after being undeployed from losing a battle with no valid retreat path
  
• Fixed an issue where Attack Teams could not be deployed again after being undeployed due to morale exhaustion in a battle
  
• Airborne Paratroopers/Pathfinders will now have their morale properly reset when being undeployed after losing an attack with no valid retreat path
  
• Assault Teams will now have their morale properly reset when being undeployed from losing a battle with no valid retreat path
  
• Multiple sound improvements
  
• Overall sounds of weapons over distance tweaked
  
• Multiple Sounds merged to save CPU

• Increased damage of penetrating shots by 25% on all vehicles
  
• Increased Anti-Tank Rifles damage to armor by 25%
  
• Increased Anti-Tank Rifles close range penetration by 13mm
  
• Decreased Anti-Tank Rifles far range penetration distance from 700m to 300m
  
• Decreased Panzerbüchse 39 chamber time by 500ms
  
• Decreased PTRD-41 chamber time by 500ms
  
• The following Anti-Tank weapons now all spawn with 1 additional ammo:
  
  – Bazooka M1A1
  – Bazooka M9A1
  – M18 Recoilless Rifle
  – GranatBüchse- 39
  – Panzerschreck RPzB 54
  – Ampulomet Model 1941
• Increased time between each use by 1 sec. on the following anti-tank explosives:
  
  – RPG-43
  – Panzerwurfmine Lang
  – Hafthohlladung H3
  – S.T. Grenade No.74

• Introduced a class limit for tankers, pilots and recons when matchmaking
  
• A maximum of 6 special classes will be matched into a mission
  
  – Special classes can not exceed more than 4 of the same types in a mission with 2 factions
  – Special classes can not exceed more than 3 of the same types in a mission with 3 factions
  (This does not prevent players from swapping special classes in the action game)

• Tweaked range for mounting bipods without looking directly at desired position
  
• Mounting bipods will now take the highest point available
  
• Fixed missing rotation on a few bipod legs

• Tier 1 Anti-Tank weapons moved to Infantry Assault level 5
  
• Throwable Anti-Tank grenades moved to Tank Destruction level 4

• Fixed machine gun effects not being ignored in scope mode

• Operation Barbarossa has started
  
• New starting capitals for the event*
  
• 2 x Soldier rank experience bonus on top of the underdog bonus*
  
• Increased XP multiplier for the Battle ribbon x3 (only for stats that require battle victory, for both soldiers and commanders)*
  * Event runs from June 18th to July 2nd 2019
  
  
• Added ability to skip operation map animation if a match has started
  
• Added battle countdown to the operation map animation
  
• Made it easier to use ammunition and medic crates
  
• Improved stability and recoil on the machine guns when bipods are not mounted
  
• Improved recoil on machine guns when bipods are mounted
  
• Increased vertical range for bipods
  
• Ingame map can now be shown in fullscreen mode (This can be disabled in options)

• Increased the captured resources for staged battles by 15%
  
• Increased the captured resources for war battles by 100%
  
• Fixed thumbnails for wartorn Semi-Automatic skins

• Battle of Dunkirk event has finished
  
• Reverted Battle of Dunkirk war settings to normal

• Fixed a problem with vehicle physics

• Fixed a problem with the network optimizations for vehicles
  
• Fixed multiple sound issues

• Staged battles, now count towards the War! A certain percentage of the remaining resources of the defeated faction(s) are transferred to the stockpile of the winning faction. The amount depends on the type of resources, if it’s a Staged or War Battle, and how many resources of the defeated faction(s) are remaining compared to how many were lost (maximum peak at 50% lost)
  
• Lowered stockpile production to accommodate new "Staged is War" resource gain
  
• The war map is now accessible for all players right before the battle begins, after it has ended and even when in battle
  
• Open your map at any point during a battle and get info about towns and assault teams involved
  
• You can access the map by pressing “M” and use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out
  
• When in matchmaking you can now see the war map and the ongoing battles including current faction territory

• Bipods are now available on all machine guns with bipods
  
• Replaced old M1919A4 with the new M1919A6 which has bipods
  
• Updated textures and existing skins for physically based rendering to M1 Garand, Gewehr 43 and Tokarev SVT-40 for better visuals
  
