Planetarion

Round 52 Signups Open!

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:32:40 +0000

Round 52 - "Dying Stars" Signups are now open here, or, if you've played in the last 2 years, just login here.

It is possible to upgrade your account in Round 52; please see the payment page of the manual for more information on the bonuses.

Alliance limits are set at 60, with 50 planets counting towards the total score.

Ship stats will be final by 00:00 GMT, with some minor tweaks outstanding.

Buddy packs consist of 2-4 planets during the shuffle at tick 36. At least 2 people can join your galaxy on or after tick 336 using the late joiner code (if they are in protection or signing up). If you had fewer than 4 buddy packed planets in your galaxy during the shuffle, this number could rise to 4!

Ticks start next Friday (31st May) at 20:00 GMT and keeps ticking for 7 weeks. Best of luck to everyone!

The beta server is continuing to tick with the latest stats and bug fixes.

Best Wishes,
PA Team

Round 52 Update

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:31:38 +0000

An update on Round 52!

Submissions for Round 52 names are now open. Please e-mail suggestions to round52@planetarion.com, with the subject "Round Name Suggestion". Submissions will be open until Tuesday 14th, with the winner (selected on a public poll) getting a free credit.

Signups open: Friday, 24th May by 21:00 GMT
Ticks start: Friday, 31st May at 20:00 GMT
Ticks finish: Friday, 19th July at 20:00 GMT.

The Round 52 beta server is available here, with the #beta irc channel on netgamers available for the latest news. Ticks will start during the week - more information will be discussed on IRC.

Round 52 beta stats will be updated on the beta server. Changes will be discussed and listed on the Round 52 stats forum thread.

Round 52 will have the same galaxy setup as Round 51:
-Buddy packs can contain between 2 and 4 players total, and must be formed before tick 12 (07:00 GMT on Saturday 1st June). Galaxies created during the "shuffle" at tick 12 will be formed around these buddy packs.
-On or after tick 336, a code will be made available on the politics page for all ministers of the galaxy. This code can be used by planets signing up or in protection to join that galaxy. The amount of planets that can late join is calcualted as follows:
6 - [amount of buddy-packed planets in the galaxy at tick 12]

Being in the same galaxy as another planet allows you to see the attacks on your galaxy, send defence fleets to other members of the galaxy more quickly, share resources, and, if trusted, see the attack and defence missions of your galaxy outside the galaxy. It is an important part of the support structure of the game, and why chosing your buddy pack carefully is so important.

Alliance limits for Round 52 will also remain static, with a total limit of 60 members and with 50 members counting towards the total score.

Further changes will be announced closer to signup.

Round 51 Havoc

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:14:07 +0000

Havoc will start at 08:00 GMT tomorrow morning (in ~9 hours).

All preparation for havoc has been completed.

Havoc setup as follows:
-All researches completed
-500 million resources total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-3000 asteroids total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-30 of each factory, 30 wave amplifiers, 50 security centres and 30 of each refinery ADDED to each planet
-Fleets recalled
-XP kept
-Asteroid mining limits increased to 8 million asteroids total
-Maximum construction limit set at 800 constructions
-Ticks set at every 15 minutes
-Alliance waiting time set to 0
-Alliance limit dropped to 30 - old alliances can stay "as is", but new alliances have to respect that limit.

Havoc will continue for at least a week; more resources and/or information will be given closer to the time.

An announcement will follow tomorrow with a more general update about events over the next few weeks and timelines for Round 52.

Round 51 Rankings

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:51:47 +0000

Rankings/Stats from Round 51:
Top 100 Planets
Top 50 Galaxies
Top 30 Alliances
Top 100 Launchers
Top 100 Covert Ops
Combat stats
Resource stats

Round 51 Signups Open!

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:02:42 +0000

Round 51 - Hunt For Power signups are now open!

Signup and login here.

Stats are final and viewable in the game manual.

The main changes are as follows:

-Buddy packs back to 4+2 late joiners.
-Unit Scans now ignore wave distorters.
-Wave distorters now cost 800 of each resource and require 750 construction units (previously 1200/1200/1200 and 900).

