Improvements:
New Player Experience
The Intro Explainer is now shown on login until dismissed.
New players now begin with an easier starting Expedition.
New players now start with starter Expedition already activated.
All squads now receive a single Reclone per deployment by default.
Added Militia-grade variants of the Keshik, Praetorian and Flayer to the default inventory.
Gameplay
Improved NPC reaction times.
Reviewed and rebalanced Cannon weapon effectiveness.
Friendly Fire has been disabled for all weapons, grenades and melee attacks.
Updated extraction timings.
Improved looting interactions to reduce accidental rapid item collection.
Economy & Balance
Increased the purchase costs of some items and blueprints in the Market.
Increased the amounts of Marks earned from the Vanguard Retainer after each deployment.
Reduced the amounts of Deployable Shields, Proximity Mines and Frag Grenades that players get from each Crafter Program purchase in the Market.
Renamed the “Apex Plate" Resource item to the "Arch Plate”.
NPC Combat Improvements
This update includes a major overhaul to NPC combat behaviour, addressing several underlying issues that prevented NPCs from making effective tactical decisions.
Fixed an issue that prevented NPCs from finding valid combat positions, allowing them to reposition, seek cover and react more intelligently.
NPCs now recover more reliably when they cannot immediately find a suitable position, preventing them from becoming rooted in place.
NPCs make much greater use of available cover during combat.
NPCs under sustained fire are now far more likely to relocate rather than remaining exposed.
NPCs now favour nearby tactical positions instead of making long repositioning movements.
Idle NPCs now hold stronger central positions within their combat areas instead of drifting towards the edges.
NPCs now respond more effectively during long-range engagements, taking up defensive positions while waiting for players to close the distance.
NPCs can now prepare defensive positions before combat begins, creating more believable encounters.
NPC squads will now defend the edge of their combat area instead of being easily pulled long distances away from their intended location.
Expeditions & Assignments
Improved Assignment selection flow.
Assignment UI now automatically focuses the first available Assignment.
Updated Faction Warfare messaging.
User Interface
Critical actions throughout the player journey are now highlighted more clearly.
Added stack splitting button hints.
Improved chipset tooltips.
Updated wording and interface consistency across multiple screens.
Improved deployment flow by automatically selecting a valid deployment location.
Clone Death HUD polish.
Improved foliage visuals.
Improved default resolution scaling based on player hardware.
Reduced UI texture memory usage while deployed.
Defect Fixes:
Gameplay
Fixed an issue where healing while swapping firmware could leave players unable to perform gameplay actions.
Fixed Nemesis Cores failing to drop as loot.
Fixed weapons retaining magazine state between deployments.
Fixed "Take All" not closing the loot window correctly.
Fixed players becoming stuck between environmental objects.
Fixed extraction-related interaction issues.
User Interface
Fixed duplicated crafting requirements.
Fixed incorrect program output quantities.
Fixed backpack highlighting.
Fixed Fabricator item alignment.
Fixed stretched and distorted item icons.
Fixed missing loot crate labels.
Fixed overlapping weapon images.
Fixed deployment cursor issues.
Fixed missing healing prompts when on low health.
Fixed downed teammate indicators.
Fixed extraction screen layout issues.
Fixed various tooltip, localisation and text issues.
Fixed multiple inventory and frontend inconsistencies.
World & Audio
Fixed broken Mordu's Legion Officer visuals.
Fixed missing third-person DMR scope animation.
Fixed broken environmental crate trail effects.
Restored missing Elyan combat voice lines.
Backend & Networking
Fixed several backend stability issues.
Stability
Fixed numerous client crashes.
Fixed multiple UI crashes.
Fixed several engine-level stability issues.
Improved overall client and server stability.