Heroes & Generals

Dear community!

All accounts now have an unlimited supply of gold during the Gold Rush*. The event is running until the official shutdown of the Heroes and Generals WW2 servers on Thursday, 25th of May 2023 at 11:59PM UTC

We hope you will join us for a last send off to the original game that started it all. The ‘Gold Rush’ event is our thank you to the community so please have a blast and experiment with any build you can think of!

Until we meet again. -TLM GAMES

*NOTE: Each account will have a limit on daily purchases and on total active assault teams in the strategy game. This is done to preserve server stability.

DEAR COMMUNITY!

In today’s update we have added Backer Helmets for everyone who has pledged $5 or more on our HnG 2 Kickstarter. Regardless of the outcome, thank you for believing in HnG 2!

All qualified backers will receive a message on Kickstarter with their reward within 24 hours.

And now for the big news…the official shut down of the Heroes and Generals WW2 servers will be on Thursday, 25th of May 2023 at 11:59PM UTC

With the impending shut down of the servers, we disabled the ability to purchase Gold Packs so anyone with gold to spare can make their final purchases effective immediately.

A RESPECTFUL SEND OFF

We want to give everyone, old and new, a chance to go crazy with all the guns, items and vehicles HnG 1 has to offer. The only way to give a proper farewell is through a gold rush!

On May 2nd 2023 ~10AM CEST all player accounts will have UNLIMITED gold until the servers shutdown.

During the ‘Gold Rush’ each account will have a limit to the maximum number of transaction requests that can be sent to the server per day and a limit to the maximum total number of Assault Teams that can be deployed or queued for deployment in a War. This is done to keep the servers stable and the RTS balance in check.

KICKSTARTER MILESTONE

In other news we are getting closer to 1000 backers on Kickstarter! We’d like to give a heartfelt thank you for all the support and a special thanks to everyone who shared our Kickstarter campaign and the ones who made their pledge for Heroes and Generals 2!

MAKE YOUR PLEDGE AND GET THE LATEST KICKSTARTER NEWS HERE:

https://qrco.de/thenextwar

Attention Soldiers!

Great news from the front. All battle passes old and new have opened up and are available for you to progress where you last left off. If you previously owned one or more just switch to your preferred battle pass... if you haven't purchased now it the time.

As the season progresses the weather is changing and you'll begin seeing seasonal items delisted and thawing of our frozen rivers.

Time is of the essence. Get out there and play!

Changelog: Click here to see all changes

CHANGELOG

UPDATED December 13 2022

HOTFIX – BUILD 172476

• Updated the ToS

• Activated Bare Metal servers

• Deactivated cloud servers

SOLDIERS!

Get your uniforms ready and savor the hot coffee from your rations, Season 3: Frostbite brings a storm of winter changes to Heroes & Generals!

WINTER IS HERE

The cold weather can be felt on the front – rivers freezing over and snow blanketing the landscape. Be wary of the enemy, the ice will provide safe passage for infantry and vehicles where previously impossible!

SEASONAL GEAR

During season 3 you can gear up on limited winter uniforms + helmets and get into the holiday spirit with the holiday skins available for select weapons.

HOLIDAY SALE

Starting from today H&G’s holiday sale is on! Each week features a different category of items on sale so keep an eye out for what you are looking for!

SOLDIER SCREEN RENDERS + PARATROOPER GEAR

Soldier preview for paratroopers and recons in the flash client has received an upgrade. Using a new render system, your soldiers now look better than ever before.

Additionally, paratroopers now have headgear options available separate from uniforms, currently featuring different goggle options. As a bonus, paratrooper backpacks are back and their size adjusted.

CHAT MODERATION

The in-game chat is now being moderated in accordance with our rules of conduct which you can see here.

Read our latest blog post about chat moderation here! here!

SMOKE TRAILS FOR PLANES

No battle pass? No problem! White smoke trails for planes are now available for purchase for all players outside the battle pass.

BATTLE PASS

Purchasing Season 3 Battle Pass will give you:

• Access to 120 levels of rewards, many with multiple rewards

• Exclusive skins for weapons and vehicles

• Earn 120.000 Credits and Warfunds

• Reap all the rewards with a total of 12 days of Veteran Membership

• Level up faster with Super Boosters and XP Boosters

• Progress on your Battle Pass by playing the game the way you want to!

