DomiNations Update 13.2 - Combat Rebalance Pt. 3

Greetings Leaders,

Our latest update introduces a range of new features for you to explore. We introduce some significant changes to Bombers that won’t be unfamiliar if you played during our Season updates. You’ll have new upgrade levels for those in Robotics Age, and some quality of life updates that include Troop Tactic sorting. You’ll get a sneak peek at future content like the next Councilor, Legendary Artifacts, and even Commander Customizations. Read on to find out more!



Combat Rebalance Initiative Pt. 3

As we previewed in our 13.1 Update notes, we’ll be implementing our next Troop adjustment in 13.2, which focuses on Bombers and Caltrops/Barbed Wire.

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Bombers
Bombers have seen an exponential increase in power with the introduction of Museum Showcases. In this update, we’ve tuned down the spread of damage that Bombers bring by shortening the bombing run they make.

- Reduced Bombing Distance
- Increased Attack Speed
- Reduced Flight Speed
- Reduced Damage Bonus Modifier

Increasing Attack Speed means that a Bomber will drop their bombs across a shorter spread, which is coupled with the Reduced Bombing Distance. Bombers become a much more vulnerable target with reduced Flight Speed. Despite the reduced speed, they’ll remain on the field for about the same length of time as before this update, due to the reduced bombing distance.

We’re also making an update to the Bomber information window. DPS will now become Damage per Bomb. This is designed to provide a more direct indication of your Bomber’s offensive output for each run. The maximum output of a bomber, based on available attack speed, while helpful information, didn’t give a proper representation of a single attack. There is no adjustment to the calculation of damage with this change.

Caltrops
Caltrops & Barbed Wire will see a reduced effective range in this update. Caltrops now trigger at a range of 1.1 (down from 2).

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We’re still hard at work on our next Combat Rebalance Initiative release. While we noted that we’d be tackling Coalitions next, our plans became much larger than initially anticipated. We’ll still be introducing a Coalition Update at a later time.

Robotics Age Upgrades
Leaders who have upgraded into the Robotics Age will have a few more buildings to progress in update 13.2. This update will add new levels to Oil Wells, Oil Refinery, Walls, and Gates.

Spoiler: Oil Well

Level & HP	Build Cost (Gold)	Upgrade Time	Production / HR, & Storage Capacity	Citizens Req’d & XP
Level 19 58,350 HP	9,170,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	440 Oil/hr 7,465 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 20 59,561 HP	9,270,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	445 Oil/hr 7,560 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 21 60,772 HP	9,370,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	450 Oil/hr 7,655 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 22 61,983 HP	9,470,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	455 Oil/hr 7,750 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 23 63,194 HP	9,570,000 100 Polycarbonate	4d	460 Oil/hr 7,845 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 24 64,405 HP	9,670,000 100 Polycarbonate	4d	465 Oil/hr 7,940 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 25 65,616 HP	9,770,000 100 Polycarbonate	4d	470 Oil/hr 8,035 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 26 66,827 HP	9,870,000 100 Polycarbonate	5d	475 Oil/hr 8,130 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 27 68,038 HP	9,970,000 100 Polycarbonate	5d	480 Oil/hr 8,225 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP
Level 28 69,249 HP	10,070,000 100 Polycarbonate	5d	485 Oil/hr 8,320 Capacity	3 Citizens 700 XP

Spoiler: Oil Refinery

Level & HP	Build Cost (Gold)	Upgrade Time	Storage Capacity	Citizens Req’d & XP
Level 12 143,274 HP	4,000,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	735,250 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 13 146,646 HP	4,100,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	748,000 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 14 150,018 HP	4,200,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	760,750 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 15 153,390 HP	4,300,000 100 Polycarbonate	3d	773,500 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 16 156,762 HP	4,400,000 100 Polycarbonate	4d	786,250 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 17 160,134 HP	4,500,000 100 Polycarbonate	4d	799,000 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 18 163,506 HP	4,600,000 100 Polycarbonate	4d	811,750 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 19 166,878 HP	4,700,000 100 Polycarbonate	5d	824,500 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 20 170,250 HP	4,800,000 100 Polycarbonate	5d	837,250 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP
Level 21 173,622 HP	4,900,000 100 Polycarbonate	5d	850,000 Oil	4 Citizens 550 XP

