Don't Dominate a Crusader

(There's a bug with Ruthlessness)

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Sorry if this is the wrong place for this kind of bug report, but this forum really doesn't seem to have a clear-cut "Bug reporting" section. I guess this game is well-developed enough not to need it.

I'll admit, Sins took way longer to present a bug to me than most games, I'm surprised. Actually, this "bug" may, though I doubt it, be intended (as one of my regular opponents, who does not play Advent, suggested), but it's really annoying.

Anyway, here's the point. The Rapture Battlecruiser's "Domination" power causes an interesting problem if you target an enemy Crusader with it... You get the cruiser, but if it has the "Ruthlessness" upgrade your (the owner of the Rapture) ships still take damage from the Ruthlessness while the ships of the previous owner do not. This extends to damaging the source of the Ruthlessness as well. If this is intended or has already been successfully dealt with for a future update, please let me know - whether or not I can safely steal my opponents' Crusdaders in my local (Advent-dominated) play pool will make a difference.

Oh, and the damage does make a significant difference if you grab multiple Crusaders, as my Guardians seem to enjoy absorbing the damage for everyone. I had several mind-controlled Crusaders and they wiped out my four Guardians when I wasn't watching. (This was before I realized what was causing the damage)

--Decusterra
technical
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
I was going to make a post on this myself, but I searched the forums and found yours, why isn't anyone responding to this. Domination has a couple other problems as well, like they continue to do orders the original owner told them to do until told not to (they will retreat with their former allies if you don't grab them quickly enough). This is something that needs to be patched as it doesn't seem particularly difficult to fix.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
..? This still hasn't been really noticed has it...


Yeah, I noticed that too... Clearing orders and fleeting data for dominated ships would be really nice. I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more attention. It's one of the more frustrating things about being Advent. I'm just about to download version 1.05... did they fix it there? Something tells me "no."

--Decusterra
Star Control: Origins