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 Patches and Updates - May 
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Some changes have been made to attack cost and bonuses today:

- Energy cost for a single attack is now 5.
- Attacking will now always award XP. The amount awarded will vary from 5 - 25+ XP depending on the circumstances (see below).

Each attack will always give between 5 - 15 XP randomly.
If you do MORE damage (winner), you will get another 5 - 10 XP randomly as a bonus.
If you disable a higher-rank ship, you will get a bonus of (up to) 20 XP, plus 1XP for every 2 ranks the ship is above you.

Note that these figures may change as adjustments and balancing is looked at.


Sun May 02, 2010 9:03 pm
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A player "Comm" has been added to the ship info area. This is similar to a wall posting area where players may post messages.

Here are some other details about the Comm:
- Posting a comm message costs energy
- messages on the comm wall are public
- A player may delete any messages on their own comm wall
- Comm messages also appear in your ships log and will appear as an alert if you are online

This feature will continue to be enhanced in the coming weeks.


Sun May 09, 2010 8:09 pm
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Planet colony protection status will now expire after Rank 20 *or* 2 weeks after the character is created, whichever comes first.

A Colony protection status will now appear in the planets list for players who are still under protection. The status bar will show the remaining time of the protection and mention that it will also expire at Rank 20.

Enemy players will not be aware of how much time is left for planets under protection, only that the player is still under Rank 20.


Sat May 15, 2010 9:54 pm
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You will now be immediately notified if one of your planets is under attack. This alert will appear no more frequently than once per hour per planet.

This specific alert will not indicate the player(s) who are attacking the planet. Traps will continue to provide that information pre-invasion.


Wed May 19, 2010 3:19 am
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A new planetary enemy occupation status has been added, called "Legion Ally Occupied".

This status will appear *instead* of "Enemy Occupied" for all enemy planets where at least one of your legion members is in common with the enemy. A number next to the status will indicate how many legion members are in common.

Players may choose to attack and invade the planet as normal - this new status is simply to inform the player that they are attacking a planet that is a "friend of a friends".


Wed May 19, 2010 5:41 am
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A new artifact has been added called "Star Chart Purger". This artifact will remove one of your "garbage" planets from your scan list. By doing so, it increases your scan % accordingly.

For instance, if your scan dropped 5% after finding a new planet, using the purger would raise it back 5%. Its especially effective during scan blitzes where you are hitting a bad luck streak.

Purgers currently cost 1000 artifact points for those claiming them randomly, or 8GPs from the artifact market.

This change is intended to help old and new players with the "scan block" syndrome, where they reach a situation of diminishing returns.


Thu May 20, 2010 4:34 am
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In order to help optimize the battle list, a few changes have been made:

* The battle list will no longer find ships that are disabled.
* The list will not randomize as often.


Tue May 25, 2010 3:34 am
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The extremely long and exciting mission chain for "The Prejor" has now been archived.

To start this chain, you must complete "The Prejor" mission that begins at Rank 40 with "Mysterious World".

For players who have completed portions of the chain already, you will be able to complete the remaining parts.

If you encounter issues, let us know :)


Sun May 30, 2010 10:52 pm
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A new hack trap artifact is now available called "Quantum Firewall Trap". It will trigger if you are successfully hacked, and prevent the hacker from cloaking for 8 hours (and thus, prevent any further hacking as well).

Note that the trap does not prevent your ship from being hacked nor does it alter the existing chances of being hacked.


Mon May 31, 2010 9:19 pm
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