The Galactic Civil War is vast in scope, and players from every galaxy have flocked to the front lines. Leaders are needed from both sides to provide leadership, planning and coordination of war activities across the 148 theaters of operation, spanning 10 planets and 8 space zones.
This week, we explain the details of the GCW Regional Defense feature, so that all players may have a greater understanding of how the program is applied and how benefits are calculated.
Guild Factional Alignment
The guild leader can set the guild's factional alignment from the guild management terminal.
There is a one day waiting period to switch the guild's factional alignment. There is no waiting period to align with the same faction that the guild most recently aligned with.
The guild's factional alignment is displayed in the guild status window.
Region Defender
The mayor and guild leader of a factionally aligned city and guild with at least 10 guild members can use the city/guild management terminal to select one of the 148 regions to defend.
There is a one day waiting period to switch regions. There is no waiting period to defend the same region that the city/guild most recently defended.
The city/guild region defender information is displayed in the city/guild status window.
The "GCW Region Defender" radial menu on the war terminal/intel pad will display more detailed region defender information for all the 148 regions.
The time that a city/guild started defending a region is only reset when the city/guild starts defending a different region.
If the city/guild stops defending a region, and then later resumes defending it (even as a different faction), the time that the city/guild started defending a region is preserved.
Region Defender Bonus
The Region Defender bonus is only available once the city/guild has defended the region for at least three days.
Each region has a fixed 20% bonus.
The bonus is divided proportionately between the 2 factions based on the percentage of the GCW score for the region.
The proportionate amount that each faction gets is then divided evenly by the total number of cities and guilds currently defending the region for that faction to arrive at the final bonus value for that faction.
The final bonus value is applied to all the citizen's/guild member's personal GCW points earned, provided the citizen/guild member is the same faction as the city/guild and earns the GCW points while in the same region that the city/guild is defending.
The final bonus value is applied to all the citizen's/guild member's GCW score contribution to the region the city/guild is defending, provided the citizen/guild member is the same faction as the city/guild and makes the contribution while in the same region that the city/guild is defending.
If both the citizen's/guild member's city and guild are defending the same region, only one bonus will be granted.
The final bonus value is displayed in the city/guild status window and the "GCW Region Defender" information window from the war terminal/intel pad.
Region Defender Title
The Region Defender title is only available if the citizen/guild member is the same faction as the city/guild, the city/guild has defended the region for at least 3 days, and the faction has at least 70% control of the region.
War Room Chat Rooms
The RebelWarRoom and ImperialWarRoom chat rooms will be created by the system.
Only same faction aligned mayors and guild leaders of same faction aligned cities and guilds with at least 10 guild members can enter these rooms.
We hope you look forward to experiencing the Region Defender aspects of GCW coming soon to Star Wars Galaxies.
