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Minor UC Update 10 August 2005
Well the game is suppose to be space federation and we have found that many players in UC arent in any federation at all ! So we decided to improve the federation features :)
Other minor improvements/adjustments:
More planets for attacking
Some players have brought this to our attention that it is rather hard to get plains especially when you have a high planet count (100k+). So now, you will gain 1.5 to 2.5x more planets if you were to attack someone with a higher Pr than you.
Outpost
Building ships in outpost no longer brings you out of DP. The reasoning behind this is, all ships located in the outpost is for defense only therefore should follow other defensive stuff like starbases.
Lord/Vassal
A lord can now drop a non-productive vassal from his vassal list
Projects
Some projects requires way too much turns. Especially those like destroy or upgrade system that doesnt really have a reason for requiring so much turns. Anyhow we have lowered most of the turn requirements for most of the projects :) The empire level requirements has been added to the project list in the manual as well.
Default login page
The default login page which is the missions page has been changed to the federation page. This will ensure that you guys can read the latest happenings for your federation.
Events
The event page will now show up to 25 records instead of 10 for paid members. Takes the person a couple of seconds rather than to click on the `next button`.
Rank
The top 50 in the game will now feature a top in infrastructure research and top in honors
Attack button in Rank Near me
When click it automatically goes to the attack confirmation page (page where you select which system to attack). Saves 1 step instead of requiring you to click on attack this person. Also in the attack confirmation page on no-jsclient selected will show various military options (ex: explore, attack, system list, etc)
Filter in Rank Near me
In rank near me, the system will now remember your last action. For example, if you click on attack then `search for target`, you have to select the Filter each time (ex: Not in DP Filter). With the system being able to remmeber your last action, it will automatically adjust to the one you last selected whenever you wish to attack another target.
Finishing an attack page
After you finish or completed an attack on an empire, we have included the `Search for target` link in that page itself to make it easier for you to choose another target to attack, rather than to click on attack then search for target (saves you 1 step).
Federation related improvements:
Default federation page
The default federation page now displays a list of people looking for federation (fed ads) & the last posted message in the federation forum. Hope this makes life easier for federation members :)
Summary
This message will be shown in the Federation list. Pretty useful for a very short description of your federation or to post up notices like `Accepting members : 10 mil pr minimum` or `Not accepting members`
Public Message
We have included HTML support for public message and have increased the maximum characters to 2000 from 200 ! So now you can post more things in the public message area.
Private Notice
After taking a look at some of the federations, we found out that this would be very useful as federations now have to have their own announcement board some where else. Private notice is only available when you click on Federation restricted to members only.
Fed Wanted Ads
Currently the only way to get accepted to a federation requires you to look for now. With this new feature it allows federation to look for members (other way around). You can place an ad to show your interest to join a federation.
Federation Strategy Guide
I`ve have come out with a simple strategy guide on `How to be the most powerful federation`. This shows you the reason why you should join a federation and how to actually make full use of it. If you take a look at any servers speeds all the top players generally belong to one powerful federation, this clearly shows you the importance of being in a federation and of course to ensure that the federation is properly managed to reach its full potential.
If you have any ideas or suggestions do email it to us at info[a]gamestotal.com (for spam purposes replace [a] with @). We look forward to improving the federation features in anyway that we can :)
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