#11 Golden Skull Level

[Sar97]

I would say the fleet flagship is obsolete since they removed the capture zones from it and with the bps being so expensive it's not realy worth it getting them

???? idk how some of strongest components are somehow not worth getting, you clearly haven't played a clan cq in ages. Among active pvp clans that were recently created, the lack of these bps is often discussed (not that you'd know considering you no longer play, yet you keep gracing us with your brilliant takes)

 

[Darkos]

I wonder... do you consider your playerbase as a joke?

What about other concerns about the state of the game that you ignore?

• Energy routine breaking the flow of the game, because we love advantage on competitives activities like conquest, reactors and now (because it's gonna have a purpose) the ladder competition,
• Penalty system against AFK in conquest, that ban players who are actives or don't adapt to situation where teams are so unbalanced that there is almost no fight for 40 minutes, the damage control behind to revoke the unfair ban is just insulting for players investing themselves on the game,
• Asked for years, the inability to transfer the character to another server, players don't care about technical reasons, all they see is that they must restart a fresh character to play with people, so you cannot transfer data or you just don't want to do find a solution about people that already made character to other servers?
• This topic, where players complained about the boring game loop, the non-rewarding gameplay, the absence of existence itself of the game preventing potential players to discover the game, wasting time of players for nothing, recycled shitty events.

But hey we're saved, finally after 8 months we got some news teasing for a content that most of the player won't be able to reach anyways...

Cool the ladder competition now have a purpose, because you will need to compete to aquire the skulls needed to unlock to blueprint... Well, people without job will just dominate the ladder, but guess who have more money to invest on the game?


It's been 8 months, at this point I wonder what will release first, Scam Citizen or the skull update?

Hopefully in less than 8 more months.

Lol, true, sad that your message will not find answers.
But Granit is still a good ship but lack hp but anyway.
Buy ancient raven if u can.

 

[Highway]

Get Ready:

Remnants are coming (Game Update July 1, 2026)!

Remnants are coming Game Update July 1, 2026 Around 7 AM UTC (09:00 CEST), game servers will restart for a game update to be deployed. This update represents a big part of the endgame mechanic that we announced in the Golden Skull Update Dev Shack. You will finally be able to face interesting...

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[Jaax]

Get Ready:

Remnants are coming (Game Update July 1, 2026)!

Remnants are coming Game Update July 1, 2026 Around 7 AM UTC (09:00 CEST), game servers will restart for a game update to be deployed. This update represents a big part of the endgame mechanic that we announced in the Golden Skull Update Dev Shack. You will finally be able to face interesting...

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Hello It's my yearly forum post to give feedback and advice for what I think would be good in the game

First thing we need (and were promised) is a designated PvP planet/zone where all ships can land and have a space to do pvp without mantis shooting our sol ships on venar LZ which is a tiny space.

Second thing, at least for Askone since the last pvp tournament there has somehow been a massive influx of pvp players so another tournament would be welcomed, also huge opportunity there to make golden skull prizes for pvp tournaments to promote it

Third regarding sirius, I haven't been there in 1000 years but I don't know a single person who likes it, all of the changes so far to sirius have been positive but honestly just go half all the blueprint requirements, sirius is actually the only barrier stopping people from making new accounts on other servers or returning players to the game just instantly leaving after realising the sirius grind

overall good update, am excited for once to see what this brings

p.s put ur game on steam it's free players

 

[StickManTwit]

Get Ready:

Remnants are coming (Game Update July 1, 2026)!

Remnants are coming Game Update July 1, 2026 Around 7 AM UTC (09:00 CEST), game servers will restart for a game update to be deployed. This update represents a big part of the endgame mechanic that we announced in the Golden Skull Update Dev Shack. You will finally be able to face interesting...

forum.pirategalaxy.com

Woo we made it! I hope everyone enjoys the new visual designs for the TC variant weapons and the new Remnant carriers, it was a lot of fun making them!!

 

[Alinoe]

9 months just for release Sirius variant for Tau-Ceti. Sure there is new models (but we clearly need to thanks StickManTwit great work for it, not you) and a brand new way to aquire these. But still functionnally Sirius variants, nothing more.

I like the PVP aspect added to it for the hunt of the enemies, it will create interaction between players and drama in the servers, I hope to see conflict degenerate in massive battle between clans. But again, most server are dead anyways.

