Micro Star Command Devlog - v0.3.0

Overview

This update contains a large number of UI improvements designed to expose more information to the player. It also includes a more comprehensive tutorial and many balance changes.

Features

• Added a new UI element that shows formation cooldowns.

• Added damage and cost multipliers to formations.

• Militia Formation is slower but probes sent using it are cheaper.

• Spread Formation probes are 50% cheaper but also deal 40% damage.

• All relics now display their stats via tooltips and sub-tooltips.

• Improved Tutorial

• Added danger vignette effect.

• Better money indicator

Changes

• The rudimentary formation will no longer be removed after gaining other formations.

• Nerfed Neutral Faction

• Nerfed Aggressive Faction

• Nerfed Meticulous Faction

• Nerfed Oversized Factories

• Nerfed Hyperbeams

• Nerfed Probe Payloads

• Nerfed Probe Reinforcements

• Adjusted Pacifist Faction behavior so they can more easily capture neutral systems, and will retaliate more reliably. 

Fixes

• Fixed Mk 4 missiles requiring Mk 1 instead of 3

• Fixed probes freezing if the player has high-level probe payloads and reinforcements.

• Fixed the info screen being inaccessible if the starting system was set >0

• Fixed propaganda machines giving strength based on how many systems you have.

What's Next?

The next update will focus on meta-progression (progression that takes place across multiple runs of the game), this will likely take the form of unlocking relics and game modifiers through achievements.