Improved the game's Artificial Intelligence with numerous tweaks.50 points of damage to one ship gets dealt out as 10 points to each of 5 ships in the fleet) when the frigate is targeted. Species 8472 fleets using the bio-pulse conduit now share damage (e.g.Left click will give orders and select, while right click will be to deselect. Added 'F' as hotkey to bring up Formations menu.Increased max zoom-out in strategic view from 1500 to 2200.It will cost 1500 metal to form the Tactical Fusion cube. It will now cost 750 metal to form the fusion cube. Added a metal cost to creating a fusion cube.Health bars of ships in the ship display now display the color of the ship's shields: green for full health, red for almost depleted and blue for no shields.Adjusted the power of Borg Cubes for better balance.Saved games from Version 1.0 of Armada II will not work with Version 1.1. Additionally ship classes from the Scout Cube onwards also possess modules which may be selected by the player to customizable each ship to its unique purpose which the player intends.The upgrade will work for the Microsoft Windows /ME versions of Armada II (US, UK and German). Other unique aspects of their gameplay are their researchable abilities are granted to almost all Borg vessels regardless of class with a few exceptions such as nanites. Relying upon a low number of significantly stronger ships, the Borg must play a game of atricion, losing as few vessels as possible and protecting their mining and economy until they finally reach end game status and overpower the opponent using Spheres or Cubes. Almost all of their ships possess a 360 degree arc of firing using beam weaponry and some also possess torpedos.īorg gameplay is vastly different to that of the original Armada 2 and even to that of the other Fleet Operations races. They possess good sensor range and good anti-cloak detection capabilities. The Federation are a primarily defense oriantated faction, all of their ships possessing the strongest shielding in the game and with a good variety of classes from front-line ships to artillery. Widescreen and build-in multisampling support.Installs right off your Armada II CD - no pre-installation required.Completely reworked Artificial Intelligence.Long-lasting battles with tons of new weapons and sound effects.All new multiplayer maps in realistic environments.Over 200 brand new ship and station models.Each race features 2 Avatars supporting your preferred tactic.5 races including Federation, Klingon, Borg, Romulan and Dominion.

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