Rising V1.7.3 |verified|: Tempest

Not the software version. The designation . As if the Tempest had been dormant, running on an old kernel, and our so-called "stability patch" had sent a wake-up signal to a sleeping giant. v1.7.3 wasn't an update for us. It was a boot sequence for it .

The rating calculation system was reworked, with players now gaining or losing between 8 and 50 points per match. Balance Changes: Critical Buildings: The capture time for "critical buildings"—now including Refineries and Tech buildings —was doubled, increasing from 7 seconds to 14 seconds. Economic Tuning: A follow-up hotfix on March 16 slightly reduced the GDF Harvester's Tempest Rising v1.7.3

Eira died the winter the gulls nested early. On the last day she climbed only halfway, sat on the lowest spiral, and listened to Mira’s steps above. She had a small smile when Mira came down to promise she would continue the rotation. “I didn’t save everything,” Eira said, voice thin as paper. “But I learned the names.” Not the software version