Hi everyone,
We hope you’ve been enjoying the weekend. What’s been going on this week? Let’s find out…
Word from the Devs
Last week we mentioned that we were working on automated fleet guards. We had some great feedback including some concerns regarding how minefields could limit their usefulness. But it looks like those concerns can be addressed with some tweaks. You can catch the full discussion here. Along with automated fleet guards, the next patch should also include the first batch of Steam achievements. The designs have been ready for some time, but it’s taken a while to be able to finish layering in the data tracking needed because achievements were low priority. But now that’s done, we just need to wire things up with Steam. After these two new features have been added in the next patch, we’re probably going to focus on improving gameplay for existing mechanics. Making sure things are balanced and looking at any features that aren’t as fun to use as they could be. This week we intended to include a report on the battle stats we’ve collected recently in the Awaken the Dark galaxy, but unfortunately weren’t able to finish it in time. If there’s anything in particular you want us to include please let us know and we’ll see what we can do 🙂Top Players – Awaken the Dark Galaxy
The Top 10 players from the leaderboards
Grand Emperor
| Rank | Civ | Player | Score | |
| 1 | – |  |
Gavoid | 734,118 -8,718 |
| 2 | +1 |  |
shock | 685,494 -231 |
| 3 | +8 |  |
HRex73 | 576,078 +177,010 |
| 4 | – |  |
Kenosis | 561,747 -2,344 |
| 5 | +2 | |
DarkSanity | 526,654 +25,959 |
| 6 | -1 |  |
Noldat | 526,142 – |
| 7 | +2 | |
SteppenWolf | 447,893 +13,883 |
| 8 | +2 | |
Pepelekus | 399,749 -3,147 |
| 9 | +5 | |
Vridank | 374,982 +40,124 |
| 10 | +2 | |
slimeddy | 370,534 -3,365 |
Master of Warfare
| Rank | Civ | Player | Score | |
| 1 | – | |
Dirtdiver1979 | 658,028 – |
| 2 | – | |
Kenosis | 605,083 +7,997 |
| 3 | – | |
cloudy_sphere | 489,409 – |
| 4 | – | |
Gavoid | 419,727 +3,664 |
| 5 | +3 | |
HRex73 | 388,297 +61,036 |
| 6 | – | |
Vridank | 355,510 +10,431 |
| 7 | – | |
slimeddy | 344,580 +5,102 |
| 8 | +2 | |
chiral | 317,897 +23,939 |
| 9 | – | |
AleczV | 298,496 – |
| 10 | +3 | |
Pepelekus | 225,077 – |
The players that achieved the highest rank increases over the last 7 days
Grand Emperor
| Rank | Civ | Player | Score | |
| 3 | +8 | |
HRex73 | 576,078 +177,010 |
| 12 | +7 | |
Weasel | 357,298 +70,383 |
| 24 | +18 | |
xTheIcex | 222,248 +68,756 |
| 17 | +9 | |
xcom | 287,153 +65,051 |
| 37 | +28 | |
Munster | 170,232 +62,418 |
| 30 | +15 | |
Yamota | 208,095 +60,187 |
| 86 | +160 | |
Slimak81 | 63,038 +57,622 |
| 63 | +26 | |
SolidusX | 106,552 +44,697 |
| 22 | +9 | |
PatM | 240,482 +44,183 |
| 66 | +31 | |
PurpleHeart | 99,326 +43,850 |
Master of Warfare
| Rank | Civ | Player | Score | |
| 11 | +15 | |
Yamota | 219,546 +110,246 |
| 5 | +3 | |
HRex73 | 388,297 +61,036 |
| 50 | +32 | |
PurpleHeart | 59,680 +37,694 |
| 32 | +21 | |
xTheIcex | 87,749 +28,251 |
| 15 | +2 | |
