Patch Notes: Thunder Run

New this week in Thunder Run:

Voice of the Commander Updates

We’re celebrating with a quality-of-life update based on your player feedback that’s intended to address a few of the issues and suggestions that you’ve brought forth to us via the “Voice of the Commander” trackers. Don’t see the update you were hoping for in this week’s release? Fear not, as there is still plenty more to come.

For a sneak peak at what’s coming up this season in Battlehouse games, check out the Developer Roadmap in the most recent edition of the Battlehouse Dev Blog.

New L2 Equipment Achievements

Achievement hunters rejoice! Achievements have been added for acquiring the L2 Equipment for the following units:

• Elite Mi-24
• Elite Harbin Z9W
• Elite Stinger Gunner
• Elite M1Abrams
• Elite TOS-1A
• Elite M109A7
• Elite AH-64
• Elite T-90
• Elite Stryker
• Elite Ka-50

More Game Improvements

• The Weapons Factory has been updated to keep better track of your L2 unit equipment. Equipment you have already crafted will now be hidden from view.
• Bug fix: 1LT Moore (Charlie Squad L5) had missing security team members. They’ve been rounded up and spent a night in the brig for going AWOL.

Mistaken Anti-VPN relocations

For three months, we’ve been announcing that at the start of the new season, anti-alt maps will now become anti-VPN maps.

Last week, we turned on the feature that relocated players who play using a VPN IP address on anti-alt maps, but a bug caused it to misidentify some IPs as VPN. This has now been fixed. If you believe you have been wrongfully relocated, please submit a support ticket.

To see where the design team currently stands on various Community suggested features and game improvements, check out the Thunder Run Voice of the Commander Tracker (tracker will receive some clean-up and updates to formatting in the very near future).

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Welcome to Season 19!

Welcome to Season 19! Going into the new season, all Leaderboards and PvP Points are reset, meaning that it’s a fresh start for YOUR Clan to be the new the dominating Clan of Gundar, and win the Seasonal Clan Tournament Grand Prize of 10,000 Gold for your Clan at the end of the Season in 3 months from now. Does your Clan have what it takes?

REMINDER: New Anti-VPN rules and detection systems go into effect. This means all anti-alt maps are now anti-VPN maps. Anyone using a VPN will be automatically kicked off the anti-alt/anti-VPN map. We accept case-by-case petitions for VPN access to anti-alt/anti-vpn maps for one account per player. Please contact support if you’d like to be whitelisted.

Javelin Gunner L2 Unit Equipment

Gundar Arms Industries is rolling out more upgradeable weapons technologies. Purchase more Level 1 equipment sets in the ONP Store, and combine the parts in the Weapons Factory to make all new Level 2 sets! This week the Javelin Gunners are getting some new gear.

• Javelin Gunner Laser Sights II – AN/PEQ-2 IR Laser Sight technology that increases range by 5%
• Javelin Gunner Ballistic Armor MK II – Improved kevlar that reduces damage taken by 10%
• Javelin Gunner GMC AP Ammunition II – The newest grade armor-piercing ammunition that increases damage by 10%
• Also adds set bonuses to give Javelin Gunners the 80% FASCAM shielding that the old shield equipment set had.

Collect the entire Level 2 Unit Equipment set to boost your Unit Equipment bonuses even higher!

Tempest Battle Replay Contest Winner

The Tempest Battle Replay Contest has come to a close. Wonder how our winner, RIVERMAYA, did it? Watch and learn, Commanders!

Season 18 Tournament Winners

• SWAT TEAM – 5,196 Points

1 – SADDAM L43 with 3364 points WINS 1000 Gold
2 – 千ㄥㄖҜ丨 L37 with 3025 points WINS 1000 Gold
3 – =MASTER= L36 with 2684 points WINS 1000 Gold
4 – ᎶᏂᎧᏕᏖ L26 with 2427 points WINS 1000 Gold
5 – Aloosh L39 with 1778 points WINS 1000 Gold
6 – LTC. SANAM=HUSSAIN-1 L37 with 1484 points WINS 1000 Gold
7 – MAJ. ＸＳｐｉＲｏｓＸ L34 with 1343 points WINS 1000 Gold
8 – BG. المغربي L41 with 1338 points WINS 1000 Gold
9 – COL. TheStar L39 with 1219 points WINS 1000 Gold
10 – —-BOOM—– L39 with 1174 points WINS 1000 Gold

