How noob protection works!

Subject: How noob protection works! 14/03/22, 07:41 pm

This is a direct copy from our original forum.

Unknown wrote:: A couple of members of GEIA have been asking if they are going to get attacked and what kind of defenses they should build.

I decided to post this topic about noob protection so that everyone is clear about how if works and how long you are protected for etc.

How it works!
The rule works in 5's. No player can attack another player that is 20% less than their current points. This means that players cannot attack others who have 5x less that their points.

( A player with 5,000 points cannot attack someone with fewer than 1000 points.)

Players with fewer than 20% of your points will be displayed on the Galaxy View screen in green and will have a small "n" displayed next to their names.

Note: (this also works in reverse)
No player may attack another who has more than 5 times their points.

(A player with 100 points would not be allowed to attack someone with more than 5,000 points.)

Players with more than 500% of your points will be displayed on the Galaxy View screen in red and will have a small "s" displayed next to their names if you are still in newbie protection. This signifies that they have 5x more points than you so are listed as 'superior' and cannot be attacked by you.

I believe this is a safeguard to stop new players getting their fleets destroyed because they did not know wot they were doing

In the beginning...

Newbie Protection is automatically applied to starting players who have fewer than 5,000 points. These players are not allowed to be attacked by stronger players above 5,000 points. However player can still attack and be attacked by a player under 4,999 points.

The newbie protection ends when the player has more than 5,000 points. Although the 5x rule explained above still applies. This rule continues to apply for the rest of the game, even if you are ranked number one in the universe.

In conclusion

Anyone you are noob protected from will have (s) next to their name and be in red; anyone who is noob protected from you will have (n) next to their name and be in green.

If you have less than 5,000 points you cannot be attacked or attack anyone with greater 5,000 points.

You cannot attack or be attacked by anyone with 5x more or less points than you. (500% or 20%)

Newbie Protection also extends to Espionage Probes and Interplanetary Missiles.

Protection will stack so if you are under 5,000 points you still cannot be attacked by anyone with 5x more points than you or attack anyone with 5x less points than you. This applies even if you are both under 5,000 points.

(If you have 4,000 points you cannot attack anyone with less than 800 points)

If a player is becomes inactive, Newbie Protection will no longer apply even if the conditions are filled

Hope this is helpful

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