#11 Golden Skull Level

[Dresnov]

I didn't quite understand, which ships exactly can have a ninth slot added to them, only Tau ships? Or any Raven, Arcana, Mizar or above? And when will more information be available, or when can we expect this update?

 

[Shadowhunters]

J'ai une question prévoyez-vous une suite après Tau Ceti ? J'ai une idée pourquoi ne pas créer une technologie spécifique au système d'Oort ? Cela pourrait nous permettre de débloquer les planètes qui servent actuellement de décor, comme les deux planètes d'Oort, ainsi que celles du système solaire Jupiter et Uranus, par exemple, pourraient devenir des planètes sous contrôle, comme la Terre.

 

[Dresnov]

To enrich the content of battles between squads and players, or even to create videos, it might be interesting to use the idea of moons. For example, Mars has two moons, and planets such as Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have more than ten, while Saturn has around 146 . Obviously, you can't recreate all of that, but it would be fun to include some small moons as settings for battles, composition tests with friends, or similar dynamics where you can land in pirate mode with any type of ship from any system. The moon setting could vary: from an industrial bay to simpler versions of a completely frozen or sterile moon, which would add variety and appeal to making videos.

 

[daniel48090]

my second suggestion:

Regarding Drones, they could increase the active number from 3 to 4. This option could also be unlocked with skulls.

Additionally, they could add 3 more Drones, which can be obtained at any time in the game through the new enemies (mentioned in this Dev) that will be scattered throughout the systems:

Absorption Drone:
+20% Resistance to true damage (caused by Deflector Droid) and +20% Resistance to damage from the critical hit multiplier received.

Ghost Drone:
+15% Evasion from enemy shots.

Bull's Eye Drone:
+25% Increase in critical hit damage.

I propose an effect for the ships' propulsion trail: They could add a smoke effect, as if the ship were using coal to move.

 

[xX-Padron-Xx]

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Basically you will have multiple channels where you can gather warscore. We try to balance it that not a single channel dominates the others and instead its best to try to play things where you can combine them. For example play missons where you can rank up pve as well as warscore for the quest completion itself. Same for Reactor challenge where you can also play safer without the risk of getting into PVP. You will get points here for PVE kills as well for the final ranking position. But here is more skill required to be at a top position with your squad. And thats only for the Player Ladder. You can also play conquest each day ~1h to get many skulls through you clan if you like the PVP competition. Hopefully that gives everyone a good way to earn skulls.



Yes it is planned that all items installed in slot 9 have a general weakness that will affect all the item in the same way. There will be a info in the game about that for sure.



As Sirius quests give good cryonite they also should give nice warscore based on it. You need to try out to find the best actions to do to maximize Warscore.



Jup they follow the same structure like the Ancient variants. You get them from differnt type of Skull Item Carriers you need to search for on all the story planets. There is not a fixed farm spot for them and you can find the same skull item in vega and the next time it is in tau ceti.




The old golden skulls where converted into "leagacy skulls" in the time the ladder was still beta and buggy. Players got them added into their player profile so we could reset the ladder with the fixed ladder system. This time though there will be no reset and the golden skulls are kept for all players. We only might every player back to the entry division though as the warscore values will change.



With the planned changes we hope there will be alot more movement towards enabling the pirate mode and also by this get a few pvp battles going on. Risk reward mechanic that hopefully works and is fun for most people.



Players that are able to unlock the 9th slot items will have a lower warscore boost as they already have a high skill level. That mechanic should help players to catch up easier. Sure on direct PVP competition for CQ it can make a difference. Still the 9th skill use will also come with downsides that should help to balance it out a bit.



Not directly but as you need to search these carrier ships first and they are spread around all story planets on all systems it will be difficult for clans to claim them all for their own. We surly will look on how things evolve once it goes live for sure.


1. See answers above or initial post closely
2. & 3. & 5.Who said that the variants are ancient items?
4. Nahh no need to have such thing. Indirectly the current boosters already help to get WS quicker.



Yes most likely all go back to entry division as we change the structe of divisions and also the warscore values. Golden skulls are kept though.

