Features/Improvements:

• Added progress bars for Minionette, King, and Uncle commander powers (Thanks Wizact, Arsemountain for this idea)!
  
• First pass on a kill cam, every time a structure is destroyed, everything pauses in the game for a few seconds and the camera zooms in on the destruction. This functions as a reward for doing well, gives both players a few seconds to ‘rest’ and catch their breath, and it also provides valuable information about what's been destroyed (which is easy to miss otherwise).
  

Fixes:

• Fixed crash when moving the window between two monitors while loading
  
• Fixed bug where AI would get in a loop building territory balloons trying to reach a mine blocked by enemy territory

Tuning:

Features/Improvements:

• New look for Nightmare mode, say hello to new much more Nightmare-ish theme for the levels and map.
  
• Insane AI can now better shoot down warheads with lasers
  
• Insane AI is better about protecting his HQ when damaged
  
• Insane AI can now better shoot enemy demolishers
  
• New music for the Rescue themed missions in the campaign
  
• Added a ‘bonus pool’ for ranked match making. Each day you 1 point is generated into your bonus pool. You can redeem bonus points by playing ranked matches which allows you to climb the leaderboards if you are an active player (we'll be tuning/tweaking) this in the coming months.
  
• Leaderboard now displays ‘Rating Point’ scores rather than ELOs. A rating point score is your ELO + redeemed bonus points.
  
• Matchmaking now tries to match you with players inside a small ELO range which grows larger the longer you go without a match.
  

Fixes:

• Fixed bug in which music/sfx volume settings could be reset
  
• Bribed buildings will no longer keep their enemy cooldown bonuses
  

Tuning:

• Increased warhead costs to 55/35/25 from 50/30/25
  
• Increased maximum gold from 300 to 350
  
• Diamond mines now yield 1.5x the value of a gold mine instead of 2.0x
  
• Placing a bank on a diamond mine upgrades it a second time for free
  
• Decreased cooldown on uncle’s ram to 40s from 45s
  
• Increased laser cooldown to 14 from 12
  
• Decreased difficulty slightly of final boss
  

Features/Improvements:

• Added a 99 second counter to building and pilot select in online multiplayer quick matches.
  
• New players will no longer be matched against very high level players in quick matches
  
• AI in skirmish mode now selects different pilots
  
• Took another pass on the explosion, shot trail, and damage effects
  
• New map for online multiplayer - Mountain Face

Fixes:

• Highlighting the shield tower no longer changes shield position
  
• Robot boss no longer acts strangely if all his territory balloons are destroyed
  
• Fixed crash when bribing the cage on the rescue prince mission in nightmare mode
  
• Fixed bug where selecting a level unlocked in campaign but unlocked in nightmare, then choosing nightmare mode would cause strange behavior
  
• Fixed incorrect text for level goal on campaign level 1

Tuning:

• Reduced laser cooldown to 12 from 14
  
• Changed laser back to breaking shield rings on the last pulses
  
• Headquarters start at 30hp, instead of silently upgrading from 20 when other structures are upgraded

Features/Improvements:

• New and beautiful level select map art, including a nice reveal for new levels. Beautifully illustrated, it gives a better sense of ‘place’ to the world.
  
• New pass on Demolisher art - now with animated robot legs instead of wheels!
  
• Accelerator clock hands and gears now animate based on it’s buff status

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where pilot ability cooldowns would persist while playing campaign through the building/pilot select and loss screens
  
• The diamond mine is now consistent on nightmare mode level 3
  
• Fixed level 3 mountain maker upgrade cost being way too high

Tuning:

• Increased Mountain Maker costs to 50/55/60 from 50/45/55
  
• Insane AI now reserves spots near his HQ for defenses

Features:

• Added a Nightmare Mode difficulty to the campaign which is unlocked once you have completed the normal campaign. Completing each mission rewards you with XP (which will be used for new unlocks in a future update). Completing the entire Nightmare Mode will unlock a new airship pilot - The Uncle! This is our first pass on Nightmare Mode, let us know what you think!
  
• Added new airship pilot, the Uncle, every 45s he can ram an enemy building with his ramming spike for 5 dmg. This power only charges inside your own territory and enemy HQs are immune.
  
• Improved difficulty of Insane AI
  
• Building stats are now displayed on the army select screen
  
• Added a “Highest Rank Achieved’ section on the multiplayer profile
  
• Added a V-Sync option in the settings menu
  
• If online game clocks become too far out of sync, the player farthest ahead will pause and wait for his opponent.

Fixes:

• Drill shots now correctly degrade in terrain damage when blocked by shields
  
• Campaign camera turned off for local multiplayer
  
• AI no longer targets his own warheads
  
• Lasers no longer pass through Accelerators or Build Platforms
  
• Fixed another bug realted to missile pathing
  
• Fix able to rush territory through the terrain on bottom on seaside map
  
• Pressing escape while in chat mode will exit chat mode
  

Tuning:

Features:

• New map, the Canyon!
  
• World rank is now shown at the end of a multiplayer match
  

Fixes:

• Selling progress bar now resets if you move to a new building
  
• Tinted aim guides to green to help with visibility against bright white backgrounds
  
• Fixed inconsistent gold mine on the valley with some territory balloon placements
  
• Fixed laser bug where it could fire through thick terrain in some cases
  
• Fixed bug where buildings could float in air if they were above a floating platform when the terrain below them was destroyed
  
• Warheads now will partially path to their target when it’s completely blocked with ground rather than flying straight.
  
• Improved pathfinding performance with multiple warheads
  
• Fixed bug where the displayed ELO lost was inconsistent with the actual ELO lost on a surrender
  
• Fixed issue where ‘elo increased’ would show erroneously (although no ELO was actually increased) when playing local multiplayer after first having played online multiplayer
  
• Fixed right shift typing a capital R in text chat
  
• Fixed bug with being able to target HQ on end boss before it’s visible with banks
  

Tuning

• Frost towers now interrupt repairing
  
• Lasers now pass through and destroy territory balloons like normal shots
  
• Mountain maker shots now travel faster
  
• Reduced Bank cost to 50/30/50 from 50/40/75
  
• Increased Bank gold rate to 4/6/8 from 4/5/6
  
• Increased frost tower terrain blast radius to 30 from 35
  
• Increased frost shot speed
  
• Reduced frost tower cooldown to 15 from 18
  
• Increased frost area of affect for all 3 upgrade levels
  
• Increased frost damage to 3/4/5 from 2/3/4
  
• Decreased frost shot freeze time to 3/4/5 from 7/9/12
  
• Increased frost tower range for levels 1 and 2
  
• Decreased frost tower costs to 50/50/80 from 50/70/100
  
• Increased king’s shield recharge time to 40 from 30 seconds