2019-05-21
Update
Hey everyone!
I am seeing some really good feedback on the subsystems, there are some minor things I will be changing such as the drop rates based on fleet strength, but overall it has been really positive.
There has been a server patch with a few changes:
- Night Ravens will now join battles if their allies are outnumbered.
- The first cell slot on ships is now unlocked by default.
- X10 Ability recharge increased to match other weapons.
- Range circles added for AML and pulse bomb.
- More bounties have been added, they will also be shuffled and randomly change every day.
- The reporting system has had an update so I can better handle multiple reports.
I have also made good progress on the new corporation rewards for holding sectors, I have added some test code in this patch to allow me to see how it matches up against the current rewards.
Nothing will change for you, the current system is exactly the same, this is only for development purposes.
The idea is that sector payouts will be calculated every 30 minutes and added a corporation bank, then paid out every 6 hours. This allows you to earn chips from outposts even if you are not holding it at the payout time, this should spread out outpost attack times rather than the dash to capture just before payouts.
Sector payouts will also be impacted by wars, alliances, outpost level and capture time: any neighbouring sectors you are at war with will decrease payouts, allied neighbouring sectors or neighbouring sectors you own will increase payout. Higher level outposts will pay out more, there will also be a slight penalty for the first X hours after capturing.
Payouts might be per member, not for the whole corporation. So earning 50,000 chips with 10 members would give 5,000 each.
There will also be a new screen in the corporation showing todays current earnings and yesterdays totals.
As I mentioned, this is just for development at the moment so nothing changes right now, not until I have it balanced and get some feedback based on this post.
There will be a new version out soon with more fixes, some improved screens and changes to slot blocking for alliances/wars.
Thanks!