Version 0.2.808

Difficulty/Balance:

• Enemy forces have a reduction in base Ships per Squadron
• Enemy bosses less likely to pick Squadron Size and Count upgrades
• Enemy forces have a reduction in base Hitpoints and Shield Rating
• Enemy is more limited in how many Squadrons it can have on the map at one time
• Enemy Slaraash Stations have reduced Drone enhancements
• Enemy Scientists that contributed 3 Boss Meter points now just contribute 2
• Free Play
• Lowered difficulty ramp across first two sectors
• First sector boss meter is half Common and have Uncommon techs (instead of Uncommon and Rare)
• Free Play Ascensions: Reordered a bit to adjust difficulty
• Free Play Ascensions: Ascensions 1 and 2 are easier
• Free Play Ascensions: Ascensions 7 through 10 got some additional difficulty
• Fewer enemy energy nodes
• Boss Battles spawn in fewer additional Squadrons during the waves

Story

• Lowered difficulty ramp for Chapters 1 through 4

Missions

• Escort mission victory condition changed to "just one ship has to survive" and enemy bases start farther away
• Protect Defense Station mission always has at least two Defense Stations (one must survive)
• Kill All Enemies mission has larger map with player base more to the side
• Many missions (e.g. Kill All Enemies) have been adjusted for enemy placement, initial attack size, and initial attack timing
• Fewer damaging fields in missions

General Gameplay

• Extractors cost 30 Prisma
• Several Tier 1 and Tier 2 colony techs have lower costs
• Cobalt Warp Conduits cost 75 credits
• Acid Bubbles do less damage to Stations

Progression: Big pass to reduce costs on most Discoveries

New Enhancements!

• Local Repair. Uncommon. Adds a heal ability to the squadron.
• Spinning Beam. Epic (in each damage type). Adds a spinning beam attack ability to the squadron.

Engineers can now place mines at range

Immunity flyoffs specify which immunity is being triggered

Bugs

• Fixed: Inaccurate Setting Screen controller glyphs in some situations
• Fixed: Render issues with buffed Barrier Station shields
• Fixed: Extractors and Outposts no longer damaged by negative fields
• Fixed: Motherships no longer healed by unintentional sources (e.g. Guardian Heal)
• Fixed: Squadron radius for Engineers is correctly sized now
• Fixed: Slaraash Barrier Stations getting Drones from unintentional enhancements
• Fixed: Errant New Banya storylet no longer shows up during Free Play
• Fixed: Might Attack Drones upgrade reports the correct bonus
• Fixed: Issues where queued commands might not render correct positions on minimap
• Fixed: Drones no longer count for Overload accumulation
• Fixed: Clarified that players can kill all enemies to end an Onslaught mission (kill X ships)
• Fixed: Rail Cannon Backstab does not apply to Stations (as they don't have a 'back')
• Fixed: Soft lock in pause screen if controller was disconnected