Armored Warfare Gets Bases, Early Access 5 Announced

The equivalent of a guild hall was one of the last things I expected to see a session-based, multiplayer shooter like Armored Warfare get but it is getting one. Dubbed your Base, it will be your Private Military Company's—guild's—base of operations and "seat of power," as the press release says. Bases start with a single garage with the ability to build other buildings, and level them each up to level 8 individually, in place. The full list of currently implemented buildings can be seen below.

●       Academy – provides a passive bonus to commander XP per battle

●       Airport – provides a passive Credits discount when purchasing Retrofit upgrades

●       Ammo Depot – provides a passive Reputation discount to unlock Firepower upgrades

●       Armory – provides a passive Reputation discount to unlock Armor upgrades

●       Barracks – provides a passive bonus to Crew XP

●       Command Center – provides a passive Global Match Reputation gain bonus

●       Garage – provides a passive Global Repair Cost reduction

●       Helipad – provides a passive Global Match Credit gain bonus

●       Harbor – provides an incremental Raw Materials shipment increase

●       Recon Post – provides a passive discount to Premium Time purchases

Also noted in the press release is that this is only the first pass, with Base gameplay and features set to improve over time.

More importantly, though, Early Access 5 has been announced. The bad news is that it's another time-limited test. The good news is that it's very, very soon. Early Access 5 will run from September 3rd to September 20th and will be another always-online test. It will launch with Update 0.8, the numbering of which means we must be getting close to open beta, right?