ROTR 1.87 Update 4 Options

[The_Hunter]

Hello ROTR fans and followers!

Most of you have noticed that it been a long time since our last update. This unfortunately has mainly been due to some of our team members having to deal with various things in something called "real-life."
Thankfully, most of those things to an extent have been sorted by now, and as some of the more observant fans may have noticed, there has been more activity on our part.
So without further ado, enjoy our latest update!



The MiG-15 and MiG-17 were among the most produced combat aircraft in the world since WWII, with over 20,000 air-frames of both types produced by the USSR, China, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Highly advanced for their time, the MiG-15 and MiG-17 were commonly exported and saw heavy use in the First Korean and Vietnam wars. Some variants stayed in use up until the 2010s with North Korea, Pakistan, and some African nations. With a large number of aircraft scattered around the world it was inevitable that the GLA would manage to acquire some for their own air force. Though immeasurably obsolete as a fighter aircraft, the Vulture (as the GLA refers to it) is employed as a tactical bomber by the terrorist organization. It is almost always seen with 250kg high-explosive bombs and is usually reserved for larger scale combat operations.

And once again, some cool screenshots to show you some of the new stuff:



Here you can see the new Rank 1 power for China called "War Propaganda."
Once obtained, all Chinese vehicles can use the "Propaganda Spotlight" ability. This grants the selected unit constant horde bonus and self-repair for the duration it is active. There is a global cooldown of one minute and thirty seconds for each use, so use it wisely!

I also would like to announce that this upcoming Sunday, we will be doing another official live stream of the internal beta, which we haven't done since April earlier this year.
The stream will as usually be hosted by Hecthor Doomhammer on his channel: https://www.twitch.tv/pauljongejans



Countdown until the stream starts

[The_Hunter]

because using that in combo with a super weapon creates a stun lock situation where whom ever builds the first super weapon is the only person to have one since everyone else would get their own denied every time they attempt to build one.

[Sergeant Freedom]

very cool

[Zarax]

Don't kill me for questioning developer wisdom but... Why Mig 15/17 and not the slightly newer Mig 19/J6/Q5?

[Maelstrom]

Don't kill me for questioning developer wisdom but... Why Mig 15/17 and not the slightly newer Mig 19/J6/Q5?

Personnal design preference

[Zarax]

Personnal design preference

Allright, I was just wondering if there was more than matters of taste to the decision... Especially as it's positively ancient hardware by any standards.

[Shiro]

Some of the hardware in the story may indeed by really, really old, but do remember that even old frames can be fitted with new technoloy. Russia does it because they don't throw stuff away (unless it's in the direction of the enemy) and the GLA does it because they are crafty maniacs who will take anything and everything they can to wage war.

Also, notability counts. During a hectic battle, players must be able to easily recognise the correct strcutures/units by shape alone, so the team spends a lot of time to find (and has a gigantic archive of) interesting designs that could be used for the mod. It makes the game slightly cartoony but also much more playable.

[chemisthypnos]

Great update. Thank you all for such hard and dedicated work!

[MajaNachi:3]

I love the new GLA bomber. Can't wait to use it