Status report 2026.06.17: the marketplace update

The secondary market is live: trade mechs, subsystems and skins with other players, not just the house shop, with a flat 10 percent rake.

New: Player Marketplace

The secondary market is live. Trade with other players, not just the house shop.

One unified market at /market - browse everything in one place with All / Mechs / Subsystems / Skins filters, then list your own gear from a single Sell page.
Mechs trade as a whole assembly - when you buy a kitted mech, you get the chassis plus its equipped subsystems and assigned skin. No part-stripping; what you see is what you fight with.
Buyer preview before you spend - open any mech listing to see its full resolved stats, a six-axis stat radar, and the complete loadout before committing.
Subsystem & skin listings show their real rolled stats, descriptions, tier chips, and art - a listing reads like an actual collectible.
Safe purchases - pay, ownership transfer, and the sale all happen as one atomic step. “Paid but got nothing” can’t happen.
Market fee: a flat 10% rake on a sale, halved to 5% for active members.
The house Mech Bay / primary shop now lives at /shop.

Your membership is now unmistakable.

Alpha Citizen badge in the nav bar - a violet pill with a diamond shows on every screen the moment you’re a member, so your status is always front and centre.
Matching chat flair - the badge next to your name in chat is now a violet Alpha Citizen diamond (distinct from the gold veteran star).
A proper welcome - the instant your subscription activates you get a violet “Welcome, Alpha Citizen” moment, and your perks light up across the app within seconds.
Not a member yet? The nav shows a subtle prompt - one tap to the Boost page.
Perks are unchanged and stay status & QoL only (reduced marketplace fees, extra Repair Bay slots, deploy-fee discount) - never pay-to-win.

Crate reveals now show the rolled stats, description, and a rarity frame right on the open screen - no more opening then digging through your inventory to see what you got.

Floating damage numbers - every hit pops a number off the target. White/red for hull, cyan for shields, and bigger hits read bigger. MMO-style.
Birdseye camera - new top-down view toggle on the battle HUD (desktop and mobile).
Collapsible battle panels - the side panels now properly fold away to give the 3D arena the full stage. Open as many sections as you like; your layout is remembered.
Melee mechs actually connect now - rebalanced melee range so brawlers close to contact and stop swinging at air.

A whole new generated art set - banners, currency/economy icons, rarity frames, and proper empty-state illustrations across the Main Menu, Codex, Rewards, Wallet and more. (Faction logos keep their original crisp emblems.)
Live faction win-rates now shown right on the landing page, pulled from real battle history.

Skin auctions settle fast - expired auctions now resolve within ~a minute instead of potentially waiting for the next daily cycle. Countdown shows “Settling…” while it wraps up.
Stream recovery - a dropped battle stream now correctly reconnects instead of silently wedging as “connected forever.”
Arena map no longer goes missing - returning to the battle view (or recovering from a graphics hiccup) no longer renders mechs over an empty floor.
Tug of War cadence now follows real, continuous damage across the fight instead of only reacting to kills.
Listed items lock correctly - a mech that’s up for sale can’t be edited, re-equipped, or deployed until it sells or is delisted (it’s greyed out with a “Listed” badge in the Workshop). No accidental double-listing.
Mobile polish - tall modals scroll properly and tap-outside-to-close; no more horizontal scroll on the landing page; tighter spectator embed.
Universe nav dropdown no longer snaps shut when you move toward it.