Hotfix Update Notes for September 4, 2026 — Sins of a Solar Empire II News

Corruption Decay delay value changed to 60 seconds.
Corruption Decay value changed to 0.001 (1 Corruption decays every 10 seconds)
Azithel Mote Void Missile cooldown increased from 15s to 20s.
Azithel Mote Corrupt Recursion Phase Echo duration reduced from 30s to 15s.
Eidolon Very Light Void Missile (Azithel Mote, Amalgam Bomber) Armor Points removed, Hull reduced from 5 to 1.
Eidolon Void Blast Charge Missile (Sythren Onslaught) Armor Points reduced from 10 to 5, Armor Strength reduced from 25 to 20, Hull reduced from 5 to 1.
Eidolon Light Void Missile (Akeniel Geist, Lakhaziel Archon) Armor Points increased from 10 to 15, Armor Strength reduced from 25 to 20, Hull reduced from 5 to 1.
Eidolon Medium Void Missile (Thalkerin Revenant, Lakhaziel Archon, Phase Dart Defense Platform, Zhaltharien Anathema) Armor Points increased from 10 to 40, Armor Strength reduced from 25 to 20, Hull reduced from 5 to 1.
Eidolon Heavy Void Missile (Iskazhar Epitaph) Armor Points increased from 10 to 80, Armor Strength increased from 25 to 40, Hull increased from 5 to 10.
Eidolon Vortex Missile (Lakhaziel Archon Vortex Missile Salvo) Armor Points increased from 10 to 15, Armor Strength reduced from 25 to 20, Hull reduced from 5 to 1.
Afterimage Phase Echo duration reduced from 60s to 30s.
Persistent Afterimage Phase Echo duration reduced from 90s to 60s.
Nethril Husk Weapon Refit moved from Vanguard Tier 3 to Vanguard Tier 2.5.
Azithel Mote Weapon Refit moved from Vanguard Tier 2.5 to Vanguard Tier 3.
Material Communion focus conversion rate reduced from 10:1 to 1:1.
Greater Material Communion focus conversion rate reduced from 10:1 to 1:1.5 (Final conversion rate with both techs is 1:2.5)
Added correct ship corruption debuffs to minor factions and militia to account for edge cases where they gain control of capital ships.
Fixed Advent Focus Conversion hud icon.
Applied correct access limitation to Amalgam Grafter unit item (Carrier only)
Corrected Sythren Onslaught preferred weapon range to favor its longer range missiles.
Corrected Epitaph Starbase Super Heavy beam weapon name.
Corrected naming of Culture Center Blueprint to match structure name (Communications Node Blueprint)

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