• Changed text decals on M1 Garand
  
• Made battle worn skins for M1 Garand, Gewehr 43 and Tokarev SVT-40 ready when Battle of Dunkirk ends

• To use a crate you must now look at it
  
• Increased infantry gravity
  
• Increased the consistency of vehicle collision with characters
  
• Added camera recoil effects to mountable machine guns
  
• Player now unmounts bipod if places on a destructable which is destroyed
  
• Player now exit prone if prone on a destructable which is destroyed
  
• Fixed players dying when going prone on a vehicle
  
• Reduced push force on explosions on vehicles by 40%

• New rifle sounds for M1 Garand, Gewehr 43 and Tokarev SVT-40
  
• Updates reload sounds for M18 Recoilless Rifle, Granatbüchse 39 and PTRS-41
  
• Tweaked weapon audio rate of fire synchronization
  
• Increased amount of shot sounds for weapons
  
• Weapons and vehicle can now be heard further away
  
• RIBBONS AND PROGRESSION
  
• Decreased prices on ribbon boosters for tier 1 weapons and vehicles
  
• Decreased prices on ribbon completion for tier 1 weapons and vehicles
  
• Increased multiplier on ribbon boosters from 75% to 150-200% depending on ribbon

• Added Very High Quality Settings
  
• Fixed flickering city icons on game over screen
  
• AI bug fixes
  
• Network Optimizations

CLICK TO GO BACK TO THE 1.15 UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT

Soldiers!
Your Ribbon Progression ability is now on sale at 30% OFF GOLD price for this weekend only!*

New recruits: Progress your character, equipment and vehicles now!
Veterans: Time to get an edge in the current Battle Of Dunkirk Event!

Go and advance your Ribbons to the next level now!

How to progress your Ribbons
1/ Select the soldier you want to progress a ribbon for.
2/ Look at Ribbon Overview (lower right), click on the Ribbon you want to progress.
3/ From the Ribbon Screen, click Complete Level to progress your Ribbon to the next level and access it's associated unlocks.

Cheers
RETO MOTO

* Sale ends Monday, June 3rd 2019 @ 10AM CEST

You can find the link to the ‘Development Overview’ here.

Please click the link and take a look for yourself!

Cheers
RETO MOTO

On the 26th of May 1940, the battle of Dunkirk began. The Allied forces beaten and broken tried to retreat back to Great-Britain, many lives were lost.


The counterattack has started! The Soviet faction retook the Balkan and pushed into Italy, meanwhile the Germans are moving in from the north. Rotterdam is lost, Germans have landed on the beaches of Scotland, and both factions are closing in on Prague. Fight hard men! This war is not over yet!


A line has been drawn by the German forces, occupying the northern parts of Europe. Fierce battles are fought in the Netherlands, Germany and Poland. The Soviet forces have been severely weakened and have withdrawn completely into Russia. Will they be able to counterattack?


Dunkirk is out of reach for the Soviets and Germans now, we have been pushing them back on all fronts, and have now entered Russian soil. Will the Germans and Soviets be able to resist us? Or is this the beginning of the end for them? Only time will tell.


The Germans had no time to prepare themselves for what was coming. Our parachutes darkened the skies as we dropped on the city of Copenhagen. The enemy had good equipment, but they were no match for our might. Today was a good day, and we managed to push all our enemies on all fronts. But what will tomorrow bring? This battle is far from over.


The generals decision? No retreat! We were ordered to move forward, the generals clearly had the right idea in mind. As we pushed from the north and south, the Soviet forces scattered quickly and after our fast advances against them, we were able to continue pushing into the German lines. We should not cheer too quickly though. They too have powerful generals, a counter-attack could come at any moment.


The landings in Italy and Turkey had the effect we were hoping for. Zurich was captured without much resistance, allowing us to cut the Soviet lines. They managed to hold on to Bordeaux for a while longer, but without the necessary reinforcements, we slowly gained ground on them. We managed to push the Germans back in the Netherlands, recapturing the city of Rotterdam. However, the Germans are pushing hard in Scotland, putting the city of Edinburgh at risk.
Forces of both the Germans and the United States are closing in on Prague. With their supply lines at risk, the Soviets are unlikely to hold it, but who will get there first?

