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Player Activity
What is activity and how it's triggered
Activity is an indicator (*) that appears on a specific planet or moon.
Activity on is triggered by two main categories of events:
1. Player Actions:
- Logging In: Triggers activity on the planet/moon the player logs into.
- Clicking Menus: Clicking almost any menu (Overview, Fleet, Defense, Research, etc.) triggers activity on the currently selected planet or moon.
- Clicking Empire menu: Creates activity on every planet
- Refreshing the Page: Updates the activity on the active planet/moon.
- Using Sensor Phalanx: Triggers activity on the moon from which the Phalanx was scanned, but it does not create activity on the target planet being scanned.
2. Game Events
- Fleet Arrivals: Any fleet arriving at a planet or moon (yours, an ally's, or an enemy's) triggers activity on that target destination except hold missions.
- Espionage: An enemy espionage probe arriving at a planet/moon triggers activity on it.
- Fleet Returns: A fleet returning to its origin point triggers activity upon landing.
- Build completion: If the buildings are scheduled in the build queue, the game refreshes on completion
The asterisk (*) and activity timers
When you view the Galaxy screen, activity is displayed directly next to the planet or moon's image. The indicators follow a strict timeline based on the last triggered event:
| Indicator | Time Since Last Activity | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Asterisk (*) | 0 to 15 minutes | The most recent activity happened very recently. |
| Number (15 - 59) | 15 to 59 minutes | Shows the exact number of minutes that have passed since the last activity trigger. |
| No Indicator | 60+ minutes | No activity has occurred on this specific planet or moon for at least one full hour. |
What does it mean if you don't see activity?
If a planet or moon has no activity indicator, it simply means no clicks have been made on that specific planet/moon, and no fleets have landed there in the last 60 minutes.
However, you must be careful: No activity does not guarantee the player is offline. Because activity is localized, a player could be sitting online, actively building ships and sending fleets from „Planet A,“ while „Planet B“ shows completely dead with no activity. Advanced players often sit on a moon without clicking to lure in attackers, or they only refresh a single planet to hide the fact that they are online.
Is the galaxy view the only place to see activity?
- Buddy List: If the player is on your buddy list, you can see their overall account activity.
- Statistics Page: While it doesn't show an activity star, players watching the Highscores can track if a player's points are updating, which is a secondary way to confirm if an „inactive-looking“ player is actually online and spending resources.