• LEARN YOUR LESSON – 5,467Points

1 – COL. 222TOMBSTONE222 L39 with 4564 points WINS 500 Gold
2 – Michael L42 with 2234 points WINS 500 Gold
3 – COL. 222POWER222 L39 with 1063 points WINS 500 Gold
4 – DAJOKER L72 with 537 points WINS 500 Gold
5 – COL. DR-GIGGLES L38 with 416 points WINS 500 Gold
6 – COL. MERCY L38 with 406 points WINS 500 Gold
7 – 尺丨ᐯ乇尺爪卂ㄚ卂 L65 with 404 points WINS 500 Gold
8 – COL. BLACKHOLE L39 with 396 points WINS 500 Gold
9 – COL. DADEVIL L38 with 385 points WINS 500 Gold
10 – COL. GANJA-FARMER L38 363 points WINS 500 Gold

• LEGION OF DOOM – 5,244 Points

1 – COL. SECRETS L39 with 2707 points WINS 300 Gold
2 – COL. TORCH L40 with 1350 points WINS 300 Gold
3 – Steve L39 with 1006 points WINS 300 Gold
4 – Tara L26 with 1006 548 points WINS 300 Gold
5 – GEN. XABDOX L69 with 892 points WINS 300 Gold
6 – COL. AnUaHsILoVeYou L39 with 733 points WINS 300 Gold
7 – GEN. FIREMAN L50 with 580 points WINS 300 Gold
8 – COL. CANADA L39 with 451 points WINS 300 Gold
9 – SGM. DailyCrusader L24 with 443 points WINS 300 Gold
10 – Buddy L44 with 385 points WINS 300 Gold

To see where the design team currently stands on various Community suggested features and game improvements, check out the Thunder Run Voice of the Commander Tracker.

We have some exciting news, announcements, and more waiting for you on our most recent edition of the Battlehouse Dev Blog.

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

This week in Thunder Run:

“Tempest” Battle Replay Contest Winners

The Tempest Event has come to close, and all the Battle Replays have been reviewed. Here’s your list of winners:

Due to the low number of replay submissions where players used boosts/repair kits, we won’t be having a separate leaderboard and prize bracket for these criteria.

Congratulations, Commanders! And good hunting in the season end tournaments! New YouTube Video to help show off the winning replays is coming soon.

New this week in Thunder Run:

End-of-Season 18 Clan Tournament

From July 2nd – July 9th, 2020, rally your Clan and head to the regional map for your chance to be the strongest Clan of Season 18!

Be one of the Top Clans with the most Clan PvP Points to win between 3,000-10,000 Gold, divided evenly among the top 10 members of your clan.

Tournament ends on July 9th, 2020 at 1700 GMT, at which point winners will be announced, prizes awarded, and leaderboards will be reset for the new season. It’s important to note that you should stay in the same Clan through the end of the tournament and for at least one hour afterward, until at least 1800 GMT to ensure your Clan’s prizes are scored correctly.

Season 19 Opens: July 9th, 2020

• The new season will begin immediately after the end of the tournament.
• Please be reminded that PvP points can only be accumulated on “anti-alt” maps.
• Please also be reminded, that after the tournament ends on July 9th, 2020,  all anti-alt maps will become anti-VPN maps.  Any player connected on a VPN will not be able to join an anti-alt map. If a player switches to a VPN while already on an anti-alt map, the player will be moved to a pro-alt map.

More Game Improvements

And that’s not all, Commander! As a response to some Discord suggestions, we’ve added New Security Team Behavior Toggles.

• Set security team behaviors for each building and for any class of units that has security teams or response teams.
• Cycle through behaviors through an at-a-glance indicator of the security/response team’s aggression level
  • A – Attack units in aggro radius
  • H – Hold Position
  • R – Relentlessly Pursue

For a sneak peak at what’s coming up next season in Battlehouse games, check out the Developer Roadmap in last week’s edition of the Battlehouse Dev Blog.

To see where the design team currently stands on various Community suggested features and game improvements, check out the Thunder Run Voice of the Commander Tracker (new tracker coming soon).

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

L16 Elite AH-64

The Elite AH-64 is here.

As with the recent max unit level increases, your Level 16 Elite AH-64 will feature improved stats and no increase in battalion space requirements. As with any improvement in power, there is an increase in cost, production time, and repair time.

The best part about it? No blueprints are required for upgrading. As long as you have TOC12 and the new building levels for your Maintenance Hangar and Airfield, you can upgrade away!

Craftable Strike Team Improvements

This week we’re also bringing you some quality-of-life updates for the new Craftable Strike Team system. Effective now:

• Strike Team Letter-Number tags now appear when hovering over an Ambush Point in the home base view. Below that it will also now show the equipped Strike Team/Squadron and its level.
• You can now view the stats of any mine, strike team, or strike squadron by clicking on them in the Strike Team Production Menu.

