The PC servers will be coming down at 6am (pacific) for a brief update. Estimated downtime is approximately 1.5 hours. The following changes have been made: Increased Alert victory XP from 2500 to 5000. Indar alert will now be twice as likely to fire off than any other alerts. Victory Points awarded for winning an Indar alert has been increased from 3 to 4. Victory Points awarded for winning an alert (other than Indar) has been increased from 3 to 5. Increased minimum continent population required to launch an alert from 30 to 40 per faction (only two empires need to meet this requirement.) Increased alert duration from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. Alert can no longer run simultaenously on multiple continents.