The long-awaited patch has reached its final tests and will be out this Monday! Along with usual fixes, we will be finally releasing a new game mode to spice up the gameplay. That's what you can expect to arrive to the official Standard and PvP servers later today:
Territory Claiming in a nutshell,
- all the players from Standard and PvP servers will be able to find one of the 12 flag masts while cruising through the archipelago.
- Every flag mast is dedicated to one territory.
- By claiming it, player's clan gets bonuses to gathering and starts to collect flag points that consolidate clan's power on the territory as well as help them win a week-long round.
- After each round, clan that gathered the most points gets a new rank and will be honoured in the clan ranking.
In details,
first of all you will need a clan. You can be invited by a clan master or make your own by building a base with the Builder's desk. Next step is to claim your land by hanging a flag on the mast. There are 12 flag masts on the islands, one for each region - the more you conquer, the more points you get.
If you happen to find a free mast, all you need to do is click "Claim territory" button to hang a flag and enjoy becoming the Ruler with bonuses to gathering. If the land is taken, you can still claim it by becoming the Conqueror. This way you will get 1 point per minute and make every other clan lose a point.
Beware of other clans. Whenever a member of another clan claims a territory that you fight for, you will start losing points and chances to become the Ruler.
Clan loses points also when a member dies (30pts in each territory ruled or conquered) or clan's Builder’s Desk gets damaged (0.25 per building component in each territory ruled or conquered). This way trying to take over a protected flag or running a big base becomes a challenge.
Clan ranks
By the end of a week, when the round ends, a clan that gathered the most points becomes the Ruler of the week and gets a new rank on their clan flag under the emblem. All the points and progress reset as well, clans can start the competition again.
New UI: Territories
- Accessible from a standard "book" UI (tab under the map)
- Shows a counter till the end of a round
- Has a list of all the territories and their current status
- Each territory can be clicked to show the details
New UI: Territory details
- Contains the same information as the UI on the flag mast mentioned above (Flag window)
- Shows who rules the land, how many points has gathered and what bonuses acquired
- Shows who is trying to conquer the territory
- Lists out all the other clans that wanted to rule this land
New UI: Clan ranking
- Accessible from the 'Territories' window
- Shows a counter till the end of a round
- Shows current clan ranking with gathered points and a clan that won the last round
New UI: Territory map
- Accessible from a standard "book" UI - map tab
- Shows a counter till the end of a round
- Divides the known (discovered) map into territories
- Territories get the color of the current ruler's flag
- Flag icons indicate the place of the flag masts as well as the emblems of the current ruler and conqueror
Like many other features and improvements, also "Area Control" mode will be released in a beta version, which means we stay open to suggestions and will continue to improve it if we see the need from our community.
Important notice: Along with the new mode and game changing features, we would like to announce a new season and a fresh start on every official Standard and PvP servers. Because of that and other technical aspects including changes to the islands, buildable areas and mechanics, we are going to wipe the official Standard and PvP servers of all the constructions. However, your characters, clans, inventory, equipment, progress on PvE, private and local servers will remain untouched. Lastly, to jump-start your new journey we will start an event of increased Gather Multiplier on the refreshed servers.
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Thank you for your support and reaching the end of this too long announcement,
Space Boat Studios team