The Fire & Ice Update

Notes

• -The Alliances system between guilds is planned for the next update.
• -If Fireball or I.C.E. Shield animations are not visible, clearing cache and cookies may be required.

Added

Fireball

A new Support weapon has been added: Fireball.

• -Added Fireball.
• -Added Upgraded Fireball.
• -Uses CPU.
• -Deals damage every 4 seconds.
• -Fireball can melt and end I.C.E. Shield.
• -Cannot be combined with:
• -Fireball.
• -Upgraded Fireball.

I.C.E. Shield

A new shield has been added: I.C.E. Shield.

• -Added I.C.E. Shield.
• -Added Upgraded I.C.E. Shield.
• -Slows attackers when hits are taken.
• -Attacker speed is reduced by a certain value with each hit.
• -Attacker speed cannot be reduced below 2.
• -I.C.E. Shield can be ended by Fireball.
• -The slow status can be removed with Cleanse Shield.
• -Cannot be combined with:
• -I.C.E. Shield.
• -Upgraded I.C.E. Shield.

Researches

New researches have been added.

• -Fireball Technology.
• -I.C.E. Shield Technology.

Ranking

• -Added a new ranking: Total Missions.

Balance Changes

Precision and Dodge

Precision and Dodge are now directly linked.

For example:

• -If you have 125 Precision.
• -Your target has 40 Dodge.
• -Your chance to hit is 125 - 40 = 85%.

Recycling Rate

A new Recycling Rate system has been introduced.

Recycling Rate represents the amount of stolen points that can be taken from a guild.

• -Recycling Rate can vary from 0% to 90%.
• -Recycling Rate is reduced when the ratio between total attacker levels and total defender levels is too high.
• -Recycling Rate is also reduced when the defender Hypercore is regularly destroyed compared to the amount of other Hypercores recently destroyed by the attackers.

Rankings

• -PvP Points are now reduced by 1% every day.
• -Guild Points are now reduced by 1% every day.

HQ Hypercore

HQ Hypercore destruction rules have been adjusted.

• -Defender points lost increased from 30% to 40%.
• -Attacker stolen points changed from 66% to the Recycling Rate value.

Battle Station Protection

Battle Station protection for smaller guilds has been increased.

• -Guilds with fewer than 10 members now receive 3 hours of protection.
• -Previous threshold: fewer than 5 members.
• -Guilds with fewer than 15 members now receive 1 hour of protection.
• -Previous threshold: fewer than 10 members.

Battle Station Cooldowns

When a Battle Station is destroyed:

• -If a galaxy owns several Battle Stations, the rebuild cooldown is now shared across all Battle Stations in that galaxy.
• -The rebuild cooldown changed from 3 hours to a duration proportional to guild size.

Missions

• -Increased Uranium rewards inside missions.
• -Increased XP rewards inside missions.

Reactors

• -Increased Missile Reactor damage.
• -Increased Cannon Reactor damage.
• -Increased Laser Reactor damage.

Guild Restrictions

• -A guild without an HQ Hypercore can no longer earn Guild Points.
• -A player without a guild can no longer raid opponent guilds.
• -When a player leaves or is kicked from a guild:
• -They are also kicked from the HQ map.
• -Their reactors are removed from the HQ.
• -Their reactors are removed from all Battle Stations.

Repairing

• -When repairing after death, the repair state is now cancelled if the player enters combat.
• -After leaving your HQ, you must now wait 10 seconds before entering again.
• -This prevents players from infinitely extending the 5-second repair protection.

Edits

Guilds

• -Guild name maximum length increased from 20 to 30 characters.
• -The ' character is now allowed in:
• -Guild tags.
• -Guild names.
• -Guild descriptions.
• -The guild Leader role can no longer be switched directly with a non-Leader role.
• -The guild Leader role can no longer be kicked.
• -The Leader role must be removed first before kicking the player.

Visuals

• -Life Buff sprite animation is now displayed behind the ship.

Bug Fixes

Alien Payback

• -Fixed ammunition on the ground causing lag in Alien Payback.

Repair and Shields

• -Fixed shield cooldowns displaying incorrectly while repairing your ship.

Drones and Turrets

• -Fixed deploying a Drone, Turret, or Collecting Drone allowing movement to position 0,0.
• -Fixed Collecting Drone not working inside Base Maps.
• -Fixed Collecting Drone not working properly on lower boss maps.
• -Drones and Turrets now deal x3 damage to Easter Bunnies.

UI

• -Fixed the building move window being difficult to find when UI zoom was above 100%.

Arena

• -Fixed players getting stuck inside the Arena map if their opponent logged out.

Life Saver

• -Fixed Life Saver not working when the player did not currently have a guild.