Why does the asteroid belt not seem to work well.

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From what I've read in the manual. Asteroid belts and fields can damage and destroy ships. From the matches I've played they have done nothing to stop my fleets or the AI's fleets from passing through unscathed. I've actually watched one of my ships hit an asteroid and expected it to explode but instead it passed right through. Can asteroid belts and fields actually destroy ships? I havn't had it happen to me yet.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
from what i can gather, some of the belts feilds and clouds possess special abilities that will hinder your units. the actual asteroids in a belt will not affect your ships because they just get processed as background detail which you can actually turn off.
some annomelies like the magnetic storm have an ability to disable your special abilities or to slowly drain your antimatter. im not sure however if the asteroids possess abilities like this.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I think the asteroid fields/belts reduce accuracy.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
I think the asteroid fields/belts reduce accuracy.
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yep, that and the high resource mines that some have, are the only 2 things they do.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I swear that I read in the manual or on the site that the asteroid belts and fields can destroy ships and make effect bottlenecks and stuff. It's driving me crazy trying to figure out where I read that.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
I read it also, and I'm pretty sure that where I found it wasn't in the manual...
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
ships in an asteroid field suffer a chance to hit penelty of 20%
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
You probably read it on the site somewhere, there are quite a few inaccuracies about the game on the site that have been around since they redid the site mid beta.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah it probably was on the site, but definitly not in the forums. So I guess as Advalary said that it is just an inaccuracy with the site.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
While we're on the topic of asteroid belts, how do you build an extractor on a rock in an asteroid belt? I have been able to conquer ones that were already built, but I cannot figure out how to build one when no one else has.

Thanks.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Extractors at neutral planets can be captured using a colony or scout frigate (scout for Vasari, colony for the other two).
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah thank you. I noticed this tonight. I had never gotten to one before someone else did, and I didn't realize that the extractors came pre-installed, by God I assume. :D

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