The Allied forces are on the retreat! The Germans and Soviets are quickly taking more ground in France. Will the Americans be forced to retreat to Dunkirk and back into England? Or will they be able to push back, and never lose France in the first place?

If you are a U.S. General, use your additional resources wisely, fight against 2 strong enemy forces and gather your soldiers to victory!

If you are a German or Soviet General, strategise with your allies and your troops to defeat the U.S. army!

Each faction has its own advantages and challenges in the war, only one can prevail. Join the battlefield and pick your strategy to decide who will rule Europe!

The American forces have two isolated fronts and have very few options to expend. Can they force a breakthrough and push back into Europe?

The Soviets have the most ground to start with, but a lot of ground means a long front line. Will they be able to hold their lines and better yet, expand to control all of Europe?

The Germans too have a very wide front line, there is a lot of ground to defend, will they be able to take further control in Europe?

For the duration of this event* all soldiers participating in the WAR effort will get the following rewards:

• All players who win at least 20 battles during the event will be gifted a special ‘wartorn’ skin
  
  
• Increased XP multiplier for the War Victory ribbon x10 (only for stats that require war victory)
  
  
• Increased XP multiplier for the Battle ribbon x3 (only for stats that require battle victory, for both soldiers and commanders)
  
  
• These rewards are valid for both soldiers (winning battles by combat) and commanders (winning battles by sending ATs).

Cheers
RETO MOTO

* Event runs from May 23rd to June 7th 2019

SOLDIERS!
ALL MACHINE GUNS ARE ON SALE AT 30% OFF THEIR GOLD PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!*

#HINT: ALL MACHINE GUNS WILL HAVE BI-PODS SOON 😉


Cheers
RETO MOTO

* Sale ends May 27th 2019 @ 10AM CEST

YOU DID WELL SOLDIERS!
The competition was fierce and many of you participated in this field assignment.
Thank you for your effort and dedication!

The number of players who killed 250+ unique soldiers increased by 259% compared to last weekend! (Only using semi-automatic rifles).

FInd out who won after the link to our blog post announcement!

Cheers
RETO MOTO

Using either one of the three starter semi-auto rifles [Gewehr 43, M1 Garand or SVT-40], kill as many individual soldiers (i.e. unique kills) as possible within the time limit, bot kills do not count towards your score, only pvp kills. Kills from all three rifle types count towards your score, so you decide if you switch up your arsenal or stick to one rifle.




You can follow your overall kills with a specific weapon, by clicking your username in the top right corner of the Heroes & Generals flash client, then click the weapon icon that appears in the column on the right marked “stats”. You can also follow your progress by punching in your username in the leaderboards tab and view the “rifles” tab. While neither of these options show unique kills, it will still give you an indication of how well you are doing.


*Contest starts MAY 10TH 2019, 4PM CEST, ends MAY 13TH 2019 @ 10AM CEST

The player with the highest unique/individual PVP kill count at the end of the event will be named the winner,
in case of a tie, the player achieving the kill count first within CEST timestamps wins.

Cheating, exploiting or hacking to achieve a high kill count will automatically disqualify participants from the contest.

The Winner and a top 10 ranked list will be announced by username on the official Heroes & Generals channels in the week to follow and by 17/05/2019 at the latest.

The Winner will be contacted via in-game message and/or email if applicable. If the winner does not return contact within 7 days, contest prize falls to next player on the contest top 10 list. To receive the contest prize, recipient needs to disclose full name, address and country to RETO MOTO, none of said data will be stored by RETO MOTO for other purposes than to provide postage of said prize to the recipient.

Contest prize includes: one Heroes & Generals branded messenger bag. One Heroes & Generals branded hoodie (Size and/or color criteria might be limited and we might not be able to send the exact recipient’s requested size). One Heroes & Generals branded Lighter (lighter fluid not included). One Heroes & Generals branded keychain. One Heroes & Generals branded cap (one size fits all). One redeemable voucher for one “Hand of RedBjarne” in-game helmet.