Spoiler: Wall

Level & HP	Build Cost (Food/Gold)	Citizens Req’d
Level 26 131,896 HP	6,000,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 27 133,277 HP	6,100,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 28 134,658 HP	6,200,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 29 136,039 HP	6,300,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 30 137,420 HP	6,400,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 31 138,801 HP	6,500,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 32 140,182 HP	6,600,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 33 141,563 HP	6,700,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 34 142,944 HP	6,800,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 35 144,325 HP	6,900,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen

Spoiler: Gate

Level & HP	Build Cost (Food/Gold)	Citizens Req’d
Level 26 106,138 HP	6,000,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 27 107,792 HP	6,100,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 28 109,446 HP	6,200,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 29 111,100 HP	6,300,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 30 112,754 HP	6,400,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 31 114,408 HP	6,500,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 32 116,062 HP	6,600,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 33 117,716 HP	6,700,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 34 119,370 HP	6,800,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen
Level 35 121,024 HP	6,900,000 100 Polycarbonate	1 Citizen

Shipments Require 0 Citizens
We’re removing the Citizen requirement to open shipments! Open your shipments to collect resources at will and keep those citizens focused on your upgrades.



Stronghold & Donation Menu Improvements
A small quality of life update is being introduced to the Troop Tactic menu. With the release of 13.2, when you scroll through your Troop Tactics and make a selection to add to your army or donate to an alliance member, the menu will no longer reset to the beginning and will remain at the last Troop Tactic you chose.

We’ve also added new filter options to help you find specific Troop Tactics. Need a unit with long range, a unit with Stealth, maybe a General, or only need Plane Troop Tactics? All of these filters and more will be available to you!



Tournament of Glory - Division Demotion Adjustments

We’ve corrected how Demotions impact Alliances that don’t rise above their starting position in each Gauntlet. Alliances will need to achieve at least 1-Star at any point in the Gauntlet above their starting position to avoid an additional penalty. Previously, Alliances could avoid this demotion by increasing their Star rank, even if they were still below their starting position. For more information, please review the Tournament of Glory Encyclopedia entry.

New Councilor - Galileo Galilei

Galileo studied medicine initially, but was fascinated by geometry and mathematics after hearing a family friend, Ostilio Ricci, give a lecture on the subjects. Though he couldn’t afford to graduate, Galileo privately tutored students, and was eventually asked to give a lecture for the Florentine Academy, a prestigious literary group. His interest in the mathematics of motion soon expanded beyond the earth, as Galileo heard rumors of a device that would let one see into the stars. He took interest, and recreated the device through trial and error, then improving the design of the multi-lens telescope. This led to many more discoveries, such as the moon’s surface being rough with craters, moons revolving around Jupiter, and the existence of many more stars than what is visible with the naked eye.

With Galileo’s improvement of the multi-lens telescope, it only makes sense to add benefit to Troops like Bombers and Ranged Siege that attack from afar.

Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
Heavy Infantry DMG +8%	Heavy Infantry DMG +11%	Heavy Infantry DMG +14%	Heavy Infantry DMG +18%	Heavy Infantry DMG +22%
	Enemy Wall HP -7%	Enemy Wall HP -9%	Enemy Wall HP -11%	Enemy Wall HP -14%
		Ranged Siege DMG +14%	Ranged Siege DMG +18%	Ranged Siege DMG +22%
			Bomber DMG +8%	Bomber DMG +11%
				Enemy Tower HP -20%

You can start recruiting Galileo Galilei on 12/29.

New Legendary & Mythical Artifacts

The next couple of months will introduce two new Legendary Artifacts!

Alfred Jewel
The Alfred Jewel is a War Hall Artifact that will add benefits to your APC and the Heavy Infantry that it deploys, similar to the Main Hall Legendary Artifact Li Vessel.

Heavy Infantry DMG +7%

Heavy Infantry Attack Speed +7%

APC HP +6%

APC Deploy Time -6%

Quick Victory Time +3%

You’ll be able to collect the Alfred Jewel later in January of 2026. We’ll also be adding a Mythical version that includes a Heavy Infantry HP bonus at a future date.

Swimming Reindeer
A very special Holiday Legendary Artifact, the Swimming Reindeer, will be made available later this month. This Main Hall Legendary Artifact will reduce invading Mortar and Fighter damage, speed up your defender spawn times, and offer increased damage and HP to your defenders.

