I hope we’ll be able to skin it and change layout.

It's good to see some UX improvements for the more "casual" player. Good work!

I do feel like they're merely a nuisance now. They are very predictable and it's not hard to stay ahead of them in all phases of the game (unless you crank up their rate, I guess). Picking up the purple orbs were annoying - but what if we had a scavenger bot that worked within the construction range...