Pre-registration for the Multiplayer #4 Battle of the Strongholds is now open 👾

Starts at 1600 GMT tomorrow (1800 CET / 1200 Midday US East Coast)

Settings:

• Mirrored symmetrical map

• Choice to spawn with your faction or as independent (Warning: Independent is a HIGH RISK spawn in outer space with no team mates)

• Faction stronghold spawn: choose your starting colony

• Faction stronghold also acts as a resource sink to gain up to 20% bonuses for key ship stats (independents, you don't get this resource sink)

• 6 Hour Pause on game start to co-ordinate your colony location with team mates

• New reworked ship stats

• Each culture now has their own shard system to choose your playstyle path

• Fog of war: OFF

• Rally point ship relocation: ON

• Reworked keystone win condition (Victory points over time) ⁠patch-notes⁠

• Expedition nerf to 20% max bonus (for those who played last server)

• Overall slower speed

• 300 base resource production scaling to 3000 max per colony (down from 500/5000)

• Siege rework: now with partial building damage

• Ion shield rework; no instant rebuild, now regenerates over time

Plus MANY more changes, please make sure to check the full list of recent patches when deciding on your culture.

Good luck!