22 February 2025

Year 3, month 2, patch 2.1

This patch includes new units and features, balance adjustments, bugfixes, and audiovisual improvements!

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Next patch...

Our goals for the next patch (8 March 2025) include:

Reworked Savant, Siren, and Mind Tyrant
Deployment of the Tencendur, Xenolith, and Zobriolisk (concepts will be adjusted!)
More factional units for Golden Republic, Nydus Trinity, Starbound, and Imicren Tendril
AI and stability improvements

HOTFIX - 23 February 2025

Fixed a common crash when unloading turreted units from transports
Fixed a rare crash related to rescuable units in scenarios (r. & c. DF)

Mapmaking

Added crig action announce_player_defeat

Advisors

Added 'Golden Republic' advisor
- Caveat: Won't automatically apply in Faction Wars, yet!

Game Modes

Faction Wars:
- Enabled Khalendric Knights for Protoss
- Faction selection now includes player name

Bugfixes

Gameplay:
- Fixed garrisons being unable to unload units in legal positions (r. SmrtyCakes)
AI:
- Now properly defends with tier 1 units, regardless of whether it has the required structure or not
- Now properly requests factional units when applicable

Audiovisuals

New corpses:
- Shaman, Goliath, Madrigal, Wraith (c. Daedrid)
New wireframes:
- Golem, Ocsal Cesiant (c. jun3hong)
New unit responses:
- Aspirant, Cedent
- Sieve, Eskigant, Kazitrith Cesiant, Ocsal Cesiant (c. jun3hong)
Repaletted a few jungle tree doodads for use in other tilesets

Terran

Ministry:
- Build time 75 » 65
Treasury:
- Build time 40 » 35
Lodestone:
- Build time 25 » 20
Sieve:
- HP 400 » 500
Stockade:
- Resource costs 125/0 » 150/0
- Build time 50 » 45
Fulcrum:
- Resource costs 175/50 » 200/50
- Build time 50 » 45
Cohort:
- Servile Vigor:
  - Now has a 1-second cooldown post-revive before a corpse can be consumed

Protoss

Dracadin:
- HP 100 » 120
Atreus:
- Resource costs 175/50 » 200/50
- HP 160 » 200
- Shields 60 » 80
Manifold:
- Resource costs 75/25 » 50/25
- Transport weight 2 » 1
Idol:
- Build time 28 » 25
Positron:
- Resource costs 150/50 » 125/50
- Plasma Missiles:
  - Weapon cooldown 1 » 0.75
Accantor:
- Plasma Shell:
  - Weapon range 8 » 9
  - Now travels to max range
Clarion:
- Now trained at Ardent Authority, from Synthetic Synod
- Build time 30 » 35
- HP 60 » 80
- Shields 60 » 40
Architect:
- Now trained at Unitary Union, from Ardent Authority
- Weapon range 9 » 12
Analogue:
- Now trained at Synthetic Synod, from Ardent Authority
- Resource costs 100/200 » 200/200
- HP 140 » 220
- Shields 80 » 110
- Armor 2 » 3
- Cylindrical Blaster:
  - Weapon damage 2x6 » 2x10
  - Armor penetration 2 » 4
  - Weapon cooldown 1 » 0.83
- Empathy Core:
  - Hits now drain 5 energy, from 10
Nexus:
- Build time 75 » 65
Cedent:
- HP 250 » 350
Gateway:
- Resource costs 150/0 » 175/0
- Build time 55 » 50
Ardent Authority:
- Resource costs 350/200 » 300/200
- HP 750 » 700
- Shields 500 » 450
NEW: Unar:
- Sniper automaton, trained from Unitary Union
NEW: Oscilliant:
- Binding automaton, trained from Unitary Union
NEW: Vibrance:
- Disruptive automaton, trained from Unitary Union
NEW: Unitary Union:
- Crowd-controlling robotic production; requires any tier 2
NEW: Ecclesiast (Khalendric):
- Khalendric Knights: Ecclesiast variant; ascends nearby allies
NEW: Ashguard:
- Khalendric Knights: Hierophant replacement; annexes victims
NEW: Renesair:
- Order of the Sacred Saber: Vassal replacement; self-replicates
NEW: Extatus:
- Order of the Sacred Saber: Aurora replacement; restores shields a la Matrix

Zerg

Nathrokor:
- Target acquisition range 3 » 5
Protathalor:
- Pungent Spores:
  - Now targets air & ground, from ground only
Hachirosk:
- Build time 65 » 55
Larvosk Cesiant:
- Build time 35 » 30
Eskigant:
- HP 350 » 450
Kazitrith Cesiant:
- Transport weight 6 » 10
Hydrith Den:
- Build time 50 » 55
Skibact Scab:
- Build time 40 » 45

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