v25: Trains in Public Lobbies + Linearized Economy

Major New Mechanics

Worker / troop ratio bar removed: The UI that previously required you to manually allocate between “workers” and “troops” has been cut. Everyone now gains troops on a fixed time-based rate. This lowers the barrier for new players, but also takes away a micro-optimization point from mid/high-level players.
Trains enter public matchmaking: The Factory + Train system, which was only available in private lobbies in v24, is now officially open to public games.
Intelligent SAM lock: SAMs only fire at nukes whose impact point is near their own coverage zone, avoiding wasted ammo against a sea of MIRVs.

Item	Old	New	Impact
Player gold rate	Tied to population	Fixed 1000/sec (Bots 500/sec)	Pure troop-hoarding early-game strategies are weakened
Port / Factory pricing	Separate curves	Shared pricing curve	Port marginal cost rises faster
Trade Ship spawning	Directly tied to port count	Modulated by port count × global trade ship total	Diminishing returns on stacking ports continue
Betrayal penalty	Any target	Only against non-AFK players	Grabbing AFK territory no longer costs you score
Large players	No special modifier	Defense debuff	Snowballing players get gangbanged more easily

New FPS monitor overlay.
Teammates now automatically get distinguishing secondary colors based on the team’s primary color.
Private lobby kick support.
Main menu / modal ESC-to-close support.
Further dark mode refinements.

Gold rate is not population rate: Fixed gold income nerfs the pure early-game troop-rushing expansion, you have to convert troops into gold to keep snowballing.
Port strategy continues to shift toward “upgrading”: The shared port/factory curve means the 5th+ piece of infrastructure becomes ever more expensive — upgrading existing ports beats stacking new ones.
No more penalty for grabbing AFKs: You can confidently harvest offline players without worrying about the betrayal penalty.