Posts Tagged ‘Galaxy Online’

Galaxy Online: Pirate Resurgence

Jun 3, 2009 Galaxy Online|283views

A wise warrior once said that “the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.” This is especially true for the Pirates in Galaxy Online (http://go.igg.com). These brigands enjoy the anonymity that the vastness of space provides, but with ever greater numbers of players settling ever increasing numbers of planets, they seem to be squeezing the Pirates out.

However, for those that were hoping to see the pirates exterminated once and for all, they are in for a rude awakening. In the coming update, the Pirates will make a major technical breakthrough that will allow them to increase their numbers exponentially. The development of Pirate Heavy Factories, capable of producing vast numbers of warships in just a short amount of time, will definitely add some weight to the pirate side of the balance of power in the Galaxy.

With this latest technical development by the Pirates, it will also allow them to produce a surplus of ships, meaning they can sell them to players who may need more ships than they can produce. If players study Diplomacy, they will be able to make contact with the Pirates and set up warship trade relations. The Pirates have 7 different classes of warships for players to choose from, and as the Diplomacy goes up, and trade relations improve, higher class ships will become available.

For more information, please visit http://go.igg.com/news/view.php?aid=279

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Galaxy Online: 0.028 Patch Notes

Jun 3, 2009 Galaxy Online|290views

At May 27, 2009, Galaxy Online (http://go.igg.com) had a series of important updates and adjustments.

New Functions:

Corps Features

Corps Colonels will now be able to design/change the Corps badge as well as handing promotions and demotions of players from their positions in the Corps.

Vice-Colonels and the Chief of Staff are added. They are able to recruit/remove common members and edit the corps bulletin.

New Super Commander: Helen

Spell: Instant Cooldown
Base stats: 12 Accuracy, 10 Speed, 3 Dodge and 8 Electron
Skill: There is an N% chance that the weapons on attacking ships will immediately cool down. N=18% of the Commander’s Accuracy value.

Adjustments:

Module Stats

1. Siva Dual Nuclear Bomb Launcher
Hit chance: 60%–>75%
Chance to be intercepted: 25%–>15%

2. Ship-based Fighter-Hawk
Chance to be intercepted: 95%–>100%

3. Ship-based Fighter-Hunter
Hit chance: 85%–>80%
Chance to be intercepted: 90%–>95%

4. Ship-based Armor Hunter- Pandora
Chance to be intercepted: 70%–>65%

5. General Nuclear Fusion Cannon-Ares
For Level 1-3, Volume: 3–>2
For Level 4, Dispersion damage: 30%–>50%
For Level 5, Dispersion damage: 30%–>55%

6. Nemesis High-energy Railgun
For Level 1-3, Volume: 3–>2
For Level 4, Dispersion damage: 15%–>20%
For Level 5, Dispersion damage: 25%–>30%

Faction Resource Yield Bonus Adjustments
Minimum: -30%
Maximum: +60%

For more details of updates, please visit http://go.igg.com/news/view.php?aid=274

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Galaxy Online: New Corps System Preview

May 23, 2009 Galaxy Online|748views

Recently the Galaxy Online development team has been working hard to improve and enrich the corps system. After next week’s scheduled maintenance, new functions will be introduced to Corps.

a)The corps founder will still be the Corps Colonel by default. Corps Colonels are the leader of the corps and control all corps functions. Corps Colonels will also be able to design/change corps badge and transfer the position to other members of the corps as they see fit.

b)Each corps will consist of 1 Corps Colonel, at most 3 Vice-Colonels, 1 Chief of Staff and other members.

c)Vice-Colonels and the Chief of Staff are able to recruit/remove common members and edit the corps bulletin.

d)Other members will be graded at different levels according to their contribution to the corps and shootdown. The titles are Private Soldiers, Corporals, Sergeants, Pilot Officers, First Lieutenants, Captains, Majors and Group Captains from low to high. The official rank will affect the player’s jurisdiction in the later development.

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Galaxy Online: Warship Design Contest

May 19, 2009 Galaxy Online|378views

Since the opening of the International Battleground, more and more warships have been taking up advanced positions in all corners of the universe, and skirmishes between fledgling and well established Empires have been growing. Consequently, warship design has become extremely important as each Empire seeks advantages over others. Equipping ships with the proper modules not only saves resource consumption but also plays a big part in how long a fleet may last in the unforgiving emptiness of space. Which designs are the most practical, the most devastating, or the fastest? We want answers to all these questions and more, so step forward and show us what you know.