In recent months, a specific fleet has been illegally earning ranked points for the fleet, creating secondary fleets by adding them to the same secondary account and sometimes leaving them AFK or offline. Support hasn't taken any steps to stop this. They may not want to permanently ban and diminish the small community we have. However, they should take action on this. With the announcement that skulls will now be useful, they may choose to continue using this method, which is somewhat annoying and unfair.

Will this kind of gameplay be allowed?

They've announced that already-earned skulls will be kept, so they should start taking action on this, or clarify if this is allowed.

 

[Vishnu]

I have a suggestion of adding a clan shop where the clan leaders can make purchase of exclusive items using clan skulls (and cryo fund) Items like:-
Clan wide boosters, new clan icon's, clan name change pack, buy missing conquest ship blueprints etc...

 

[daniel48090]

Hello, I'm here to make a third suggestion that, although it's not strictly related to the golden skulls, would be interesting to know the possibility (since they're going to change the HUD for the ninth ability) of adding two situational micro windows that could help with the dynamics that many of us are used to.



I think the idea is perfectly clear from the screenshots.

First, it's worth clarifying that this is just an example. Obviously, abilities on the target enemy classified as "Debuff" could have a Red connotation, and abilities from allies on yourself classified as "Buff" could have a Green connotation. Each one has its own duration, depending on the case (since Magnetic Traps, Corrosive Clouds, or Allied Covers could have "indefinite" durations depending on whether you are within their area of effect).

Perhaps the idea comes a little late in relation to the longevity of the game and I apologize if this has already been suggested elsewhere and dismissed.

 

[Singleton]

Hello, I'm here to make a third suggestion that, although it's not strictly related to the golden skulls, would be interesting to know the possibility (since they're going to change the HUD for the ninth ability) of adding two situational micro windows that could help with the dynamics that many of us are used to.

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I think the idea is perfectly clear from the screenshots.

First, it's worth clarifying that this is just an example. Obviously, abilities on the target enemy classified as "Debuff" could have a Red connotation, and abilities from allies on yourself classified as "Buff" could have a Green connotation. Each one has its own duration, depending on the case (since Magnetic Traps, Corrosive Clouds, or Allied Covers could have "indefinite" durations depending on whether you are within their area of effect).

Perhaps the idea comes a little late in relation to the longevity of the game and I apologize if this has already been suggested elsewhere and dismissed.

Add like the cds, to see how much time is left the debuff/buff or a counter.

But maybe its not the time to apply this, the devs are focusing in pvp rework. But i like your idea a lot!!.

 

[Redthorne]

Hello, I'm here to make a third suggestion that, although it's not strictly related to the golden skulls, would be interesting to know the possibility (since they're going to change the HUD for the ninth ability) of adding two situational micro windows that could help with the dynamics that many of us are used to.

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I think the idea is perfectly clear from the screenshots.

First, it's worth clarifying that this is just an example. Obviously, abilities on the target enemy classified as "Debuff" could have a Red connotation, and abilities from allies on yourself classified as "Buff" could have a Green connotation. Each one has its own duration, depending on the case (since Magnetic Traps, Corrosive Clouds, or Allied Covers could have "indefinite" durations depending on whether you are within their area of effect).

Perhaps the idea comes a little late in relation to the longevity of the game and I apologize if this has already been suggested elsewhere and dismissed.

The idea is great, surely it's been proposed before but a reminder doesn't hurt.
Maybe we could get these icons but I don't think we're ever getting a timer, this game is known to not disclose any numbers (even %HP wasn't always there!)
As Singleton pointed out, that shouldn't be a priority though, but I hope to see a feature like that in the future.

 

[Jackal]

Imagine having a number with the exact cooldown and active time of modules... the Pirate's Dream

 

[sergi211]

I forgot how many times that has been asked for the last 15 years but nvm I doubt they do it

 

[Vesperion]

I forgot how many times that has been asked for the last 15 years but nvm I doubt they do it

I was asking for a rework of the UI 4 years ago for this along with "more detailed HP Indicators" so i think nothing more needs to be said

The only thing i can be proud of is that my suggestion now nearly 4 years ago for a rework of boosters renewal system had an impact and got implement but only just due of the situation of an upcoming sale where my membership would still have 30 days left when the sale was happening and so had to decide to either renew the memebrship at the sales price and waste 30 days or just let it run out and wait for the next sale to happen.

