Phase III is coming on Friday January 31st.
A timer is live on the official site and in-game showing an exact countdown.
Once the countdown reaches 0 all services will go offline for several (Probably around 24h) hours of maintenance and updates after which Phase III will finally go live!
What do you need to know in preparation for Phase III?
There will not be a wipe/reset, however:
- Many building upgrades are gone or changed
- Some buildings no longer exist at all
- Many resources have changed
- All production slots- / -lines will be removed
What that means:
- Building upgrades that no longer exist will be downgraded to their original building. For example Quarries will become Mines
- Buildings that no longer exist will become treasure loot (Artifacts) for you to collect
- All resource stockpiles will be removed and converted to new resource loot for you to collect
- You will need to set up new production lines using the new system
In addition to treasures spawned by buildings and stockpiles mentioned above, all players that have a planet will have several treasures spawned around their capital to collect when the patch goes live.
The treasure and resource loot generated by removed buildings and resource stockpiles as a result of this update will be locked to your account, you don't have to worry about anyone stealing it (Loot spawned after the patch goes live can be grabbed by anyone!).
You can safely collect resource loot even if your stockpiles are full; you will not lose resources because of a full stockpile when collecting treasures.
Due to the many new systems and mechanics introduced it is very likely that there will be issues, hopefully with your help I'll be able to track them down quickly.
The new artifact mechanics especially will require your help in fine-tuning to get drop-rates and roll values to feel right.
Here's some clarity on some subjects that I may not have communicated clearly enough:
- You will only be able to colonize planets in the same star system as your capital planet. Interstellar colonization is coming later
- You will not be able to build fleets to attack other players yet
- There will be ways to find loot without having to spend hours daily searching asteroid belts
And finally, happy new year! See you in space, deities!