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Steam News11 May 20261mo ago

This Week In EchoLink: Power, Corruption, And Cleaner Chaos

This Week In EchoLink: Power, Corruption, And Cleaner Chaos Meta upgrades now hit harder, with weaker nodes folded into stronger nearby upgrades.

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changedCorruption choices are clearer and more dangerous, from increased trace pressure to tougher mission conditions.
addedCorrupted nodes now have a stronger infected-console look with red visual treatment, distortion, and clearer feedback.
changedMeta auto-purchase paths now handle prerequisites and corruption blockers more reliably.

EchoLink: Recursion changes

changedCorruption choices are clearer and more dangerous, from increased trace pressure to tougher mission conditions.
addedCorrupted nodes now have a stronger infected-console look with red visual treatment, distortion, and clearer feedback.
changedMeta auto-purchase paths now handle prerequisites and corruption blockers more reliably.

This Week In EchoLink: Power, Corruption, And Cleaner Chaos

  • Meta upgrades now hit harder, with weaker nodes folded into stronger nearby upgrades.

  • Corrupted fork nodes now replace collapsed nodes, forcing you to choose how the system pushes back.

  • Corruption choices are clearer and more dangerous, from increased trace pressure to tougher mission conditions.

  • Corrupted nodes now have a stronger infected-console look with red visual treatment, distortion, and clearer feedback.

  • Corruption paths are easier to read, so you can see which route a corrupted choice is blocking.

  • Right-click refunds are now in the meta tree, including one-level-at-a-time refunds for multi-level nodes.

  • Hardware overload now gets a proper SYSTEM OVERLOAD warning panel with pulsing color and clearer impact text.

  • Tutorial flow has been tightened into short micro-briefs instead of heavier explanation blocks.

  • Progress reset now properly clears Recall Log data.

  • ICE Sentinel drain now scales correctly in later eras.

  • Meta auto-purchase paths now handle prerequisites and corruption blockers more reliably.

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Steam News / 11 May 2026

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