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Patch Notes

• Enemies can now be stunned again after 2 sec instead of 3.
  
• Shock Bomb Rework
  - Shock Bombs now always travel at the speed they previously gained at level 5, and give slightly more time to aim
  - You now have 1/2/2/3/3 shock bombs at levels 1/2/3/4/5
  - The spread and positioning for shockbombs is more consistent
  - Direct hits now deal double damage, while area damage is decreased
  
• Kinetoshield will now block the EMP effect of Static Surge (but will still be removed)
  
• Hail/Heal Mary rework:
  - Cooldown removed. Now fires at a steady pace as long as maximum targets have not been reached. This applies to both Hail and Heal Mary.
  - Hail Mary now has 4 levels, down from 5. Gains all of the same bonuses over fewer levels, and is easier to upgrade into Symbionic.
  - Heal Mary's heal takes 2 times as long to charge, but gains 3 times as much heal.
  - A new healing visual effect has been added to make it a little more obvious when the heal happens
  

• Artemis is now unlocked from the start
  
• Levels are now unlocked by beating the previous level, no achievements necessary.
  - If you've already gotten a score in the zone it will be unlocked too, so you shouldn't have to re-unlock a level you've already played (since you could unlock the Rachni Belt without beating Apoid, previously)
  
• All player stats from the most recent game remain visible after game over
  

• Lightning Bugs (Lepi Sector)
  
• Caterpods (Lepi Sector)
  

• Fixed Disruptor triggering on "Moth Ball" Ships but having no effect
  
• Fixed Long Legs class ship movement pause when game pauses/resumes
  
• Fixed Trials score overwriting previous score even if lower
  
• Hail/Heal Mary no longer fires while you are EMP'd
  
• Fixed Backdraft showing wrong upgrade text in inventory
  
• Fixed a bug where your current trial score could overwrite your previous best regardless of score
  
• Fixed Activated trials being dimmed out upon loading the mission menu
  
• Fixed Trial Run triggering regardless of run type if the necessary trials were turned on
  
• Fixed Trial Jury triggering regardless of run type if the necessary trials were turned on
  
• Fixed Mad Lad triggering regardless of run type if the necessary trials were turned on
  
• Fixed One True King triggering regardless of zone or run type if the necessary trials were turned on
  
• Fixed a bug where the local file could be updated with a completed achievement, but not Steam
  
• Fixed a bug that wasted the upgrade beacon if you had the trial "Alpha Test" activated, and the beacon attempted to apply the upgrade to your starter weapon
  
• Fixed a bug that would trigger when Ace had a drone weapon that was not yet activated and the Drone Cloner utility
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Drone Cloner to get stuck if you equip it before any drone
  

• What: Primarily a polish update. Expect a pile of bug fixes, changes to progression and unlocks, a partial achievement reset (alongside the bug fixes to the achievements), and lots of balance changes. Some content, including new enemies for the Lepi sector will also be included, so it's not all boring!
  
• When: Monday, September 19th. I hoped to get it out this week, but getting back into the swing of things has been a bit slower than I wanted. Things are speeding up, but I'm going to take my time in the lead up to 1.0. More bug fixing, less bug adding!
  

• What: Symbionics a-go-go! At least two new symbionics will be added to the arsenal, as well as changes to the Chargeback. Expect a few additional bug fixes, balance changes, art updates, and a surprise or two.
  
• When: Monday, September 26th. This is tentative. I will be moving to my more permanent home around this time, but I'm hoping to get one more patch in before I do that. Hence the smaller amount of content.
  

• What: New content. The last content patch before 1.0. Expect new upgrades, achievements, and few more surprises.
  
• When: TBD October. I have an idea when this will happen but how long it takes to get set up in my new place will alter this release.
  

• What: This is the big one! For all the beans! Exiting Early Access with a big content patch featuring the Endless Mode, Info Codex, and a bunch of other smaller things I'll talk about when it's time. For those of you hoping for leaderboards, I'm working on that too, but I'm aware of a number of ways that players are cheating the game already, which dampens my mood on the whole thing. It's a lot of effort to know it will immediately be compromised. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
  
• When: TBD October-November. 0.90 will have an impact on the release date, but I'm 98% confident it will be released before December.
  

• Backdraft upgrade text has been updated to match the recent balance changes
  
• Crystal Drone can no longer be pushed by force weapons
  

• Fixed a bug that could lead to Ace being offered a strange Weapon duplicate with mismatched text that had no effect.
  
• Changed the text on Support Strike to read "shields" instead of "armor"
  
• You can now click on locked pilots to read their unlock conditions the same as when highlighting them with keyboard/gamepad controls.
  

• Clonerang
  

• Backdraft now gains bonus recharge speed when your ship is not moving instead of when it is.
  - Note: For players that already know how powerful and useful this weapon can actually be, I wanted it to make more sense for how it was being used. So now it should be less fidgety for doing the things you were already doing (those of you that figured out how to maximize its potential).
  - Note 2: A Chargeback update is also planned but that's more extensive and involves changes to Discharger.
  
• The Recycler is now less likely to show up if you don't have a powerup type weapon/utility/augment equipped.
  
• Rerolls have changed: You now start with 1 reroll, but you will always have 1 reroll at every level up. These do not accumulate, they are use-it-or-lose-it.
  
• High Roller now gives you an extra reroll at every level up for each boss you've defeated.
  
• Unstable Core now deals 75 damage in an area, but 3 damage to you.
  

