Season 3 Tank and Engineer Rework Detailed
Season 3's vehicle pass leads with a tank-damage simplification : most anti-tank tools now take three hits to kill instead of two, and incoming-damage values collapse from a continuous range into a small set of predictable outcomes based on angle and hit location. Health regeneration gets a rework, repairs gain diminishing returns when stacked, and several Engineer loadouts get rebalanced.
"While vehicles are broadly balanced from a statistical perspective, your feedback has made it clear that the moment-to-moment experience hasn't always felt as satisfying as it should, particularly when it comes to how vehicle strengths and drawbacks play out in combat." — Chris Matte, Game Designer
The post frames the work as a response to feedback that vehicle combat felt unpredictable and that the strongest playstyles skewed toward long-range, low-risk positioning. Highlights:
Damage: anti-tank tools take three hits instead of two (with some exceptions); angle damage collapses into a small set of predictable values; guided weapons now do flat damage regardless of impact angle
Survivability: regen delay rises from 6 to 12 seconds, then ~10% per second to full ; critical-health regen no longer blocked, just 80% slower; repair rate weakens over time in combat; diminishing returns on stacked Engineer repairs
Handling: faster acceleration, turning, and turret rotation ; tanks no longer immobilised by general damage (mines still apply); jets and helicopters gain new threat-indicator UI
Loadouts: Reinforced Plating removed , replaced with a countermeasure-cooldown passive; Thermal Smoke now damages infantry inside it; Counterfire Radar gains a passive uptime component; IFV gets Mine Countermeasures and the Mobile Command Center; launchers (9K38 IGLA, MBT-LAW) and AV mines get a full balance pass
Positioned as part one — air-vehicle tuning and REDSEC-specific adjustments are still in flight, with full release notes due closer to Season 3.