Server Update 04/16/2012

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Update April 16, 2012

* Pillars Defense Changes
** For each full day a pillar has been out of protection (or from the time of this patch if already out of protection), the pillar boss will receive 20% more damage when attacked, up to maximum of 300% more after 15 days.
** For example, if a pillar has been out of protection for 60 hours, the pillar boss will receive 2 x 20% = 40% more damage when attacked.
** Pillar's boss ship damage to pillar HP ratio increased further by 20% to offset the new deterioration mechanism.

* Tiered Pillar Donation
** To promote active pillar defense, we amount of HP healed by donating ore has changed to chart below based on the pillar's HP.
** 0-20M: 1 ore = 2 HP
** 20-40M: 1 ore = 1.5 HP
** 40-60M: 1 ore = 1 HP
** 60-80M: 1.5 ore = 1 HP
** 80M+: 2 ore = 1 HP
** For example, if a pillar currently have 19M HP and a galaxy member donated 1.5M ore, then the pillar will be healed by 2.5M HP (first 1M costs 500K, next 1.5M cost 1M).

* Mall Equip Changes
** Odds of blue equipments appearing in the mall down doubled, but only 10 out of 50 chests will contain the item. (no change to total available number over time)
** Odds of purple equipments appearing in the mall changed to 4X original, but only 3 out of 50 chests will contain the item. (50% increase in total available over time).
** After blue or purple item is sold out from credits lottery, all player have a chance to purchase it for gold while it's still in the mall.

* You can now unmute players without adding them as a friend. Go to your friends list (using the doll icon next to the chat line then click on "friends"), then click on the "unmute" tab.
* Misc bug fixes.