A full list of changes is available in our change log.

Round 50 Rankings

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:18:07 +0000

Rankings/Stats from Round 50:
Top 100 Planets
Top 50 Galaxies
Top 30 Alliances
Top 100 Launchers
Top 100 Covert Ops
Combat stats
Resource stats

Round 50 Havoc / Round 51 update

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:48:48 +0000

Round 50 Havoc

Round 50 havoc has been extended until 20:00 GMT on Thursday 14th March, with 1 billion resources and 3000 additional asteroids added to keep the momentum up.

Round 51
Round 51 name voting is underway on this thread in our forums. Voting closes on Thursday 14th, so get your vote in whilst you can!

Round 51 beta testing is also starting on our beta server. Some changes have yet to be made, but there have been several alliance-related changes that require testing. Ticks start tomorrow morning at 09:00 GMT.

Key changes currently confirmed are as follows:

-Maximum buddy packs are reverted back to 4 (from 6), with 2 late joiners from tick 336.
-Alliance limits will remain unchanged
-A general improvement of the alliance points system has occured
-Unit scans now ignore distorters
-Stats will be based on Round 30 - discussions underway on this thread on our forums.

Speedgame

For those of you who prefer faster ticks, we still have the speedgame running on our speedgame server. This runs on 30 second ticks and consists of a day of normal round, 18 hours of havoc, then 6 hours of "downtime". The cycles start at 18:00 GMT.

In one of the 6 hour periods of downtime in the near future, we hope to upgrade the speedgame server to a more recent code base.

Round 50 / Round 51 Update

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:15:56 +0000

Round 50
Round 50 - 50 Shades of Treachery finishes on Friday, 1st March.

The End of Round Ceremony (EoRC) is scheduled for Friday 21:00 GMT for an hour in #planetarion on irc.netgamers.org (accessible via the com unit). It will consist of:
-interviews with the top players
-interviews with the top galaxy
-interviews with representatives of the top alliance
-the alliance competition (allcomp), where users will [tag] in their nickname for their alliance, and the winning alliance will win 3 credits.

After the EoRC has been completed, the game will be setup for the "havoc" period, of fast-ticked madness. This will run from 09:00 GMT on Saturday, 2nd March and continue until (approx) Friday 8th March. The setup will be as follows:
-All researches completed
-500 million resources total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-3000 asteroids total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-30 of each factory, 30 wave amplifiers, 50 security centres and 30 of each refinery ADDED to each planet
-Fleets recalled
-XP will be kept
-Asteroid mining limits increased to 8 million asteroids total
-Maximum construction limit set at 800 constructions
-Ticks set at every 15 minutes
-Alliance waiting time will be reset
-Everyone will be able to defend in/out of alliance at the same ETA.

Round 51
Round 51 signups will open on Friday, 15th March 2013 at 20:00 GMT. Round 51 will require you to pay for a credit if you wish to upgrade your account.
Submissions for Round 51's name is NOW OPEN - please e-mail suggestions to round51@planetarion.com, with the subject "Round Name Suggestion". Submissions will be open until Sunday, with the winner (selected on a public poll) getting a free credit.
Round 51 Ticks will start Friday, 22nd March at 20:00 GMT and continue for 7 weeks.

A summary of key changes is as follows:

Round 50 Signups Open!

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:02:57 +0000

Signups for Round 50 - 50 Shades of Treachery, the FREE round, are now open. Please signup here or, if you've played since Round 40, login directly here.

The key changes are as follows:

-Buddy pack sizes are now 6, with a total of 7 buddy packed planets available at tick 336 (based on original buddy packed planets in the galaxy at shuffle time).
-Each alliance member is automatically allocated alliance attack and defence points which are registered in-game on their alliance profile. These can be adjusted at the discretion of the HC/BC.

Alliance limits are unchanged, with 50 counting towards the ranked score and a total of 60 members allowed.

