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[CLOSED BETA 0.11.6] Breachloader, balance changes

Content additions:

The Breachloader Rifle can now be crafted with steel. This early-game sniper weapon can be charged for a devestating long-range shot.

Content changes:

-Buffed grav-hammer and cleaver quakes
--Increased grav-hammer range + quake size
--Removed mandatory ground-pound on cleaver
--Increased quake verticle range

-Changed machine gun recipe from requiring flintlock mechanism -> axel mechanism (Breachloader gains old machine gun recipe)
-Added firebolt recipe back
-Changed heat shielding recipe Energy Rod -> Meteor Heart

-Significantly reduced event prompt spawns -- hope is to make these rarer and thus more enticing for players when they do show up
-Changed item filter recipe Energy Rod -> Basic Mechanism

Bug fixes

-Fixed certain crashes related to research menu & unobtainable items