Updated the feature name to be “Evolution”. Great suggestion for the name, @Darrk!
So this is gonna work a little differently than originally described:
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Upon joining a galaxy, every empire is granted 1 evolution.
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This number will be a galaxy setting that can be changed, including for customs.
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We may also grant extra evolutions as rare galactic events.
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You can still change your race for free:
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During pre-round
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Up to 48 hours after you join
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A non-free race change will use your evolution, and you can do it any time you want.
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Once you’re out of evolutions, you can not change races again for any reason, nor will your race be changed for you.
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An extra confirmation step will go up to be sure, so “I made a mistake” won’t grant anybody another change. This is similar to how we treat deletions.
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Any time your family loses a member, everybody in the family gains an additional evolution.
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This will specifically help smaller families who suffer from inactive losses and player deletions, as allowing them to restructure their family roles will help them rebound.
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This will not apply if you kill off your own family members. This is to prevent families from cannibalizing newer players to stack evolutions. It will therefore be more beneficial to let the inactive script run its course than to actively kill off people who aren’t as active as you’d like.
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We’ll adjust as necessary if people find exploits, but this is the plan right now. I can’t promise anything, but I am trying to get this ready for #milky-way-68.