Ship statistics are visible here.
They are final. Race bonuses and government bonuses are also final.

For a complete list of all changes, including minor ones, please visit our manual change page.

Best wishes for the round!

PA Team

Winter Round / Creators Hour

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:32:03 +0000

Creators Hour

There will be a Creators Hour tomorrow night at 20:00 GMT in #planetarion on irc.netgamers.org for those who wish to join.

Winter Round
The Winter Round ticks are about to start! If you have played a recent main game, you can log in directly here, otherwise, signup here.

The Winter Round is the same as Round 49 with the following changes:
-6 man buddy packs
-shuffle tick at tick 24
-in-gal ETA is now 4
-news scans now only miss the most recent 2 ticks (rather than the most recent 3 ticks)
-no alliances
-30 minute ticks
-"Capture the Flag" ranking; every galaxy will get a special asteroid at tick 24 to guard and gain them points, based on the score of the player holding it. You gain bonus points for keeping your own.
-no salvaging of ships
-cluster defence gives a 2 eta bonus
Best of luck!

Ticks start tonight at 20:00 GMT, with the shuffle tomorrow morning at 07:30 GMT.

Round 49 Finished; Winter Round Signups Open!

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:23:43 +0000

Round 49
Round 49 - A Devastating Silence has now finished, with very different winning planets, galaxies and alliances! Please check our End of Round Ceremony log here for more information.

Winter Round

The Winter Round Signups are now open! If you have played a recent main game, you can log in directly here, otherwise, signup here.

The Winter Round comes with the following setup:

-Stats are final.
--Race bonuses are final.
-Governments are final.

Setup Round 49 with the following changes:
-6 man buddy packs
-shuffle tick at tick 24
-in-gal ETA is now 4
-news scans now only miss the most recent 2 ticks (rather than the most recent 3 ticks)
-no alliances
-30 minute ticks
-"Capture the Flag" ranking; every galaxy will get a special asteroid at tick 24 to guard and gain them points, based on the score of the player holding it. You gain bonus points for keeping your own.
-no salvaging of ships

Best of luck!

Round 49 Rankings

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:28:16 +0000

Rankings/Stats from Round 49:
Top 100 Planets
Top 50 Galaxies
Top 30 Alliances
Top 100 Launchers
Top 100 Covert Ops
Combat stats
Resource stats

Round 49/ Winter Round / Round 50 update

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:54:50 +0000

Round 49
Round 49 - A Devastating Silence finishes on 7th December.
Vacation Mode will be removed as usual on Friday for the final week of the round, and top 200 planets will be moved out of c200. Please raise a support ticket if you have a valid reason to be in vacation mode for the last week of the round.

The End of Round Ceremony (EoRC) is scheduled for Friday, 7th December at 21:00 GMT for an hour in #planetarion on irc.netgamers.org (accessible via the com unit). It will consist of:
-interviews with the top players
-interviews with the top galaxy
-interviews with representatives of the top alliance
-the alliance competition (allcomp), where users will [tag] in their nickname for their alliance, and the winning alliance will win 3 credits.

There will be no havoc due to the starting of the winter round.

Winter Round

The winter round signups will open on 7th December, with ticks starting on 14th December at 20:00. The winter round will be a free round, with races, government bonuses and ship statistics based roughly on last round (http://winter.planetarion.com).

Code is based on the Round 49 code, with the following changes:

-Buddy packs of 6
-No alliances
-No defence limitations
-2 Cluster defence ETA bonus
-Ticks will be 30 minutes long
-"Capture the Flag" mode enabled, with every galaxy having its own special asteroid.
-In-galaxy defence will be ETA 4 (news scan delays will change to 2 ticks to compromise).

There will be no prizes for this round, and any further changes will be announced closer to the time.

Round 50

Round 50 signups will open on Friday, 4th January 2013 at 20:00 GMT. Round 50 will be a free round.

