Attention, generals!

We all know that with great power comes great responsibility. You proved that you can handle the power, now it is time to take responsibility. On Friday, March 20th at 11:00 AM CET you have the chance to play one of our finest events! Which event that will be is completely up to you!

For the first time in the history of Call of War the community will decide on what event will run over a weekend.

Which of the following events is your favorite? We are aware that this is a tough choice, but who if not you should be able to choose?

Doomsday
What will happen if all states in North America are armed with nuclear weapons? Who will push the button first? In this scenario, all states in North America have unlocked research up to nuclear devices and have equipped their armies with these most deadly weapons.

Endgame 1944
Will the Axis turn the tides of war in a decisive battle? Will the Soviets and Allies clash inevitably, turning a looming Cold War into a hot one? In this 3vs3vs3 team scenario, you can play as Axis, Soviets or Western Allies and change the course of history!

Rush for Europe
“Rush for Europe” is a special event map that runs on breathtaking 6 times the speed of normal game rounds! Even the tiniest decision could have severe consequences at this pace. Experience the war for Europe in a way you have never seen it before!

Tournament Island
Show everyone that you are the greatest strategist out there. Tournament Island faces two fixed and perfectly balanced teams in a fight on a symmetrical island. Who is the better team?

Follow the link at the end and make your choice. The event that gets the most votes will run from Friday, March 20th at 11 am until Tuesday, March 24th at 11:00 am CET.

You can vote until we announce the winner on Tuesday, March 17th, 2020!



Your Bytro Team

Attention, generals!

It is time for another challenge. However, you won't be alone in this upcoming fight. 150 strong troops will unite and fight for you in this week’s event Arms Race. Your army will consist of light tanks, medium tanks, artillery units, mechanized infantries, anti-tank units, commandos and anti-air units. These troops will be stationed in all urban provinces protecting your already fully upgraded buildings, ready to receive orders. In all non-urban provinces you will find additional infantry troops.

• 2x speed
  
• starts-when-full
  
• random country selection
  
• players flagged as inactive after 48 real-life hours
  
• AI & human player peace period of 24 real-life hours
  
• fixed runtime of 28 real life days after the game started (if not won earlier)

During the sign-up period the event maps can be found at the top of the games list. Join these event maps to participate. We wish you good luck and much fun!

Your Call of War team

Attention, Generals!

It is time for the second test run of Call of War 1.5! We went through tons of community feedback and incorporated as much of it into this event as we possibly could. Exclusively test the latest versions of the new balancing, new urban provinces, new buildings and new mechanics, including the manual upgrade feature! Give us your feedback on your experience and help us shape the next big development of Call of War!

If you want to participate in this event simply go to the game list: Within the sign-up period new event rounds will be created on demand and shown on top of the list of new games. As soon as the map has started you will receive a notification to your inbox.

See you on the battlefield!

Attention, Generals!

We are counting the days until our second test event for Call of War 1.5.We already shared a lot about what you can expect this time around. If you haven’t heard about it yet, check out the news on our website, follow us on Facebook and Twitter and join the discussions on the forums. Apart from the preparations of the new test event, we also found the time for more graphical updates, bug fixes and general updates.

One thing you might have noticed today is the brand new logo for Call of War and the new look and feel of the Call of War website and social media channels! As much as we loved the old logo, we figured that Call of War 1.5 needs a modern and matching branding. We hope you like it!

We also finalized our graphical update and added new graphics for the remaining units, which didn’t get a facelift yet. You can read about those units and all other updates of today's release in the list below.

Graphical Updates:

• We updated the graphics for Flying Bombs.
• We updated the graphics for Rockets.
• We updated the graphics for Nuclear Rockets.
• We updated the graphics for Nuclear Bombers.
• We updated the graphics for Paratroopers.
• We updated the graphics for Rocket Fighters.
• We updated the graphics for the Paratrooper transport plane.
• We added several new images to the loading screen rotation.
• We added faction-specific battleship images to the game.
• We updated the Call of War logo.
• We updated the look and feel of the Call of War website and mobile app.

