Halo Wars Guide » News http://halowarsguide.com An full online strategy guide for Halo Wars on Xbox 360, with articles written for all levels of play Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:36:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 New ‘Historic Battles’ DLC coming July 21st http://halowarsguide.com/new-historic-battles-dlc-coming-july-21st/ http://halowarsguide.com/new-historic-battles-dlc-coming-july-21st/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:29:48 +0000 admin http://halowarsguide.com/?p=375 Information has risen about the next anticipated Halo Wars DLC. Robot Entertainment, the game’s developer announced recently that the Title Update #3 is going through Microsoft certification, and will be available in ‘the next few weeks’. However, although previously it has been known new maps will be available and a specific time scale has never been apparent, today it’s become apparent July 21st will see the release of the second DLC.

Titled ‘Historic Battles’, the new DLC will feature 4 new maps  accompanied by the 4 achievements:

  • Barrens (1v1 Map): Difficult terrain channels units into killing zones. The side that controls the Forerunner artifacts will have the advantage.

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  • Blood River (1v1 Map): Secure base locations on nearby cliffs overlook this naturally red-tinged river. The soldiers that fought over its two narrow crossings gave the river its name, which has since taken on a greater meaning.

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  • Glacial Ravine (3v3 Map): A snow-topped mountain range forms a natural barrier that cuts this region in half. Control of the two energy walls at the narrow central pass often determines the outcome of the battle, though clever use of the Sentinel Factories may play a role as well.

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  • Memorial Basin (2v2 Map): The high ground in the middle offers good cover for infantry, while the generally open terrain transforms organized battle plans into bloodbaths.

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Achievements:

  • Tour Coming Through: Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Memorial Basin (30 G)
  • Never Leave a Man Behind: Finish a game with 5000 net resources contributed to your teammates on Barrens (15 G)
  • Drain Cleaner: Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin (30 G)
  • Killjoy: Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River (25 G)

via Kotaku

]]> http://halowarsguide.com/new-historic-battles-dlc-coming-july-21st/feed/ 0 Title Update 3 patch notes released http://halowarsguide.com/title-update-3-patch-notes-released/ http://halowarsguide.com/title-update-3-patch-notes-released/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:02:51 +0000 admin http://halowarsguide.com/?p=278 According to halowars.com we should see the patch come out in a few weeks, and the final patch and fix list has been released:

Balance Changes:
- UNSC Warthogs Gauss cannon damage against tanks and other heavily armored vehicles reduced by 25%
-UNSC Warthogs build time increased by 3 seconds to 25 seconds
- Anders research time bonus decreased to 25% from 50%. Her Research cost bonus remains unchanged at 50%
-Covenant and UNSC turrets have 5% increased health and 5% increased damage
-UNSC Elephants have a 20% more health
-Grenade damage type now has 25% additonal damage against Warthogs and other medium armor ground vehicles.
-Recycle basic cost return fixed to be 50% for constructed buildings.
- Locked down bases when unlocked will now release units inside very quickly, which means that when under attack a player can now build a fighting force while locked down and then release them much more quickly than before
- UNSC Leader powers disabled at the start of Reinforcement Matches
-Players no longer receive points for team killing.
-Self Destructing/Recycling buildings now gives points to opponents

Bug Fixes:
-Players should now find it much easier to play System Link games
-Fixed Covenant Shield Generator Exploit
-Invisible Units should now have invisible health bars
-Players will no longer be able to scout opposing bases by using the area-select tool

via halowars.com

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Tour Coming Through (30G)
Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Barrens.

Never Leave a Man Behind (15G)
Finish with 5000 net resources tributed to your teammates on Memorial Basin except in Deathmatch.

Drain Cleaner (30G)
Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin.

Killjoy (25G)
Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River.

No clue to the player count on each map yet, but it could potentially be one for each game mode (1v1, 2v2, 3v3)

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