Dirtbags cannot go to space, commanders deal a little less damage, and economy coordination is smoother. New music tracks by the player Superintendent are now available in-game in the track list under Settings/Audio. Conjurer cloak has the largest nerfs since its inception, core cloak bots have small nerfs, and the assault vehicles are tankers. Paladin is a little harder to maneuver, and Krow has a lot more damage, but with Krow being a niche for so long, it is hard to say how the balance will shake out.

Balance

Dirtbag hits slightly less hard and can no longer create very steep terrain.

• Health 580 -> 560
  
• Damage reduced by 13%
  
• Dropped dirt now has a slope limit (5x normal terraform slope).
  
• In particular, maximum thin spike height -> 700 elmos.
  

Conjurer is easier to find when the area is cloaking.

• Movement speed reduced to 66% while area cloaking.
  
• Area cloak cost 8 -> 10
  
• Jamming and area cloak radius 184 -> 175
  
• Decloak radius while area cloaking 184 -> 220
  

Ronin has reduced survivability.

• Health 420 -> 400
  
• Turn rate reduced by 15%
  

Reaver is worse at dodging and shooting.

• Turn rate reduced by 10%
  
• Range 270 -> 265
  

Mason is slower to slow down Rover expansion.

• Speed 72 -> 69
  

Ravager is a tanker and better at hitting mobiles.

• Health 1920 -> 2000
  
• Projectile velocity increased by 5.7%
  

Minotaur is also a tanker and better at hitting mobiles.

• Health 6800 -> 7200
  
• Projectile velocity increased by 2%
  

Krow bombs are easier to target, and their laser now demands respect.

• Maneuverability while bombing 25% reduction -> 25% increase
  
• Speed while bombing is still reduced by 25%
  
• Reduced cluster bomb spray angle by 6.6%
  
• Increased laser fire tolerance by 10%
  
• Laser range 383 -> 395
  
• Laser DPS increased by 19%
  

Paladin is less manoeuvrable.

• Speed 46.5 -> 43.5
  
• Turn rate reduced by 10%
  
• Torso turn rate reduced by 10%
  
• Head turn rate reduced by 20%
  

Commanders


Strike chassis gains a unique attribute at level 1.

• Added innate jamming with 175 radius (matches Conjurer)
  

Guardian loses the free battle drone as it is too powerful.

• Removed free battle drone on level 5.
  

Morph is slower but cheaper at higher levels.

• Morph costs 75/100/650/200/300/400/500... -> 50/100/650/200/250/300/350...
  
• Morph rate 10/15/20/25/30/30/30... -> 5/5/7.5/7.5/10/10/10...
  
• Basic weapon cost 5 -> 25
  

The most common weapons mostly have damage nerfs, while Flamethrower has a buff.

• Beam Laser DPS reduced by 4%
  
• Light Particle Beam DPS reduced by 8%
  
• Disruptor Beam DPS reduced by 6%
  
• Riot Cannon reload time 1.63s -> 1.8s
  
• Riot Cannon range 300 -> 285
  
• Rocket Launcher projectile velocity reduced by 6%
  
• Rocket Launcher area of effect 96 -> 90
  
• Flamethrower DPS increased by 13.6%
  

Team Economy

Constructing your economy as a team is easier as shared projects now generate shared payback.

• Temporary payback for constructing mexes and energy is now proportional to the number of resources spent on each structure rather than only paying the owner.
  
• Mex payback increased 50% -> 80%.
  
• Energy payback increased 50% -> 60%.
  
• Energy maximum payback rate increased by 6%.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the old mex payback to be closer to 35-40%.
  
• Fixed payback sent to AFK players simply disappearing.
  

Unit AI

Some units gain the Ronin Lotus-fighting AI while others shoot less at hidden mexes.

• Added Lotus and running away on firing to Moderator and Scalpel.
  
• Ogre only shoots at nearby hidden mexes, not though at max range.
  
• Crab doesn't shoot at hidden mexes.
  
• Krow now skirmishes everything to avoid enemies walking under it.
  
• Tweak move clumping to be slightly more lenient for large units.
  

Music

• Added a work-in-progress alternate music track by Superintendent.
  
• It can be enabled in-game under "Settings/Audio/Track list".
  

Campaign

Zhurou (DRP) is a bit easier on Easy.

• Shifted Detriments later on Easy.
  
• Added an allied antinuke on Easy.
  
• Added a player Fusion on Easy and Normal (for some energy leeway).
  

Hibiliha (Funnelweb) is also a bit easier on Easy.

• Added Ultimatum temporary unlock.
  
• Hampered initial enemy income on Easy by removing backline mexes and the remaining Fusions.
  
• Thinned out the initial enemy army on Easy.
  

Features

• Improved Pyro firing animation.
  
• Ctrl+Click formation move now obeys current maximum move speed.
  
• Merged unit spotter widget improvements from rollmops.
  
• Adv Geo blast radius shows while placing Geos.
  
• Tweak the antinuke range lines to be slightly thinner.
  
• Placing a morphable structure with Ctrl held now queues the morph after completion.
  
• Antinuke now gains one level per nuke interception.
  
• The stealth tag is now supported for modding.
  
• Right-clicking on a unit in a factory now guards the factory. This avoids accidentally repairing rather than assisting. Queuing a command after the guard cancels the guard, so the common use case is preserved.
  
• Self destructing a large portion of your stuff now blocks the command and prints a warning rather than automatically resigning. Note that resignation is bindable for those that want it.
  

Fixes

• Saved 10% or so of allocated Lua memory.
  
• Limited the commands created by large-area attacks for performance reasons.
  
• Reduced the complexity of Dirtbag animation at high unit counts.
  
• Fixed overwriting existing guard commands with Shift, sometimes not remove the command.
  
• Fixed Caretaker guard order dropping logic.
  
• Fixed rare build ETA crash for spectators.
  
• Fixed a crash for mods that try to set fractional stun times.
  
• Fixed some changes to the in-game menu for player-based hosting (Skirmish and Steam Coop).
  
• Fixed a mixup in skirmish behavior between 2D and 3D ranges.
  
• Fixed a value in the terraform raise/lower tooltip.