NOTE: These graphical updates are only available when using advanced graphic settings.

General:

• We added industrial complexes to urban provinces in the Team Up event.

Bug fixes:

• We fixed an issue that caused the wrong image of SP Anti Air units being displayed on iOS and Android.
• We resolved an issue that prevented the correct icons for Infantry units being displayed in the army bar on desktop.
• We fixed an issue that prevented the updated images for Militia units being displayed.
• We resolved an issue that caused the attack vector of ranged units only being displayed when hovering over or selecting it. Attack vectors of ranged units are now always displayed and are highlighted when you hover over or selecting them.
• We fixed a bug that caused some members of High Command getting an incorrect error message when trying to create a new game.
• We fixed an issue that allowed players to pick certain countries on the Historic World War map for 25 players that were supposed to be AI-exclusive.
• We resolved an issue that caused upgrade/blueprint symbols being displayed for several non-elite units, although only elite units should show this symbol.
• We resolved an issue that caused province borders to change brightness depending on terrain. Province borders now always have the same brightness, no matter the terrain. This change makes it easier to identify borders on the map.
• We fixed an issue that caused the AI to send land units to the middle of the ocean and park them there.
• We resolved an issue that caused music and sound being automatically switched on again, when switching browser tabs.

We hope you like all these changes and are as excited to start testing the new updated version of Call of War 1.5 during our test event this weekend!

Best of luck on the battlefield!



Your Bytro Team

Attention, generals!

Enemy troops are closing in and combat is unavoidable. According to reports enemy contact is expected within only a few days. Time for a last briefing on the situation before defining your strategy for our second Call of War 1.5 test event!

Unit balancing

Taking your feedback from our first test event into account, we moved away from the rather unorthodox approach to operate units in historically inadequate roles. Although we like the idea, your first hand experience in combat situations and distates of the new roles showed us that we should change it. In order to keep up morale, units operate closer to their adequate roles in combat again.

In the new test event we also reflected the feedback you gave us on unit progression. Many of you expressed that the progression between unit levels was too steep and the power gap between unit levels was too large. We took a look at it and adjusted the way units progress from level to level. In Friday's test event progression between a unit and the next more sophisticated version of unit will be smaller. The advanced version of the unit will still be much better, but not overpowered. The arms race will be slowed down significantly.

Another hot topic of last event’s feedback was the ability to upgrade existing units once a higher level version was researched. This was on our wishlist as well, and we are happy to announce that this feature will now be available in the upcoming test event.

We did also take a look at specialized focuses of units and diversified them. We reduced the defensive/offensive focus of some units, to allow player to utilize them more diversely. These units are now suitable for a wide range of combat situations than before.

Resources

We are happy to inform you that we increased manpower, money and resources across the board for the next test. Your recruitment offices and industries will report record numbers, which will give you more manpower and overall resources in this battle.

We significantly reduced costs of construction and production at the same time. We achieved this by removing certain materials needed for production completely! This means you will not need all available resources for each unit or building.

This might allow you to fight the biggest battle the world has ever seen! Mind, that the enemy has similar means at hand.

Mechanics

Another adjustment you will notice in this event is that you are able to produce any level of a unit in a level 1 building. However, producing a high level unit in a level 1 building will take quite some time and should only be seen as a measure of last resort. You should upgrade buildings whenever possible to reduce production time, but when the enemy is closing in and all your upgraded industries are occupied you are now able to produce high end equipment in the tiniest shack if needed.

We did what we could! Now it is up to you to win the battle! We are very interested in any intel you may gain during the battle.

Please also check the following forum posts for more details on the balancing overhaul and detailed feature descriptions. Please use this and those forum threads to provide your related feedback during the event. The Call of War Team will keep an eye on all of these threads.

We hope your like these changes and wish you all the best and lots of fun in our second test event for Call of War 1.5!



Your Bytro team

Attention, generals!

After our first test event for Call of War 1.5 you shared so much feedback with us, that we decided to withdraw to our bunkers and postpone the next offensive. We analyzed the battlefield and tweaked and improved our equipment for the next battle.

