Cyberpunk Neon Survivor — Combat Depth Update

Everything new since v0.9.8.6

Bosses: harder, smarter, more varied

• Unique signature weapons — each of the first five bosses gets its own special attack on top of its bullet patterns: Iron Claw lobs telegraphed AOE grenade volleys, Hellfire Panther fires homing missiles that split into mini-missiles (press Q to neutralize them), Toxic Sludge drops corrosive puddles, Arctic Sovereign raises a regenerating ice shield + frost grenades, Cosmic Devourer opens gravity wells. The Eternal Sovereign wields every boss weapon.
• Telegraphed ultimate — in its final phase a boss winds up a screen-filling barrage with one safe gap; a green "safe lane" wedge shows where to stand.
• [NEW] Ultimate can no longer be skipped — the ultimate is now guaranteed to fire when the boss drops to ~20% HP, and the boss raises a golden hardlight barrier that absorbs 90% of damage during the ~1.8s wind-up. No more bursting a boss down before its signature move ever lands.
• Boss enrage — bosses ramp up speed and attack cadence the longer a fight drags on (up to 3 stacks). No more turtling.
• Boss-themed arena hazards — each boss warps the arena with its own environmental danger (seismic debris, flame patches, corrosive pools, frost fields, roaming black holes).
• Telegraphed attacks — grenades and hazards flash a red danger zone before they hit, so everything stays fair to dodge.

Weapons

• Weapon fusions wired up — level both source weapons to Tier 2 to auto-unlock a fusion (Scatter+Laser → Plasma Spread, Scatter+Rebound → Shrapnel Burst, Laser+Rebound → Refraction Beam). Take both sources to Tier 3 to supercharge it into an MK2 variant: Plasma Storm, Shrapnel Tempest, and Prism Lance. Hotkeys 5/6/7 select your fusions.
• [NEW] Arc-lightning rework — Refraction Beam and Prism Lance now chain lightning between enemies instead of just bouncing off walls. Refraction Beam arcs across 4 enemies; Prism Lance splits into a 2-bolt spread, each bolt chaining across 5. A real reward for maxing the Laser+Rebound line.
• Weapon-mod synergies — equipping two weapon mods activates a named synergy that amplifies the pair. Every pairing of the 6 mods is covered — 15 in all — and since you run two mods at a time, you get one synergy per build: Napalm, Glacier Seekers, Bloodfire, Frost Lance, and more. The active synergy shows on the HUD.

Enemies

• Elite mini-weapons — elite, beefy, and nemesis enemies fire scaled-down boss weapons (mini grenades, homing missiles, toxic puddles).
• New elite affixes — Summoner (spawns minions), Warden (grants regenerating shields to allies), and Leech (heals off the damage it deals you).

Quality of life

• Post-boss arena relocation — after each boss, relocate to one of 3 random arenas or stay put, each with a live preview.
• Player status effects — burn, slow, and corrode now affect the hero, shown as on-screen auras.
• Reward scaling — tougher boss kills drop more shards/health/XP, guarantee a weapon-mod chip on the kill (until you're holding the 2-mod max), and award a bonus-score "BIG HAUL".
• Minimap & off-screen threat markers — the minimap marks bosses, elites, nemesis, and hazards; off-screen bosses and incoming hazards get edge-of-screen arrows.

Fixes & polish

• [NEW] Corejack drone legend corrected — it's a Repair drone (heals the player over time), not a scavenger.
• Milestone bosses spawn in the listed order (Wave 10 → Iron Claw … 60 → Eternal Sovereign).