Championship Update
Some fixes just landed for the Championship ladder:
The rivals are real now On the Hard and Boss rungs you weren't actually fighting the commander on the nameplate — the game was quietly rolling a random opponent behind it. Strategist Echo could even turn out to be a rival you'd already beaten earlier in the climb. Every rung now fights exactly who it says it does.
Rivals play their own style Fortress Lord Slowburn used to attack with the same pressure as Captain Fastlane. Turtles now turtle, rushers now rush, and economists actually build up first. Difficulty still scales the same way — the tiers just aren't interchangeable anymore.
It finally feels like a tournament
- Top-right now reads
ROUND 3 / 7 · MEDIUMinstead ofGOAL: DEFEAT MEDIUM AI - New climb tracker showing which rungs you've cleared
- The fight banner is visible at last — it was being drawn underneath the HUD this whole time, so nobody ever saw it :)
Crowns don't get lost If your climb finished while you were offline or signed out, the crown was gone for good. It's now saved and submitted automatically next time you open the Championship signed in. Clear all 7 rungs while signed in to get on the Hall of Fame → Versus board.