Engineer Rework & Boss Expansion

Engineer Energy Consumption Scaling

• Engineer energy use now scales logarithmically from early to late game.

• Early game multiplier reduced from 0.5 to 0.3 (about 0.45 energy/sec per Engineer).

• Late game multiplier scales down to 0.15 (about 0.225 energy/sec per Engineer).

• Scaling factors: depth, max_energy, and upgrades.

• Log curve: fast improvement early, slower later.

• Worker energy reduction upgrades still apply multiplicatively.

• Effect: early game can support about 2 Engineers on default regen instead of 1.

Boss Expansion and UI

• Added 10 new expansion bosses with phase-based mechanics and counters (examples: resource thief, worker snatcher, research devourer, upgrade nullifier, void leviathan, singularity core).

• Implemented steal mechanics for:

  • Resources

  • Workers

  • Research progress

  • Upgrades (temporary disable)

  • Energy

Steals can be reduced by counter-workers and have cooldowns.

Boss UI now shows:

• Mechanics and phases

• • Counters

  • Last steal summary

  • Currently disabled upgrades with timers

• On boss defeat:

  • Stolen workers can be returned (if configured)

  • Disabled upgrades are re-enabled and their effects restored

  • Research Workers Boss Damage Bonuses

• Research workers now add bonus damage in boss encounters.

Base research worker:

• Generic research worker: +2.0 damage per worker.

Tier 1:

• Geologist: +3.0 per worker.

• Surveyor: +2.5 per worker.

Tier 2:

• Archaeologist: +4.0 per worker.

• QuantumAnalyst: +5.0 per worker.

• PlasmaEngineer: +4.5 per worker.

Tier 3:

• VoidMiner: +6.0 per worker.

• TemporalTechnician: +7.0 per worker.

• SingularityKeeper: +8.0 per worker.