Battle Tanks 8.77e

[Exodus]

Hey guys,
this time it's a bigger update again. This version intends to improve the lategame. I hope you'll like it!

v 8.77

• Highlights
  • Added a new tank to the Contruction Hall: Goliath
    
  • Remade the Titan
    
  • Reduced the cost of the Titan from 25k to 20k
    
  • Added a new Blue Print: Negator Pack
    
  • Added two new weapons to the Outpost
    
  • Remade Explosives, they are now an active item and available in League Mode
    
  • Long range weapons now also attack buildings, but they will only deal 10% damage against them
    
  • There is now a preparation time of 10 seconds before the first creeps spawn
    
  • Remade the kick system
    
  • Added a new endgame screen, which shows all relevant information on a multiboard
    
  
  
• Tank Changes
  • Changed Exploder a bit, to make up for the changed Explosives
    
  • Decoys (Medivac) are now targeted as buildings
    
  • Changed the creation effect of the decoys to a much more discreet one
    
  • HitnRun no longer divides the damage through the targets
    
  • HitnRun now deals the damage in the same way as Explosives and Mines, it gets less the farther away the target is
    
  • Removed the countdown indicator from Shape Memory Alloy and HitnRun (Raider)
    
  • A floating text now shows the accumulated damage of HitnRun
    
  • Increased the aoe of the second wave of Metal Stars (Shredder) from 400 to 500
    
  • Remade Chain Lightning (Thunder Tank)
    
  • The Trader is no longer able to buy Orbital Control and Negator Pack
    
  
  
• Item Changes
  • Increased upgrade cost for Acid Cannon (3000g -> 5100g)
    
  • Decreased upgrade cost for Supercell (12500g -> 7500g)
    
  • Repair Robots are now cheaper (2000g -> 1500g)
    
  • Maintenance now repairs 500 hp plus 20% from upgrades, instead 750 hp plus 10%
    
  • Increased Maintenance costs from 100g to 150g
    
  • Recharge now heals 15 mana plus 20% from upgrades, instead of 20 mana plus 10%
    
  • Recharge now has 3 charges, instead of 2
    
  • Burst Armor is now able to block damage, when the damage is higher than your max HP
    
  • The upgraded Burst Armor now blocks all damage for 0.25s after being triggered
    
  • Weapons are no longer upgradeable, when the owning player is afk
    
  
  
• Game Changes
  • All tanks, weapons and items are now buyable through standardized hotkeys (except at the Trader Market)
    
  • Reduced the number of inventory slots of the Protective Tower at the HQ from 6 to 2
    
  • Kick attempts in singleplayer are now always succesfull
    
  • Added an effect, which shows when Control Points heal with half the speed
    
  • Aura Creeps spawned by the Aura Creep upgrades now all spawn at the HQ
    
  • Reduced the price of the Aura Creep upgrades from 3000 to 2250 gold
    
  • Added three abilities to the Tech Mech, which allow him to use Teleport Breakers, Nets and Detectors from his inventory
    
  • Improved heal and resistance of Strategic Locations (20 -> 25 hp/s; 15% -> 20% resistance)
    
  • Changed Strategic Locations on the upper and middle lane a bit
    
  • Teleport Beacon now grants a free CPTP in a larger area
    
  • Some non-damage skills now also enable you to get assists (like Energy Leash or Banish)
    
  • Made some game performance related improvements
    
  • Added "-mb esc", which enables / disables the multiboard toggling with the escape key
    
  
  
• Bug fixes
  • Fixed AFKAI from taking over, when a player has been afk for 5 minutes, even though it was disabled
    
  • Fixed giveup votes from being accepted instantly, when the last player without a vote leaves
    
  • Fixed Architects Portals from sometimes allowing a teleport although they are in cooldown
    
  • Fixed Control Points only regenerating mana with half the speed, when the hp were full
    
  • Fixed the multiboard with the ally health bars from not updating properly
    
  • Fixed Mass Converter sometimes not granting HP and Mana for a killed unit
    
  • Fixed the base factories from not receiving their protective buff
    
  • Fixed Splash Cannon (Architect) turning off arbitrarily sometimes
    
  • Fixed units from sometimes getting stuck in an Architect Portal
    
  • Fixed new tanks keeping Trader items, after changing the tank
    
  • Fixed Electro Shocker from also targeting buildings sometimes
    
  • Fixed rooted Guards showing up as Tinkers on the multiboard
    
  • Fixed the kick form performing on an already kicked player
    
  • Fixed Goblin Synergy (Shredder) always staying on level 1
    
  • Fixed Ensnare (Scout) from not disabling air only weapons
    
  • Fixed Strategic Location not providing any regeneration
    
  • Fixed some extended tank requirements being too high
    
  • Fixed the Trader version of the Mine Defuser Pack
    
  • Fixed the permanent progress bar of the Goldmine
    
  • Fixed Giveup still working after the game ended
    
  • Fixed magic resistances not stacking properly
    
  • Fixed several Teleport Beacon related bugs
    
  • Fixed the kickboard staying at game end
    
  • Fixed several minor bugs and leaks
    
  
  

v 8.77b

• Fixed some long range weapon related bugs
  
• Fixed a Portal (Architect) related bug
  

v 8.77c

• Fixed Electro Shocker (Air Ship) dealing more damage to the main target, than intended
  

v 8.77d

• When a tank kills itself, its enemy are now able to get assists for it
  
• Selfkills now only increase the penalty half as fast
  
• Fixed a crash caused by the Goliath icon on Macs
  

v 8.77e

• Fixed HitnRun (Raider) not returning after the duration
  

Kick system explanation: http://btanks.net/wordpress/8-77-beta-new-kick-system/

As always, this version will run on Qualify first, to ensure everything is working smoothely.