 

To participate in this event, simply sign up by replying to the event thread http://forum.go.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=3696&extra=page%3D1  and submit your favorite blueprint of an offensive ship, defensive ship, decoy/anti-decoy and also explain what inspired you to design them in your unique way. The deadline for submissions is 20th May and a player poll will be held from 21st to 24th May to select the most popular warship designs. The top 3 blueprints of each type of the offensive ship, defensive ship and decoy/anti-decoy will then win different amounts of Karma. (Karma is the credits obtained from the forum event and can be exchanged for mall points.) We will also draw 10 lucky players among the voters, and reward them with 100 Karma each for participating.

 

Hurry up! We can’t wait to see the best designs from the community.

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Galaxy Online: Cultivate Best Commanders

May 17, 2009 Articles Recommend|281views

Commanders always play a crucial part in Galaxy Online war. Most players know that Spell Commanders are better than Common Commanders, but most of them may have ignored the common commanders’ base stats. Actually, to be a really excellent commander, he should not only master a powerful and practical spell but also possess high base attributes to assist with the spell.

Commanders’ Base Stats

Accuracy: Determines hit chance. When you have 140+ ships on a grid of a fleet, the ships on the grid will seldom miss hitting the enemy. When the hit chance goes beyond 100%, the excess is converted to extra damage.

Speed: Determines the turn to attack. With higher speed, the fleet will attack first.

Dodge: Helps to dodge enemies’ frontal attacks. Dodge reduces damage taken. The amount of damage reduction depends on the attacker’s hit chance and your Commander’s Dodge.

Electron: Determines the use of your air defense power and your shields’ damage absorption ability.

The initial level of commanders is 1, and commanders’ attributes are raised randomly as the level goes up. It often happens a Spell Commander does not have high enough attributes to assist with the spell. Well, the development team has given this some consideration and decided to fix it with a new function being added to the latest update. Players can choose to reset commander stats. After resetting, the commander will revert back to level 1 and their stats will return to default levels, but the stats growth rate will be adjusted.

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Galaxy Online: Guide to the Ruins

May 8, 2009 Age of Conan|728views

The Ruins are a mystical area that players in Galaxy Online have been speculating about for some time now. Although not much information is available, its geographic and strategic importance cannot be exaggerated as the Ruins sit at the center of the Galaxy, sharing borders with all factions. This allows a force occupying it to attack any other faction with ease. In addition to its strategic importance is the value of the trophies that can be looted here. However, with so many reasons to go after this mysterious place, don’t assume it is abandoned or unguarded and never underestimate the dangers that lie in wait there…

The Ruins Guide

1.The Ruins are located in the middle of the vast universe. Orbiting around it are 5 Transmission Platforms.

2.When a faction has occupied 3 of the Transmission Platforms, the faction’s fleets will be able to enter the Ruins.

3.The Ruins and the Transmission Platforms are guarded by strong pirates. The supplies consumed and the warships shot down while assaulting the Ruins or the Transmission Platforms won’t be refunded.

Rewards

1.In the Ruins, there are 4 chests, each of which contains 1 million Science points, and 2 rescue capsules, both of which contain a Spell Commander.

2.On each Transmission Platform, there are 2 chests, each of which contains 300,000 Science points.

Trophies will appear on the screen once players defeat the pirates. However, since only a limited number of rewards have been prepared, players must hurry to claim them.

The Ruins System Respawn

When the Ruins are occupied, the server will make it public and begin a 24 hour countdown. Any fleets that are remaining in the Ruins system will be sent back to their own home galaxy. When the countdown has finished, the Ruins system (including the pirates, chests and rescue capsules) will respawn and players can attack the Transmission Platforms and the Ruins again.

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Galaxy Online:International Tournament Notice

May 5, 2009 Articles Recommend|186views

The first phase in the battle between the Galaxy Online English version players and Chinese version players is just around the corner and the anticipation and excitement are mounting. We are now pleased to announce the details and rules about the first phase of the battle in the International Battleground.