 

[hektor.barbossa]

Can we expect in future more than only 9th item ?
Like drones,ships,new patterns, or even alloy ?
I think system friends to invite to get alloy is long time dead.

 

[daniel48090]

I'll take the liberty of making a few suggestions now that the first patch update has been announced regarding the topic of this thread.

First comment: @Highway , man, I don't know why I feel like when you're doing great with PG, you somehow have to mess with other things to cause discontent.

Cortex Asura: The nerf from 25% Armor to 20% with a 3-second activation delay was timidly accepted. Perfect, perhaps you saw it as a necessary nerf due to how strong it was, however...

The problem is not essentially with the Cortex, but with obtaining it. Your proposal to make the Armene Reactor weekly is correct, but the reward system is still flawed.

To begin with, your game doesn't have enough players on most servers. This creates a problem in the segment of squads participating in the reactor in question because redundantly there aren't enough participants, and you're not awarding rewards to the squad that: Didn't earn enough points in proportion to first place (established by another squad) and because there weren't more competitors.

Solution: The Armene Reactor reward should be awarded per participant based on their performance, whether they are doing it solo or with a full squad. One table can be created as appropriate for the game developer:

• Reward by number of waves cleared, where:

Wave 5 = 5 Parts
Wave 6 = 6 Parts
Wave 7 = 7 Parts
Wave 8 = 8 Parts
Wave 9 = 9 Parts
Wave 10 = 10 Parts
Wave 11 = 12 Parts
Wave 12 = 15 Parts
Wave 13 = 18 Parts
Wave 14 = 21 Parts
Wave 15 = 25 Parts
Wave 16 = 35 Parts​

This solution could increase engagement in the Armene Reactor content, which could play well with the new score-based content for climbing through the Golden Skulls tiers.

Regarding the Taunt ability: It wasn't necessary to nerf it. Beyond the complaints, the real problem with Taunt is that it has a quality that doesn't correspond to the ability itself. It's the ability to reduce the repair effectiveness of the affected ship. This quality, in real and historical terms based on what the Pirate Galaxy game tells us as a narrative, corresponds to Thermoblast. Taunt can be interpreted as a "disorientation," and it seems appropriate that the target is vulnerable to taking more damage, relative to the ability to increase damage taken by the target.

Solution: Remove Taunt's additional repair reduction effect.

Add the repair reduction effect to Thermoblast.

 

[Z0ckt]

The pirate mode overhaul and the war rating overhaul now seem sensible. It's nice that you can only land with the respective system technology when pirate mode is activated. This means that weaker spaceships are now better protected from players who want to shoot down smaller players. With the removal of the bounty bar, players can no longer be located in the star system or in orbit with Pirate Mode, which means that players in Pirate Mode must be actively searched for. I think it makes a lot of sense that such farmers no longer have it so easy.

The changes in Sirius are sensitive. I think doubling the cost of ancient technology is a fatal mistake! Sirius is already hardly any fun, as the drop rate of blueprints throughout the star system is random, and I don't enjoy the long wait for the right blueprints to be generated on the right planets. What's the fun in having to wait months for the right blueprint? This game mechanic is completely outdated and slows down progress.

Now, doubling the cryonite cost to be able to install the blueprints is not very effective. Instead, it would make more sense to finally make Sirius more accessible... Most players don't care about this because they all spend their time in the last system, but I would like to remind everyone again that there is a shortage of new players in this game, the lower star systems are dead, and the remaining players who are still in Sirius shouldn't be made to have an even harder time... This change makes no sense. I don't understand why valuable time is being wasted on such things instead of trying to get more players back into the game. Nowhere is it explained what exactly is wrong with the old pricing structure.

 

[NinjaFlow]

The Sirius mission are not giving points, is this correct?

 

[Highway]

The Sirius mission are not giving points, is this correct?

