When in combat, any and all heat effects (from use of system to damage from enemy heat weapons) causes my heat to rise.

Previously (before patch) my heat would dissipate each turn, I even had 2 modules which increased the amount I lost per turn.

Now i cannot disperse heat other than shutting down or using the one time use heat flushing items.

is this intentional?

I find that even though I've now removed ALL heat based weapons I still face shutdowns because of the damage, and I'm not talking flamers, I'm on about rockets etc

right now, the game is pretty much unplayable as I cannot afford the credits to permanently renew the one-use heat items. And facing even a non shut-down orientated enemy i find that I spend entire turns out of action because rockets or low end 'red' weapons all add to my heat.

please help.

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