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Donations are done in several ways always there to benefit a player in a specific way. The most common way is by ''farming''. People attack another planet which is indirectly under their control. The specific planet under attack will make sure there is no defense so the attacker can easily gain the maximum roid cap on his target. Often people regard this as an unfair practice though others see this as another way of gaining easy roids.<br>
'''Donations''' refer to the organized boosting of a specific player by sending resources to them through the galaxy or alliance fund.
A second way of donating is farming ships. Certain ship types are capable of stealing ships like thieves. Those ships take over ships from a different of their own [[race]]. The purpose of this is that the attacker is capable of gaining of different races their best ships to gather a strong versatile fleet.<br>
 
A third way of donating is donating resources within the gallaxy to certain person(s). By doing this they can obviously grow faster, which is especially in the start a very importent factor to be a top player. Though in the beginning of planetarion it was easy as there were no maximum donating options yet in later stage they included a [[MOD]] who decides who gets money and also this was later on again on the line due it was not possible to donate someone bigger then avarage score within the gallaxy. Also a maximum resource stack was included which made for in the end of the game it more difficult to save a lot of resources for a last boom. This is being done so people still who are actually very big can stay small so they can keep on attacking smaller targets. That can be essential because in later stage targets get fewer so its good to be capable of attacking everything avaible. Though donating resources is also often discussed as an unfair practice though the people who do this aswell gallaxys may say that they want one person to be big and help them.
==History==
In earlier rounds, donating had a more general meaning than it does now, and included for example [[farming]] [[asteroid]]s and [[ship]]s.
 
[[Greenhills]] of [[Angels]] won [[round 22] by using the galaxy fund to store resources all round, while playing for XP. He overtook [[Kileman]] of [[Ascendancy]] in the last few ticks.
 
In [[round 36]], an [[Ascendancy]] [[private galaxy]] composed of Ministry-affiliated players donated their starting resources to [[BlueArmy]], who subsequently became by far the largest planet in the universe. Though crippled in his growth by the value based capping formula, he wasn't overtaken until halfway through the round. The galaxy would continue using the donation system among themselves throughout the round and narrowly missed ending as the top  private galaxy that round.
 
==Countermeasures==
To prevent excessive donations, [[PA Team]] have introduced an upper limit on the amount of resources that can be donated to players as well as an upper limit on the amount of resources that can be stored in the [[galaxy fund]] and [[alliance fund]]. Additionally, since round 23, only players below the galaxy or alliance average score can be donated to.


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Revision as of 14:46, 15 June 2010

Donations refer to the organized boosting of a specific player by sending resources to them through the galaxy or alliance fund.

History

In earlier rounds, donating had a more general meaning than it does now, and included for example farming asteroids and ships.

Greenhills of Angels won [[round 22] by using the galaxy fund to store resources all round, while playing for XP. He overtook Kileman of Ascendancy in the last few ticks.

In round 36, an Ascendancy private galaxy composed of Ministry-affiliated players donated their starting resources to BlueArmy, who subsequently became by far the largest planet in the universe. Though crippled in his growth by the value based capping formula, he wasn't overtaken until halfway through the round. The galaxy would continue using the donation system among themselves throughout the round and narrowly missed ending as the top private galaxy that round.

Countermeasures

To prevent excessive donations, PA Team have introduced an upper limit on the amount of resources that can be donated to players as well as an upper limit on the amount of resources that can be stored in the galaxy fund and alliance fund. Additionally, since round 23, only players below the galaxy or alliance average score can be donated to.

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