REWARDS LIST OVERVIEW

TIER 1: WINTER FINISHES FOR SMGS

Keep your cool in close quarter combat with winter skins for the M3, MP-34 and PPD-40 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 2: UNIQUE RECON PLANE PAINT JOBS

Bring the deadly WW1 inspired colors to the sky on your trusty recon planes. Get it for Curtiss O-52, Henschel Hs 126 and Polikarpov R-Z 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 3: FULL-AUTO TRACER BULLETS [RATIO: 1:2]

Change your full-auto weapon bullets to faction colored tracer bullets and light up the front! 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 4: TRACER BULLETS FOR ANY WEAPON [RATIO: 1:1]

Equip these faction colored tracers to a weapon of your choice that supports tracer bullets and fire away! 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 5: BLUE SMOKE TRAILS FOR PLANES

Whether to celebrate or show air dominance, you can equip blue smoke trails to your planes!! 3 in total.

TIER 6: PARATROOPER HELMETS

Further customize your paratroopers with a paratrooper helmet! 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 7: FACE NETTING FOR RECONS

Lay low and mask your face, the shine might give you away! Mask your recons with face netting! 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 8: CAMO NETTING FOR ALL MEDIUM TANK DESTROYERS

Blend in with your surroundings and take on the enemy in camo netting! 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 9: CAMO NETTING FOR ALL HEAVY TANK DESTROYERS

Create the perfect ambush in your tank destroyers with camo nettings. 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 10: CAMO-NETTING FOR ALL RECON VEHICLES

Move in stealth and trap your enemy during your recon missions with camo netting! 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 11: WINTER SKINS FOR AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES

Blend into the rivers and drive to victory in style with the winter skins for: QMC-4(US & SU) and Schwimmwagen. 3 in total, one for each faction.

TIER 12: GOLD ENGRAVED PISTOLS

When your primary gun isn’t a pistol and you have to reload, pull this one out of your belt and let the enemy know you mean business. Available for 1911A1, C96 and TT-33. 3 in total, one for each faction.

PUT ON YOUR WINTER CAMO AND GET TO WAR!

Changelog

Click here to view the full changelog

CHANGELOG

UPDATED October 17 2022

HOTFIX – BUILD 172027

• Fixed a bug preventing some players from matchmaking when in a squad

Soldiers!

The Mid-Season Update is here in time for Hallowar and with it a new tutorial system to allow new and existing users to learn the ropes and be rewarded.

Get the Hallowar bloody bat skins and get up close and personal with your enemy. Enjoy better visibility in the heat of the battle and much more!

Keep reading to find out all about the update and the new tutorials below!

Tutorial Introduction

For this mid-season update one of our main focuses is the new user experience.

We are introducing a 3-layered tutorial system which is designed to take players, new and old, on a journey through Heroes & Generals’ many systems and mechanics.

Career Orders can be found on the right hand side of your soldier screen. Our mission is to unveil the complexity of Heroes & Generals at a good pace and showcase the unique opportunities you have in the game, while not making them mandatory to follow.

Introduction Video

A new introduction video is shown to new players when launching the game for the first time. It’s a short and sweet 90 second video highlighting the unique aspects of Heroes & Generals and gives the new user a clear goal of reaching war mode.

If you are curious about the video take a look here!

Tutorials

The tutorials are written explanations of many of the features Heroes & Generals has to offer. This can be anything from equipping a weapon or changing between soldiers ingame. Many tutorials have Career Orders attached and can be viewed by pressing the sergeant icon inside Career Orders. You can find all tutorials in

Career Orders

Career Orders can be found on the right hand side of your soldier screen. These are tasks you can complete and earn credits, Soldier XP boosters and several Ribbon Boosters.

ACTION GAME CHANGES

• The amount of smoke that infantry guns produce has been decreased to help you to keep your eyes on the prize.

• We also took a look at the blood splatter effect when you are hit and have tweaked it to never obscure the middle of your screen.

• Enemy soldier headgear is now shown in the kill message.

• AI Soldier difficulty has been increased in the Encounter gamemode.

STRATEGY ADDITIONS

• Players can now view the Strategy Map before unlocking the gamemode.

