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Full Sigma Theory: Global Cold War update
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What changed
- Gameplay
- Balance
- UI and audio
- Fixes
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War changes
Dear agents, In this last update before the full release in November, we focused our efforts on balancing the gameplay and improving the feedback of your actions. This will make the game more rewarding when making the right decisions. We're quite confident those changes will make the overall experience less frustrating and more satisfying. Please let us know your impressions.
Full patchnote
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Visuals New buildings for South Korea, Germany and China
Balancing
Opponents now research the ultimate technology just like the player
Balanced some contracts that were too difficult to complete
Hacking is now working as intended in relation to the position of the hacker
Traits bonus have been increased
Contract requiring a drone are now completed after the drone has reached its target
Honest and Suggestible traits don't prevent agents to bribe or convince targets anymore but decrease chances of success
Rework of counter-espionage mechanics: the number of spy in your country is now related to the number of scientists in your Sigma lab
Drones now need 2 days to travel to an other country
Scientists exfiltrated from an eliminated country are not affected by the prisoner trait anymore
Diplomacy: compromising files don't decrease relationship anymore and make the negociation easier
Ranking is now based on the Sigma tokens collected and final tech progress rather than the total progress on each branches
Various
Various UI improvements
Modified hacker detection mechanics
Prisonners' will is now reset each day
Clicks during dialogues now display instantly the speech bubbles
Various balancing tweaks
Scientists' identity is no longer hidden when displaced to an other country by an opponent
Ranking is now based on the avancement on the final project (or on sigma points if no one is searching the final project)
Bugs
Fixed bug when conflict starts as an agent discovers the first scientist
Fixed bug where wrong diplomat could talk when a war starts
Fixed bug when agent quits at the same time that they are supposed to arrive to a country
Source
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