Call of War is sporting a new look - making the game look better than ever before. Inspired by realistic terrain, the map now has varied biomes. Cold ice is covering the poles, while the sun shines down mercilessly on the deserts of the Sahara. Mountains rise up high into the sky, while lush green plains wait for your tanks to roll through.
A new handy map filter lets discerning commanders distinguish easily between different terrain types. And despite looking this much better, the graphics update also brings a boost to the performance, making it smoother to scroll through your territories. Check out the new visuals in any map now - and let us know what you think!
Anti-Air Units are now ranged
Get ready to take your air defense to the next level! Anti-Air units now are ranged units, marked by a purple circle. Any enemy aircraft that attacks friendly units within this range will take a guaranteed hit from the AA, while all enemy planes simply passing through have a chance to take damage as well. To balance this powerful new mechanic, AA units have received a slight HP nerf, and additionally, Self-Propelled AA has a slightly shorter range than standard AA. With this update, clever positioning of your Anti-Air becomes vital for success!
Country Flag Upload Disabled on Desktop
With this update, the ability to upload custom country flags, as well as changing the leader name and title, has been disabled. This change was made due to frequent player confusion and a high volume of related support requests. While flag customization was never available on mobile, this adjustment ensures a more consistent experience across platforms. We appreciate your understanding and encourage you to continue representing your nation on the battlefield in other ways!
For a closer look at all the changes please check out the detailed Release Notes and share your feedback with us right here on the Forums and on our Discord Server.
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26 Feb 2025, 04:06
I think the new details of the respective provinces make sense. They look much more varied, which I think is good. I also like the visual design of the cities and that the different terrain types can now be displayed.
I will soon get used to the new colours of the countries. However, Bytro should make sure that a country only has one colour. I don't like these additional shades of the country colour. I really just thought they were two different attacking countries, but it's the same country with two different colours! This should be corrected.
I also find it very questionable and unacceptable that, due to the toxic behaviour of some players, useful functions such as leader name changes and country flags are simply removed. Bytro is making things very easy for itself here in order to take the pressure off the game operators. I really appreciate the work that these people do, and there is a lot of toxic behaviour in the game, but if they find support requests for country flags and player names too time-consuming and they don't feel like dealing with such requests anymore, and such simple requests already overwhelm them, then they should not apply to be game operators, but leave the work to the people who really take the work and concerns of the players seriously. That's my opinion. Anyone applying to be a moderator for the game should be aware of what they are getting into. That's not the players' problem. At least it shouldn't be.
Many players pay real money for this game and use it to finance Bytro. Without this investment, the game would be closed. I therefore think it is appropriate, and not too much to ask, that support requests from players be handled by human moderators, and that players who have made a request receive a human response. Instead, you're just dealt with by a bot without comment, and you're left in the dark about every issue. And now the removal of other useful functions. This is completely unacceptable.
It also completely disregards and ignores the fact that Youtubers also play this game, and may want to hide their real names, for logical and obvious reasons.
I propose the following solution as a compromise: Unlock the leader name and country flag change for players who have an account older than 12 months.
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My contribution includes feedback and a clear and honest opinion, which is what has been asked for here. The post is not intended to be malicious in any way.
26 Feb 2025, 04:40
I actually quite like the new graphics, minus the bright green portion. A bit more subtelty in changes from one shade to another would be nice too, but at the really zoomed in level, it's actually quite nice. For AA, I like the implementation of range. I was reading about CoN the other day and thought it would be an interesting addition...looks like I'll get to try it out now.
The removal of renaming is annoying, however. Maybe unlocking after X time or even with High Command would be nice.
I actually quite like the new graphics, minus the bright green portion. A bit more subtelty in changes from one shade to another would be nice too, but at the really zoomed in level, it's actually quite nice. For AA, I like the implementation of range. I was reading about CoN the other day and thought it would be an interesting addition...looks like I'll get to try it out now.
The removal of renaming is annoying, however. Maybe unlocking after X time or even with High Command would be nice.
What do you like about it? That you can't see the borders? It's really brilliant!
26 Feb 2025, 07:43
rdy2rocknroll wrote:
I see clouds, are you going to put a weather factor into the game, like if its raining a 50 reduction in troop speed, or clouds effects bombers etc.. If not then what's the point, trying to look busy to justify your jobs to still front ?
