Update 57 (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman)

Here is the changelog for May 2023:

I:\Interface

• The Bestiary is now available - review intel on enemy alien forces by clicking the monster icon next to the Hangar tab

• The construction table in the Engineering tab now lights up to better indicate where to drag and drop a mech, weapon, or reactor

• Toggle the tutorial on or off inside the game in the Escape menu

• Additional information in the tutorial popup will inform you about weapon customization when installing a mech into the construction table for the first time

• One of the battle screen filters now reduces the sensitivity of lighting in battle, which stops the screen from being washed out when firing strong energy weapons

S:\Sound

• Added sounds for the railgun, teslagun, plasmagun and corrosive gun

B:\Balance

• /// Buffs

• Increased enemy turret rate of fire by 80%

• Increased enemy turret ammo capacity by 100%

• Increased Ovum's health from 1000 to 3000

• Increased Ovum spawner (from labyrinths) armor from 7 to 22

• Increased Titanus Araneus damage from 10 to 24

• Increased railgun armor penetration from 3 to 4

• Increased railgun rate of fire from 150 to 200

• Increased resource cost of deploying Kinetic weapons in combat (Bjorn from 6 to 8, Skalaknit from 3 to 4)

• Increased Kinetic shell duration by 1% for every 5 damage

• Increased resource cost of deploying Explosive weapons in combat (Bjorn from 11 to 15, Skalaknit from 6 to 8)

• Increased resource cost of deploying Thermal weapons in combat (Bjorn from 12 to 20)

• Increased penalty for sending mechs into battle from District 62 from 20 to 25 for every level the district remains unupgraded (zero penalty at max level)

• Increased the maximum number of city repair brigades from 3 to 5

• /// Nerfs

• Lowered Titanus Araneus claw damage to systems from 15 to 10 per attack (its armor penetration is still infinite)

• Area of effect for Titanus Araneus claw attack has moved slightly - you should no longer take damage when behind its back

• Reduced Colubra's starting damage to shields

• Reduced Colubra's additional damage over time to shields

• Reduced Ovum's armor from 22 to 0

• Reduced Gammarus damage from 24 to 15

• Flos now have 0 armor when attacking

• Reduced enemy turret armor penetration from 8 to 6

• Halved the reload speed of enemy artillery

• Increased the minimum distance for the enemy's artillery to shoot

• Reduced increased duration for the reactive projectile mod from 3 to 2

• Kinetic projectiles will slowly lose speed and duration for each second spent inside enemies

• Reduced the total amount of all Explosive ammo by ~15 %

• Reduced system damage from the sunbeam weather effect from 2 to 1

• Reduced number of damaged districts from a giant's attack from 10 to 5

E:\Engineering

• The Particle Emitter has been added to the arsenal. It launches a self-guided projectile that creates bolts of lightning along its trajectory that deal massive damage. Its damage also depends on supplied energy. Uses the Explosive ammo type.

• Energy weapons have been reworked - now all weapons that depend on supplied energy heat up the reactor with shots

• Processor programs saved to a mech punch card will no longer be forgotten

• Adjust the available ammo ratio for a mech by clicking the shield icon when a mech is on your construction table

• Damaged text on mechs will now