Warhammer 40K: Battlesector To Add A New Faction Next Year
Warhammer 40K Battlesector’s latest developer diary reveals upcoming tweaks to tyranids, and a brand new faction coming early next year.
Warhammer 40K: Battlesector is a fantastic tactical strategy game that puts you in command of Blood Angels and Tyranids battling against each other. If you haven’t played it, here’s a quick overview trailer so you can see some of the gameplay for yourself–it’s a lot of fun, you’ll put together a force made up of different units that you can upgrade, and it’s a little bit x-com, a little bit rock and roll, as they say.
In a recent developer diary from Slitherine, the devs revealed that Battlesector is still being worked on even after launch, with a new patch coming in the next few weeks that will rebalance both Blood Angels and Tyranids units, alongside an adjustment to the combat model.
As well as getting the console versions primed for release, we’ve been working on numerous balancing changes, and bug fixes. We expect to release a new patch on all PC platforms in the coming weeks with these changes. Numerous units for both the Blood Angels and Tyranids armies have had adjustments made to their stats, including special abilities and weaponry.
We have adjusted how our combat model calculates low scoring damage rolls. This will be most noticeable when attacking high armour units with low damage weapons; you should now expect to see a lot more Blocked! shots. This results in armoured units being able to fulfil their roles better as damage soaks versus low piercing weapons. We’ve also addressed a lot of bugs that players have reported to us. Full details will be in the patch notes when these changes are released.
Additionally, Slitherine will soon be adding support for multiplayer tournaments. But perhaps the most intriguing bit of news from the whole thing is that more units and a new faction will soon be on the way.
Speaking of factions, we are hard at work on more units and a new faction. We are aiming to have a number of new units for the Tyrannid and Blood Angels armies available before the end of the year, and a completely new faction early next year. We’ll share more details about these closer to when they are ready.
Good luck in the battle sector