The 9th item is the most anticipated feature of the whole uptate, so what, how much time? 8 more month? One year? Never?

Oh but we're saved you reworked the attack droid, scanner option and Sirius boss loot mechanic, Yay it was certainly critical topic about current state of the game, it was probably the whole reason why the game fail to renew the playerbase... Not just rushed modifications fill the void of a update that was on developpment for 9 months... Nah...

What about ALL the other issues and preocupations from players? Nah? You planned to keep your head in the sand? Nah the most important is to add another new endgame that most players won't ever see anyways because it keep whales veterans on the game...

Your game is like 17 years old. And you have the luck to have invested players (through some of them, just playing by nostalgia at this point) despite adding almost no content for years... You have the luck to still have a playerbase patient and hopefull for a game they like, because there is not equivalent of it, and clearly you're abusing it.

So... I going to repeat the question...
Are we a joke to you?

 

[darklink3]

Can we have confirmation that vega-draconis remnants will be worth doing cryonite wise? They are all endgame activities, and i'm tired of side content (reactors, events...) dropping nothing money wise...

 

[Highway]

Can we have confirmation that vega-draconis remnants will be worth doing cryonite wise? They are all endgame activities, and i'm tired of side content (reactors, events...) dropping nothing money wise...

Yes they will give good cryonite, regardless of the system they are located.

 

[darklink3]

Yes they will give good cryonite, regardless of the system they are located.

Refreshing to hear, thanks for the confirmation!
Hopefully it's competitive with r5 and erebos, I'm tired of sirius

 

[Alinoe]

Yep as always escaping criticism and playing deaf on issues. So nothing will change and the game will continue the slow descent into oblivion.

Dear players (especially those who reacted without talking or argue), it's really what you want from a game you like and invested time in it?

 

[Genjiro]

I would suggest to give the update a go before jumping to conclusions

 

[Darkos]

I would suggest to give the update a go before jumping to conclusions

Sorry i havent farmed all my life in Sirius + Tau ceti to be able to enjoy this update and see the wonderful work of StickmanTwit (not the devs) on it !
9 months for a new type of event after 8 years of non stop same events and same drop, i like the content of this new update but there is so much to say.. haha, anyway , for the peopel who can enjoy it have a nice hunting !

 

[GOTIL0N]

9 months just for release Sirius variant for Tau-Ceti. Sure there is new models (but we clearly need to thanks StickManTwit great work for it, not you) and a brand new way to aquire these. But still functionnally Sirius variants, nothing more.

I like the PVP aspect added to it for the hunt of the enemies, it will create interaction between players and drama in the servers, I hope to see conflict degenerate in massive battle between clans. But again, most server are dead anyways.

The 9th item is the most anticipated feature of the whole uptate, so what, how much time? 8 more month? One year? Never?

Oh but we're saved you reworked the attack droid, scanner option and Sirius boss loot mechanic, Yay it was certainly critical topic about current state of the game, it was probably the whole reason why the game fail to renew the playerbase... Not just rushed modifications fill the void of a update that was on developpment for 9 months... Nah...

What about ALL the other issues and preocupations from players? Nah? You planned to keep your head in the sand? Nah the most important is to add another new endgame that most players won't ever see anyways because it keep whales veterans on the game...

Your game is like 17 years old. And you have the luck to have invested players (through some of them, just playing by nostalgia at this point) despite adding almost no content for years... You have the luck to still have a playerbase patient and hopefull for a game they like, because there is not equivalent of it, and clearly you're abusing it.

So... I going to repeat the question...
Are we a joke to you?

I read 7 paragraphs and I still don't know what the urgent problems are according to you

 

[Fission]

Sorry i havent farmed all my life in Sirius + Tau ceti to be able to enjoy this update and see the wonderful work of StickmanTwit (not the devs) on it !
9 months for a new type of event after 8 years of non stop same events and same drop, i like the content of this new update but there is so much to say.. haha, anyway , for the peopel who can enjoy it have a nice hunting !

This new release also includes a substantial number of quality-of-life improvements. For example, the Scanner and Target List changes may seem small at first, but they should make information much clearer at a glance and help group play feel smoother overall.

For players who have not yet completed their progression, there is already a large amount of content available and ready to explore in the current version of the game.

