PvP changes for new universe
Aside from the new content going in tomorrow, there are also a few PvP changes going in.
First, the PvP ranges have been further relaxed. The new ranges are:
w0 : 20% (same as before)
w1 : 35%
w2 : 50%
w3 : 65%
Wars are still +15% for each way that war is declared and the max level for PvP consideration has been increased to levl 1200.
Also, the no PvP flags in DF 0 and DF 1 have been removed, although all the Nexus galaxies are still no PvP and some other special gals may also still be no PvP.
This is going to open things up considerably, which I hope will be good for the game, but please remember that griefing will not be tolerated, where griefing is defined roughly as following someone around repeatedly killing them and making them unable to play when your team isn't having a war with their team or they haven't done anything to you in proportion to your retaliation. By all means, be a nasty pirate SOB and kill innocent victims, but after you've podded them and scooped some credits, move on to a new victim. =)