Update 1.9.1: Skyfire Events, Rift Score, New Techs and New Anomaly

[p][/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Commanders, Greetings! [/p][p]Update 1.9.1 is now ready! This update introduces the Skyfire Festival event, Rift Score, new Unit Techs, and a new Rift Anomaly. Update 1.9.1 will take place at 10:30 UTC (5:30 Eastern Standard Time, 11:30 Central European Time) on Thursday, February 5th. During which the server will undergo approximately 1 hour of maintenance.[/p][p]Below is the content of Update 1.9.1:[/p][p][/p][h3]Sabertooth[/h3][p][/p][p]\[Field Entrenchment]: Deploys a trench at the start of battle. While entrenched, Sabertooth cannot move, HP increases by 50%, Range increases by 20, and Attack Interval decreases by 20%. If no enemies are in range for 7 seconds, Sabertooth will leave and destroy the trench.[/p][p][/p][h3]Mustang[/h3][p][/p][p]\[Culling Rounds]: Attacks instantly destroy targets with current HP below 300 (+100 per additional level). Decreases ATK by 50%[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]\[Deployable Defenses][/h3]

• [p]Players can purchase and freely deploy defensive structures. The map layouts contain Defensive Walls ONLY, which will disappear permanently after being destroyed twice. Other defensive structures are lost after being destroyed once.[/p]

Developer's Note: We aim to test the new building adjustment plan through this anomaly.

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• [p]Added Rift Score and Rift Score Leaderboard, which resets every Monday.[/p]

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• [p]If there are unused Supplies or Battlefield Powers, a confirmation pop-up will appear when the Deploy button is clicked, which can be disabled in the Settings.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]The focus of the following changes is to buff weaker units and Techs.[/p][p][/p][h3]Equipment[/h3]

• [p]\[Dominion Core]: Now available in all modes.[/p]

Developer's Note: \[Dominion Core] introduces a new victory condition. We will closely monitor its performance and be prepared to quickly adjust it.

• [p]\[Enhancement Module]: Increases ATK by 25% and HP by 25%, and reduces the supplies consumed for upgrading by 100[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Fire Badger[/h3]

• [p]ATK 25 → 27 (+8%)[/p]

[h3]Vulcan[/h3]

• [p]ATK 74 → 75 (+2%)[/p]

[h3]Fang[/h3]

• [p]\[Grenade Launcher] Attack Range +5 → +15[/p]

[h3]Mountain[/h3]

• [p]\[Photon Loop] Duration 20s → 25s[/p]
• [p]\[Smoke Bomb] Fire interval 40s → 25s[/p]

[h3]Wraith[/h3]

• [p]\[Land Cruiser] Attack interval +0.5s → 0.6s[/p]

[h3]Phantom Ray[/h3]

• [p]\[Ground Range Increase] ATK decreases by 40% → 20%, Price 100 → 200[/p]

[h3]Arclight[/h3]

• [p]\[Charged Shot] Price 250 → 200[/p]

[h3]Crawler[/h3]

• [p]Subterranean Blitz Price 300 → 350[/p]
• [p]Loose Formation Price 400 → 350[/p]

[h3]Hound[/h3]

• [p]HP 897 → 879 (-2%)[/p]

Developer's Note: The Hound was a bit too strong in the previous patch, so we decided to make a minor nerf to it and buffed its competitors.

[p][/p][h3]Skyfire Festival Rewards[/h3][p]During the Skyfire Festival period, you have a chance to earn random holiday rewards just by playing the game, including unit skins, avatars, avatar frames, and emotes.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Skyfire Festival Map[/h3][p]We've added some festive decorations to the map and changed the season background from the Snowfall Festival to the Skyfire Festival theme~ And fireworks for everyone~[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]New Paid Skin[/h3][p]The Skyfire Festival Fortress skin will be available for purchase in the in-game store on February 5, 2026.[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Fixed the issue where players could not be invited to 1v1 games from the friend list[/p]
• [p]Fixed the issue where clicking a player's name in a tournament did not bring up the dropdown menu[/p]

[p][/p][p]Feel free to submit feedback, suggestions, or report bugs for this update via the following channels.[/p][p]Mechabellum Discord:[/p][p]https://discord.gg/mechabellum[/p][p]Mechabellum Reddit:[/p][p]https://www.reddit.com/r/Mechabellum/[/p][p]Mechabellum Steam Discussions:[/p][p]https://steamcommunity.com/app/669330/discussions/[/p][p][/p][p]
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