Hey @everyone,
in approximately 7 days from now we can enjoy the new Alpha 7 => HWS 7!
As always this means: the end is coming!
- All structures and players will be wiped
- OCD is safe!*
- OAM is safe except for the fuel
- Credits are saved depending on your level or donation
You see there is a trap behind the OCD so let us make a quick cut:
OCD wipe patch
Erestrium, Zascosium and Magnesium will be wiped from your OCDs and exchanged with 1 credit per ore/ingot/powder.
Reason and Example
Our friend here in this example, is currently chilling with his loot from HWS 4, 5 and 6.
After the exchange he would get 2,1 million credits. (the “keep credit after wipe” limit is not affected here, it will be added on top of your kept credits)
Such decisions are always hard to make. Instead of just wiping your stuff we learned from the past and instead are offering 1 credits per type as already mentioned. Its never going to be a perfect trade as Zascosium has a higher value than Magnesium but we’ve decided its time for a clear cut and this way is fair for all.
Why?
… because Alpha 7 is changing the whole gameplay. Magnesium is now a rare resource, and along with Zasc and Erestrum, a lot of stuff just got really expensive, the focus being to concentrate on survival and the late game.
Due the new HWS universe layout and especially considering the motivation for long term players, we can’t allow people with 1+ million magnesium running around. It would be too complicated to create a separate balance feature to fix this “inflation”.
I could summarize as: OCD has its dark side and it if the game changes we have to adapt.
Some will cry maybe but I hope more people will see this as a good thing to fight for again, to trade for again and to play for again!
So let’s continue and allow me to dry your tears with good stuff!
HWS 7 Origin teaser
As some already have read the front page: we will have three origins and some new RP gains / changes:
Freelancer
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5 RP per warp per day
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7 RP IF you have 300 pentaxid in your inventory (and your epic (enhanced) weapon of course)
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7 RP per Guilty Kill
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7 RP for one grey Alien Container
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Highest amount of unique PDA missions with a lot of rewards
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-1 RP if you get guilty
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Become guilty if you killed 10 Alliance player in a row
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The Enhanced / Epic Laser Rifle is your Origin weapon
OCD level 7:
PvP cooldown put: 20 minutes
PvP cooldown get: 1 hour
Alliance
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3 RP per Lawless kill (10 max. per day)
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1 RP IF you visited ECC once per day
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1 RP for living exclusively in PvE
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1 RP per warp per day
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3 RP for an HWS Marketplace trade bought by another Origin
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5 RP IF you have 77 Autominer Cores in your inventory (and your epic (enhanced) weapon of course)
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7 RP per Guilty Kill
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7 RP for one purple Alien Container
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-1 RP if you get guilty
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-10 RP if you kill member of your own Origin
OCD level 7:
PvP cooldown put: 10 minutes
PvP cooldown get: 1 hour
Lawless
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3 RP per Alliance kill (10 max. per day)
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5 RP per kill (10 max. per day)
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25k credits per guilty kill (cumulative)
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6 RP IF you have 999 Gold ingots in your inventory (and your epic (enhanced) weapon of course)
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4 RP for living exclusively in PvP
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7 RP per guilty kill
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7 RP for one red Alien Container
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Become guilty if you killed 10 Alliance player in a row
OCD level 7:
PvP cooldown put: 30 minutes
PvP cooldown get: 1 hour
Summary of changes
As you can see we’ve again focused more on each purpose of the three origins. While Alliance are easier overall to play, they get less than Lawless. However for playing Lawless you need to be LAWLESS, you have to hunt, you are a PvP lover.
The 500 meter range to spot structures now should help not to kill your own Alliance members anymore.
Freelancer however are everywhere and nowhere. They are good allrounders even though Pentaxid will be their coveted resource.
Overall the RP gain is almost doubled in comparison to HWS 6.
HWS 7 Universe
As already announced: we will provide the Universe Map again, but not yet 
However let me teaser you a bit:
Origin Planet specs
- PvE
- no taxes
- 0 private structures (it’s for your origin after all)
- 2 faction BA + 2 faction CV + 2 faction SV + 2 faction HV
- few common resources
- friday surface wipe => to always provide fresh deposits for your Auto Miners to deplete BUT make sure to pick them up before the surface wipe
- the planets are located in a PvE orbit where only your Origin can enter
- they will have a PvE moon inclusive
PvP vs PvE
Don’t worry too much about these PvE playfields because overall we will have a PvPvE ratio of approx. 30% PvE and 70% PvP on the main server (accessible for everyone, without the starters).
With Offline Protection, more RP for stealthing and the story about HWS Sanctuary it is doable even for the Carebears, I am sure.
POI, NPCs and Story
What you will discover quite quickly; with HWS 7 we will wash away the old disjointed stories and from now on, try to create a persistent, growing story about what you do and what you will do.
That said a quick sneak peak:
Wake up clone nr. 177! Your sleep is over and you need to prove yourself to be worthy of your generation! You have to pass a couple of tests and strengthen your body. However we have bigger plans for you waiting out there…
All POIs got revisited and adjusted. There are a couple of stages: from easy / solo doable to hard / team required.
The universe is built in such a way that the further you warp the more difficult and interesting POIs will be found, but be warned, the reward will scale the same way!
NPCs (AI vessels, Freighter, etc.) will be reborn and integrated to the story. You will love them or fear them …
Resource planets
Let’s call them resource planets to simplify it for now but in fact, a whole new concept of planets will rise, the likes of which you have never seen before and probably won’t see elsewhere due some knowledge “acquired” from the Aliens.
For now just be excited for some unknown, high risk, high reward planets to fight tooth and nail for …
Hint: why do mountains have a golden surface?
HWS Sanctuary
Last but not least, Sanctuary will get a an overall boost and be integrated into the whole HWS story. It will be possible to start / play from there and one thing it will have for sure: a unique and rare resource you won’t find anywhere else in the Universe!
Fight for it, hunt for it, fly for it, trade for it!
I hope we got you all teasered up once again and you can finally see that light at the end of the tunnel.
Feel free to leave constructive feedback and thank you for reading!
See you soon in HWS 7!
Bonus I
After only a few days we’ve received 105 newsletter subscribers, which is awesome! Thank you so much!
More importantly keep in mind that Newsletter subscribers will get special hints in the future concerning treasures, rewards and the super advantage to always be informed first about everything 
Bonus II
On Tuesday we will have a Battle Royale Armageddon event!
The Armageddon planet will be back and with that … PvP! But not like boring stuff nobody wants to do - it is spreading out to the whole universe! So the approx. schedule of this pvp-wave will be:
Tuesday = Armageddon PvP
Wednesday = Armageddon + Peacekeepers PvP
Thursday = Everything PvP (except starters and Penthouses)
Disclaimer: this requires that the full wipe / alpha 7 / HWS 7 will be released on Thursday / Friday. If we are not 100% sure or there is a delay, we will also delay this event.
Thanks again guys - we appreciate your support, your patience for HWS 7 (I hope for 177 players again this time!) and more importantly for your time you spend on HWS! 
Your HWS Team
, on a side note can u hint us with the fa:supply that goes along with the 3 factions module . just to take the decision on what to choose for whole clan before the release . cheers mate ! excellent job 
woo, better start farming some sunscreen SPF 1.2mil!
