Since well before launch, therefore, we’ve had a plan for what we call the ‘underdog tools’. They’re a variety of approaches to the population issues, from simple UI features to complex back-end PvP calculations. In the simplest terms, they fall into two categories: incentives and modifications.
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The bonus loot we’re rolling out for the first pass at the underdog tools is a 20% chance of a second loot roll, applied to the last place nation. The bonus experience is also applied to the last place nation, and is a 20% increase to experience gained.
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Offensive unrest modification is a bonus or penalty to how much unrest you generate when you generate unrest against an enemy port – by sinking ships, completing missions, etc. The values we’re setting for this modification are a 15% increase to offensive unrest for the third place nation, and a 35% increase to offensive unrest for the fourth place nation. This makes the underdog nations potentially a larger threat, though they still need to field a port battle team capable of winning to follow through on that threat.

Defensive unrest modification is a bonus or penalty to how much unrest is generated when an enemy generates unrest against you – again, by sinking ships, completing missions, and so forth. For this modification, we’re setting the third place nation to -15%, the fourth place nation to -35%, and the first place nation to +20%. This means that it is easier for all nations to attack the current leading nation, and very difficult for any nation to attack the underdog.

This Sunday, March 9th, Flying Lab Software will be hosting an event on the TestBed server, beginning at 11:00a Pacific Time, with extended weekend access to the Testbed server!

Just thought I'd take some time to point out the new and improved features we have here at PotBS Coldfront because I've been spending some time making sure there are some rather useful things here, and making some improvements here and there to what we already have.