For the first phase battle, the International Battleground will be opened at 9:00pm EDT (GMT-4) May 5th and closed at 10:00pm EDT (GMT-4) May 10th.

Considering the particularity of the International Battleground, we’ve adjusted the rules of the battle as follows.

Rules
Winning: When the battle ends, the side that occupies the most galaxies, wins the battle.
Initially, each participant has 50 million Science points, 1.5 billion Alum, 1 billion Gas and 0.9 billion Population.
In contrast with common servers, in the International Battleground shipbuilding is accelerated by 120 times, and other building’s construction has been accelerated by 10 times, while fleet flight speed has been tripled.
Initially, each English version participant will start with 20,000 Mall Points.

Notes: On each planet, the amount of any type of resource cannot go beyond 2 billion. So please note the amount of resource when utilizing the black market because if the amount of some resources goes beyond 2 billion, the superabundant part will vanish.

The server name of the International Battleground is Battleground, which can be seen on the servers list in the login window.

When the International Battleground opens, all English version players will only be able to join the Rayman faction, while the Chinese version players will only be able to join the Maya faction.
Please enter the International Battleground as quickly as possible after it opens. The selected participants won’t win anything if they don’t enter the battleground.

Below is the map of the battleground:

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Galaxy Online: Mystery of Blue Giants

Apr 29, 2009 Articles Recommend|288views

In the vast universe across Galaxy Online hide innumerous huge objects that constantly emit blue rays of light. They are the Blue Giants. Until now they have remained peaceful observers of the chaos engulfing the universe. “An old star containing much energy, reconstructed by some means”- The definition of the Blue Giant has given rise to much speculation. Now all the Galaxy Online players will be witnessing an important transformation of Blue Giant to Star Fortress. This change will create more uncertainty to the battle results, and surely make the game more entertaining.

Blue Giants are in fact secret fortresses that look peaceful and quiet on the outside. After a series of intense research, these blue planets can be converted into Star Fortresses that are able to dock friendly fleets and keep them invisible. When hostile fleets intrude into the galaxy, the hidden fleets will appear and attack invading enemies automatically. When the battle ends, all fleets will go back into hiding. To activate Blue Giants requires a great deal of Science points, but their defensive value should never be disregarded. These giant, blue guardians of the galaxy will change the course of the battle within seconds.

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Galaxy Online: Black Beard Instance

Apr 27, 2009 Articles Recommend|406views

Galaxy Online will release the Black Beard Instance on April 28th. The Black Beard Instance is similar to senior training fields, in that players can gain abundant experience by defeating pirates. However, unlike the training fields, this instance also rewards winners with great resources. Considering that players may not have enough warships in their homeland to defeat the enemies in the field, the development team will soon be adding a new function to allow players to teleport their warships back home.

 

The Black Beard Instance lasts for a week, from April 28th to May 7th EDT (GMT-4)

About the instance:
1. The Black Beard Instance is in the players’ home. All players are allowed to challenge the enemies in the instance.
2. The enemies in the instance are extremely tough. The instance has 3 difficulty levels. Only when defeating a lower difficulty level in the instance can a player move up and challenge higher level enemies.
3. There is no limit to the number of times a player can challenge the instance but players can only get rewards from 3 victories each day. The rewards include Alum, Gas, Population and Science points.
4. After leaving an instance, the player’s fleets will return to the stats they had before they were moved to the instance.

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The Last Fortresses

Apr 24, 2009 Articles Recommend|208views

The Galactic Pirates have been decreasing in number day by day, leading player factions into more fights against each another. War seems inevitable…

Event duration:
Apr 24th until Apr 30th

Event location:
Forum event zone

Event Content
Each faction has an absolutely safe domain of their own. How this safe domain is developed can determine the overall strength of the faction. Development of this domain also affects how fast a faction will recover after intense battles. As a result, we would like to reward those who’ve devoted themselves to building up their faction’s safe area.

Event Flow
1.  Occupy planets in the faction’s safe domain and reconstruct the planets.
2.  Print screenshots of the reconstructed planets in the safe domain.
3.  Fill in the coordinates of the galaxies the planets are in as well as the server, and character name by replying to the event thread follow this format

[hide=10000]
IGN:                               Server:
Planet’s name:              Coordinate and name of its galaxy:
Planet’s name:              Coordinate and name of its galaxy:
………[/hide]

(Note: For reasons of personal information security, please use the hide codes for hiding personal information.)
4.  The officials will check out all players’ replies for accuracy.