• It is no longer possible to initiate a new battle immediately after losing one. Assault Teams on the losing side moving to the battlefield of the battle that just ended, will now retreat back to their previous location without suffering from retreat penalties.

• The deploy cost increase after a war victory has been lowered from 5% to 4,75%

CLIENT ADDITIONS

• When making a purchase in the store a confirmation box will now appear to avoid misclicks.

• Command points are now visible in the soldier purchase window.

• Equipping a crate to a vehicle no longer unequips camo netting on armored vehicles or machine guns on infantry vehicles.

• When a staged battle is found, you now see what city you are near on the RTS-Minimap and the battlefield is highlighted with a crosshair.

HALLOWAR IS HERE

Bloody bat skins are now available for purchase for the remainder of Season 2, get yours while they are available and swing your way to victory!

In addition to the bloody bat skins, we will be running a spooky screenshot contest when we get closer to Hallowar. Stay tuned!

LEARN THE ROPES AND CHARGE INTO BATTLE NOW!

Changelog

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE FULL CHANGELOG!

CHANGELOG

UPDATED AUGUST 16 2022

HOTFIX – BUILD 171324

• Fixed an issue with the war bonus, players did not receive their victory warfund bonuses

• Fixed an issue with keybinding, it was possible to bind multiple actions to a single key

HOTFIX – BUILD 171224

• Fixed a crashing issue caused by spawning the BA-11

• Fixed a town-naming issue on the ‘End of Battle’-screen in staged battles

• Fixed a bug which prevented rewards and status effects for the winning faction

Note: Collision on the newest machinegun upgrades for terrain vehicles are currently disabled until a new fix candidate.

HOTFIX – BUILD 171210

• Fixed a crashing issue related to collision boxes of newest machinegun upgrades.

• Fixed a crashing issue when repairing tanks

HOTFIX – BUILD 171197

• Fixed a physics issue where throwing a grenade behind a Kübelwagen with mounted MG42 caused a server-crash

Soldiers!

Season 2 Ablaze brings new additions to the game and a fiery explosion of 120 rewards!

Roll out and ambush your enemies in never-before-seen camo netting for select tank destroyers and recon vehicles, blend into your surroundings in the summer themed uniforms, weapon finishes and warpainted vehicles.

Be rewarded for your efforts in the war and explore new types of boosters + much more!

Get Season 2 Ablaze and reap all the rewards!

WAR UPDATE

New Winning Mechanic

We are adding rewards when you win the war which you can see when a war ends.

Winning the War

• When your faction wins a war, you will get +250 Warfunds for each of your active assault teams.

• For the entirety of the next war the winning faction’s soldiers and assault teams will gain +5% XP bonus.

• However, due to the winning faction being spread thin, all resource costs will be increased by +5%. This effect will stack for each consecutive win and reset on a loss.

Assault Team Adjustments:

Assault Teams retreating from a battlefield have been sped up by 12% which will prevent enemy units from passing by them.

NEW VICTORY SCREEN

With extra fanfare, changes have been made when a battle ends. The winning faction will be more eye-catching and a new game summary screen will be displayed as a tease for the battle report that is already being displayed when exiting an ended match.

Additionally you can now see the fate of participating assault teams. When a match ends and the camera zooms out to the RTS map, destroyed assault teams will be indicated by an explosion as they are removed from the map.

INTRODUCING THE TICKET SYSTEM

This feature allows us to do more varied and customized Tickets which can be redeemed for a number of rewards, such as the Weapon Renaming Tickets and Squad Renaming Tickets found in the Battle Pass during season 2.

IMPROVED STORE INTERACTIONS

It is now easier to navigate for the boosters you need. In the booster screen open the dropdown menu and select what kind of booster you are looking for.

BATTLE PASS

SEE ALL LEVEL 10 ITEMS IN ACTION FROM ALL TIERS IN OUR NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

Acquiring Season 2: Ablaze Battle Pass will give you:

• Access to 120 levels of rewards, many with multiple rewards
• Unlock new never-before-seen items
• New and exclusive camouflage, weapons finishes and paint jobs
• Earn 120.000 Credits and 120.000 Warfunds
• Reap all the rewards with a total of 12 days Veteran Memberships
• Level up faster with the new Super Boosters

Progress on your Battle Pass by playing the game the way you want to!

