Factory Change: Company Tier Ups & Minor Fixes

[Jamie Pyne]

In light of the recent factory changes, and the community's reaction to those changes, as well as the suggestions made, one change we are making effective immediately is the following with regard to company advancement. This rule can be seen in the Factory Standardized Rules section in the future. This effects modifications and tier ups going forward. I can't go back and retroactively grant bonuses prior to this announcement.

That being said, below are the changes in green:

Change #1:

Company Tier Unlocks
Below are Tier Level Company unlocks

Spoiler

Tier Level Company Unlocks
Tier 2

• Able to Mass Produce submissions.
• Able to manufacture and mass produce ships and stations up to 500m.
• One new location.

Tier 3

• Able to manufacture and produce ships up to 1000m.
• Able to manufacture and mass produce civilian space stations up to 4000m and mass produce military space stations up to 2000m.
• One new operation OR one new location.

Tier 4

• Able to manufacture and mass produce ships up to 2000m.
• Able to manufacture and mass produce civilian space stations up to 4000m (Semi-Unique 10,000m) and mass produce military space stations up to 2000m (Semi-Unique 4000m)
• One new operation AND one new location.

Tier 5

• Is able to create a new subsidiary at Tier 3.
• Able to manufacture and mass produce starships up to 2000m and limited at 3000m.
• One new operation AND two new locations. (With the option to change headquarters)

Tier 6

• Is able to sponsor another T5+ much like a Major Faction.
• Two new operations AND two new locations. (With the option to change headquarters)
• Is able to select a single Restricted Material specialty they are able to utilize at a max production of Semi-Unique (Only A Handful of Characters) with no restricted material mission required. (Excluding Impervium, Orbalisk, Stygium, Void Stone, Wintrium ) Limit one per writer regardless of company. (( IE A Tier 6 may select "Beskar" as their RM Speciality and be able to submit submissions without an RM mission objective at a max of Semi-Unique))

Change #2:

• We've removed the Company Index thread as it was becoming too large and cumbersome to maintain, therefore it has been replaced with the 'Tier Tag' search function.

Company Expansion and Growing in Tier
Company Index by Tier Level: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Change #3:

• We've added Workshops to the Company Modifications thread for clarity, and included the requirements for tiering up.

More changes based on your feedback will be coming soon. Thanks for your patience!

 

[Malok]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

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Yaaaaaas Queen!​

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[Darren Torran]

I assume this means Companies who have Tiered up prior to this (and haven't added locations or operations since) can not claim their Tier up benefits?

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

 

[Jamie Pyne]

[member="Darren Torran"]

We will not be retroactively awarding Tier Up bonuses to companies prior to this announcement.

 

[Zenva Vrotoa]

[member="Jamie Pyne"]

Will we still be able to add new locations via dev?

 

[Jamie Pyne]

[member="Zenva Vrotoa"]

Yes. The additions were simply to reward tier ups with a bonus.