Campaign 199 Updates & Start Date: Plus a Discord Chat today at 5pm PST/8pm EST

From XOOM, CEO/President of Playnet, Inc/Cornered Rat Software

We have some minor updates incoming to Campaign 199 which is part of a broader plan to help re-infuse the strategic component of WWII Online (we will provide more details on that before the new year).

Here are some important things you need to know that this article covers:

Outlines the changes planned for Campaign 199.

Community pre-Campaign chat planned for Thursday, November 16th 2023 at 5PM PST (7PM Central, 8PM Eastern).

Campaign 199 starts Friday, November 17th 2023 at 5PM PST (7PM Central, 8PM Eastern).

Please continue reading to learn more about those upcoming changes. We look forward to a strong Campaign and hope you will make an active effort to encourage players to come back as we prepare for a grand 200 campaigns of WWII Online, following this one!

CHANGES PLANNED FOR CAMPAIGN 199 from Tom "TMAN" Martin, Assistant Game Manager

We are making some changes in early-tier armor equipment in response to the continuing issue of too many UK front-line towns (due to manual garrison changes), to adjust for our longer Tiers, and to move us toward a reduction of garrison supply to make it more defensive and not a lot of attack power on its own. Over the next 60 days, and at the start of a new campaign, we will reduce the overall garrison supply. To offset this, we will be beefing up our infantry and armor moveable brigade supply and adding a 4th moveable division to each side. The addition of the 4th division and the need to use these brigades for attacks or for defense will return some of the strategic level back to the game and directly to the high commands.

As always, our changes are not set in stone and we will monitor our changes over the next campaigns to see how it affects gameplay.

To get more into the specifics, we will see the following changes:

• Matilda Mk II, Char1B and Stug III B supply in Garrisons and Infantry Brigades will be reduced.
  
• Matilda, Char1B and Stug III B supply in Armored Brigades will slightly increase.
  
• The Sdkfz 251/10-B 37mm SPAT will be added to Tier 0 in limited supply.
  
• This is the 251 with the Pak36 mounted on top, and falls in line with the historic timeline.
  
• Panzerjager1 and Pak36 supply will slightly decrease in all of #2's implementation areas.
  

***MASTER SUPPLY SHEET FOR CAMPAIGN LOCATED HERE (GOOGLE SHEET)***
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d1yk9b-VOv2joPfl1XQUykrr6myJE10ShSu-7KRRkO8/edit#gid=0


We are committed to making zero modeling changes to the overall effectiveness of the Heavy tanks, they are in a class of their own and their fighting effectiveness will be preserved, this is simply a supply-related issue/solution. We consulted your Commander-in-Chief's on both sides related to these changes before action was taken. Consensus on both sides is clear and this is a logical step to take as we prepare for the next major phases of making moveable brigades more powerful and garrisons defensive forces. Stay tuned for more on this announcement of the total plan.

Note: CRS is currently evaluating why the Matilda Mk II cannot be sapped while in motion as mentioned in the player bug tracker.

COMMUNITY PRE-CAMPAIGN 199 CHAT

Located in "Xoom's Office" in Discord, I will invite members of the community to join me and other CRS / HC leadership to discuss these changes and help answer any specific questions. This will take place at 5PM PST tomorrow, Thursday, November 16th 2023.

Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/wwiionline (Discord event invitation: https://discord.com/events/109711380180926464/1174491032205938758)


CAMPAIGN 199 START INFO

Campaign 199 will start close 5PM PST (Server Time), 7PM Central, 8PM Eastern, on this Friday November 17th 2023.

Please pass the word and get your fellow community members prepared and ready for an awesome fight ahead!