Submissions for Round 50's name is NOW OPEN - please e-mail suggestions to round50@planetarion.com, with the subject "Round Name Suggestion". Submissions will be open until the start of the winter round, with the winner (selected on a public poll) getting a free credit.
Round 50 Ticks will start Friday, 11th January at 20:00 GMT and continue for 7 weeks.

Changes for this round will be announced closer to the time.

Round 49 Open!

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:11:15 +0000

Hi all,
signups for Round 49 - A Devastating Silence have now opened!

Here is a full list of changes for this round:

-Salvage for defenders now 20% of killed attacking ships and 40% of killed defending ships
-Prelaunch now returned to 12 ticks
-Prelaunch indicator now shows in Incoming scans
-Score-based salvage bonus now removed (though score-based salvage capping is still present)
-Alliance merge limit now 40
-Alliance fund donation cap now dropped to 30% of its former limit
-Total attack/defence missions to/from your planet now displayed on the history page
-Scans you do on your own planet are now never blocked
-Starting/queuing constructions, using your startup/upgrade bonus and then cancelling the constructions now doesn't break resource stats on the history page
-For paid planets only:
-if your scan is blocked, automatically give a button to request scan from alliance (if you haven't already requested it)
-if a scan is more than 10 ticks old, automatic link on every scan to redo the scan
-if a scan you're viewing has a newer version from yourself / your alliance, automatically link to it (even if you/your alliance
didn't do the original scan)

Please note that ship stats and race bonuses are not yet final, with an aim to make them final by Sunday.

Round 48 EoRC/ Round 49 Update

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:42:06 +0000

Hi all,

The round 48 winners were as follows:

Top Planets:
#1 4:4:6, Benneh of Apprime
#2 6:6:5, Knight of Ultores
#3 6:6:6, Dealer of Ultores

Top Galaxy: 4:4

#1 l0Lz
#2 Firebird
#3 SantaCruz
#4 Zwanstic
#5 Chimpie
#6 Benneh
#7 Karn
#8 Maxi
#9 apolo_
#11 Pattyy

Top Alliance:
Ultores

All Comp Winner:
New Dawn

All credits have now been allocated.

Round 49 changes as follows:

Previously confirmed:
Buddy pack size stays as 5
Alliance limit stays as 60, with 50 counting towards total score.

New Code/setup changes:
-Salvage now 20% of attacking ships and 40% of defending ships
-Prelaunch now returned to 12 ticks
-Prelaunch ticks now show for attack fleets in Jumpgate Probe scans
-Score-based salvage bonus now removed (though score-based capping is still present)
-Alliance merge limit now 40
-Alliance fund donation cap now dropped to 30% of its former limit
-Total attack/defence missions to/from your planet now summed for your mathematical pleasure
-Scans you do on your own planet are now never blocked
-Naughty construction fiddling at the beginning of the round doesn't break resource stats on the history page

-For paid planets only:
-if your scan is blocked, automatically give a button to request scan from alliance (if you haven't already requested it)
-if a scan is more than 10 ticks old, automatic link on every scan to redo the scan
-if a scan you're viewing has a newer version from yourself / your alliance, automatically link to it (even if you/your alliance didn't do the original scan)

Round 48 Rankings

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:25:51 +0000

Rankings/Stats from Round 48:
Top 100 Planets
Top 50 Galaxies
Top 30 Alliances
Top 100 Launchers
Top 100 Covert Ops
Combat stats
Resource stats

