Boom Beach September 2024 update: Balance changes, new features, and more

The Boom Beach September 2024 update is now live and the developers have made significant changes to the real-time strategy game. Called The Calm Before the Storm, the latest update has brought a host of exciting balance changes, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements. On top of it, it fine-tuned gameplay mechanics and user experience.

In this article, we will take a detailed look at the Boom Beach September 2024 update.

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Boom Beach September 2024 update: Balance changes

Significant balance changes have been introduced to improve gameplay and smoothen the experience for players worldwide. Take a look at the changes below:

• Prototroop upgrade costs are now capped at 1500.
• Ruddero’s Wingmen now cost 3+3 GBE. Seeker shot costs 7+7 GBE and deploys 4 seekers;
• Seeker Shot’s seeker count is now properly shown on the info screen.
• Life Leech is now calculated using a percentage of the damage done instead of a constant value per hit. Area attacks can now also trigger life leech while mitigating damage with shields or abilities reduces the amount of life gained.
• Gunboat Energy now supports partial energy gain. For example, if a sector boost increased GBE gains from destruction by 10%, previously these energy gains would have been rounded down and the boost would have had no effect. Now the rounding off has been done away with. For example: If we destroy 4 buildings with a 10% boost players will get the following energy for each building: 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 ( 3.3+3.3+3.3+3.3, a total of 13.2, at the fourth building the decimals add up to an extra energy point).

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Boom Beach September 2024 update: Bugfixes for UI and base

This update has fixed several bugs and improved the UI, enhancing user experience across the board:

• Fixed a centering issue with some icons (mainly proto-defense icons).
• Fixed a UI issue with Kavan's Galvanizing Presence perk that showed it was affected by troop boosts.
• Fixed a bug where landing crafts could go out of position if the player swapped their position while constructing them.
• Fixed a Combat HUD showing gunboat ability being available too early and displaying "Not enough energy" if the player presses it immediately.
• Fixed queued statues sometimes handling sculptor optimizer incorrectly and starting with full sculpt time instead.

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Boom Beach September 2024 update: Modifications to battle

Several changes have been deployed with this update to level the playing field in all Boom Beach battles:

• Spawned units from destroyed choppers now move to active flare.
• Bunker's damage reduction no longer affects the neighboring buildings if they both are hit with the same projectile.
• Fixed various situations where units might ignore flares.
• Bullit's Shock Knuckles will no longer move him over long distances quickly.
• Fixed Ruddero's Bombing Run freeze caused by hidden proto-defenses.
• Prevent Ruddero's Bombing Run from extending beyond the gameplay area borders.
• Fixed Shock Knuckles not destroying mines.
• Fixed unit vs. unit retargeting, which caused issues in situations where the unit does not get selected as the new target when retargeting. For example, Seekers were unable to target anything but the Engine Room and would stutter due to Critters retargeting.

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Boom Beach September 2024 Update: Improvements

The September 2024 update also brought with it some new quality-of-life changes:

• Numerous UI fixes, mostly text/placement issues and adding darkening to backgrounds (warship, shop, creator support popup).
• Improved performance when applying certain status effects (such as Speed Serum) to large amounts of troops.
• Removed friends tab from MM leaderboards.
• A button for the MM leaderboard is visible when visiting other players through it.
• If resources in the inventory are at or over the cap, they are shown with orange text.
• Added a new Landing Craft troop UI. In addition to showing when all troops are ready, it shows when the next unit is ready to deploy.
• Submarine dives can now be sped up with diamonds or time savers by tapping the buoy on the Archipelago map.

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Boom Beach September 2024 Update: New features

A few visual upgrades along with several new features have been added in the September 2024 update.

• The mystical Monument can now be built to level 500, and it even got two new visual upgrades.
• Event Sidebar: A new UI element has been added that shows all currently active events and how to unlock them. This sidebar can be accessed from the calendar button at the right side of the screen in the home base.
• If there is an arrow icon next to the event, tapping it takes the player to the event.
• Added an extra troop loadout slot.

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Boom Beach September 2024 Update: Helper

To enhance user experience the September 2024 update introduced a new helper icon that has replaced the building suggestor. The different uses of the icon are as follows:

• The building suggestor has been replaced with a helper icon.
• If there are outstanding tasks, the helper will remind the player of this.
• Tapping the icon takes the player to the Standing Orders list.
• Tapping the go button will take the player to that task.
• The building suggestor and Path of Glory can be accessed via this screen.
• The task suggestion text can be toggled on or off in the Gameplay Options menu.

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The Boom Beach September 2024 Update enhances the overall gaming experience through balance changes, crucial bug fixes, and several major changes. Supercell's commitment to its player base remains firm as it keeps on improving the game to meet player expectations.