This Week In EchoLink: Power, Corruption, And Cleaner Chaos
Meta upgrades now hit harder, with weaker nodes folded into stronger nearby upgrades.
Corrupted fork nodes now replace collapsed nodes, forcing you to choose how the system pushes back.
Corruption choices are clearer and more dangerous, from increased trace pressure to tougher mission conditions.
Corrupted nodes now have a stronger infected-console look with red visual treatment, distortion, and clearer feedback.
Corruption paths are easier to read, so you can see which route a corrupted choice is blocking.
Right-click refunds are now in the meta tree, including one-level-at-a-time refunds for multi-level nodes.
Hardware overload now gets a proper SYSTEM OVERLOAD warning panel with pulsing color and clearer impact text.
Tutorial flow has been tightened into short micro-briefs instead of heavier explanation blocks.
Progress reset now properly clears Recall Log data.
ICE Sentinel drain now scales correctly in later eras.
Meta auto-purchase paths now handle prerequisites and corruption blockers more reliably.