Version 1.0.3

You can now view your empire's current bonuses in the Empire window.

Weapon accuracy of buildings doubled.
AI should no longer constantly re-conquer war-torn towns and cities.
Indicator for incoming enemy fleets.

Slower conquest speed by default and options for half and quarter speed.
Cleaned up landscape editor panel.

Rapid-firing and melee weapons like gatling guns, flamethrowers and buzzsaws no longer change reload and accuracy based on fire mode.
The AI no longer surrenders in pivotal battles.
No starting ship for the player on higher difficulties.
Hid (broken) editor buttons in conquest spectate mode.
Boarders-only ships are now counted as still in-combat as long as there's boarders alive and able to perform their duties.
Dust tank endcaps now gain increased lift from the Suspendium Specialists bonus.
Crow's Nest, Telescope, and Targeting Computer accuracy bonuses work again.
Rivets and masts courtesy of Faffywaffy on Discord.

Balance

In summary:

Armour is better
Acid spitters do a lot more damage
Tracks and legs are more expensive
Keels are more expensive but more effective
Massive weapons are cheaper or better
Small weapons have decreased accuracy against boarders and planes

In detail:

Wood Wall

Increased HP from 18 to 24
Increaded piercing damage absorb from 1 to 2

Wood Armour

Decreased weight from 4 to 3
Increased blast damage absorb from 1 to 2
Increased piercing damage absorb from 3 to 4

Reinforced Wood Armour

Decreased weight from 30 to 18
Increased blast damage absorb from 3 to 4
Increased piercing damage absorb from 6 to 9

Steel Armour

Decreased weight from 20 to 16
Increased blast damage absorb from 12 to 16

Heavy Steel Armour

Decreased cost from 16 to 14
Decreased weight from 50 to 30

Stone Wall

Decreased cost from 5 to 4

Massive stone Wall

Decreased cost from 10 to 8

Dragonhide

Decreased cost from 20 to 15

Shell Armour

Decreased cost from 9 to 7
Increased lift from 22 to 25
Increased blast damage absorb from 2 to 4
Increased piercing damage absorb from 2 to 4

Aerial Hussar

Increased top speed from 150 km/h to 250 km/h
Reduced delay between launches from 400 ms to 100 ms
Increased piercing damage from 17 to 24
Increased reload time from 1.7 seconds to 2 seconds

Acid Spitter

Increased cost from 100 to 160
Increased reload time from 2 seconds to 3 seconds
More than doubled accuracy
Increased direct damage from 7 to 30
Decreased max range from 114 m to 85 m

Big Tracks

Decreased HP from 1200 to 800
Increased cost from 200 to 400
Increased coal reload interval from 8 to 12 seconds

Bomb Bay

Increased cost from 20 to 30

Small Bow

Decreased weight from 100 to 40
Decreased HP bonus from 150 to 110

Medium Bow

Decreased weight from 200 to 70
Increased cost from 80 to 90
Decreased ship HP bonus from 300 to 250

Large Bow

Decreased weight from 300 to 140
Increased cost from 140 to 200

Bridge

Increased cost from 15 to 40

Cannon

Increased reload time from 3 to 3.5 seconds
Increased piercing damage from 40 to 50

Deck Gun

Decreased HP from 60 to 50
Decreased weight from 60 to 50
Decreased cost from 80 to 50
Decreased reload time from 2.1 to 2 seconds
Decreased accuracy by 30%

Decorative Items

Generally reduced weight and cost

Dorsal Turret

Increased cost from 120 to 150
Decreased reload time from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
Decreased accuracy by 25%

Flak Cannon

Decreased cost from 120 to 100

Gatling Gun

Decreased accuracy vs troops and planes

Giant Flamethrower

Reduced cost from 800 to 500

Grand Keel

Increased HP from 3000 to 4000
Decreased weight from 4500 to 3000
Increased cost from 300 to 360
Decreased ship HP bonus from 7000 to 6400

Grapeshot Cannon

Introduced 100 m max range
Decreased piercing damage per shot from 12 to 10
Decreased accuracy vs troops and planes

Imperial Cannon

Increased accuracy by 25%

Large Keel

Decreased weight from 1400 to 900
Increased cost from 80 to 110
Incresed HP bonus from 1400 to 1750

Large Legs

Decreased HP from 1200 to 600
Increased weight from 1000 to 1200
Increased cost from 140 to 450
Increased propulsion from 1.4 to 4
Decreased coal reload interval from 6 seconds to 5 seconds

