Version 1.6.2.8: Leveling fixes and other bug fixes

A few bug fixes for the leveling system and some other minor bug fixes.

Special characters and symbols in Steam usernames should no longer interfere or create problems with the leveling system

Leveling and progression tweaks:

• Anchor raising no longer rewards experience / score (was exploitable)

• Repairing enemy ships no longer give experience / score (was exploitable)

• Added a loading circle to the main menu level bar while fetching player level data

• Player data fetching will now retry several times when first attempt fails which should make level loading consistency much better

Gameplay tweaks:

• Icy caverns elevator speed increased

• Repair score increased from 2 to 3

• Tweaked spectator screen a bit to show tooltip in the top right corner

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused special characters in Steam usernames to break the writing and reading of player level data

• Fixed a bug that caused player match experience and rewards not to display on the defeat screen

• Fixed a bug that caused swimming animations and sounds to keep playing after death

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