Parasite Tide Event FAQ

FAQ​

A new dangerous alien race has been detected in DarkOrbit. It is not the most dangerous race but its descendants carry an infectious disease that has dramatic effects on the efficiency of human space ships.
According to scientists the pathogen lowers the capacity of ships to take damage but increases damage output by 10%.

Plague debuff
When a player gets infected by either an exploding Bonus Box or when hit by infectious ammunition, the following debuff is applied:
• + 10% more damage
• -15 % hull
• -10% speed
• Debuff ends after 15 minutes or on death.
• EMP does not remove the effect.

Here is what an infected player looks like:



The effect will not stack when a player gets infected while under the debuff’s influence but the timer is reset, prolonging the effect.

When trying to access the Training Arena, the debuff is not counted and will be deactivated.

As the debuff also affects the pilot’s perception, Mission Control will present itself differently… be wary of the voices in your head!

Plague Bonus Boxes



When trying to collect the Bonus Boxes there is a chance that the boxes are infected and will spread the disease to the collecting players and anyone around them. A timer will inform you that you have three seconds to evade and avoid the effect.

The area of effect is displayed to everyone and looks like this:




The boxes would appear on all company maps From X-1 to x-8.

Cure items
It is possible to heal players who have been affected by the disease. Human scientists have created “Plague Cure CPUs” for 1x and 10x use. These will be available in the shop and as rewards for event missions. Note: You cannot buy the ANTI-Z1 if you are not infected!

Serum (1-charge cure)

• Name:Serum CPU
• Code: ANTI-Z1
• Effect: Removes plague debuff
• Effect applied: On item purchase
• Timeout: 60 seconds

Serum XL (10-charges cure)

• Name: Serum XL CPU
• Code: ANTI-Z2
• Effect: Removes plague debuff
• Effect applied: On item purchase and if the current target and/or player himself is infected. Otherwise grayed out. (If player and target are infected 2 charges are deducted. If only player OR target is under debuff influence, 1 charge is used.)
• Timeout: 60 seconds

Infection ammunition and mines
Players can spread the disease by using Plague Infection Batteries (PIB) and Plague Infection Mines (PM).
This ammo is not usable in the Training Arena. Instead the weakest available ammo is auto-selected. As mines are “passive” items, they do not count against mission goals.

Infection ammo

• Name: Infection Laser Ammo
• Short name: PIB-100
• Damage multiplier: x4
• Additional effect: Applies plague debuff to target player

Infection mine

• Name: Infection Mine
• Short name: IM-01
• Damage: Standard mine damage (equal to ACM-01)
• Additional effect: Applies plague debuff to target player(s).



Infection boss - Gygerim
We have been informed that a new boss NPC is approaching from the direction of the Zeta sector to cause chaos in the humans’ star system. It's the duty of every pilot of every company to destroy the ship to stop the infection.

It is possible that certain actions – like killing a number of Gygerthrall minions - will make the boss appear.

When the boss appears and disappears, all players on the map are notified.
* This ship has the same stats as the Demaner.
* There can be only one boss per map set.


Event window
For information purposes a new window has been added, displaying
• Running time of the plague debuff
• Show individual healer and infector points
• Show the player's progress towards summoning the boss.

Surgeon Goliath
The best healers and infectors will receive a special Goliath design for their efforts. The “Surgeon” design will be exclusive for a limited time (after which it will be made available to all players).
The Surgeon design will grant the following special bonuses to the winners:
• +6 % damage
• +6 % honor
• +6 % experience
• +1 generator slot


Rankings

There will be two special rankings that work similar to the Battle for Influence or Domination rankings.

For different actions players will be assigned points. Points will be awarded regardless of your actual “infection” state. The 100 highest ranking players will receive special rewards.

Healthy ranking actions list

Action	Number of points
Cure use	1
Infection minions kills	10
Healthy daily quests done	10
Infection boss kills	100
Infected player kills	15

Infected ranking actions list

Action	Number of points
Infect other player	5
Infected daily quests done	100
Kill healthy player	50

Event rewards
Per instance and ranking (“Healthy” and “Infected”) the top 100 ranking players will receive special prizes:

#1 player
o 1 month of Premium
o Surgeon Goliath
o 20 Booty keys
o 250 Extra Energy

Players #2-10
o Surgeon Goliath
o 150 Extra Energy

Players #11-100
o 2 Booty keys
o 50 Extra Energy


Achievements

The following achievements will be introduced and their state will be saved when the event ends, so you can finish the achievements when the event is re-run.

Achievement name	Title	Condition	Points	Metal	Healthy/infected type
The First Victim	No title	Get infected	5	Bronze	Infected
Lab Rat	No title	Cure yourself	5	Bronze	Healthy
Sleeper Virus	No title	Infect 10 players	10	Bronze	Infected
Disease Vector	Disease Vector	Infect 50 players	15	Silver	Infected
Grim Reaper	Grim Reaper	Infect 100 players	30	Gold	Infected
Paramedic	No title	Cure 10 players	10	Bronze	Healthy
Healthcare Professional	Healthcare Professional	Cure 50 players	15	Silver	Healthy
Doctor Without Borders	Doctor Without Borders	Cure 100 players	30	Gold	Healthy
Quarantine Manager	Quarantine Manager	Kill 25 infection minions	15	Silver	Healthy
White-coated Demigod	White-coated Demigod	Kill the infection boss	15	Silver	Healthy
Xeno-virologist	Xeno-virologist	Finish all healthy missions	20	Gold	Healthy
Scourge	Scourge	Finish all infected missions	15	Gold	Infected
Chief of Staff	Chief of Staff	Accomplish all healthy achievements	20	Gold	Healthy
Patient zero	Patient zero	Accomplish all infected achievements	20	Gold	Infected

We hope you enjoy this event.
Your Dark Orbit Team.