Starfleet Commander Tournament
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Starfleet Commander Tournament is the newest of the universes in the Starfleet Commander game series. The universe is based on seasons, and is a time limited, fast paced, smash ‘em up battle to the top of the leader board game. It include: all of the new ships, defense, and buildings from the Nova universe, the ship speed from the Extreme universes, and a new building speed that is approximately three times as fast as the Original universe.
About two weeks before the end of each season the exact end date and time will be announced. At the same time the start date and rules that will govern the next season also will be announced. At the end of each season the leader board will be preserved and made accessible outside of the game so that it may always be referenced for eternal bragging rights.
Starfleet Commander Tournament is available at http://tournament.playstarfleet.com.
Season One
Season One of the Tournament Universe was launched on July 9, 2012 at 18:00UTC and ended November 9, 2012 at 21:00UTC.
The following rules and features was in effect during Season One of the Tournament Universe:
Battle Mechanics
- One destroyed ship point per 1,000 resources destroyed.
- Season One will use the destroyed ship point formula from Starfleet Commander Original Universe.
- No destroyed ship points will be awarded for attacking non-player characters (NPCs) or inactive players.
- We will not be awarding any destroyed ship points for attacking NPCs or inactive players as we continue to work to make the destroyed ship score a reflection of a player’s achievements in hunting other active players.
- Proportional destroyed ship points in group attacks.
- In all group attacks we will award destroyed ship point proportionately between the attackers based on the resources spent value of the ships contributed to the attack. This will allow destroyed ship points to be a better representation of the ships actually destroyed by each player. For example if one group attacker contributes 1RSP worth of ships to the attack and the other group attacker contributes 99RSP worth of ships to the attack they would respectively receive 1% and 99% of the DSP earned in the battle.
- Original Universe Newbie Protection.
- Season One will use the Newbie Protection rules from Original Universe. This means that after a player reaches 25,000RSP they can attack or be attacked be any other player over 25,000RSP.
- Destructible Moons.
- Following the same formula as Starfleet Commander Nova, all moons in the Tournament Universe can be destroyed with Zeus Ships. For more information on moon destruction please see: Moon Destruction.
- Non-player characters.
- We will be using the spawn frequencies and resource levels for non-player characters found in Starfleet Commander Nova.
Building and Speed Changes
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Reduced warp gate cool down per level. After the first level of warp gate the cool down for the warp gate will be reduced by 15% for each additional level. When two warp gates have different cool down times, the cool down for the gate ships are sent from will be applied to both gates. See the wiki for more details. |
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Mining algorithm. We will be using the Starfleet Commander Universe 2 base mining formula. The exact algorithm will be available closer to the start of Season One. |
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Building and Attack Speeds. As indicated, we will be using the attack speeds from Starfleet Commander Extreme and we will be introducing for the first time a build speed that is approximately three times as fast as Starfleet Commander Original. |
Buildings, Ships, and Defense
All of the buildings, ships, and defenses from Starfleet Commander Nova will be included in the Tournament Universe. The new buildings, ships, and defense added to Nova are as follows:
Season Two
The Second Season of the Starfleet Commander Tournament Univerese started on November 14, 2012 at 19:00UTC. The length of the Second Season has not yet been finalized, but the preliminary rule set for this tournament will include:
- Increase the percentage of ship resources to the debris field.
- Allow a portion of defense resources to the debris field.
- No newbie protection.
- Attack speed will be the same as Season One of the Tournament.
- Build speed will be the same as Nova.
We will publish the exact percentages and additional rules for Season Two of the Tournament as we approach the start date. We look forward to the hunt.
Note: Approximately May 10th. I'll work on getting a solid end date for you soon.
Other Mechanics
Playing in the Tournament Universe will require that you register with a Facebook account. A standalone site will be available, but you will be required to log in using Facebook Connect. It's only a requirements for the creation of the account. After that you can log in with a user name and password once set on the options page.
Diplomacy mode and vacation mode will not be available in the Tournament Universe.
At the end of the season, all unusued time on commanders and credits will be transferred to the new season. However, all unused items and androids will be destroyed.
