Demo v1.9: Gatling and Heat Ray Turrets, Researcher Armor, Boom Slug Boss

New Armor

• Researcher Armor (unlock: 20 Research Computers standing at once): +15% wave research, +10 team research per 100 squad kills, +200 research at spawn.

Turrets

• Laser Turrets can convert (250 research, pick one):
  • Gatling Turret: 40 damage at 10 shots/s, twice the power draw.
  • Heat Ray Turret: sweeps an 8 m line every 2.5 s for 1000 damage a second.

• Gatling upgrades (100 each): Targeting Computer +40% range. Overdrive Barrels spin up to +50% fire rate during unbroken fire.
• Heat Ray upgrades (100 each): Hotter Beam +250 damage a second. Armor Melt ignores armor. Goo Burner burns the Goo when no Buggos are in range.
• Laser Turrets no longer have levels.

Buildings and Modules

• New module: Critical Hit (Common). +5% chance to deal 5x damage. Copies stack.
• The + button adds a module slot to a building (100, 200, 300, 400 research; up to 5). Levels no longer add slots.
• Walls get 3 upgrades: +200 health (100 research), +300 health (200), +15 armor (200).
• New Robotics Bay upgrade: Defibrillators (100 research). Robots run to downed players anywhere on the map and revive them at 50% health. The run goes on while medic robots are out.
• Drop Shop: buy a module credit for 200 research.

Squad

• Squad pings: middle mouse marks a spot for your squad.
• While down, left click switches the camera between teammates and medic robots.

Buggos

• New boss: Boom Slug. Lobs Boom Slugs at your base, then charges the Command Tower and explodes for 500.
• Wasp boss: new moves. Energy Drain, Stinger Rain, Crash Dive and Hive Call.
• Buggos attack any building that blocks their path.
• Buggos no longer freeze trying to reach buildings they can't get to.

Other

• Weapon tooltips show damage, attack speed, range, magazine and reload.
• Tutorial: new steps for opening your bag and socketing a module.
• Right-click cancels a building placement in one press.