Finally, the time has come to have the community test Call of War 1.5 once again.

What changed? Well, what didn’t change?

We added the unit upgrading feature, vehemently requested by the community after the first test! Check your army bars for the shiny button that says “Upgrade” once your research has progressed. Upgrading existing units will cost additional resources and time, though.

We made major balancing changes covering all aspects of the game, including resource costs, unit stats, resource production and much more. We will share more details on this in a few days. Rest assured, these changes reflect a lot of your feedback!

Another change you will notice is that you are able to produce units of any level in a building again, no matter of the building’s level. However, a building with a higher level will drastically decrease the long production times of high-level units.

Apart from all of this, we made adjustments to the user interface like filtering the province list for urban provinces or adding an “Ordnance” tab to the research & production menu.

We also updated the look of urban provinces to have them stand out more and changed the layout of province names and resource icons to improve the overall game experience. We could keep on going with this list of updates and changes, but we figure it’s best you take a look at it yourself.

The second test event for Call of War 1.5 will start on Friday, February 28th 2020 at 11:00 am CET until Tuesday March 3rd, 2020 at 11:00 am CET. Don’t miss it!

NOTE: Mentioned changes affect event games only.

We are looking forward to your feedback! The Call of War team will keep a close eye on the forums and our Facebook and Twitter channels to answer your questions and gather your feedback.

See you on the battlefield!



Your Bytro Team

During the Swift Strike event everything comes down to the wire. Find the right strategy, allocate your resources in the best possible way, ally with the right powers and do all of it FAST! In this event time can be your biggest ally or your biggest enemy! To win you have to be swift like a Luchs tank! There is no time in battle!

Settings for this special event:

• 10x speed
  
• Starts when full
  
• Free country selection
  
• Players flagged as inactive after 1 real life day
  
• No AI peace period
  
• 1 real life day of human player peace period
  
• Fixed runtime of 4 real life days after the game started (if not won earlier)

If you want to participate in this event simply go to the game list: Within the sign-up period new event rounds will be created on demand and shown on top of the list of new games. As soon as the map has started you will receive a notification to your inbox.

Your Bytro team

Attention, Generals!

Vast resource hotspots have been discovered in Antarctica. In order to support war efforts at home, it is on you to spearhead your nation into the cold continent and secure the wealth for your people as well as victory for your nation!

While resource hotspots are sparse they seem to have an infinite yield which makes them highly attractive for your warfaring country. But be careful, other nations will seek out these locations as well!

Your mission: Conquer and hold two of three Control Points for four ingame days to claim Antarctica's resources and get rewarded with 50,000 gold by your government!

What will be your strategy? Will you secure the Control Points for an early victory or will you fight over the valuable resource hotspots to sustain your army?

Event details:

• 2x speed
• All provinces conquerable
• No coalitions
• Winner receives 50,000 Gold
• Random country selection
• Starts-when-full
• AI & human player peace period of 24 real-life hours
• fixed runtime of 28 real life days after the game started (if not won earlier)

Your Call of War team

Dear Generals,

Extremist movements around the globe rose up and conquered vital industrial centers and strategic points in their countries. Use this opportunity to “free” these regions and utilize them to achieve your own Supremacy!

Victory on this map is not achieved by simple conquest, in order to win you have to secure 13 of 25 Control Points scattered across the world map. Only one player will win the huge gold reward in the end, so use your wits and plan your strategy wisely to have a chance in this demanding event!

Event Details:

• Dominion world map with 99 players
• All provinces conquerable
• Hold 13 of 25 Control Points for 4 ingame days to win
• Winner receives 50,000 Gold
• No coalitions
• Starts-when-full
• random country selection
• AI & human player peace period of 12 real-life hours
• 2x speed
• fixed runtime of 28 real life days after the game started (if not won earlier)

During the sign-up period the event maps can be found at the top of the games list. Join these event maps to participate. We wish you good luck and much fun!


Your Bytro team

Attention, generals!

The first release of 2020 brings the next batch of graphical updates for units and fixes a large amount of bugs, including some quite infamous ones!