Defender HP +11%

Defener DMG +11%

Invading Mortar Troop DMG -14%

Invading Fighter DMG -14%

Defender Spawn Time -11%

We’ll have more details on when and how you can collect the Swimming Reindeer Legendary Artifact very soon! A Mythical version of this Artifact will be released later in 2026.

New Commander Customizations!

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Merriment & Recon Rudolf
Deck your Eradicator with holiday cheer! With the Recon Rudolf skin, the last thing your enemies will see is the opening of a flamethrower bursting from a gift-wrapped Eradicator.

Deliver cheer to your defenders or ‘Merriment’ to your enemies with the Ripley holiday skin.

Both Holiday skins will be available for a limited time starting 12/15!


New Shaders
Our next batch of Shaders will arrive in 13.2! Mix and match brand new color options for both Ripley and the Eradicator.

Additional Updates

• Fixed an issue where upgrading multiple walls could cause a Network disconnect.
• Fixed an issue where consecutive screenshots on mobile could cause a network disconnect. (False Network 420 Error)
• Fixed an issue where the post-battle report would show negative destruction totals.

EDIT 12/2 4:18PM - Tournament of Glory updates has failed our QA process again and is no longer on track to release in 13.2.

 

I like it and i think the walls are a good way to keep us engaged

just a question about the new artifacts - Do we get them before we get the missing Koh I noor diamond or trondholm or samuthrek artifacts? And do we get the leftwich picture removed with that release?

 

You owe everyone that spent 1000 tokens on the Mythical Supermarine Spitfire Engine the opportunity to sell it back. You allowed us to spend our money and tokens on an item specifically designed to enhance bombing attacks and then nerfed the troop it enhanced. You have once again catered to the crying defenders who do NOTHING in real time. All they do is build their base and the rest is auto pilot, and then complain complain complain when their base gets defeated. I want my tokens back. I have to completely change my strategy and not use any bombers because they are worthless now, just like fighters. Next will be mortars and paratroops. And then whatever troop someone figures out how to use to defeat defender bases will be the next “OP” troop. You want to nerf stuff, then reset everything because that will be the only way to “rebalance” combat. You’ve let it get so out of control there is no coming back from the slippery slope of nerfing the next defender complaint.

 

@Harlems369th

Hi Harlem,

The Tactical troops offered in the Stronghold
need to be reevaluated for Robotic Age stats.

 

I'm just so glad I stopped spending money on this game!
There was a purchase I was tempted to make last week and although it was only $4.99 I thought "why bother?"
And now I am really glad I've "kicked the habit" of Dominations.

I still hang out with my Alliance buddies but I haven't participated in World Wars for months. I dropped an IR Blessing/attacked for maybe 2-3 hours in the last event.
I've now upgraded nearly every building in Info Age (not resource buildings) and have just 2 barbed wire left (which humorously have just been nerfed!) and once that's done I'll just have my 30 workers walking the streets of my once very active city.
Maybe they can all stop off at that little cafe on the docks and have a cappuccino... for 12 hours a day...

I'm slowly working my way up to leaving for good...
My only regret is the over $5,000 I've spent in the past... maybe it was worthwhile when the game was fun but idk... not so much anymore...

But I am glad there are still folks who enjoy Dominations.
You all have fun... I'll "see ya in the funny papers" and on the rare occasions on which I return... at least it is still fun to drop by the forum and see what new, crazy changes have been made!
(I wonder what new Manufactory items will be required for future upgrades???)

 

20 mins per 10 poly --> 390 000 mins --> ... --> 813 hours of total manufactory usage = 34 day

Is that a 24hr day or 8hrday? lol

 

• Absolute perfect timing (e.g., collect immediately when full, never sleep for more than ~4 hours)

They could remove the 100/110 limit and that would go a long way to alleviating the grind.

 

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I don’t use bombers so I am not affected by this update. However, I can’t help but notice that BHG tends to go overboard with its changes.

Like why not fine tune your corrections by changing one or two elements and if this doesn’t work you can go ahead and make the other changes? Why do you have to go all the way and make four changes all at once (Reduced Bombing Distance, Increased Attack Speed, Reduced Flight Speed, and Reduced Damage Bonus Modifier).

Better yet, why not leave bombers as is and give defenders more tools to use instead of taking away from others?

