Voidfall Tactics — Update 0.2: Specialize & Survive

Your operatives just got dangerous. And mortal.

The Big Stuff

Level Up Your Crew

Every battle earns XP for your squad. When they’re ready, visit View
Crew to level up — watch their stats grow and unlock powerful new
special abilities. Each class has a unique progression of 5 new specials
to discover, from Warp Step to Drone Swarm.

Max level is 10. Choose wisely which special to equip — you can swap
between any you’ve learned.

25 New Special Abilities

Every class gets 5 new abilities unlocked through leveling:

• Soldiers learn to channel movement into devastating Charged Shots,
  fire lines of Blast damage, call in Artillery Strikes that ignore
  cover, stun groups with Concussion Grenades, and pin enemies with
  Suppressive Fire.
• Operatives mark targets for the team, lay down Smoke Screens,
  cripple enemy movement, unleash Fan the Hammer barrages, and place
  Death Marks that reward kills with bonus actions.
• Mystics learn to teleport with Warp Step, blast lines of psychic
  energy, heal entire groups through Mind Link, daze enemies with
  Psychic Storms, and tear open Dimensional Rifts to relocate any unit
  on the battlefield.
• Sunforged charge through enemy lines with Searing Rush, project
  damage-reflecting shields, blind groups with Solar Cone, unleash
  Nova Pulse shockwaves, and buff allies with the radiant Stellar Aegis.
• Synthcasters overclock allies for extra actions, disable enemies
  with EMP blasts, deploy dual-purpose Nanite Clouds, scramble enemy
  systems, and summon persistent Drone Swarms that control the
  battlefield.

Permadeath

Three failed death saves and your operative is gone. Permanently.
No respawns, no recovery. Hire carefully. Fight smarter.

New Combat Tactics

• Line & Cone attacks — Some abilities hit in lines or expanding
  cones. Hover over targets to preview exactly which tiles will be hit.
• Teleportation — Mystics can blink across the map or rift allies
  and enemies to new positions.
• Status effects — Stun enemies to skip their turns, mark targets
  for your team, blind shooters, slow runners, and more.
• Shields — Radiant Guard absorbs damage and reflects half back at
  the attacker.
• Bonus actions — Overclock an ally to attack twice. Land a Death
  Mark kill for a free extra turn.
• Move through allies — Your squad can now move through each other’s
  tiles (but can’t stop on them).

Visual Improvements

• AoE attacks now have an expanding explosion effect
• Hovering over targets shows which tiles will be hit before you fire
• New ability unlocks flash the swap button so you don’t miss them

Balance & Polish

• XP is shared equally across your party — support classes earn the
  same as damage dealers
• Losing a battle costs a small amount of XP (but you can never
  de-level)
• Class variants now clearly show their shared class identity and
  starting weapon
• Ability buttons are cleaner and easier to read

What’s Coming

Update 0.3: Equipment & Shopping — outfit your crew with weapons,
armor, and accessories. The shop is about to get a lot more interesting.