Event Rules
1.  Only players who have reconstructed or will reconstruct planets in safe domains are eligible to join the event.
2.  One planet can ony be submitted  for once.

Rewards
1. For each planet that is within the safe domain and has 45-59 Building Spaces, the owner will be rewarded with 50 Mall Points.
2. For each planet that is within the safe domain and has 60-69 Building Spaces, the owner will be rewarded with 100 Mall Points.
3. For each planet that is within the safe domain and has 70-79 Building Spaces, the owner will be rewarded with 200 Mall Points.
4.  For each planet that is within the safe domain and has 80 Building Spaces, the owner will be rewarded with 500 Mall Points.
The rewards will be hadned out in 3 working days after the events ends.

Definition of terms
Planet Reconstruction: By reconstructing a planet, the planet’s Resources Content and/or Building Spaces will be increased. The planets’ maximum Resources Content is 170% and each planet can have 80 Building Spaces at most.
Safe domains: As the picture below shows, the red zones are each faction’s safe domain, where they will never be attacked by hostile players.

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Galaxy Online: Attention on Fleet Arrangement

Apr 23, 2009 Articles Recommend|788views

When creating a fleet, you not only need notice the warships formation, arrange it a proper commander, you also need notice the maximum number of ships which can work when attacking.

Hulls activated from Personal Science:
Assault Crafts:At most 1100 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Cruisers:
At most 1000 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Battleships:
At most 900 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Industrial Ships:
At most 1000 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Recon Ships:
At most 1000 ships on each grid can work when attacking

Hulls activated from Faction Science:
Titan Depot Ship-Villomis: Industrial Ships
At most 1100 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Bolencia Warship: Cruisers
At most 1000 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Command Ship-Abyss: Battleships  At most 800 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Quick Reaction Lurker-A1: Assault Crafts
At most 1100 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Sentinel Command Ship-Dark Dragon: Assault Crafts
At most 1000 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Hulls activated from Corps Science: Allied Space Forces Flagship: Cruisers
At most 850 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Energy Transport-K6: Industrial Ships
At most 1000 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Strategic Cruiser-WYZ: Cruisers
At most 900 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Electronic Frigate-Niya: Assault Crafts
At most 950 ships on each grid can work when attacking
Galactic Fortress-Libra: Battleships
At most 900 ships on each grid can work when attacking

Matters Need Attention:
1. Only the ships built based on the same blueprint can be put on the same grid.
2. At most 30,000 ships can be put on each grid and each fleet can consist of 270,000 ships at most.
3. When attacked, all the ships on the grid can work. But, when attacking, there is a limitation of maximum number of ships on the grid to work.

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Galaxy Online: International Battleground Opens

Apr 21, 2009 Articles Recommend|102views

“Galaxy Online” is a game that tests your wits and strategic skills as much as it entertains. With this mind, the Galaxy Online team will soon be opening a special International Battleground, where they will hold an unprecedented PVP battle. This battle will pit Chinese version players against their English version counterparts. English version players who participate in the event will be automatically added into a specified faction to confront the challenge from Chinese opponents.
 
The officials will offer all entrants the same initial resources and Science Points. Also the shipbuilding time will be shortened for the event, so players can create an army in the shortest time possible and get on to the fighting. The winning faction will gain hoards of rewards!
 
This is a summit challenge, and only the strongest and most powerful players are eligible to enter. The Hero Call-ups along with the detailed information regarding the entrance requirements is issued on the forum.
                                                     
Warriors, the horn has sounded, will you answer the call? Watch your fleets take off into the abyss of space…will they return victories?

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Galaxy Online: New Hulls Released

Apr 16, 2009 Articles Recommend|222views

The latest scientific breakthroughs from Galaxy Online have been in the area of high tech hull design. With increasing demands to create ever more powerful fleets to replace ships lost in previous conflicts, Galaxy Online team has unveiled 6 pairs of advanced new hull designs for aspiring intergalactic warlords to choose from. (Each pair contains 1 defensive hull and 1 offensive hull.)
 