Out of twenty or so different troops, only two styles of attack currently work (will probably be one after this update). What does “rebalance” mean at this point? I thought it meant to have more viable troops not fewer.

You know the motto "BHG giveth, then BHG taketh away"
They should at least have left the flight speed alone. It stands to reason a higher age plane has to have something over the lower ages - and 3 out of 4 nerfs is bad enough. Well, at least they didn't reduce the hp.

 

The use of the manufacture is overwhelming…the commanders, the buildings, the level 20 munitions and now the walls…I understand that the difficulty of the game should get higher with higher ages…but we went from around 28 days upgrade of buildings and troops in the previous age to around 45 days! Great, divided in 10 mini levels, it’s too much. This changes are aimed to the big spenders….so, welcome to the millionaires fun app! The others have to learn patience from a Tibetan monk…why play a game with such a system?

As others have said, we don't need to have everything upgraded in a few weeks - that's for those players who are desperate to be the best - and besides they keep the game free for the rest of us.
But clearly the devs have made this "ten lvls per upgrade" grind system so that we're busy and they don't have to spend too much time on future developments, which hopefully gives them more time to spend on .... what exactly I'm not sure, cos there are plenty of bug fixes and QOL additions still needed ....
Maybe they've got a lot more nerfing to do and we know how hard they work on those.

 

You owe everyone that spent 1000 tokens on the Mythical Supermarine Spitfire Engine the opportunity to sell it back. You allowed us to spend our money and tokens on an item specifically designed to enhance bombing attacks and then nerfed the troop it enhanced.

That's BHGs motto "we giveth, then we taketh away" - and there's no accountability for the bait n switch.

 

I won't continue playing in a game that shows such disrespect for its players and arbitrarily tinkers with long-term game mechanics. Developers are clearly still stuck on a game version from half a year ago. What needs rebalancing now isn't bombers but the mortars. Once the AD is equipped with two max munitions, even two demos can't destroy a heavy hybrid base’s AD with 30% recon boost.
The number of bugs in this game is increasing, and many bugs that have existed for years remain unfixed. This is because developers focus all their energy on milking as much money as possible out of players, paying no attention to bugs and glitches that don't directly impact their revenue streams. If it's a resource-related vulnerability, they'll fix it within a month.
Good luck to the players still aboard this sinking boat.

 

What needs rebalancing now isn't bombers but the mortars.

I won't disagree with that but what the game really needs is not more nerfs but other viable troop combos.

 

I won't disagree with that but what the game really needs is not more nerfs but other viable troop combos.

I agree. Each time they rebalance, they're just making the already limited attack style options more monotonous.

 

what would players suggest to balance bombers? cause all i can think of is giving them is making their damage penalty way bigger and include wonders.

also yeah, there needs to be more for the manufactory or people are just gonna stay in auto age. Or not use manufactory materials in walls, gates and bastions and keep them only to buildings.

 

I won't disagree with that but what the game really needs is not more nerfs but other viable troop combos.

Exactly! Rebalance in BHG’s dictionary apparently means killing off viable troops one by one. Out of 20 or so different troops, we’re down to a couple that actually works.

 

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You know the motto "BHG giveth, then BHG taketh away"
They should at least have left the flight speed alone. It stands to reason a higher age plane has to have something over the lower ages - and 3 out of 4 nerfs is bad enough. Well, at least they didn't reduce the hp.

Yeah I’m glad that bombers are still able to fly. Lol

Next rebalance will have transporters being towed by chevy trucks lol

 

Any sensible defense player won't be leveling up walls now because they need to level up munition, which will be much more useful in defense. As a result, walls will only be leveled up after defensive munition is fully leveled up, and that will take at least a year.

 

> Swimming Reindeer

> Invading Mortar Troop DMG +14%
> Invading Fighter DMG +14%

Is there probably some kind of mistake here?
It's probably not +, but - .

When and where will this artifact be available?

 

Defensive players will soon be satisfied, as their city will soon be able to sleep peacefully because at this rate, soon no attackers will continue to play

 

The underlying problem remains the uncontrolled accumulation of bonuses between the museum, the showcase, the council, and the ammunition, which makes the game uncontrollable. This forces you to use a unique style of troops in order to be competitive. But profit comes first!

 

Swimming Reindeer

Somebody get Santa some SCUBA gear... this game is going under water!