PC servers will be taken offline Tuesday, January 14, 2019 at 4:30am PT for an extended downtime to bring you the January update below, and to perform important database migrations and maintenance. This downtime is expected to last up to 12 hours.
Continent Rotation and Empire Strength
Territory now matters at all times, as each empire gains strength when key facilities are captured, and when continent events are won.
When a faction reaches 100 Empire Strength or more, a Meltdown alert fires off (provided no other events are currently active,) and the victorious faction will lock the continent.
Gaining/losing Empire Strength is as follows:
- Maintaining a link to an enemy Warpgate is worth 50 strength, (both is 100 strength.)
- Maintaining ownership of the center base is worth 15 strength (or 30 on Esamir).
- Maintaining ownership of a major facility is worth 15 strength (or 20 on Esamir).
- Each continent-event win i...