• The final boss in Lepi Sector has new animated effects on the ship
  
• The final boss in Lepi Sector now moves back and forth a bit, to give it a little more life
  
• Tutorial text has been updated to mention re-rolling choices, and recharge meters
  

• Static Surge should (hopefully) no longer get stuck unable to trigger
  
• Flying Aces achievement will now properly save and track victories to Steam
  
• Recycler no longer defaults to level 4 stats
  
• Symbionics now have custom text in the inventory
  
• You can now click on locked ships with the mouse in the Mission Menu
  
• Inventory mouse controls have been restored
  
• Fixed a bug with Dronerang that affected memory usage
  

• The silver Mantis ship skin will no longer flash/disappear briefly while not moving
  
• The achievement unlock text for the pilot Tempest is now correct. It was still using a beta version of the achievement.
  

• Chrysalis class ships (that spawn butterfly class ships) will stop appearing during boss fights
  
• Show Off: Ace now temporarily gets 25% recharge reduction until he reaches level 3. This should make starting off with less than ideal weapons a bit more fun (and ideal weapons a lot more fun).
  
• Mosquito class ships move faster and can no longer be knocked back or stunned
  
• Moth class ships move faster
  

• Static Surge will no longer trigger a Gleaming Cube powerup description in the user interface
  
• Mosquito class ships should no longer become stuck at the top of the screen
  
• When Moth class ships are knocked back the EMP field now properly follows them
  
• Drone Cloner will now make a copy of the correct level Sentry Drone
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause Elite Bumbler class ships to move off the screen to the left or right after spawning
  
• Ace should no longer get upgrades for inactive weapons from upgrade beacons
  

• The Lepi Sector
  
• New Boss: The Monarch
  
• 4 new enemy types
  
• New music track (work in progress)
  
• Updated music for the Rachni Belt (work in progress)
  
• Pause Inventory
  
• New Player Tutorial selectable on Apoid (work in progress)
  
• 2 New Pilots: Tempest, Ace
  
• 3 New Unlockable Ship skins: The Hawk, The Cobra, The Mantis
  
• 3 New Weapons
  
• 5 New Utilities
  
• 3 New Augments (2 pilot-specific)
  
• 10 New Achievements
  
• Community Item Drops Enabled
  - 7 trading cards
  - 5 badge ranks
  - 4 profile backgrounds
  - 5 emotes
  - 4 point-shop-exclusive animated avatars
  

• New Player Tutorial: Selectable from the deploy menu on the Apoid Colony, pop ups will explain the very basics to plays as they progress. More tips and some overlays for using the upgrade menus are coming. Let me know if there's something that's hard to understand that should be included.
  
• Upgrade Inventory: You can now pause the game and select the inventory to take a look at what upgrades you have, their types, synergies, and read a level-agnostic description of what they do.
  

• The Lepi Sector: Work in progress. Features 4 new enemy types, an ambitious new boss (wait for it...), a new music track, and 1 new background. Expect regular updates to the content and polish of this zone. There is still a lot to do, from new enemies and combat events, to visual and sound polish. It's also the HARDEST zone yet.
  

• Tempest: An electric new pilot, with a penchant for shocking behavior.
  - Weapon: Buzz Beacons
  - Augment: Shock Collar
  
• Ace: For those of you wanting a silly challenge. Ace picks all of his upgrades at random, and you can borrow one of three augments from another pilot. He can start with some strange weapon choices, and push you to get a little creative.
  

• The Dronerang: A boomerang style drone launches out in 1 of 5 directions before returning. Dealing damage both directions.
  
• Buzz Beacons: Swirling, electric beacons rotate around your ship, damaging and stunning enemies they collide with.
  
• Static Surge: A new "powerup" type weapon, that turns you into a ball of electric energy, allowing you to crash through enemies, damaging and stunning them as you go. Beware! You overload your own systems briefly, so make sure you end in a safe space.
  

• Crystal Drone: A drone made of crystalline gems floats down the screen. Damaging it causes it to shoot beams out at nearby enemies.
  
• Voltarget: Your lock on weapons can now deal electric damage and stun enemies
  
• Amplifryer: Electric weapons deal more damage and stun enemies longer
  
• Recycler: Charges from collecting powerups. Spawns a mini powerup omewhere on the battlefield. Works with Hot Streak and Static Surge, as another new "powerup" type of upgrade.
  
• Drone Cloner: Creates a temporary copy of a random drone that you have equipped. The more drones you have equipped, the shorter the cooldown.
  

• The Hawk: Unlocked with the Aces Hive achievement
  
• The Cobra: Unlocked with the Stingking Hard achievement
  
• The Mantis: Unlocked with the Moth-R-Load achievement
  

• Sideline: Levels 1,3,4,5 all have had the beam width increased.
  
• Hail Mary: Distance based damage has been removed. Now does full damage at any range. A major rework to both the Hail and Heal Marys is in progress.
  
• Unstable Core: Does 75 damage up from 50
  
• Jumper Cables: Now charge faster, and triggers as soon as it's full
  - 96,000 -> 7000 charge
  - Grants 2 shields
  - Now deals 10 damage to enemies around you and stuns them for 0.5 seconds
  
• Space Net: Chance increased to 50%
  
• Power Converter: Now only gains 1 max HP for mini powerups
  
• Electric effects can only stun enemies once every 3 seconds
  
• EMP effects now remove powerups
  
• Kinetic upgrades no longer charge while you are EMP'd
  

• Fixed an issue with the Light Rail that caused its impact effects to get stuck in memory despite not being visible to the player
  
• Further adjustments to prevent the Sting King from soft locking the game by becoming invincible and refusing to play (this may not be entirely fixed yet, but it will be in a near future patch)
  
• High Roller achievement will no longer improperly trigger.