Third Halo Wars update detailed

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The third Halo Wars update has been revealed.

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There are a lot of balance changes to digest with this update, which we've detailed below.

Having played the game for a grand total of 10 minutes I have no idea how these changes will impact on multiplayer, so perhaps you Halo Wars experts out there could let us know?

Oh go on. Please.

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

Ryan King