These new stylish hulls feature firepower on a similar level with the Command Ship-Abyss and Flagships. Here is the hull list:
 
Couple I ：
Alliance Admiral: Defensive, +800 Armor. Reduces enemy’s critical strike chance by 20%.
Fast Assault: Offensive, +11% ship-based weapon damage. +15% critical strike chance.

Couple II：
Honorable: Defensive, +300% Stability, and +800 Durability
Victorious：Offensive, +17% Directional weapon damage. Initially comes equipped with 3 engines.

Couple III：
Nihelbet: Defensive, +25% Dodge Chance Modified. 2 extra Installation Slots compared to any other new hull.
Warlord: Offensive, +22% Hit Chance Modified. +14% Missile damage.

Couple IV：
Daybreak: Defensive, +800 Shield. Reduces damage taken by 10%.
Last Stand: Offensive, +10% attack power. +20% Ballistic weapon damage.

Couple V
Command Ship-Helmis: Defensive, +Flight speed. +2500 Storage. Unaffected by lateral and rear attacks.
Reinforcement-Lightning: Offensive, +Flight speed. +15% damage for lateral attacks and rear attacks.

Couple VI
Shadow Guardian: Defensive, Able to turn invisible. +15% air defense and invisibility. +20% reflective modules effect.
Dark Moon: Offensive, Able to turn invisible. In contrast to other hulls of the same type, 10% more modules will work and 10% more ships will be made invisible.

Rules for using these new advanced hulls:

1. These new hulls must be activated from Faction Science.

2. The faction leader from the faction who activated the new hulls first, is eligible to select one couple from the 6 couples of new hulls for their faction to use.

3. The faction leader of the second faction to activate the new hulls is eligible to select 1 couple from the remaining 5 couples. The third faction can then select one from the remaining 4 couples and so on.

4. There is a fixed cycle to reactivate and reselect the new hulls, (at present a cycle takes 1 month). When a cycle expires, the factions must reactivate the hulls and then reselect the hulls they want.
Notes: If a faction selects a different couple of hulls during a new cycle, the previous couple they selected will be unavailable to them during the new cycle and any blueprints designed using the previous couple will be unusable

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Galaxy Online: New Server “Cancer” Launched

Apr 14, 2009 Uncategorized|249views

Thanks for players’ wonderful support. Galaxy Online registered user base has crossed half a million in 50 days and continues to increase. Thus, the official announced today that a new server named “Cancer” will be released on 4:00 a.m. (GMT-4), April 15th.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy Online team will be holding the Composite Strength Competition and the Shootdowns Contest events on the new server: The events will last around half of a month. The first 100 players on the “Composite Strength” list in the game will be awarded different amounts of Mall Points. The top 10 players in the “Shootdown Contest” will be awarded 200 Mall Points each and those who rank 11th to 30th on the list will be awarded 100 Mall Points each.

First come, first Served. Remember time is everything in this unique game.

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Galaxy Online: Development Direction

Apr 7, 2009 Articles Recommend|164views

What types of hero will you be? This is probably one of the first questions players will answer when playing most of MMORPGs. However, Galaxy Online does not provide players class options. At the beginning, most players incline to develop their galaxies comprehensively, ending up constructing almost all available types of buildings. The problem is whether you can balance your resource yield and consumption. The universe is enormous, but players are never alone. Joining corps and having a specific role will take you and your fraction closer to the victory. Here Galaxy Online expects hint you the possible directions of career development.

Farmers
“Farmers” only build industrial infrastructures. They work hard to produce resources (alum, gas and people). Usually 80% or more of the resources they exploit are transported to “Military Engineers”.
 
Military Engineers
“Military Engineers” are dedicated to studying science and warship construction. They must substantially produce high science points to support hull and module’s study. Also they excel at warship design, spending time on researching the best warship they can form from the available hulls and modules. The battleships they build are delivered to “Soldiers”.
 
Soldiers
“Soldiers” are masters of warships, capable of arranging fleets to the most fearsome array. They recruit and train Spell and Super commanders. Their superior strategic abilities will cause enemies the worst destruction while protecting their allies from tremendous attack.
 
Stay in the same vicinity, use communication, coordinate attacks and ability use, and have a strategy. Good teamwork is probably the most important factor for success. It takes time and practice to develop, but it’s worth working on.
 

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