####V1.403 - Triceratops Hotfix 3 (3 December 2020)

Updates Features

    Added an Undo Movement button into combat. This lets you undo the last unit move that you made, as long as the unit was not damaged en route, and no other unit abilities or operations have been triggered since.

General

    Removed the reputation bonus for sending gifts through diplomatic trades; this was causing exploits in both the Oathbound campaign and in multiplayer games where players could just send gifts back and forth for quick reputation gains.
    Changes to how the scan grail cypher interaction is working. After scanning the player will receive an event.
    Blocked Grails from spawning on Frontier worlds
    Updated the Tooltip for Residential Exploitations to make clearer how they function
    Updated the Tooltip for Popular Support to match the Triceratops Changes

Galactic Empires General

    Galactic Empire planets that feature grail quests will now only spawn grail sites that are not present (and completed by the player) on any of the conquered planets in the empire to make sure players do not have to rely on random chance for gathering all relics. (If all grails have been captured then grails will be fully random again)
    The available planets for galactic empires will now feature up to 7 (but not fewer than 3) planets that are based on the current level of the planet you will have: 1 planet of the right difficulty, 1 planet that is above your ideal difficulty (if possible) and 1 planet for each difficulty level below your ideal difficulty.
    Planet Traits that involve NPC factions will now no longer allow playing on the small map size in order to prevent issues where too few dwellings would spawn the map.
    Clicking on any added requisition item to remove it will now also make the related tab with available items selected on the left side of the screen.
    All Hero Items unlocked via Progression are now 'free items' meaning they do not have to be chosen as Requisition items to be available in game.
    Summon units are now available as requisition items when playing their respective race as well since you cannot otherwise build these units.
    Racial Secret Tech unit variants are now available as Requisition options when playing that secret tech.

Planet Traits

    The 'Settle the Claim' secondary objective, no longer triggers on any diplomatic state change while an alliance is maintained with either target player.
    'Hive Development' Empire Request now completes on 12 population rather than 16 to prevent issues with the Limited Space planet trait.
    Lowered the spawn weight of non-xenoplague spawners while the 'Xenoplague Infestation' trait is present
    Lowered the step count of 'Cleanse the Infestation' from 5 to 3 and increased the reward.
    'Cleanse The Infestation' now also completes when clearing Livestock spawners (since these often also include Xenoplague units)
    'Voidbringer Thrallworld' can no longer combine with 'Aggressive Settlers' (as the thrallworld's Ravaged world basis does not allow settlements)
    'Penguin Hive' trait can no longer combine with Spawner Override Traits

Requisitions

    Added the Oathbound Battle Suit Hero Vehicles to the appropriate Unit Unlocks.
    Added 'Pestilence' Hero Weapon to the Xenoplague Progression Level 5
    Added 'Acrimonious' Hero Weapon to the Xenoplague Progression Level 10
    Added 'Malady' Hero Weapon to the Xenoplague Progression Level 18
    Added 'Hasher SMG' Hero Weapon to the Synthesis Progression Level 5
    Added 'Voidblades' Hero Weapon to the Voidtech Progression Level 5
    Added 'Siphoner Staff' Hero Weapon to the Heritor Progression Level 11
    Added 'Link Shard' Hero Weapon to the Heritor Progression Level 17
    Added 'High Lord' Vehicle Hero Weapon to the Heritor Progression Level 20
    Added 'Structural Integrity Diminisher' Entropy Mod to the Oathbound Progression Level 20
    Added Dvar 'Phoenix Walker' race variant to Promethean Progression Level 20
    Added Kir'ko 'Phoenix Walker' race variant to Promethean Progression Level 20

Races, Techs & NPC Factions Assembly

    Swapped the positions of Advanced Bionics and Molecular Computing in the tech tree

Dvar

    Dvar Trencher - Reduced armor from 3 to 2
    Dvar Foreman - Increased HP from 40 to 50HP
    Dvar Foreman 'Hand Mortar' - Increased damage from 8 to 10