Weasel | 195,819 +25,278 |
| 21 | +8 | |
xcom | 125,560 +24,083 |
| 78 | +76 | |
NaughtyDog | 25,809 +24,024 |
| 8 | +2 | |
chiral | 317,897 +23,939 |
| 17 | +5 | |
PatM | 172,454 +23,114 |
| 80 | +60 | |
Robin_Steel | 24,026 +20,851 |
The players that lost the most rank positions over the last 7 days
Grand Emperor
| Rank | Civ | Player | Score | |
| 59 | -5 | |
Leatherd | 114,076 -18,809 |
| 27 | -2 | |
Lordvictor | 218,810 -14,446 |
| 1 | – | |
Gavoid | 734,118 -8,718 |
| 58 | +1 | |
wienergunz | 121,624 -5,097 |
| 23 | – | |
Rae | 239,355 -4,683 |
| 274 | -63 | |
Kushman | 5,544 -3,538 |
| 10 | +2 | |
slimeddy | 370,534 -3,365 |
| 170 | -12 | |
marcel601 | 18,371 -3,197 |
| 8 | +2 | |
Pepelekus | 399,749 -3,147 |
| 4 | – | |
Kenosis | 561,747 -2,344 |
Master of Warfare
| Rank | Civ | Player | Score | |
| 37 | +3 | |
Leatherd | 81,750 -1,383 |
| 145 | -13 | |
BerDen | 3,011 -1,291 |
| 205 | -29 | |
Kittens | 353 -267 |
| 84 | -1 | |
Locutus | 21,634 -167 |
| 290 | -43 | |
Dinozavr | 73 -28 |
| 85 | -1 | |
Nonchalant | 19,809 -15 |
| 33 | +4 | |
Xanithor | 86,755 -14 |
| 112 | -3 | |
Pomelowe | 8,945 -11 |
| 267 | -32 | |
bugses | 118 -9 |
| 237 | -30 | |
madoxx | 180 -9 |
Last week’s highest ranking players that were scorched from the galaxy this week (wiped out or reset)
Grand Emperor
| Civ | Player | Last Rank | Last Score |
|
Xyle | 2 | 735,407 |
|
ConsortiumCzar | 6 | 504,909 |
|
Seraph_SirShockey | 8 | 446,933 |
|
BigBoomer | 20 | 264,941 |
|
Robin_Steel | 36 | 171,487 |
Master of Warfare
| Civ | Player | Last Rank | Last Score |
|
ConsortiumCzar | 5 | 362,809 |
|
Xyle | 11 | 285,865 |
|
Seraph_SirShockey | 12 | 265,198 |
|
BigBoomer | 19 | 154,467 |
|
Robin_Steel | 27 | 107,353 |
There’s no change at the top of either leaderboard this week. Gavoid and Dirtdiver1979 keep their Grand Emperor and Master of Warfare titles for another week – congratulations 🙂 But HRex73 is racking up the points on both leaderboards and has a great chance of becoming the Grand Emperor in the next week or two?
Top Alliances
Grand Alliance
| Rank | Alliance | Members | Score |
| 1 | COTP | 14 | 1,567,970 |
| 2 | Andr | 12 | 1,238,894 |
| 3 | BLACK | 10 | 1,019,256 |
| 4 | GEX | 8 | 958,535 |
| 5 | BORG | 10 | 955,214 |
| 6 | Chaos | 5 | 695,114 |
| 7 | SOLID | 10 | 675,852 |
| 8 | DOTF | 2 | 591,260 |
| 9 | AE | 8 | 581,124 |
| 10 | TEARS | 2 | 435,872 |
Alliance of Warfare
| Rank | Alliance | Members | Score |
| 1 | COTP | 14 | 1,278,733 |
| 2 | BORG | 10 | 862,625 |
| 3 | Andr | 12 | 635,608 |
| 4 | DOTF | 2 | 605,039 |
| 5 | BLACK | 10 | 573,576 |
| 6 | TEARS | 2 | 494,286 |
| 7 | Chaos | 5 | 466,524 |
| 8 | AE | 8 | 431,167 |
| 9 | GEX | 8 | 424,184 |
| 10 | SOLID | 10 | 293,953 |
Not content with only holding the Alliance of Warfare title over recent weeks, COTP have now also added the Grand Alliance title. Congratulations COTP. Will any of the other alliances be able to dislodge them before the Awaken the Dark galaxy ends?
See you again next week 🙂
– The Outscape dev team