Hover Polish, Skill Tree Previews & Big Balance Pass

New Features

• Always-visible hover screen dot - Cleaner targeting indicator that's always on screen, with improved container selection behavior.

• Skill Tree room previews - Tooltips on the skill tree now show a preview image of the room, along with progress indicators and loot value info.

• Coin Cache artifact - New artifact with its own effect logic.

• Vault Breaker Mastery upgrade - New meta-upgrade for progression.

• Exhausted relic callout - Players are now notified when a relic has been exhausted.

Polish & Feel

• Hammer impact rework - Better top-down impact resolution so strikes feel more accurate.

• Hammer visual cleanup - Removed noisy edge particles on the crowbar's default and frenzy decals.

• Damage number scaling - Tuned across all room configurations.

• Node UI hints - Added scale multiplier so hints read clearly at any zoom.

• Cursor handling refactor - Smoother cursor behavior overall.

• Relic proc trigger feedback - Relics now play feedback when they trigger.

• Results screen relic flow - Improved how relic choices are presented at run-end.

Balance

• Broad economy rebalance pass (loot multipliers, upgrade costs, growth curves).

• Meta-upgrade costs tuned for smoother progression.

• Normal room loot value multipliers adjusted.

• Vault Breaker Mastery parameters revised.

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