Contest prize cannot be converted to a monetary value. Contest prize is non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

Contest is subject to these Official Rules. By participating, Contestants agree: (i) to be bound by these complete Official Rules and the decisions of RETO MOTO which shall be final and binding; and (ii) to waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these Official Rules, except where prohibited by law. By accepting a prize, Selected Contestant agrees to release RETO MOTO from any and all liability, loss or damage arising from or in connection with awarding, receipt and/or use or misuse of the prize or participation in any prize-related activities. RETO MOTO shall not be liable for: (i) telephone system, telephone, or computer hardware, software, or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (ii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iii) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death caused by the prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of a prize, or from participation in the Contest; or (iv) any printing, typographical, administrative, or technological errors in any materials associated with the Contest. RETO MOTO disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest. RETO MOTO reserves the right to cancel or suspend the Contest, in its sole discretion, should it receive fewer than 10 participants or receive no entries that have a score above 50, or due to circumstances beyond its control, including natural disasters. RETO MOTO may prohibit an Entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines such Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair playing practices intending to annoy, abuse, threaten, undermine, or harass any other players or RETO MOTO representatives. The internal laws of the Kingdom of Denmark will govern disputes regarding these Official Rules and/or this Contest.

RETO MOTO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest should a virus, bug, computer problem, unauthorized intervention, or other causes beyond RETO MOTO’s control, corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Contest. Use of automated entry devices or programs is prohibited. Any attempts to access the site, enter the Contest via a bot script, device, or brute-force attack will result in disqualification, including that IP address becoming ineligible for the entire Contest. Caution: any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be in violation of criminal and civil laws and will result in disqualification from participation in the Contest. Should such an attempt be made, RETO MOTO reserves the right to seek remedies and damages (including attorneys’ fees) to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.

RETO MOTO reserves the right to use the username of any Contestant, for publicity purposes prior to, during,
or after the Contest end date, in any media, throughout the world, in perpetuity, but only in connection with publicizing the Contest, without any compensation or prior review unless specifically prohibited by law.

During the Battle of Berlin event, we have been keeping a war log. In this log we described the progression of the event from the German perspective. If you are interested in reading all about it, you can find the log here!
War log: Aftermath

Even though the last war is still raging on and the rewards will still have effect for this war, the official event is over. With three victories for the Soviet faction, it is very clear who the winner was during this event. It was not quite the result we were expecting, or hoping for. However it has been a good learning experience for us and we will use that knowledge to make future events even better. One of the things we will make sure to do next time, is announce the event in advance, so everyone has time to get ready for the event.

We really enjoyed holding this event and it was a lot of fun to keep a war log. We of course hope you enjoyed reading, but more importantly playing this event! We are planning more events like this in the future and with some changes, we hope we can make the next event even bigger and better!

Of course we also have some statistics to share!


Let us start off with the players per faction. This is the total amount of individual players that has played at least one battle on a specific faction in the Battle of Berlin event. If a player has participated in several wars, he is still only counted once (unless he joined a different faction). We can see that Germany, with over 40% of the players, had by far the most players in the war.


During the event a total of 1,015,342 assault teams have been either deployed or reinforced.
In the image you can see how many assault teams have been deployed per resource type. We combined the assault teams into certain classes, to limit the amount of categories


There have been a total of 21.192 (war) battles during the course of the event
The United States has won 6500 battles and lost 5821 battles
The Soviet Union has won 7028 battles and lost 6332 battles
Germany has won a total of 7664 battles and lost 9038 battles


Next to the amount of total battles won, we also thought it would be interesting to only look at the capital cities. We have counted a total of 117 battles over capital cities. The Soviets took part in 104 of these battles. The Germans participated in 92 battles while the Americans only fought in 38 of these battles. The Soviets also had the best results in these battles, winning more than 60% of them. The Americans broke even, winning as many battles as losing them. While the Germans had the highest loss rate.


Last but not least we have also looked at which capital cities saw the most combat. As was expected, this had to be the city of Berlin. Almost all battles were between the Germans and Soviets on this town, except for 1. In which the Americans participated (and lost). The cities of Istanbul, Edinbourgh, Marseille, Oslo, Zurich and Rome also saw some minor combat, and have been combined into 'other'.


*Note statistics have been taken from the start of the event until 30-4-2019 12:00 CEST