Rider class improvements


In the “Tigers of Burma” update, along with the new motorcycles in the Soviet and Japanese tech trees, you’ll also find a number of changes that will make both old and new Rider squads a useful and important part of the battles!

Squad Expansion and easier leveling

Currently, the unlockable Rider squads of the USA and Germany consist of only 2 soldiers. Moreover, you have to earn a considerable amount of squad experience with them to progress through their upgrade branches.

With the update, motorcycles of all nations will be able to carry up to 3 soldiers and the new squads will require much less experience to level up! The amount of experience required to upgrade the old squads of the USA and Germany will be adjusted after the update’s release.

Portable ammo box

Your “steel horse” will not only be a fast and convenient means of transportation, but also an ammo box!

You will receive additional battle score when your allies replenish their ammunition from it, just like from a built ammo box. Of course, this is only possible until the motorcycle is destroyed or runs out of ammunition - regardless of how many ammo boxes are on the motorcycle, you can resupply only 10 times from them.

Improved physics

Motorcycles have always been better suited for smooth roads, but we understand that on the battlefield you often have to choose the rough terrain.

With the update, we will slightly adjust the physics of the motorcycles to make them more pleasant to drive: they will become slightly more stable and will have better grip on the road, allowing you to more easily break through the enemy lines at high speed! However, don’t forget that, just like in real life, turning towards the sidecar will result in a larger turning radius.

You’ll be able to try out the updated motorcycle squads in action very soon – stay tuned for more news!

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Thank you so much!

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Awesome!
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Amazing work guys!

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Maybe I’m pessimistic but I still think this is marginally better change without addressing the real issues present.

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Oh AT launcher + Engineer + fast ammo refill?

Forget about Guerillas, this instead is actually gonna be a useful tank hunting unit

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Sweet! Maybe I can actually use these darn things now!

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Out of all the characters in GUP and you like the most basic tourist friendly one, really?

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This sounds great! Especially the improved physics part

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What do you mean? She literally me for real, for real no cap.

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Weirdest Anime on this planet for sure.

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Yes!

Expected but stil really nice. I especially like added the ammo feature. That shows some creativity on your end.

The squad wil probably stil be kinda bad. But if the driving improves, leveling and squad size all improve, it wil at least become a somewhat viable meme squad. Definitively going to use it now!

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Will AT gunner be able to shoot bazooka while on the ride? XD

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It’s not natural that the Motorcycle takes 19,000 exp to level up

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The 3 aspects above in the news article are the 3 most common complaints with Riders that we tend to see (takes too long to level up, bad off-road capability, and making them more useful), hence why these were addressed first. :slight_smile:

If there turns out to be other ways we can improve them once players are able to test them, we can take feedback for that from everyone. :blush:

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Anymore news for today? Also please consider reducing XP requirement for AT gunner IIs and Flamethrower IIs

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Dont say someone else is an anime nerd when you started a discusion about caracters from an anime show lol

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I hope that the new riders will be 1 pioneer and two AT soldiers - otherwise this would be a missed opportunity.

Don’t make me pull nade.

Spoiler

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We actualized this issue and forwarded to the devs again.

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How about moving SPAA vehicles to Rider II? Taking tank slot is kinda make them less useful IMO.

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