That said, I hope you will also notice the improvements to Sirius boss drop rates mentioned in the changelog. Together with the previous changes that allow players to discover all blueprints from the planet’s orbit, and the increased number of 5th ring planets, these updates should make progression through Sirius feel smoother and help more players reach TC.

 

[GOTIL0N]

Yep as always escaping criticism and playing deaf on issues. So nothing will change and the game will continue the slow descent into oblivion.

Dear players (especially those who reacted without talking or argue), it's really what you want from a game you like and invested time in it?

Yes, next question

 

[DiangelionN]

Something that could be improved is the amount of energy obtained from energy orbs in lower-level systems. Considering that we will now have constant PvP and PvE activity in these systems, scaling the energy granted by the orbs would provide a much smoother experience for lvl 99 players.

 

[darklink3]

@Highway @Narokath
https://forum.pirategalaxy.com/thre...rivent-mise-a-jour-du-1er-juillet-2026.39673/

Here's a french translation, figured this one would be important to get the word out (you know the legendary english skills of french people).
I translated "Remnants" to "Vestiges", which is a literal translation (I don't know what you have decided to internally call them in French).

Could you move the topic at the right location please?

 

[Alinoe]

I would suggest to give the update a go before jumping to conclusions

Though I appreciate that you tried to calm down thing, it don't change the problem. QOL was needed and asked for years (and ignored), but there complain and preocupation already talked about in this entire topic, it's just a random bunch of change throwed here to try to compensate 9 month for a almost empty update.

The problem is not the update on it's own, the problem is 9 MONTHS to release a little content mooslty based on already existing content, with almost 0 communication (hard to communicate when there is no progress for month) after hyped everyone with the idea of the update.

But the worst part, instead of adressing the issue, devs hide behind players to avoid responding.

I read 7 paragraphs and I still don't know what the urgent problems are according to you

The issues were detailled before, in the same topic (9 month old topic), people complained, Highway deliberately ignored and since you already talk on this topic before, you deliberately ignored (not hard it's litterally the previous page) before posting a response that serve a total of 0 purpose except showing that you don't care.

So if you're talking here just to recall your existence on the forum you should consider not responding at all.

Yes, next question

The game is dying, losing players and fail to renew the playerbase... And you're happy?
On a certain side, less player mean less player fighting for the same spots. Or you wait for de death of the game idk.

 

[GOTIL0N]

The issues were detailled before, in the same topic (9 month old topic), people complained, Highway deliberately ignored and since you already talk on this topic before, you deliberately ignored (not hard it's litterally the previous page) before posting a response that serve a total of 0 purpose except showing that you don't care.

So if you're talking here just to recall your existence on the forum you should consider not responding at all.

Are you talking about problems unrelated to DevShack? I understand there are many problems; I'm not living under a bridge to be unaware of that. But if the post is about the update, it would be better to discuss the post itself and its content. You can make another post on a different site talking about those problems, and the developers will address it as they see fit. If they're working on skulls, don't expect them to reply to your "Oh my god, the game is dying, someone think of the children" message

Perhaps you're the one who shouldn't be replying to the post, because maybe the post is about skulls, maybe, just maybe

The game is dying, losing players and fail to renew the playerbase... And you're happy?
On a certain side, less player mean less player fighting for the same spots. Or you wait for de death of the game idk.

I don't want the game to die, but I know when to talk about certain topics and, above all, WHERE. This post isn't one of them, surprise

 

[Alinoe]

Are you talking about problems unrelated to DevShack? I understand there are many problems; I'm not living under a bridge to be unaware of that. But if the post is about the update, it would be better to discuss the post itself and its content. You can make another post on a different site talking about those problems, and the developers will address it as they see fit. If they're working on skulls, don't expect them to reply to your "Oh my god, the game is dying, someone think of the children" message

It was already tried. And surprise it lead nowhere.

This topic itself turn into this subject because the lack of news about the initial announcement and because though the update was promissing, a lot of other issues need to be addressed and people started giving suggestion about what can be improved/modified at the same time. So no the post stopped being about skull a long time ago.

Also the main critisism is about the 9 months delay for a almost empty update, talking about other issues was just bonus. By simple math on the 7 paragraph (6, the last two line can barely be considered as such) that you read, 4 of them were about this specific update. So no it's by all point the perfect place for it is indeed here.