Nailed it! What's the point of those clouds? There is no need of these decorative items.
Secondly, I don't like the changes, they are too distracting, and they almost feel like a border and when I turned on the country colours, it was terrible to say the least. Simply too bright for me. It almost felt like I've share map with all the countries...
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26 Feb 2025, 07:48
Bring back human moderators/interaction and enhance feedback from players before implementing changes. Hiding behind bots is just a way for companies to create a cocoon/air bubble to mute players and create a divide between company and clients. All these game changes and the recurring backlashes are the direct result of the divide created by bot interaction only.
26 Feb 2025, 09:28
This update is mostly affirmative for me, although I have some minor complaints.
In particular, updates that have a large benefit for the defender are basically affirmative.
26 Feb 2025, 11:42
I guess new graphics are bad , all graphic updates were bad
but I liked ranged AA idea , finally they did it
26 Feb 2025, 13:02
Actually, I doe's not like this update, and seems like most of us here doe's not. The new graphic just looks too colorful and bright, thats not what we want to see in a game with wars and diplomatics and stuffs, I don't think people would get used to it, especially people who played more than a year. Not only this, changing flags and names are really a fun thing but not for making confusions(I don't think people who played well would make confusions intentionally), even you changed your title, name and flag, the country name is still fixed, you can't change your country name at all. And I don't think people would really get confused because of others changing names and flags, if they do, they should just quit.
The only thing good is the new AA stuff.
26 Feb 2025, 15:11
I canβt even attack anyone anymore because of this new update.
this update really nerfed the game mechanics a lot.
26 Feb 2025, 16:38
Why do regular AA and SPAA have different ranges? Was regular AA nerfed more than SPAA?
26 Feb 2025, 17:07
PrussiaKaiserKonigs wrote:
The Map colors burn my eyes, They look good but they are too bright, and my other complaint/concern is the No Custom Flags and Images anymore, While I see the reasoning, My RP games will never be the same, Perhaps they could reimplement it but limiting it to go through a filter or something
They should fix the labels
Also, I can see why they removed custom flags. I've seen the flags of Kekistan and ISIL being used in CoW
26 Feb 2025, 19:13
I can't see shit, colors are too bright
Make an option so we can use old map colors
The upgrade for the AA is welcomed
26 Feb 2025, 19:17
Game has been almost not useable on Android. Since the update it takes FOREVER to scroll the map or select or move units. Tried with app and in browser. I thought this was to be an improvement? Please fix this.
26 Feb 2025, 20:03
I want to thank the game developers for helping us get rid of the addiction to this game by changing the game's graphics.Thank you very much, I'm taking a break from the game and I'm extremely satisfied.
27 Feb 2025, 04:57
The colors are a bit much, and they already said those will get tuned. That's fine.
I like the terrain rendering. It's easy to distinguish terrain types, and the climate variation is a nice touch. Seeing the golf ball surface of sand dunes, the farm country on moderate plains. Nice work.
The clouds are meh. I don't care for them but they don't bother me.
I've yet to try the new ranged AA. If they dish out friendly fire, this has the potential to greatly affect game play.
27 Feb 2025, 06:50
Agree with most comments; details are really great, the new big fonts/lettering not so much, the cloud graphic take it or leave it, but the colors....they need to revert or be toned waaaaay down. My eyes, my eyes!!!
Honestly, looks like it's designed for kids. Putting me off opening up the game..
27 Feb 2025, 08:13
is there anyway to change the graphics back to the way they were
27 Feb 2025, 16:23
New Graphics suck...Cant see my boarders...My troops mix in with the bright colors I cant see them...Why cant I go back to previous graphics as a choice...This will be first time since I have started to play this game where I will quit a new game on day one and will not play untill I have a choice on which graphics I prefer to use...On the other hand AA gun with range is good idea
27 Feb 2025, 16:53
Oh, I forgot to mention one thing that I'm dissatisfied with.
Why do cruisers still have no range in combat against aircraft?
27 Feb 2025, 17:26
Golian_TN wrote:
I want to thank the game developers for helping us get rid of the addiction to this game by changing the game's graphics.Thank you very much, I'm taking a break from the game and I'm extremely satisfied.