Hey all

Quick announcement -> The new bonus system we've been working on for a while is now up and running!

Instead of using a turns-based system, we'll be using a points based system. When you vote for Earth Empires using one of our ingame voting links, you'll be given 2 points. These points must be used within 48 hours of the time they are given to your country, using a first in, first out system. When you are given a bonus point, one is given to each of your countries. So if you have 16 FFA Countries, and countries on Alliance, Express and Tourney, each of your 19 countries will be given their own points.

You can spend these points on temporary bonuses for your country, such as an increase in per capita income or attack strength. The bonuses are level-based, so the more times you use each one, the better the bonus becomes, but at a higher cost. Each bonus is a little bit different and we'll be adding some more nuiances as we tweak things. We feel this adds a new layer of strategy to the game as well :)
To track what bonuses you currently have active, there is a panel on the right side of the ingame topbar. There is alo an alert telling you when you have bonuses available. We'll be restyling this, but we wanted to get the system out sooner than later :)


For the remainder of each current round on every server, we'll still continue to offer the 2 turn bonus. This can be purchased with bonus points at the same rate as we had with the previous system.

I think that's it... we'll be adding other ways to get points too (Facebook recruiting and stuff) and this is another positive step toward getting the game polished and updated :)