Large Suspendium Dust Tank

Increased HP from 350 to 480

Large Suspendium Dust Tank Endcap

Increased HP from 220 to 300

Massive Rockets

Decreased cost from 500 to 400
Increased blast splash radius from 8 m to 11 m

Medium Legs

Decreased HP from 400 to 300
Increased cost from 80 to 130
Increased propulsion from 0.38 to 1.1
Decreased coal reload interval from 15 seconds to 12 seconds

Musket

Decreased reload time from 2.3 to 1.5 seconds
Increased accuracy by 20%
Increased clip size from 12 to 16
Decreased accuracy vs troops and planes

Rifle

Increased cost from 15 to 20
Reduced clip size from 20 to 16
Decreased accuracy vs troops and planes

Saw Blade

Increased blast damage from 30 to 40

Small Keel

Increased cost from 30 to 50
Decreased weight from 750 to 400
Increased ship HP bonus from 400 to 700

Small Legs

Increased cost from 30 to 70
Increased propulsion from 0.3 to 0.4
Decreased coal reload interval from 30 seconds to 20 seconds

Small Tracks

Reduced HP from 400 to 300
Increased cost from 50 to 160
Increased coal relaod interval from 25 seconds to 30 seconds

Spider Legs

Decreased HP from 1200 to 800
Increased weight from 800 to 1500
Increased cost from 150 to 900
Decreased propulsion from 25 (!?) to 8
Decreased coal reload interval from 5 seconds to 4 seconds

Suspendium Cannon

Decreased reload time from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
Doubled accuracy

Suspendium Dust Tank

Increased HP from 120 to 150
Increased lift from 250 to 280

Suspendium Dust Tank Endcap

Increased HP from 75 to 100
Increased lift from 180 to 200

Telescope

Decreased cost from 200 to 120

Ventral Turret

Decreased weight from 150 to 140
Increased cost from 120 to 150
Decreased reload time from 4.5 to 3 seconds
Decreased accuracy by 25%

Vertical Sail

Increased HP from 80 to 120
Increased propulsion from 0.07 to 0.14
Same proportional increases for double and triple versions

Lucas17 Oct 2018, 12:08 a.m.Well, I've just had to lose another battle by fleeing because we both ran out of ammunition and since his update now nothing happens. Now the game just sits there, paralysed, with nothing happening, apart from you have to lose by fleeing, instead of winning, like before, because the defender ran out of ammo. Also in the last battle in order to avoid this and in the desperate hope that it was a new mechanic, instead of an update that just made my previously steady game really crashy and slow, I scraped all the crews together into a big crew, went to board the buildings and.... nothing. They entered, the green bar filled, and it crashed, but left it in battle mode, that how badly broken the battle mode now is compared to before. Do I want to invest hours of my time in playing and designing things to have that happen? Why does it suddenly feel like I am in the 1980s again and have to trick a badly designed game into playing straight anyway? Sometimes the game used to lag depending on resources used, now it just lags if I put it on full speed or more, anything beyond that and you will get a frozen cursor and you cannot react to being invaded. If you go beyond full speed now, you have to have the cursor right next to put if back to full speed so it stops skipping out. If you research a new technology and have to deal with that dialogue, I have now learnt to hotkey the menu, which gives me my cursor back, then b to go back and THEN pause the game or low it down, otherwise it takes so long to get the cursor back up ti the bar with events whizzing by, you might lose your empire in that time. I'm not sure about playing this game now, it's really bugged and it feels like I am playing Russian roulette, these are problems with games that I have not had for a long time and is why I used to avoid games in development, but this is so bad, I'm shocked.

to Lucus...17 Oct 2018, 3:40 p.m.this game was majorly developed and made by one guy this isn’t EA with a 120 game coding crew bugs happen deal with it

RodentDung19 Oct 2018, 4:26 a.m.Thank you for the big update. I just played a game on large map and hard setting and got whipped in about 30 minutes (yes a total defeat). That's about normal for me. Thanks for continuing to work on this very fun, unique game.

Alackofcaring20 Oct 2018, 4:24 a.m.Rivets are cool and i just designed an air carrier and a landship studded with em. love this game.

Godlikepieman27 Oct 2018, 9:25 a.m.In the next update can you add an option to conquest mode to disable the perks and benefits of flag symbols? It becomes really pointless to select lower tech levels when a bunch of AI will spawn with instant access to cannons, medium steel armor that is practically immune to muskets, flame throwers, cannons, and other modules that far outclass anything you may start with. It becomes rather frustrating when you want everyone to start on equal footing when there are tanks and bombers that you can't counter taking all of your territory because you chose a perk that didn't give you technology. it results in a very unbalanced game that punishes you if you do not pick a flag symbol that starts you with technologies.