CLASHROIDS v0.87 — Laser Turrets, Smarter Bots & Fairer Deaths

🔴 NEW: Hex Laser Turrets

Turn any standalone hex you (or a teammate) own into an auto-targeting laser turret. It charges up, locks onto the nearest enemy and fires on its own — defend your territory even while you're off raiding.

• Three upgrade levels, unlocked as you rank up — each level adds range, damage and fire rate

• Kills made by your turret credit YOU with the score and rewards

• Full light show: orbiting sparks, charge-up sweep and a proper laser beam

🤖 Bots Learned How to Fly

Bot AI got a complete rework. They now fly like human players do:

• Boost toward you, cut the engine, coast and swing around to line up the shot

• Dodge asteroids and crossing comets instead of plowing through them

• Respect the big stuff — they steer well clear of the mega asteroid and the black hole

• When attacking your hexes they keep their distance and shoot instead of suicide-ramming

💀 How You Die Now Matters

• Respawn energy depends on your death: shot down by a weapon — 80%, crashed into the environment — 60%, rammed another ship — 40%

• Void respawns now place you far from where you died — no more dying twice to the same ambush

• The death screen tells you what killed you, what it cost you, and where you'll come back

⚙️ Engine Tune-Up (v0.86 recap)

• Ship motion is silky smooth — micro-stutters while flying across the map are gone

• More bots in every mode from the first second — lobbies feel alive instantly

• No more phantom asteroid explosion sounds chasing you around empty space

• The giant asteroid in the middle of the map stays untouchable, no matter what hits it

• "Team Clash" replaces the old "Team vs Team" label in the menu

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