Faster Matches, Improved Tutorial & UX

Faster Matches, Improved Tutorial & UX

This update focuses on reducing downtime and speeding up the overall match flow, while also improving the tutorial experience and several UI details.

Faster Matches & Reduced Downtime

Economy • Cooldown: 120s → 90s • Starting Resources (Matter/Energy): 0/0 → 50/25 • Base Income per Second (Matter/Energy): 6/3 → 7/3.5

Research Research times have been reduced across the board: • 0:30 → 0:25 • 0:45 → 0:35 • 1:00 → 0:45 • 1:15 → 0:55 • 1:30 → 1:05

Unit Build TimesThe Swarm • Brood Crawler: 30s → 27s • Devourer: 40s → 35s • Bile Colossus: 45s → 40s • Dreadwing: 45s → 40s

CSI • Breacher: 45s → 40s • Walker: 45s → 40s • Titan: 55s → 50s • Falcon: 50s → 45s

Aequitas • Centurio: 50s → 45s • Caelestis: 55s → 50s • Nox: 55s → 50s

Improved Tutorial

• Improved explanations of AI attack behavior. • Clarified the differences between AI attack behavior and multiplayer matches. • Added tutorial pop-up for ability selection. • Added additional tutorial guidance for combat.

UX Improvements

• Optimized the Tactical Charges UI label for Asian-language localizations. • Reduced the default SFX volume.