TobiWahn_Ke...

Just don't ask Ivanova to arbitrate that one again!

I was actually thinking about the Narn earlier today and there would be the hard-liners advocating revenge against the Centauri, but what about those who followed G'Kar after his post-dust "revelation"?

For them sacrifice, in the defence of others (eg B5 Severed Dreams), to free the galaxy from the great darkness was a price worth paying if it meant liberation for their homeworld. That faction could have strong diplomatic options to enable them to quickly build alliances. This would be another trait of Nobert's Preservers faction.

Darvroth, what abilities do you have? That might give a bit of context (and inspiration!) for the rest of us.

Regarding Thenta Makur: is that the version that attempts to lower a cap-ship level?

I like the Technomage Coven, it could probably have a culture bonus too, but you'd have to be careful about a First One's homeworld. I did consider something similar, but I thought the bonuses could be too powerful - plus it probably would have a very nasty automated defence system. Maybe that could be used for Rebellion's artifact planet victory? Hence I settled on Forge of the First Ones as that could have been from an abandoned, outlying colony.

Sins has a "toxic fallout" planet bonus, maybe that could be renamed/reused for the "Plague World"

Some lazy ability suggestions for the Centauri:-

1) "Blockade" Re-use the Sova's Embargo ability - many League worlds which bordered Centauri space complained about the negative effect the Centauri had on their economies - plus they did attempt to blockade B5 with a Primus.

2) "Strip Mine" Re-use the Jarrasul's 'Drain Planet' ability

3) "Grand Fleet Admiral" Re-use 'designate target' from the Ceilo, maybe include Akkan's 'target uplink' for a range increase. Probably fits the Octurian best.

4) "Elite Gunners" rate of fire & chance-to-hit increase, probably suits the Vorchan.

Ultimate ability for Minbari Sharlin:-

"Honour & Death" : Heavily damaged war-cruiser overloads its reactor to cause large amount of damage in the surrounding area. Maybe use a toned-down version of the Argonev's 'Red Button'.

I have an idea for an ability for centauri envoy ships.

Decadence: Improves trade income in the system.

The story to it is pretty much Londos opening speech, when he starts his story for Luk and Lizza (however they are spelled) in "In the beginning".

Or for those who don't remember (or never seen the film), the Centauri's decadence made them very interrested in art, literature, music, cuisine and lots of other not stricktly necessary stuff, which greatly fostered trade.

BTW--you could create some militia groups named "Purple" and "Green" and give them Drazi ships.

Screaming ain't gonna help

Vorlon colonizing ability needs to be done, then it's just a matter of how many issues I want resolved before release. I would want to work a bit on the research tree before releasing, but how much I cannot decide yet.

@Davroth

Have you downloaded the latest version from BitBucket? If you didn't manage to get GIT going you can also download it using the website, just log in to BitBucket, select Tab "Source" and slightly beneath the tabs on the right there is a button called "get source". You can use that to download the latest build. Please test it if you got the time. Many thanks

TobiWahn,

Was the forward firing mining ability for the Centauri submitted? I forget which ship.

I also may have a workable Shadow ability which will degrade planets population for a time... let me know which ship should get it.

Ancient Battlecrab I suppose, but whichever ship you think it would suite best. You have a better overview of the abilities at the moment.

Thanks. Will look at them.

Dunno. Don't think I got that ability, sorry.

Agreed.

@Darvroth (and many others)

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I find that most appealing

Agreed

There is something hard coded about laying mines that really, really makes it hard to use them as directional weapons. Frustrating is not the word.

I've got the first artifact, Ikarran Vault (MkII) done. Figures are subject to change as it improves (the already very strong) defences in SotYR, but at least it's a proof of concept.

Infocard text for a Minbari player:

It's taken a little while as I've also been working an on entity file validator - which already spotted a couple of mistakes.

I might have a go at Triluminary next ...

It's an empire wide boost to all defensive structures, I may also add a bonus to planet health, ie better shelters.

TobiWahn,

Spent last week working with the latest build playing Centauri while testing new abilities. I have not made it very far due to the complexity of the issues discovered thus far. I'll post the findings shortly as ticket 3. I will be adding more to this ticket but it has taken time to develop and test solution sets. Adjust recomendations as you see fit but there is quite a bit of testing involved behind them.

Hi, had a very busy week, sorry. I will look at them today or tomorrow.

I love that bonus. As for planet health, you cannot give percentage, only fixed value to a planets health.