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Alliances

Posted by ju on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

In Beta 5, alliances are only groups of players who have chosen to play together. There isn’t much which can be done at the alliance level. For instance the type of alliance government has an influence limited to the leader’s election; being a member of an alliance or another has no real effect on the player’s empire, except through decisions made by the other members and implemented manually: for example sharing knowledge or resources is only achieved through gifts or sales.

Beta 6 will add many more possibilities to the alliance system. These features would have an actual in-game effect instead of being reflected only by the actions and strategies of the alliance’s members.

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