SEASON 2: ABLAZE CHANGES

We have adjusted the XP required to level up your Battle Pass. The XP required for Tier 1 has been cut in half while the XP requirement gradually increases per tier, with no change to the total amount of XP required to complete the whole battle pass.

New Super Boosters have been added to the season's reward table, as well as Tickets for renaming gear and assault teams!

NEW ASSAULT TEAM BOOSTERS

New Assault Team Speed Boosters have been added to the Battle Pass. Activate these to give a temporary movement speed boost for all your assault teams on the war map.

REWARDS LIST OVERVIEW

TIER 1: NEW MACHINE GUNS FOR INFANTRY VEHICLES

Increase the danger of your terrain vehicles with new mounted machine guns! There are no maintenance costs on the mounted guns from the battle pass.

* The new machine gun vehicle upgrades are available for purchase for players without a Battle Pass. Available for 1/4 ton 4x4 Truck, Kübelwagen and GAZ-67

TIER 2: EXCLUSIVE RANGING TRACERS [Ratio: 1:5]

Attach this to any full-auto weapons in your arsenal. 1:5 means every 5th shot will be a tracer round. The tracer starts green and over distance fades into yellow and ends red for the longest shots.

TIER 3: NEW CAMO-NETTING FOR TANK DESTROYERS

Empower your ambush with the camo-netting for the M10 Tank Destroyer, Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer and SU-76M

TIER 4: SUMMER FINISHES FOR SMGs

Stand out and take on the enemy with summer finishes for the Thompson, MP-40 and PPS-43

TIER 5: SUMMER FINISHES FOR LMGs

Keep your LMGs looking fresh with this season’s skins for the M1918, MG-13 and DP-28

TIER 6: DEMOLITION GRENADE SUPPLY CRATES

Bring the destructive power of demolition grenades along your vehicles!

TIER 7: WAR PAINT FOR FIGHTER PLANES

Bring the scare to the air with Season 2’s war paints for P-40, BF-109 and YAK-9B

TIER 8: FACTION SPECIFIC TRACERS [Ratio: 1:1]

Equip these tracers to any gun that is using bullets and light up the battlefield! 1:1 means all bullets will be tracers and its color will depend on your faction.

• Red Tracers for all US weapons

• Yellow Tracers for all German weapons

• Green Tracers for all Soviet weapons

TIER 9: FLAMETHROWER SUPPLY CRATE

Bring the barbeque to your enemy with the flamethrower vehicle crate!

TIER 10: NEW CAMO-NETTING FOR RECON VEHICLES

Move in stealth by applying this season’s camo-netting for the M8 Greyhound, SdKfz 234/2 Puma and SU BA-11

TIER 11: SUMMER FINISHES FOR BOLT-ACTION RIFLES

Hit the deck and blend in with the shrubbery with summer themed bolt-action finishes. Available for the M1903, Karabiner 98 Kurz and Mosin-Nagant

TIER 12: EXCLUSIVE WAR PAINT FOR MEDIUM TANKERS

Strike fear into the heart of your enemy with the new War Paints for the M4A3E8 Sherman, Panzer V Ausf. G and T-34/85 Model 1944

SUIT UP FOR WAR AND JOIN THE FRONT!

Changelog

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CHANGELOG

UPDATED JUNE 29 2022

HOTFIX 170947

• Fixed a security issue
• Fixed an issue with the Battle Pass, where it showed the wrong 'season is over' message

CHANGELOG

UPDATED JUNE 23 2022

HOTFIX 170852

• You now get a notification when you buy a ribbon booster
• Parachute cannot be opened too close to the ground, to prevent death by parachute on low altitudes
• Fixed an issue with DoF on weapons, where turning it off in the menu did not correctly turn off the DoF
• Fixed an issue with contextual hints, turning it off in the menu did not save between battles
• Fixed an issue with the wrench, which could not be bought through the 'driver ribbon menu'
• Fixed an issue with Battle Pass final tier unlock, it should now show the correct completion message
• Fixed an issue with IS-2 front armor, which was penetrated too easily
• Fixed an issue with the light vehicle machinegun, the menu would become unresponsive after equipping it