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Minor Update -- v1.00.6a (b240820)

USC:CF v1.00.6a, build 240820 BALANCE/GAMEPLAY CHANGES Multiple changes to general Campaign difficulty/progression: Alien aggression (resulting in more Envoys and Greater Envoys) will now taper off more rapidly, especia

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  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
changedBALANCE/GAMEPLAY CHANGES
changedMultiple changes to general Campaign difficulty/progression: Alien aggression (resulting in more Envoys and Greater Envoys) will now taper off more rapidly, especially in the first half of the Campaign Alien aggression will no longer gain an *extreme* spike after nuking a big horde The overall grand total number of active aliens in hordes is now "capped" at a lower limit than before, especially on harder difficulties Scorpions, Skitters, and Acidyas are now introduced more gradually during the first 15-25 Mission Phases (retroactive if you're still relatively early in your playthrough) Organ Shepherds, Envoys, and Greater Envoys are now introduced a bit later and more gradually (in their numbers) than before The outdoors insertion phase of derelict sites and surface faction operations will now feature about 30% less aliens, and more cover (bigger buildings if there are less rocks)
changedCampaign: a unit of collected Asura-49 item (dropped by dead Wunderwurms) will now yield 25 Asura-49 crafting material (up from 15)
changedCampaign: a unit of collected Deothonit item (from destroyed crystals in mines & caves) will now yield 10 Deothonit crafting material (up from 5)
fixedCampaign: fixed a bug where some missions could be very similar in map structure due to a small error in RMG configuration
fixedCampaign: fixed a minor UI bug where the Requisitions Credit income display was not immediately updated when your renown with USC changed during a transaction on the Comms screen

USC: Counterforce changes

changedBALANCE/GAMEPLAY CHANGES
changedMultiple changes to general Campaign difficulty/progression: Alien aggression (resulting in more Envoys and Greater Envoys) will now taper off more rapidly, especially in the first half of the Campaign Alien aggression will no longer gain an *extreme* spike after nuking a big horde The overall grand total number of active aliens in hordes is now "capped" at a lower limit than before, especially on harder difficulties Scorpions, Skitters, and Acidyas are now introduced more gradually during the first 15-25 Mission Phases (retroactive if you're still relatively early in your playthrough) Organ Shepherds, Envoys, and Greater Envoys are now introduced a bit later and more gradually (in their numbers) than before The outdoors insertion phase of derelict sites and surface faction operations will now feature about 30% less aliens, and more cover (bigger buildings if there are less rocks)
changedCampaign: a unit of collected Asura-49 item (dropped by dead Wunderwurms) will now yield 25 Asura-49 crafting material (up from 15)
changedCampaign: a unit of collected Deothonit item (from destroyed crystals in mines & caves) will now yield 10 Deothonit crafting material (up from 5)
fixedCampaign: fixed a bug where some missions could be very similar in map structure due to a small error in RMG configuration

USC:CF v1.00.6a, build 240820

BALANCE/GAMEPLAY CHANGES

  • Multiple changes to general Campaign difficulty/progression:

    • Alien aggression (resulting in more Envoys and Greater Envoys) will now taper off more rapidly, especially in the first half of the Campaign

    • Alien aggression will no longer gain an *extreme* spike after nuking a big horde

    • The overall grand total number of active aliens in hordes is now "capped" at a lower limit than before, especially on harder difficulties

    • Scorpions, Skitters, and Acidyas are now introduced more gradually during the first 15-25 Mission Phases (retroactive if you're still relatively early in your playthrough)

    • Organ Shepherds, Envoys, and Greater Envoys are now introduced a bit later and more gradually (in their numbers) than before

    • The outdoors insertion phase of derelict sites and surface faction operations will now feature about 30% less aliens, and more cover (bigger buildings if there are less rocks)

  • Campaign: a unit of collected Asura-49 item (dropped by dead Wunderwurms) will now yield 25 Asura-49 crafting material (up from 15)

  • Campaign: a unit of collected Deothonit item (from destroyed crystals in mines & caves) will now yield 10 Deothonit crafting material (up from 5)

FIXES

  • Campaignfixed a bug where some missions could be very similar in map structure due to a small error in RMG configuration
  • Campaignfixed a minor UI bug where the Requisitions Credit income display was not immediately updated when your renown with USC changed during a transaction on the Comms screen
  • Campaignfixed a minor bug where you could receive multiple (false) notifications about a mission being completed when you extracted a unit without the datadisk in the 3rd phase of particular operations
  • Fixed a bug where some melee weapon upgrades (base and roll damage bonus) were giving flat additive bonuses instead of percentages

  • Additional minor UI fixes

Source

Steam News / 20 August 2024

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