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Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game. A unique army building system and deep units customization tools allow for endless replayability. With 200+ realistic military units and technologies, each battle is more immersive than ever before.

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Q&A Recap

Apr 8

A few days ago we had a live Q&A on Discord, with Felix, Creative Director of Steel Balalaika.

Winners of the Open Beta Multiplayer Challenge had the chance to talk and ask questions. We are posting a short recap of what was revealed.

When is the game going to be released?
We are still working on the game to make sure that it is a polished experience and it meets everyone's expectations. As such, the game is currently slated to release in the second half of 2024.
Will there be another beta?
Almost certainly. Stay tuned so that you don't miss it!
What about support to modding tools?
The game is built in Unity and its files are in pretty standard formats. It shouldn't be hard for anyone with the right experience to create mods for the game.
Will there be more factions added?
Yes. None have been confirmed yet, as we are currently focusing on the base game, but we have lots of plans and ideas for future expansions and playable factions.
Will there be VOIP?
No, VOIP is currently not planned.
What will the matchmaking balancing be done with?
Broken Arrow will use the Glicko 2 system for the ranking.
Is there a lot of elevation in maps?
The game is set in the Baltics which isn't a very mountainous region, but some maps have more elevation than others with some hills and short mountains. We will focus on mountains and make them shine in the gameplay when we move on to other regions in future pieces of content.
Will you add maps with a lot of open terrain?
Not really - open spaces makes your units very vulnerable and lead to a very static gameplay. It's part of the level design of Broken Arrow to have a high density of buildings and cover on the maps.
What are the five specs for Russia and USA?
Still top secret.
Will there be a standard lobby system?
There will be two systems: standard match compatible with automatic matchmaking and custom match where the host can customize the lobby.
Will you be able to mix nations once more nations are added?
At the moment it's only one nation per team in standard match and the host decides for custom matches. We might change that when a new nation is added but it's not decided yet.
What are the team's thoughts towards scoring systems (earning points while capping)
A ticket system presures the losing team to sacrifice their reinforcements needlessly to try to stop the bleeding, resulting in their long term defeat.
The system presented during the beta has the advantage to give time to the losing team to recover from a bad start and turn the tide. The disadvantage of this system being that inexperienced players don't feel the incentive to be aggressive and lose because of that.
We are working on a game mode that would keep the advantages of the current system while mitigating its downsides.
Were there some units which you thought were either underperforming or overperforming
Planes with smart bombs were overperforming during the beta. We have already taken action to rebalance that.
Will you make it easier for infantry to counter vehicles?
Yes but not by a lot. Don't expect a few soldiers to stop a column of tanks. It is important not to make infantry too good against vehicles or you end up with a very static gameplay with artillery as your only tool to push forward. Infantry vs infantry combat was also very slow, we have increased a bit the damage they inflict to each other.
What's the intended use of drones?
It's aerial reconnaissance. You can cover a lot of ground with a single unit which is useful to check if there are no units infiltrating your rear lines. They are easy targets for long range missiles but you can use them as bait in combination with a SEAD plane/helicopter. We have also added low flying drones which are much more survivable close to the frontline.
What game modes will there be in the game?
There will be a single game mode for standard matches to keep a single pool of players and make the automatic matchmaker as efficient as possible. But it will be possible to create or download user made game modes created with the scenario editor and play them in multiplayer.
Will there be a handicap if someone leaves?
Losing a teammate is already a handicap. We're rather looking to compensate this handicap to maintain a match as fair as possible.
First off both teams retain the same amount of income, just split among fewer players. Secondly, increase the availability in the deck leads to problems of roundings. So it's better to proportinally increase the speed at which units come back to the deck for the remaining players.
What kind of post-launch support will there be?
It will be a combination of new DLCs, adding new factions, maps and campaigns, with free updates consisting of new quality of life features and improvements.
Will there be spectator mode?
Yes.
Will there be a replay mode?
Yes, but possibly after launch. It is a complex feature and we're not sure to have enough time to finish it before the release. This is the type of improvement which would be part of free updates.
Will it be possible to airdrop infantry transports like the BMD?
Yes. Maybe we will limit the ablity only if you also buy the infantry with it.
How many people in development team?
Around 15, plus people like translator, voice actors etc. which are outsourced and all the staff of Slitherine helping us.
What was the most rewarding or fun thing you had to do while working on the game?
Felix replied that the aspect he likes the most is that it is an incredibly varied job. You never get bored and you end up doing so many different tasks.

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Give us Early Access for full price

The delays and lack of any news is a bit frustrating, and I still fail to see why the game couldn't be released as early access with just the MP Beta. It was fun to play, and after some updates it was pretty stable and mostly balanced. I know me and many other people (possibly thousands) will pay full price to have access to the open Beta until full game release date....

|CR| Conman

1 hour ago

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Live Q&A with the Developers on Discord on April 4

Mar 29

During the Open Beta we ran a Multiplayer Challenge and we awarded a special prize to the top ranked players in certain categories.

The prize was the possibility of interviewing the developers on a special Live Q&A session on Discord. We're now approaching the date, so mark it on your calendars: it will take place on April 4 at 6 pm CET on our Discord channel.

You can join the Broken Arrow discord channel here[discord.com].

Even though only the winners of the Multiplayer Challenge will be able to directly intervene and speak to the devs in the voice channel, everyone is welcome to join and comment in the chat. We'll also make sure to publish a summary of what was revealed during the Q&A session.

It will also be an occasion for us to give you an update on development and to let you know what the team has been working on.

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Multiplayer Open Beta - End date postponed

Feb 13

We launched the multiplayer beta on January 31st and the outcome has been quite overwhelming.

Almost 250.000 people have decided to opt in the beta so far and we've had many thousands of active concurrent players every day. These are great numbers and they make everyone in the team extremely happy.

On the downside, it also meant that the servers had a somewhat rough start as they weren't ready yet to accomodate such a large number.

We would like to apologize once again for the first few days in which the servers' stability was rather bad and not everyone was able to join or play. Unfortunately such is the nature of game development, and betas serve the purpose of breaking things sometimes. This experience helps us with ensuring that once we launch the game everyone will have a completely smooth experience.

At any rate, we've decided to move the end date for the Beta.

We're going to allow everyone to play for the whole weekend at the end of this week, and instead of closing it on February 16 we'll close it on February 19.

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Still no release date ? how ?

Still no release date ? how ? Its almost June and then the year has only 6 months left and you apparntly still don't know when you are gonna launch the game ? How ? Decisions like this are not made spontaneously.

Maccheroni92

May 19 @ 6:17am

General Discussions

Chinese faction

I've read Q&A and i do realize there is nothing confirmed, but is there any slight light to see PLA in the game? I dont need confirmation but a little eye blink at least.

Malbor

13 hours ago

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French faction

Some disclaimers : i am aware that it won't be the first (or second) DLCs to be released, but it seems that a lot of people are overlooking how France is one of the few countries to produce domestically (sometimes with partnership) its stuff across the whole strategic spectrum, with its own doctrine and specificities. It emphasize mostly on reco, high mobility and advanced (costy) vehicles at the cost of volumes (as... well until recently, high intensity conflict was not on the menu). So i decided to comp...

Le Canarchiste

May 25 @ 9:22pm

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T80-90s

how can they survive 3 tow missiles to the side

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TheGamingNot

Apr 11 @ 7:16am

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