Kir'ko

    Mod 'Poison Excretion' - The 'On Death' Explosion from now only affects enemies

Oathbound

    Added seer scrolls visual to the Oathbound Hacker
    Oathbound Aspirant - Reduced HP from 45 to 40HP
    Oathbound Protector 'Embolden' - No longer puts the unit into Defense Mode after use
    Oathbound Protector - Changed Prime Rank bonus from Firm to Shrug Off
    Oathbound Warden - Increased shields from 0 to 1
    Oathbound Warden 'Warden's Banner' - Increased Crit Chance from 10% to 20%
    Oathbound Lightbringer - Increased shields from 0 to 1
    Oathbound Exemplar - Increased armor from 4 to 5
    Oathbound Exemplar 'Storm Glaive' - Reduced Damage from 16 to 14
    Oathbound Exemplar 'Onslaught' - Reduced base damage so it's still 30 with the fixed Glaive Mode bonus
    Buff 'Precognition' - No longer stacks.
    Buff 'Providence' - The critical chance bonus is now properly capped and can no longer exceed the hit chance of the attack
    Debuff 'Fatalism' - No longer guarantees success for instant kill operations and abilities
    Mod 'Oath of Loyalty' - Now has a limit of +2 armor from adjacent units
    Mod 'Destiny's Manuscript' - Reduced radius from 5 hexes to 3 hexes
    Mod 'Destiny's Manuscript' - Will now apply either Fatalism or Adversity
    Mod 'Beacon of Hope' - Reduced radius from 3 hexes to 2 hexes
    Mod 'Beacon of Hope' - No longer stacks with itself.
    Strategic Operation 'Expedite Doom' - Reduced Strength Chance to instantly kill from 12 to 8
    Strategic Operation 'Expedite Doom' - Can now only instantly kill tier 1-3 units.
    Hero Skill 'Oracle's Favor' no longer gives a stack of Precognition to their army at the start of battle, and instead gives Precognition after they kill an enemy unit and costs 2 points.
    Hero Skill 'Overload Power Core' - Now properly gets damage bonuses from mods and hero skills
    Hero Skill 'Overload Power Core' - Now does Massive Impact
    Hero Vehicle 'Protector' - Increased armor from +2 to +3
    Hero Vehicle 'Warden' - Increased armor from +0 to +1
    Hero Vehicle 'Light Bringer' - Increased shields from +0 to +1
    Hero Vehicle 'Champion' - Increased armor from +0 to +2
    Hero Vehicle 'Purifier' - Changed from +1 shield to +3 armor
    Hero Vehicle 'Marquis' - Reduced armor from +3 to +2

Shakarn

    Shakarn colonists working in Infiltrator slots from the 'Holo-Simulation Camp' structures now give research and production instead of research and covert operation strength. That amount of production is in line with what other racial slots would give.
    Shakarn Deadeye 'Omni-Penatrator' - Now starts getting long range penalties at 7 hexes (was 5)
    Shakarn Glaukos 'Flow' - Increased range from 5 to 7

Syndicate

    Syndicate Subjugator - Now has Impose Discipline
    Syndicate Subjugator 'Heavy Repeater' - Increased damage from 11 to 12
    Syndicate Subjugator 'Project Agony Field' - Changed from Strength 8 Chance to apply Broken Mind to a Strength 8 Chance to apply Immobilize, with Slow on resist
    Syndicate Subjugator 'Project Agony Field' - Reduced cooldown from 2 turns to 1 turn

Celestian

    Lightbringer 'Inferno Strike' - Now counts as a Claw attack for modding purposes

Heritor

    Mod 'Es'Teq Gauntlet' - Reduced damage per charge from 8 to 4. The ability now correctly counts the first charge, so the total damage done is the same for a 2 essence charge unit.
    Mod 'Es'Teq Conduit' - Increased damage of Essence Blast from 8 to 10
    Mod 'Es'Teq Conduit' - Reduced damage per charge from +5 to +3
    Mod 'Empowered Drained' - Now gives Resurgence instead of a damage bonus
    Doctrine 'Divine Legion' - Reduced the additional essence charges from +2 to +1

Psynumbra

    Tactical Operation 'Aria of Emptiness' - Reduced Strength Chance to apply Catatonic from 8 to 6

Synthesis

    The Shakarn and Assembly hackers now have the Haywire Daemon ability
    Avatar 'Disruption Virus' - No longer suffers long range penalties

Void Tech

    Echo Walkers now cost 70 energy, 250 production (was 90/270), except for the Oathbound, Dvar and Amazon ones
    Echo Walkers - Reduced shields from 2 to 1
    Phase Manipulator 'Energy Blaster' - Reduced damage from 11 to 9

Xenoplague

    Plague Lord 'Super Infection' - Changed from Once per Battle to a 2 turn cooldown

Arc Weapon Tech

    Mod 'Positronic Arc Storm Projector' - No longer applies Stun

Entropy Weapon Tech

    Mod 'Maxwell's Puzzle Box' - Changed from a 4 Hex Cone to a 1 Hex Radius at Range 9
    Mod 'Maxwell's Puzzle Box' - Reduced Strength Chance to proc Reality Break from 12 to 10
    Mod 'Maxwell's Puzzle Box' - Increased chances to apply a random debuff from 1 to 2
    Mod 'Maxwell's Puzzle Box' - Increased cooldown from 1 to 2 turns
    Tactical Operation 'Atomic Collapse' - Can no longer affect enemy commanders

Laser Weapon Tech

    Mod 'Laser Precision Module' - Increased the gained damage from +20% to +30%

Autonom

    Killing a unit that is giving Networked to its allies now has a chance to stun or stagger those units as Networked is removed
    Autonom Monitor 'Transmit Repair Nanites' - Heal changed from 5HP per level of Networked to 10HP Total
    Autonom Monitor 'Defense Laser' - Increased range from 7 to 9
    Autonom Monitor 'Defense Laser' - Reduced damage from 8 to 6
    Autonom Monitor - Changed Prime Rank bonus from Extra Range to Bypass Cover
    Buff 'Networked Level 3' - No longer gives +1 range

