Round 52 and Round 53 Update
Posted at 14:23 GMT on Wednesday 10th July 2013
Round 52
Round 52 - Dying Stars finishes on Friday, 19th July.
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, 19th 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.
Havoc will start at 08:00 GMT on Saturday, 20th July.
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.
On Friday, 26th July at approximately 20:00 GMT, the following additional resources will be given:
-2 billion resources total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
-3000 asteroids total (split over metal/crystal/eonium according to race)
Havoc will continue until Thursday, 1st August at 20:00 GMT.
Round 53
Round 53 signups will open on Friday, 2nd August 2013 at 20:00 GMT. Round 53 will require you to pay for a credit if you wish to upgrade your account.
Submissions for Round 53's name are NOW OPEN - please e-mail suggestions to round53@planetarion.com, with the subject "Round Name Suggestion". Submissions will be open until Friday, 19th July, with the winner (selected on a public poll) getting a free credit.
Round 53 Ticks will start Friday, 9th August at 20:00 GMT and continue for 7 weeks.
A summary of key changes is as follows:
-Maximum buddy packs are changed to 5 (from 4), with 1 late joiner from tick 336.
-Alliance limits will remain unchanged (60 total, 50 counting towards alliance ranking)
-Government changes are being made; this involves the ability to change governments and the ability to disrupt other planets' governments through covert operations. More information and discussion on the final details of these changes is available on the Round 53 Government forum thread.
-Stats are currently in development; the latest version is available in our beta server manual. Add to the feedback on the Round 53 stats forum thread.