We began the appearance revamp of units end of last year. Today we take the next step with this endeavour and update the visuals of some of the most prominent units on the map - Infantry, Mechanized Infantry, Motorized Infantry and Militia. This week's graphical update brings the new look and feel in Call of War to the next level!

Despite working on the optics of the game, we also spent the holidays tackling a large amount of bugs that were on our and the community’s list. Gone are the days when you lost a province to an enemy although an ally had stationed troops there to protect it. We also fixed the bug that could make supply drops appear in allied territories.

Please find a full list of all changes below:

Graphical Updates:

• We improved the visuals of Infantry units.
• We improved the visuals of Mechanized Infantry units.
• We improved the visuals of Motorized Infantry units.
• We improved the visuals of Militia units.
• We reworked the circle graphic visualizing the range of units to avoid confusion.
  
  • The range indicator does not have a gradient anymore.
  • The ring is now clearly displayed as only one ring.
• We improved visibility of roads on the maps.
• Roads are displayed twice as wide now.
• We improved the visuals for the “send login” button in the account settings on mobile to make the button more recognizable.
• We optimized some images for iPad.

General:

• We increased the zoom level when using advanced graphic settings.
  
  • You can now zoom in closer for a better overview and more details on the map.
• We decreased the snapping range when using advanced graphic settings to allow you to give more precise orders for your units.
  
  • This allows you for example to send troops close to a province center, without attacking it.
• We added an icon in the production menu that indicates the armor class of units.
• We added icons to production and research tabs on desktop.
• Wind sounds are now only audible when zooming out.
• We added a list of special unit properties at the bottom of the unit details panel on mobile.
• The view range of a unit is now stated in the unit properties section within the unit details panel.
• We added icons in the production and research menu that indicate the armor class of units.
• We added icons to the production and research tabs on desktop.

Bug fixes:

• We fixed a bug that allowed an enemy to take over a province while allied forces were standing in the province to protect it from enemies.
  
  • Allied forces stationed in a province now prevent an enemy taking over the province.
  • There will be no battle between allied and enemy troops unless war was declared between the two.
• We resolved an issue in team games that caused supply drops to appear in provinces of players of the same team.
• We resolved an issue that could prevent players from buying the last needed blueprint of a unit, due to the button disappearing.
• We fixed an issue that caused an incorrect popup being displayed for some high command players when trying to create a new game.
• We resolved an issue that caused the index of nations not being displayed in the newspaper on mobile.
• Zooming in or out on mobile now adjust sound volumes.
• We fixed an issue that prevented sounds of units being played on certain maps.
• We resolved an issue that prevented team images from being displayed correctly in the newspapers in certain game rounds.
• We fixed an issue that prevented players from changing their password, after they changed their username or created their account using Facebook or Google.
• We fixed an issue that could cause the players own pc/mobile usage ratio being displayed in the profiles of all other players on a map.
  
  • Other players’ profiles now show their pc/mobile usage ratio.
• We resolved an issue that prevented the correct page being displayed when searching for an alliance.
• The rank overview in the game is now loading correctly again.
• We resolved an issue that prevented usage of dots and commas on mobile when entering an offer on the stock market.
• We fixed an issue that caused an error message to be displayed when marking too many planes on a map.
• We resolved an issue that prevented the amount of resources automatically adjusting to the maximum amount of resources available to the player, when trying to trade more resource on the stock market than are available to the player.
• We fixed an issue that prevented background images to be displayed correctly when using the Internet Explorer.
• We resolved an issue that could cause advertisements compromising visibility of the day change timer on desktop.
• We fixed an issue that could cause an error message to appear when a player left a coalition and tried to join a new one.
• Coalition leaders now see notifications in case a player applied to join the coalition.

Scenario Rotation:

• Dominion Antarctica (2020-01-28 - 2020-02-03)
• Pacific Conquest (2020-02-03 - 2020-02-10)

We hope you like the new looks of infantry and militia units and wish you best of luck on the battlefield!


Your Bytro Team