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Formation Builder Idle PlaytestNewsv0.4.2: Smoother Progress, Clearer Formations
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v0.4.2: Smoother Progress, Clearer Formations

Formation Builder Idle Playtest · published 16 Jul 2026, 12:48 UTC

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New Features

  • Added placeholders when heroes in a saved formation are unavailable.
  • Offline progress now shows skipped waves when you return to the game.
  • Added a pause control for wave progression, while still allowing you to advance waves manually.
  • Added an optional confirmation before using a prestige warp.
  • Mission choices now clearly distinguish abandoning a mission from completing it early.
  • You can now select a hero placed in your formation to open their details from the hero tray.
  • Workshop hero pickers now mark heroes who are already in your formation.
  • Workshop mission offers now show when they will become available again.

Quality of Life

  • Offline progress now advances at the same pace as active play and applies skipped waves correctly.
  • Updated Idle Mastery to change it to a DPS Talent.
  • Simplified the Workshop station interface.
  • Made hero tiles more compact and improved hero tray scrolling.
  • Workshop mission timers now show the full number of minutes remaining.
  • Fixed the talent tutorial appearing before its window had closed.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed prestige progress so your highest credit for a run is retained.
  • Restored worker and machine experience contributions to mine leveling.
  • Updated mining tooltips to better explain experience and machine rewards.
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