The Forgotten

    Forgotten Serpion - Increased shields from 0 to 1
    Forgotten Serpion 'Essence Fangs' - Increased Strength Chance to Drain Essence from 4 to 8
    Shattered Ark - Increased shields from 1 to 2
    Shattered Ark 'Shattered Communion' - Increased Strength Chance to apply Corrupt Communion from 8 to 12
    Shattered Ark 'Essence Channeler' - Reduced shields cap from +3 to +2

Wildlife

    Savage Tyrannodon 'Brutal Bite' - Now has Massive Impact

Hero Items

    Staff of Turmoil is now a Tier 4 weapon

Fixes General

    Fixed issue where the 'Now you see me' and 'Critical Failure' achievements could be triggered by AI players.
    Fixed 'Make your own luck' achievement not triggering.
    Fixed an issue where razing Imperial Defense would result in a AI hang for marauder units
    Fixed crash where the alliances would be modified the list of allies while it was processing the list
    Fixed issue where changing the side of a colony would not always update the city base connections
    Fixed issue where founding a colony on a forward base would not cause the race relation to gain the 'Owns Colony' modifier.
    Fixed an issue that meant units with -200 morale would have a 50% chance to desert instead of a 5% chance.
    Fixed issue where grail sites would invalidate certain sectors when spawning
    Fixed issues regarding losing colonies and recapturing them turing certain connected sectors to state that they are disconnected
    Changed the Secondary Structure Pick List for the Spaceport from Government Palace to Spaceport
    Fixed an issue where global doomsday operations wouldn’t be canceled if a city containing a doomsday tower was razed

Interface

    Fixed issue where the Unit Template Manager would visually not properly refresh when scrolling the list after toggling the production state of one or more templates.
    Fixed the issue where the food sharing would reset back to default when on share all after the number of colonists slots
    Fixed a missing screen name for the Sun Shard unit property which resulted in the effect not functioning correctly
    Fixed Priority management for unique specialists on Controller
    Fixed Filter Settings for Various Doctrines & Operations
    Changed the linked icon for the Sun Shard & Marine Research Lab on the Military Overview
    Fixed a recieve/receive spelling mistake in Happiness Events

Campaign

    Fixed a rare bug, where the 'Zemestian-4' mission would crash if Mephilas the Redeemer was in a vehicle by the end of the previous 'Chimera Glacialis' mission.
    Fixed an issue that the Oathbound Exemplar rewarded by the 'Claim the Grail' quest in the second Oathbound mission was in Glaive mode rather than Shield mode.
    Fixed an issue where scripts in campaign could sometimes cause defeated players to declare war or change their diplomatic state towards other players.
    Fixed an issue where the player could get negative popular support from a scripted war in the second Oathbound campaign mission.
    Fixed a translation mistake in Polish in the Grail choice menu. 'Reject Oracle…' is now 'Embrace Oracle…' in Polish.

Galactic Empire

    Fixed issue where several filters were not being shown for the Title screen Imperial Archives and in the Galactic Empire Requisition screen.
    Fixed issue where the 'Grail Detected' planet trait would now show up in blue colored text with the relic icon when for active or available planets.
    Fixed a broken link in the Chaos Oracle Relic
    Fixed certain Item and Vehicle Unlocks being unavailable if you are playing as the secret tech that unlocks them.
    Fixed the Heritor 'High Lord' T4 unit being unlocked at level 10, fixed to the correct level 20.
    Fixed Cleansing pulse is now correctly marked as a tactical operation (and thus free with the Operational Stockpile trait.)
    Fixed certain Heritor strategic and tactical operations lacking the proper requisites to be identified as such

Invasion

    Fixed issue where pressing Y/Triangle on controller when starting a new planet while the galactic empire hall of heroes is already completely filled would still enter the recruit new hero screen (with no available heroes) even though there was no button prompt visible.
    Fixed issue where invasion structure could spawn on Lava and Void sectors

Units & Mod

    Sunbringer Anomalous Site Weapon now correctly has Melee Shield Bypass.

Dvar

    Fixed the Hardiness Training skill so it always gives it's bonus (a bug meant it only gave the bonus to units in cover)

Oathbound

    Fixed an issue that meant the Diviner's Not Your Time could only target ground units
    Fixed the Diviner's Thread hero weapon not being compatible with Entropy Mods
    Fixed a bug that means Oathbound Secret Tech hero vehicles would not be available to be bought after a reload
    Fixed Oathbound Purifier Units being unable to equip Melee Mods
    Fixed Glaive mode not giving the 25% bonus damage it should
    Exemplar's Blitz is now correctly marked as an arc attack and is affected by arc mods.

Shakarn

    Fixed Infiltrators still using Holoshift in autocombat when they shouldn't

Synthesis

    Fixed an issue where Arc Weapon mods could affect the Amplify Daemon ability

Void Tech

    Fixed Statis Pocket Inducer displaying the incorrect Strength Chances

Paragon

    The Paragon Guard's Shield Charge can no longer knock back light turrets

Psifish

    Fixed the Siren's impregnate not working on Heavy Infantry