Machinery of Oppression: 6.1.0
Introduces the Illuminate faction, new 'Destroy Exospire' missions, and significant balancing buffs to several stratagems and sidearms.
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▲Buffs15
- Flamethrowers
- Small to medium enemies are now generally slower while being hit by flamethrowers.
- Flaming small to medium Automatons, Terminids, and Illuminates in the face now causes them to panic and attack randomly.→Panic
- PLAS-15 Loyalist
- Increased magazine capacity from 7 to 8.7→8
- Full Charge:Shorter charge-up time on full charge from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.1s→0.75s s
- P-11 Stim Pistol
- Increased the healing effect by 100%.100%→200% %
- Increased muzzle velocity from 200 to 300.200→300
- GL-21 Grenade LauncherReverted a previous change; the launcher now has medium armor penetration again.→Medium
- CQC-20 Breaching HammerIncreased damage from 2100 to 2200.2100→2200
- M-1000 MaxigunIncreased ammo capacity from 750 to 1000.750→1000
- LAS-98 Laser CannonIncreased beam length from 200m to 1000m.200m→1000m m
- GL-52 De-Escalator
- Full Reload:Full reload is now 2 seconds faster, reduced from 7.5s to 5.5s.7.5s→5.5s s
- Partial Reload:Single reload is now 1 second faster, reduced from 3.5s to 2.5s.3.5s→2.5s s
- AC-8 Autocannon
- Full Reload:Full reload is now 1 second faster, reduced from 5.5s to 4.5s.5.5s→4.5s s
- Half Reload:Half reload is now 0.5 seconds faster, reduced from 2.3s to 1.8s.2.3s→1.8s s
- Vox EngineMain Cannon:Vox Engine now attempts to avoid shooting targets that are too close with its main cannons.
▼Nerfs1
- CQC-20 Breaching HammerEnemies will now be alerted to the sound of the Breaching Hammer exploding.→Added
◆Other changes3
- Illuminate
- Introduced new Illuminate enemies and sub-factions including Appropriators, Veracitors, and Gatekeepers.→Added
- Exostorms:New Illuminate Exostorms bring intense wind and lightning strikes to planets in Illuminate space.→Added
- Destroy Exospire:Added a new mission type where players must disable shield nodes and destroy the Exospire core.→Added
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Patch history
- →Machinery of Oppression: 6.3.1Jul 7, 2026 · 1d
- Machinery of Oppression: 6.2.6Jun 9, 2026 · 4w+1→
- Machinery of Oppression: 6.2.3May 6, 2026 · 2mo+2−3→
- Machinery of Oppression: 6.2.2Apr 28, 2026 · 2mo+33−8→
- Machinery of Oppression: 6.1.1Mar 25, 2026 · 3mo+1→
- Machinery of Oppression 6.0.3Feb 10, 2026 · 4mo+3→
- Into the Unjust: 5.0.2Jan 22, 2026 · 5mo+4→
- Into the Unjust: 4.1.2Nov 18, 2025 · 7mo+3−1→
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