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Overhauled weapon systems... Online.
Missile and mine replication systems... Online.
Modular weapon banks... Online.

Your desecrator craft has been modified with the ability to salvage munitions from enemy debris, and re-engineer them into secondary rounds. Internal weapon bays have been resized to compensate.

Brace for desecration.

*Saves from previous versions cannot be carried over. You will need to start a new run*

• Weapon banks reworked
  - Players now start with a single primary, secondary and mine slot
  - Extra slots can be purchased via the upgrade station
  - Reduced maximum slots per weapon class 4 -> 3
  
• Secondary and mines reworked
  - Empty weapons are no longer removed
  - Added new stat "Ammo Restore Rate" - determines how fast ammo is restored through pickups
  - Ammo pickups restore ammo for all available weapons
  
• New ammo pickups added
  Secondary Ammo
  - Adds 1x ammo rate to all secondaries
  Mine Ammo
  - Adds 1x ammo rate to all mines
  Munition Pack
  - Adds 5x ammo rate to all secondary and mines
  
• Adjusted weapon swap timings
  - Primary swap time increased 0.15s -> 0.375s
  - Secondary swap time increased 0.15s -> 0.3s
  - Mine swap time increased 0.15s -> 0.3s

Primary changes

• Arclight
  - Ammo cost increased 5/8/11 -> 6/9/12
  
• Phaselight
  - Ammo cost increased 4/7/10 -> 5/8/11
  - Upgrade cost reduced 85000 -> 80000
  
• XRay
  - Damage increased 10/14/18 -> 10/15/20
  
• Ion Ray
  - Damage increased 11/15/19 -> 11/16/21
  - Charge per shot increased 5%/7.5%/10% -> 6%/9%/12%
  
• LMG
  - Damage increased 4.25/4.5/4.75 -> 4.5/4.75/5
  - Ammo cost increased 2/2.75/3.5 -> 2/3/4
  
• SLMG
  - Damage increased 4.5/4.75/5 -> 5/5.25/5.5
  - Ammo cost increased 1.5/2/2.5 -> 1.5/2.25/3
  
• Pentagun
  - Damage increased 3/3.375/3.75 -> 3/3.5/4
  
• Pyro
  - Damage reduced 0.45/0.575/0.7 -> 0.3/0.4/0.5
  - Ammo cost reduced 4/6/8 -> 2/4/6
  
• Plasma
  - Damage reduced 0.5/0.65/0.8 -> 0.4/0.5/0.6
  - Ammo cost reduced 2/4/6 -> 1/3/5

Secondary changes

• Beehive max ammo reduced 4 -> 2
  
• Cluster Bomb max ammo reduced 3 -> 1
  
• Cruiser max ammo reduced 8 -> 4
  
• Hoplite max ammo reduced 16 -> 12
  
• Pillager max ammo reduced 3 -> 1
  
• Thermo max ammo reduced 4 -> 3

Mine changes

• Bladder Mine max ammo reduced 6 -> 4
  
• Mega Mine max ammo reduced 4 -> 1
  
• Prox Mine max ammo reduced 12 -> 6
  
• Sentry Mine max ammo reduced 9 -> 4

• Added new enemies
  - Smartbomb
  - Chamo-Bomb
  - Shade
  
• Adjusted enemy spawning per room to be more varied
  
• Added new type of triggered enemy spawns
  
• Adjusted rival spawn counts
  - Number of rivals is higher and more consistent on Hazard 5
  - Number of rivals reduced for Hazard 1
  
• Rivals are now limited to dropping a single weapon on death
  
• Phantom walls can now contain multiple enemy types
  
• Fighter reward increased 750 -> 1000
  
• Loiterhound reward decreased 750 -> 500
  
• Pyronite and Ionite weapon usage is now more consistent
  
• Increased Pyronite spawn rate
  
• Reworked Exopods
  - Pods now have infinite ammo
  - Pods now have individual health pools
  - Pods take damage whenever the owning ship takes hull damage (oldest pod is damaged first)
  - Droprate reduced
  
• Reworked power pickups
  - No longer dropped on death
  - No longer dropped when pillaged
  - Power level is maintained when respawning
  - Power level is now shared among players in coop
  
• Added new relic type
  
• Improved mine launch physics
  - Mine flight path is now more stable
  - Reduced collision radius for easier use near level geometry
  
• Increased all damage impact forces
  
• Increased impact force of beam weapons
  
• All enemy mines now use homing (similar to player mines)
  
• EMP and Gravity Well now disables cloaking
  
• Players now respawn closer to their "corpse" during meltdown
  
• Reduced difficulty on Hazard 1

• Reworked beam weapon FX
  
• Improved weapon fragment sound
  
• Improved breakable explosion FX
  
• Improved teleport exit FX
  
• Updated crystal relic pickup model
  
• Added weapon charge FX for non-player ships
  
• Added audio and visual indicator for Grave Silencer
  
• Improved ship crash sounds
  
• Added new underwater ambient track
  
• Added new rival track

• Breakables containing relics are now visible on the level map
  
• Cartographer pickup is now visible on the level map
  
• Primary ammo type is now visible on the upgrade screen

• Fixed an issue that could cause patrolling enemies to use incorrect pathing
  
• Fixed large enemies attempting to move through undersized portals
  
• Fixed rival ambient music being faded out prematurely in underwater areas
  
• Fixed Probe enemies spawning in difficulty 11 missions
  
• Fixed incorrect pickup messages for upgraded weapons
  
• Fixed meltdown music playing during end screen
  
• Fixed a UI bug that could cause the upgrade screen to freeze
  
• Fixed a rare AI issue that could occur in coop games with 4 players
  
• Fixed a rare bug where a secret breakable would infinitely emit sparks after exploding

Desecrators 0.9.8 features a boon for the rival desecrators. They can now install the very same upgrades you have had access to since Desecrators 0.9.6.

• Rivals are better at avoiding fragmentation weapons
  
• Rivals will now use mines as homing countermeasures
  
• Rivals will now avoid Mega-Mines during detonation phase
  
• Rivals now use upgrades
  
• Reworked weapon upgrades:
  - Upgrades are now permanent (applies to all future weapon pickups of the upgraded weapon type)
  - Weapon upgrades are now displayed with an icon on the level map, similar to other upgrades
  
• Reworked SLMG:
  - Now applies EMP effect to any enemies hit (-50% turn rate)
  - Damage increased by 5%
  - Upgrade cost increased 20000 -> 40000
  
• New enemies added:
  - Pyronite
  - Ionite
  
• Probes no longer spawn in missions with difficulty greater than 10
  
• Number of relic pickups per mission is now more consistent
  
• Sensor Fuser highlighting now works with enemies targeted by Sentry Mines
  
• Upgrade Station marked when new upgrades are available
  
• Added trail FX for Acid Gland
  
• Added new 3D symbols for pickups on level map
  
• Adjusted explosion FX for static objects
  
• Improved Cruiser launch FX
  
• Improved pickup feedback for Artifact and Cartographer
  
• Fixed enemies sometimes behaving erratically after teleporting
  
• Fixed lightmap quality slider not working

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Following Boomstock 2024 we will raise the price of Desecrators. We will be using the new price for when we go to version 1.0.

Thank you for all your support during the years.