Dark Orbit has announced two new galaxy gates: Epsilon and Zeta. Epsilon requires 99 pieces! There's already a youtube video up here. They claim the LF4s are a possible reward. I wonder if you'd be more likely to get one in a chest or in the gate. It will probably be awhile until you can purchase LF4 with uridium. Dark Orbit is using gambler's psychology: the more chests you open, the more you believe the next one will contain one although the odds have not changed per individual event. If you are trying to get an LF4, expect to purchase at least 200 keys. I've found a lot of chests from boss little lords in X-2.
The zeta gate requires 111 pieces and may award you with the Havoc drone design. Drone designs have been a controversial topic on the suggestions forums. Some people are concerned with "balance," while others are bored of the same drones. I personally believe more powerful drones does create imbalance, but it'd be fun to be able to have colored drones with no special abilities. A white Goli with hot pink drones would be pretty cute ;) "Balance" just means that new players would be able to survive and grow to catch up to more veteran players. The Havoc design makes lasers equiped on the drone 10% more powerful. Announcements like these cause me to envy the wallet warriors for their awesome ships. I have not seen a Havoc drone on anyone's ships yet.
As for an update on the box encryption announcement, I believe I was right. I have been boxing for my second iris (24,000 uri) and still have not encountered an encrypted box. Dark Orbit has recently bragged of their bot detection and bans. I believe the box encryption was a way for Dark Orbit to have more concrete evidence that the suspected botters were away from their keyboards. I'm partially surprised that Dark Orbit hasn't created their own bot to sell as a monthly subscription, but glad that they have taken the stand against cheaters.
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