[Galaxy Reformation Expansion Official Launch]
I.New Order:New Star System"Star System Rescue"Agreement Now Available
Within these desolate star systems,remnants of galactic factions have formed a massive group named Captor by using the only remaining resources within the star system in order to survive this chaotic and unordered environment.With their powerful armed force,the Captors have become the dominant power over these"ruins."Under the threat of the Captors,remaining factions within the star system have banded together,sending out a distress signal to the Lagrange Network in hopes that the Dawn Accord Organization will send rescuers to save more factions from these ruins.
The"Star System Rescue"agreement will be available for signing in the Hub Star System after the maintenance ends.
II.New Rules:All-new Social Features,Squad Mode,and the Free Explorer Association
Org-related Modifications:
1.Removed Orgs'strategic roles and responsibility for Community-forming in regular star systems.Moved Orgs into the Explorers System.
2.Adjusted the rules about maximum Org size.Unions will have a capped membership of 100,Guilds at 50,and Clans at 30.They are no longer associated with Org Talents.
3.Increased Max Org Level to Lv.50.Raising Org Level will unlock a series of new features.Existing Orgs will inherit the current level.
4.Removed the original Org Talents and Base facility"Org Talent Deployment Center."Explorers who already built the facility will get their construction resources fully funded.
5.New Org Equipment for Explorers to equip Org Talents.Org Equipment for Clans,Guilds,and Unions can be loaded with 1 exclusive talent and 5 generic talents by default.Org Equipment for Free Explorer Association can only be loaded with 5 generic talents.
6.Adjusted the rules of acquiring Org Prestige Points.Org members will gain an equal amount of Org Contribution Points when gaining Dawn Points.Orgs will gain Org Prestige Points by accumulating Contribution Points.
7.Explorers completing the first exploration in the Dawn Exploration Agreement Star System will not build Orgs.However,once their star systems issue a settlement notice,these Explorers will then receive an"Org Invitation"from City of Antontas,allowing them to create or join an Org as a squad.
New Squad Mode:
1.Star system exploration is now available for signing up to squads with no more than 25 members.Players from different Orgs can join one squad to explore a star system together.
2.If a squad consists of no less than 15 members from the same Org and its captain is also part of that Org,it becomes an exclusive squad for that particular Org.This squad can activate the Org Equipment's"exclusive talents"—Exclusive squads for Unions,Guilds,and Clans can build Command Centers,Dockyards,and Warehouses respectively,
3.New"Companion Squad"added to the star system exploration registration,allowing up to 4 squads to sign the same agreement and head to the same star system to explore the same region.
4.Squad members will maintain a cordial relationship,sharing visions,using one another's buildings as warp staging points,and sending reinforcement fleets to one another.Each squad has its own exclusive chat channel.Squads can control space stations,build Communities,and participate in the final Star System Development Rating.A squad will be automatically disbanded after the rating ends and the squad is back to the Explorers System.
5.Explorers can now join any squad in any Administrative Area.However,new squad members will have to spend 8 hours syncing warp information with the squad,during which time new members and existing squad members cannot use one another's buildings as warp staging points.If new members are in an area under the community's control,then the warp sync will be completed immediately.
6.Existing Orgs will be automatically converted into squads by following the rules below:
If the current Org has less than 25 members,all members within the Org will be put into the same squad.If the current Org has more than 25 members,but there's a certain group that contains no more than 25 people,then all members within the particular group will be put into the same squad.Org leaders or group admins will be prioritized in becoming squad captains.If the above conditions are not met,the remaining members will be split randomly into several squads.
The space stations controlled by the original Org will be distributed evenly to the squads within that particular Org.Squads converted from Orgs that are already in one Community will be kept in that Community.
Squads formed through conversion will inherit the original Org's name.And a random name will be given if there is a duplication.All squads and Orgs will have 1 chance to change their names for free.
Community Mode Extension:
1.New Visit mode.Explorers can carry out the"Visit"command on members within the same Community.After the Visit ends,the player who was visited will share strategic information with the visitor,including vision,warp staging points,and resource distribution intel.When two players from different squads visit each other,it will increase the InfoSync Level between their squads.When the InfoSync Level reaches 100,all members from the two squads will share strategic information.
2.Adjustments to Community Strategy Feature:All community members will remain in a cordial relationship,unable to attack each other.
3.New InfoSync Level feature added to the Community.It will increase as the InfoSync level among these squads increases and gradually unlock the following strategic features:Community Operation,Reinforcement within the Community,Rally Attacks within the Community,and Community Member Strategic Information Sharing.After the first update,the InfoSync level of all Communities in the exploration process will be maxed out,unlocking every strategic feature.
4.After joining a Community,a squad's marks are visible to all Community Members.
5.New"Execution Squad"feature added to the Community Operation.Creators of Community Operations can set Execution Squads for them.When a Community controls a Space Station within the Community Operation,then the space station will belong to the operation's Execution Squad.
6.Rating Rule Adjustments:
Star System Development Rating will rate Communities by Occupancy,Rating Points,and other data.Within the Community,squads will be ranked based on Occupancy or Rating Points to determine the final Rating Rewards.In addition,officers of the Communities that achieve Level 1 or Level 2 ratings will receive extra Dawn Points as a reward.Rating rules will remain the same for star systems that are being explored during the update of this feature.
New"Free Explorer Association"Mode:
1.Anyone who is not a member of a Union,Guild,or Clan will join the Free Explorer Association which has a Biosphere Research Lab,an exclusive Org Equipment,and an exclusive chat channel.
2.Liberty Points and exclusive collectible items will be granted based on different behaviors when an explorer completes the exploration of a star system as a Free Explorer.
Other Adjustments to Org Rules:
1.The"No Strength Without Unity"event now includes a new mission to visit comrades.
2.The difficulty level of the Space Station Occupation mission in the"No Strength Without Unity"has been reduced,requiring occupation of only Lv.3 space stations at most.
3.New Community Mail and Squad Mail.
4.New Community Notice and Squad Notice.Notices will be stuck to the top of the mail screen and can be edited and adjusted.
New features and adjustments for all the star systems:
1.Adjustments to Limit-Time Research Agreement:
"Carilion-Frigate-Recon Type"added to"Strategic Replenishment"Limit-Time Research Agreement.
"Mare Serenitatis-Heavy Frigate-Anti-Ship Type"removed from"Multidimensional Strike"Limit-Time Research Agreement.
"Enterprise Exhibition"Limit-Time Research Agreement renamed as"Tech Exhibition"Limit-Time Research Agreement without any other changes.
After the maintenance ends,each Star System will have time-limited Research Agreements available along with the progress of the Galactic Events.
2.Optimized the Main Mission structure.Explorers can now do Base construction,resource mining,shipbuilding and other missions in any order.
3.Optimized the text display effects of battle reports.
4.Optimized the visual appearance of new explorers'registration process.
5.Optimized the display of galactic factions on Expanse with an updated display of galactic faction icons.
6.Optimized the display of birth place and time text after explorers enter the star system.All area names will be displayed in an organized way in the same direction and aligned to the screen edge.
New features and adjustments for some star systems:
1.In the Explorers System,when an Explorer is back after not logging in for 30 or more consecutive days,the Explorer can activate a 14-day Strategic Assets Identification period.
After the maintenance on December 13th, we have made adjustments to the resource reserves in the newly opened star system. When exploring the new galaxy, explorers need to flexibly plan their resource usage and mining strategies in specific situations. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the oversight in the update announcement, and as compensation, we provide an additional 100 Proxima Coins to all explorers.
