New game announcements
New Game Jan 15th 6pm GMT
You can view the game settings at https://www.violetsector.com/config.php
New game - Monday 15th Feb 2021 - 6pm UK time
Changes this game include:
- Changed anomaly frequency in the Asteroid Field
- Randomised special gates (including NSA -> UCS)
- New bonus for cloakers when cloaked and no friends in sector
- Some actions take no moves!
- Change to pickup frequencies
- Bomber auto-repair improved
New Game
A new game will start May 3rd at 12:00 GMT+1 2021
* LC's can now use scrap to create positive and negative atmospheric anomalies in the sector of their choice except enemy homeworlds.
* Decoy damage has been lowered.
* Ship changes after you've reached level 5 will reset your score back to 32000.
See you in the roids.
* LC's can now use scrap to create positive and negative atmospheric anomalies in the sector of their choice except enemy homeworlds.
* Decoy damage has been lowered.
* Ship changes after you've reached level 5 will reset your score back to 32000.
See you in the roids.
New game - this Friday
New game this Friday June 3th 12pm BST (GMT+1)
New Rust game mode
Home worlds will start with 1,000,000 hp
Each tick HW will lose 1% hp from max (and current if that would then exceed max)
Scrap generated reduced in Roids/UCS/NSA
Shooting ships will produce scrap in sector per shot based on level of target.
Destroying ships will also produce larger amounts of scrap based on level of target.
No LC scrap system all scrap will be added to the HW automatically.
New Rust game mode
Home worlds will start with 1,000,000 hp
Each tick HW will lose 1% hp from max (and current if that would then exceed max)
Scrap generated reduced in Roids/UCS/NSA
Shooting ships will produce scrap in sector per shot based on level of target.
Destroying ships will also produce larger amounts of scrap based on level of target.
No LC scrap system all scrap will be added to the HW automatically.
New game next Friday October 28th
New Beta Friday October 28th, Rust game set; Homeworlds 500,000 hp, dock 100,000 hp. Ship change open at 32,000 points, can change every 16 ticks. Scrap regen increased by 25%, LC special gates cost 10,000 scrap, LC damage anomaly costs 15,000 scrap, LC repair anomaly costs 20,000 scrap. 10 moves per tick, hypering cost 5 moves, entering carrier cost 5 moves, entering dock cost 5 moves, cloaking cost 6 moves, but 0 for decloaking. Increased self repping per move but also 2 moves to self rep now.
Beta 50!!!
Let’s spread the word and see if we can get 100+ pilots for the 50th anniversary Beta!
Here are some changes from last game (all other settings are the same from the previous game setting)
A few changes,
-cloakers (6 moves to cloak, 2 de-cloak)
-scrap generated has been increased
-self rep for non-capital ship increased, slightly
-biggest change, capital ships need 100,000 points now to turn in.
-can change ships at 50,000 but will revert to 32k
Here are some changes from last game (all other settings are the same from the previous game setting)
A few changes,
-cloakers (6 moves to cloak, 2 de-cloak)
-scrap generated has been increased
-self rep for non-capital ship increased, slightly
-biggest change, capital ships need 100,000 points now to turn in.
-can change ships at 50,000 but will revert to 32k
Next game Monday September 11th 12 gmt
Mostly same settings increased scrap slightly. Adjusted anomalies and gates. But let’s just get a game running again.
Delaying a bit to allow the game to align with the Tvs meet up and gives Ecvej time to insure the server and game code is all good with its recent update
Delaying a bit to allow the game to align with the Tvs meet up and gives Ecvej time to insure the server and game code is all good with its recent update
Frantic starting at 6pm - Friday 1st December
A 15 minute tick frantic will start at 6pm today. Game settings can be found at https://www.violetsector.com/config.php
Development will be taking place over the course of the weekend so please report any bugs found
Development will be taking place over the course of the weekend so please report any bugs found
Re: New game announcements
New game starting January 5 at 12.00 UK Time
Game settings can be found at https://www.violetsector.com/config.php
Game settings can be found at https://www.violetsector.com/config.php
New game starting 8 March
The changes will be announced subsequently but we’ll reflect on what worked well and what needs tweaking from the last game.