- Steam App
- Quintet (340350)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 7 July 2015 - 17:14:40 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
In this major update: New game mode: Capture Wars! This persistent mode allows only players with an upgraded account to participate. That means you MUST have acquired either the Basic upgrade or the Trio upgrade on your account in order to launch or join a ship in CW. You pick a race, kill off the enemies defending the sectors, and then fly through the Artifact object to capture it for your race. Sector strength increases as you defend the area from threats. Eventually, we'll add in a "Status of the war" section to the main lobby, so players can see which race is dominating the map! So why did we make CW require a paid account to even join a ship? We can't make everything free, and we have bills to pay. The Basic upgrade is $5 USD, and it's a lifetime purchase, for any platform that supports the game. We also provide a large amount of content for free, provided the player launching a shi...