They should give warscore if playing them with Pirate Mode. But it might be a bug.

 

[Alinoe]

I'll take the liberty of making a few suggestions now that the first patch update has been announced regarding the topic of this thread.

First comment: @Highway , man, I don't know why I feel like when you're doing great with PG, you somehow have to mess with other things to cause discontent.

Cortex Asura: The nerf from 25% Armor to 20% with a 3-second activation delay was timidly accepted. Perfect, perhaps you saw it as a necessary nerf due to how strong it was, however...

The problem is not essentially with the Cortex, but with obtaining it. Your proposal to make the Armene Reactor weekly is correct, but the reward system is still flawed.

To begin with, your game doesn't have enough players on most servers. This creates a problem in the segment of squads participating in the reactor in question because redundantly there aren't enough participants, and you're not awarding rewards to the squad that: Didn't earn enough points in proportion to first place (established by another squad) and because there weren't more competitors.

Solution: The Armene Reactor reward should be awarded per participant based on their performance, whether they are doing it solo or with a full squad. One table can be created as appropriate for the game developer:

• Reward by number of waves cleared, where:

Wave 5 = 5 Parts
Wave 6 = 6 Parts
Wave 7 = 7 Parts
Wave 8 = 8 Parts
Wave 9 = 9 Parts
Wave 10 = 10 Parts
Wave 11 = 12 Parts
Wave 12 = 15 Parts
Wave 13 = 18 Parts
Wave 14 = 21 Parts
Wave 15 = 25 Parts
Wave 16 = 35 Parts​

This solution could increase engagement in the Armene Reactor content, which could play well with the new score-based content for climbing through the Golden Skulls tiers.

Regarding the Taunt ability: It wasn't necessary to nerf it. Beyond the complaints, the real problem with Taunt is that it has a quality that doesn't correspond to the ability itself. It's the ability to reduce the repair effectiveness of the affected ship. This quality, in real and historical terms based on what the Pirate Galaxy game tells us as a narrative, corresponds to Thermoblast. Taunt can be interpreted as a "disorientation," and it seems appropriate that the target is vulnerable to taking more damage, relative to the ability to increase damage taken by the target.

Solution: Remove Taunt's additional repair reduction effect.

Add the repair reduction effect to Thermoblast.

Investing time to get nothing is frustrating, rewarding performance is great but some people want to compete for it monopolize reactors for themselves and won't ever be okay with it. So maybe mix a weekly or daily limited performance reward (to avoid wave 1 spam for example, and maybe the suggested reward on your list is way to high) with the leaderboard system that will give more reward or other interresing stuff for the best squad...

For what I saw anti-heal nerf was okay, I don't know for other server conquest...

The changes in Sirius are sensitive. I think doubling the cost of ancient technology is a fatal mistake! Sirius is already hardly any fun, as the drop rate of blueprints throughout the star system is random, and I don't enjoy the long wait for the right blueprints to be generated on the right planets. What's the fun in having to wait months for the right blueprint? This game mechanic is completely outdated and slows down progress.

The game is not time consuming enough, let's slow down the new players even more... 2x on Siri module heh, do 10x instead so it will be clear for new players that they should pay for booster or uninstall...

No seriously, Sirius is not fun, it's boring, drop rates are awfull (ahah buy a booster) and I fall asleep almost every time I help someone there... You know player retention is good for online game but if it's not even a little but fun heh

 

[NinjaFlow]

With the reset ladder today. I see 4 division plus the entry division with a reset every week as before, could this be reduced to just 2 or 3 divisions and/or with the reset time reduced from 7 days to 3,5 days?

Continuing with so many divisions even reducing from 10 + initial to 4 + initial, still many weeks before can fight for the skull again. Please reduce the number of divisions and the reset time to twice a week ( 3 days and 12 hours, with the 1st reset on Monday and the 2nd on Thursday.

 

[Highway]

A player fighting in the player ladder at best can gain one skull per month (full cycle through divisions). The divisions themselves are way smaller as well and there will be multiple medal winning positions on div 1 depending on the server. What also is new is that a clan can boost members 2 skulls per month. So overall skull levels should be faster to gain.