Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

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Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

The Story:
Welcome back to Quantum:Resurgence. Are you ready? Lieutenant Bilbao Pan greets you on the balcony where you previously woke up. He explains the situation to you:
After the trial of Promotions, such a long time ago, you find yourself once again called to the fore by factions within the Ivory City. You haven't heard this from me, but it looks like the City itself is on the brink of open revolt. To present a viable alternative to the establishment for the City's government, you are given funds and manpower to build your power base. Your mission: To challenge the old, stagnant Grandmasters of Swords, Shields, Eyes, and Ships, building a better strike force, a bigger defence, stronger covert or a more significant mothership. Four Grandmasters, four choices. Power your realm through specialisation and bring glory to yourself, the City and the Quantumverse.


The Position:
This is the second step in Quantum's multi-Era story arc of 'Resurgence'. After waking up in the Ivory City, you are presented with a series of challenges (Eras) with different hooks and angles. Your first challenge has been to promote through the ranks faster than everyone else in Era 44; Era 45 pits you against high-ranked enemies with fixed stats, whom you will try to overtake while shaking off the opposition. Future challenges will include an environmentalist angle, a fuel-management 'travel' angle. The challenges are designed to test your skills as a possible leader of the Ivory City. The person who clinches that title will have a special role in one of the future Eras of Quantum!


The Goal:
Era 45 is a classic type Era - there are 32 'Automaton' accounts representing the establishment of the Ivory City. These accounts do not farm and do not attack. They have a specialisation and corresponding higher stats in that area.
Featuring Quantum Focus (throwback to Era 26): explanation included in the tooltip on the base page.
Become a Grandmaster in one of the specialisations (build higher stats than the Automaton) or beat the top accounts; 'regime change' policy is in effect, meaning that should the Grandmasters not be defeated, you will have another chance at it in the next Era.
This era has started: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 00:00:00 Game Time (PST)


Prizes:
Any Grandmaster wins 50$ in Black Market Credits. (to be used in Quantum or Main) (1)
The first person to defeat a Grandmaster wins a named role for their character in future Eras in the Resurgence arc.
The largest army wins 50$ in Black Market Credits. (2)
The most active wins 50$ in Black Market Credits. (3)


Ad 1. Defined as building stats above the Grandmaster of a chosen discipline, as well as all non-NPC opponents; at least 1 required for prize to be awarded. Each player can qualify for multiple Grandmaster awards.
Ad 2. Calculated as Total Units excluding mercenaries; 10M minimum required for prize to be awarded.
Ad 3. Calculated as Attack Turns used; 50k minimum required for prize to be awarded.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

No turn income production on inactives and some actives and also noticed my stats rising without having touched them
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

Also noticed that inactives were given a 60k defense around 12/2, and the people who logged in on day one missed that boat.

I set my quantum focus toward income on day one, and have yet to actually receive income.
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Bernie Sanders wrote:One of the biggest mistakes our government made after the financial crisis was not prosecuting the people responsible for the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior that crashed our economy and ruined the lives of millions of Americans. It is not acceptable that many young people have criminal records for smoking marijuana, while the CEOs of banks whose illegal behavior helped destroy our economy do not.

I talk in this color when corporations pay their fair share of taxes and don't evade US taxes by stashing profits overseas.

I talk in this color when the wealthiest top 1/10th of 1% don't own 50% of the nation's wealth.

I talk in this color when the wealthy, influential elites of this country don't have unbalanced influence over the economy, media, and government - allowing to regularly further their own interests.

I talk in this color when the US joins every other industrialized nation on Earth and guarantees healthcare for all people.

I talk in this color when 98% of all new income doesn't go into the hands of the wealthiest top 1%.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

Thank you for the report, income not being given is a game-breaking error.
We will fix and restart the Era. (Announcement to follow. Restart ETA tomorrow.)
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Support wrote:Thank you for the report, income not being given is a game-breaking error.
We will fix and restart the Era. (Announcement to follow. Restart ETA tomorrow.)
We all love you. :)
First she was like...
Support wrote:Thank you, Bernie.
Then she was all like...
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Affirmation wrote:Damn it Bernie...
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Bernie Sanders wrote:One of the biggest mistakes our government made after the financial crisis was not prosecuting the people responsible for the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior that crashed our economy and ruined the lives of millions of Americans. It is not acceptable that many young people have criminal records for smoking marijuana, while the CEOs of banks whose illegal behavior helped destroy our economy do not.

I talk in this color when corporations pay their fair share of taxes and don't evade US taxes by stashing profits overseas.

I talk in this color when the wealthiest top 1/10th of 1% don't own 50% of the nation's wealth.

I talk in this color when the wealthy, influential elites of this country don't have unbalanced influence over the economy, media, and government - allowing to regularly further their own interests.

I talk in this color when the US joins every other industrialized nation on Earth and guarantees healthcare for all people.

I talk in this color when 98% of all new income doesn't go into the hands of the wealthiest top 1%.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

Thank you, Bernie.


Warning posted in-game, here for reference.
WARNING: Due to income / AT bugs, this Era will RESTART on Monday 00:00 GameTime (PST)
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

Reported turn change bugs fixed.

Starting at the restart moment:
Players with no Quantum Focus set will receive a limited amount of AT/UP/Income per turn.
Active players will be made aware of the need to set a Quantum Focus by way of an alert on the Base page.
Inactive players will have a random Quantum Focus set after the Era passes the 1 week marker. (This should spice things up as well, some individual randomisation along with the usual race factors.)


The Era will restart Monday December 5th, 00:00 GameTime (PST).
Restart means all accounts will be reset, without recording performance for the Legends.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

as far as i know there were no restart, when it should have already happened
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

Reset soon?
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

reset soon. Just hope it is before then end of this era.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

:smt043
Bilbao Pan wrote:reset soon. Just hope it is before then end of this era.
First she was like...
Support wrote:Thank you, Bernie.
Then she was all like...
Support wrote:Damn it Bernie.
Then they were all...
Mercury Rising wrote:Damn it Bernie!
Affirmation wrote:Damn it Bernie...
Spoiler
Bernie Sanders wrote:One of the biggest mistakes our government made after the financial crisis was not prosecuting the people responsible for the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior that crashed our economy and ruined the lives of millions of Americans. It is not acceptable that many young people have criminal records for smoking marijuana, while the CEOs of banks whose illegal behavior helped destroy our economy do not.

I talk in this color when corporations pay their fair share of taxes and don't evade US taxes by stashing profits overseas.

I talk in this color when the wealthiest top 1/10th of 1% don't own 50% of the nation's wealth.

I talk in this color when the wealthy, influential elites of this country don't have unbalanced influence over the economy, media, and government - allowing to regularly further their own interests.

I talk in this color when the US joins every other industrialized nation on Earth and guarantees healthcare for all people.

I talk in this color when 98% of all new income doesn't go into the hands of the wealthiest top 1%.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

Well, at least you can laugh about it. :)

Era restarted, you can log in within the next 5 minutes.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

woot, thanky
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

People have come to me asking about the requirements for the 'named role' prize. For the sake of clarity, here is my answer. It is the only prize requiring a direct engagement, the other prizes can be won while staying away from any of the Automatons.

Support wrote:The requirement for the 'named role' is to be the first to have a victorious battle against one of the Grandmasters. An actual army-to-army engagement, in which you come out as the victor.
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Re: Era 45: Twilight of Shadows

so please define battle and victorious.

a simple successful hit on any grand master is enough to earn the named role?
does sabotage count?
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