(01-14-2022, 04:38 PM)Haxus Wrote: Empire becomes noncombatant 15min after the last avatar in the empire logs off. It is complicated to check all avatars on the same account and a player could easily sidestep this by using multiple accounts.
Units within orbital range of worlds with an empire military base are immune to attack; they will defend that area but they will not pursue enemies outside the area. Thus they become invincible defenders but their range is limited; otherwise someone will put a big invincible station somewhere bad, like near an intergalactic wormhole. The presence of a military base insures that no other empires have cities on the world, to prevent an invincible defense using an alt empire.
All other units continue to attack and defend as normal without immunity.
Sounds pretty good for a start. Looking forward to see it in practice.
I still think that actual planetary capture/invasion/bombardment/attack could use some changes. But I will spare you listening to me repeating again and my constant linking to the same idea thread.
(01-14-2022, 09:44 PM)Haxus Wrote:(01-14-2022, 08:27 PM)Zensras Wrote: Will be there be anything for empires that do not log in for a long period of time?
If "anything" means "any decay or other penalty" the answer is "no". Empires persist as long as they have avatar citizens.
In the long run this might cause some issues. Such as if an empire claims all the good quality resource worlds and heavily defend them, then go inactive for a few years.
Unless you mean "avatar citizens with an active subscription".
But I guess this kinda feeds into the question that you seem to have been avoiding a little. With the talk of purchasing an empire and such, a lot of players has started to wonder what that would mean for the monthly subscription or if it is even going to be there.
You haven't said there won't be a monthly subscription, so I am guessing you are just toying with the idea of lowering it?
This is a business model and financial topic, so I understand if you haven't settled on it all yet. But that does seem to be the question that everyone is most focused on right now.