Round 48/49 Update

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:31:08 +0000

Round 48
Round 48 - Roid Rage is coming to a close. Vacation mode will be removed later today for the final week.
The final tick, as mentioned on the Overview page, is 1177, and occurs at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 28th September.
The End of Round Ceremony (EoRC) is scheduled for Friday, 28th September at 21:00 GMT for an hour in #planetarion on irc.netgamers.org (accessible via the com unit). It will consist of:
-interviews with the top players
-interviews with the top galaxy
-interviews with representatives of the top alliance
-the alliance competition (allcomp), where users will [tag] in their nickname for their alliance, and the winning alliance will win 3 credits.
After the EoRC has been completed, the game will be setup for the "havoc" period, of fast-ticked madness. This will run from 09:00 GMT on Saturday, 29th September and continue until (approx) Thursday 11th October. The setup will be as follows:
-All researches completed
-500 million resources total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-3000 asteroids total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-30 of each factory, 30 wave amplifiers, 50 security centres and 30 of each refinery ADDED to each planet
-Fleets recalled
-XP will be kept
-Asteroid mining limits increased to 8 million asteroids total
-Maximum construction limit set at 800 constructions
-Ticks set at every 15 minutes
-All alliances will be deleted and none will be allowed to be re-created.
-Further donations will occur at approximately 20:00 GMT on Thursday 4th October.

Round 49
Round 49 signups will open on Friday, 12 October at 20:00 GMT.
Submissions for Round 49's name is NOW OPEN - please e-mail suggestions to round49@planetarion.com, with the subject "Round Name Suggestion". Submissions will be open until the end of the round, with the winner (selected on a public poll) getting a free credit.
Round 49 Ticks will start Friday, 19th October at 20:00 GMT and continue for 7 weeks.
Beta stats for next round will be available by next weekend on the beta server; changes will also be announced before signups.
The alliance limit will stay at 60, with 50 counting.

Round 48 Update

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:35:00 +0000

All,
just to officially confirm the following for Round 48.

-After feedback from alliances, the number of alliance members counting towards the alliance limit has been reduced to 50. The alliance itself can still be no more than 60, however.

-The number of spaces for late joiners has gone down by 1 per galaxy. This means that galaxies that are created at shuffle with 5 members in a buddy pack will get no late joiners. Galaxies with 4 members will get 1 late joiner.

-Fleets will only be able to be prelaunched for a maximum of 4 ticks for both attack and defence.

Stats for Round 48 are being tested at http://beta.planetarion.com for all those interested and are now FINAL.

Also, havoc will be extended until at least 20:00 GMT on Monday 30th July.

Round 47 and Round 48 Update

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:45:20 +0000

Round 47
Round 47 - Traitors Amongst Us is coming to a close. The final tick, as mentioned on the Overview page, is 1177, and occurs at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 20th July.
The End of Round Ceremony (EoRC) is scheduled for Friday, 20th July at 21:00 GMT for an hour in #planetarion on irc.netgamers.org (accessible via the com unit). It will consist of:
-interviews with the top players
-interviews with the top galaxy
-interviews with representatives of the top alliance
-the alliance competition (allcomp), where users will [tag] in their nickname for their alliance, and the winning alliance will win 3 credits.
After the EoRC has been completed, the game will be setup for the "havoc" period, of fast-ticked madness. This will run from 09:00 GMT on Saturday, 21st July and continue until at least Thursday 26th July. The setup will be as follows:
-All researches completed
-500 million resources total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-3000 asteroids total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-30 of each factory, 30 wave amplifiers, 50 security centres and 30 of each refinery ADDED to each planet
-Fleets recalled
-XP will be kept
-Asteroid mining limits increased to 8 million asteroids total
-Maximum construction limit set at 800 constructions
-Ticks set at every 15 minutes
-All alliances will be deleted and none will be allowed to be re-created.

Round 48
Round 48 signups will open by Friday, 3rd August at 20:00 GMT.
Submissions for Round 48's name is NOW OPEN - please e-mail suggestions to round48@planetarion.com, with the subject "Round Name Suggestion". Submissions will be open until the end of the round, with the winner (selected on a public poll) getting a free credit.
Round 48 Ticks will start Friday, 10th August June at 20:00 GMT and continue for 7 weeks.
Beta stats for next round will be available this weekend on the beta server; changes will also be announced before signups.
Changes will include dropping the alliance limit to 60 planets, with all 60 counting.

Round 46 Rankings

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:19:18 +0000

Rankings/Stats from Round 46:
Top 100 Planets
Top 50 Galaxies
Top 30 Alliances
Top 100 Launchers
Top 100 Covert Ops
Combat stats
Resource stats