Mysterious riflemen, identified

You might have come across a mysterious group of riflemen in singleplayer maps. These units are part of an update to our cheat detection system. Don’t worry, Commander! If you see these units, it does NOT mean the system thinks you are cheating. It actually means you aren’t cheating.

Daily free repair kit giveaway status

The daily free repair kit giveaway is extended through Saturday, June 6th. Tomorrow, June 5th, we’ll announce whether it will continue for another week or not. Whenever it may end, we’re looking at giving away one Repair Kit and Free Repair Kit as part of the Day 7 Login Reward.

To see where the design team currently stands on various Community suggested features and game improvements, check out the Thunder Run Voice of the Commander Tracker (tracker will receive some clean-up and updates to formatting in the very near future).

We have some exciting news, announcements, and more waiting for you on our most recent edition of the Battlehouse Dev Blog.

Have new suggestions or feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

L16 Elite OH-58 Kiowa/Elite AH-1 Cobra

The Elite OH-58 Kiowa and Elite AH-1 Cobra are here.

As with the recent max unit level increases, your Level 16 Elite OH-58 Kiowa and Elite AH-1 Cobra will feature improved stats and no increase in battalion space requirements. As with any improvement in power, there is an increase in cost, production time, and repair time.

The best part about it? No blueprints are required for upgrading. As long as you have TOC12 and the new building levels for your Maintenance Hangar and Airfield, you can upgrade away!

To see where the design team currently stands on various Community suggested features and game improvements, check out the Thunder Run Voice of the Commander Tracker (tracker will receive some clean-up and updates to formatting in the very near future).

We have some exciting news, announcements, and more waiting for you on our most recent edition of the Battlehouse Dev Blog.

Have new suggestions or feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

L16 Elite Mi-24 Hind/Elite MQ-8B Fire Scout

The Level 16 Elite Mi-24 Hind and Elite MQ-8B Fire Scout are here.

As with the recent max unit level increases, your Level 16 Elite Mi-24 Hind and MQ-8B Fire Scout will feature improved stats and no increase in battalion space requirements. As with any improvement in power, there is an increase in cost, production time, and repair time.

The best part about it? No blueprints are required for upgrading. As long as you have TOC12 and the new building levels for your Maintenance Hangar and Airfield, you can upgrade away!

To see where the design team currently stands on various Community suggested features and game improvements, check out the Thunder Run Voice of the Commander Tracker (tracker will receive some clean-up and updates to formatting in the very near future).

We have some exciting news, announcements, and more waiting for you on our most recent edition of the Battlehouse Dev Blog.

Have new suggestions or feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

This week in Thunder Run:

Kongregate Needs Our Help!

📣 Attention Facebook Thunder Run Commanders!

As most of you probably already know, we relaunched “Thunder Run: War of Clans” as “Thunder Run: Global Warfare” on Kongregate earlier this week, and merged all of the Kongregate players into the Facebook maps. Kongregate plans to send us a bunch of new players soon for all of you to be able to recruit and do battle with, but we have to keep our game rating above 3.5 out of 5 stars on their website in order to help make that happen.

If you want lots of new people to play with in Thunder Run, and have a minute to spare: Would you be so kind as to login to “Thunder Run: Global Warfare” on Kongregate, and give the game a 5 Star rating to help us out? 😀

Instructions:

1. Login here with your Kongregate account (or create one if you don’t have one already): https://www.kongregate.com/games/Battlehouse/thunder-run-global-warfare
2. Refer to the screenshot below for where to find the ratings widget once in-game.

Thanks in advance, Comanders! Good hunting out there!

New this week in Thunder Run:

L16 Elite KA-50/Elite HZ9

The Level 16 Elite KA-50 and Elite HZ9 are here.

As with the recent max unit level increases, your Level 16 Elite KA-50 and Elite HZ9 will feature improved stats and no increase in battalion space requirements. As with any improvement in power, there is an increase in cost, production time, and repair time.

The best part about it? No blueprints are required for upgrading. As long as you have TOC12 and the new building levels for your Maintenance Hangar and Airfield, you can upgrade away!

Game Improvements

• Updated Volume Control! Instead of just mute/unmute in settings, you can now more precisely control your volumes with sliding percentage controls from 0 to 100, with mouse-wheel and click-n’-hold support.
• Generator Update! You now have to dish out more total damage to a Generator in order for it to drop down to zero power output.

To see where the design team currently stands on various Community suggested features and game improvements, check out the Thunder Run Voice of the Commander Tracker (tracker will receive some clean-up and updates to formatting in the very near future).

We have some exciting news, announcements, and more waiting for you on our most recent edition of the Battlehouse Dev Blog.

Have new suggestions or feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!