v4.17.0 Release Notes — Battle Nations Steam update #82226

New Features - Friendly PvP is here! Challenge your friends and guildmates and fight for the most important resource: bragging rights! - Please note that in an effort to get this shipped out earlier, we’ve elected to ship it as bare-bones as possible. Balancing, modes, and other general polish will come as we continue building towards random matchmaking-based PvP. - In the meantime, enjoy a standard, unrestricted friendly PvP battle with seven units per side, while the player going second receives an eighth unit to help offset the first-turn advantage. We will be experimenting with options to negate the first turn advantage, but we’re starting with a simple tactic in an effort to ship faster. - In both friendly PvP and the upcoming random matchmaking PvP, units that die do not go to the hospital, nor do armies go into cooldown after battle, so bring your best forces and don’t be afraid t...