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Fast Capship Destruction?

September 15, 2008 8:26:10 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

I recently started trying the advent (have always used TEC before) and, while testing them against an AI advent, came across an interesting situation.

In the early game I had a small fleet which consisted of a Rapture, about a dozen Disciples and an Iconus. I ran into the enemy fleet which consisted of a Rapture and 15 or so Disciples. I wanted to try out what I had so I cast Vengence on my Rapture and attacked.

The outcome was that my Rapture's shields were depleted in a little more than 5 seconds and was destroyed only a few seconds after. That is by far the fastest I've ever seen a capital ship go down....can anybody tell me what the heck happened?

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Reply #1 September 15, 2008 9:03:39 PM
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Funny... Vengeance simply retaliates a percentage of damage taken by the ship it's cast on by the attacker (percentages are 40%/80%/120%)

I don't know what can chew up a capital in less than 10 seconds other than a ridiculously huge fleet... one other Rapture and 15 Disciples certainly don't qualify.

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Reply #2 September 16, 2008 8:42:02 AM
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Maybe it was just a glitch. I forgot to save the replay so I can't go back and look. I figured it might have something to do with the other Rapture using vengence as well, etc. But sounds like it's not normal so I won't worry about it. Thanks for the help.

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Reply #3 September 16, 2008 9:08:09 AM
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Replays are saved automatically after each game ends (or you quit). Just need to find the right one

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Reply #4 September 16, 2008 1:39:39 PM
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I thoughty they only saved at certain points. Thanks, I'll check it out.

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Reply #5 September 16, 2008 1:48:15 PM
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Two Raptures both firing at eachother, both using Vengeance.. sounds like damage getting bounced back and forth and amplified indefinitely. Never thought it would actually work but seems I was mistaken. Scary stuff.

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Reply #6 September 16, 2008 4:37:20 PM
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One word: Bombers, Bombers, BOMBERS!

A crapload of Heavy Cruisers amd carriers deal some heavy damage against all caps relatively quickly. But always have some ships defending your carriers, they are VITAL!

 

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Reply #7 September 16, 2008 11:27:14 PM
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Quoting Starhound,
reply 5
Two Raptures both firing at eachother, both using Vengeance.. sounds like damage getting bounced back and forth and amplified indefinitely. Never thought it would actually work but seems I was mistaken. Scary stuff.

That would produce faster deaths when Vengeance's retaliated damage is increased to 65%/130%/225% in 1.1...

This warrants experimentation...

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Reply #8 September 17, 2008 7:44:31 PM
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oh wow. the damage getting bounced back and forth by vengence might be true and if it is it will need to be fixed.

ill try it in my next game

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Reply #9 September 19, 2008 10:12:10 AM
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Just like spirit link in Warcraft 3 FT with headhunters. Oh, the joy... (link berserked ones, damage taken is multiplied aswell lol)

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Reply #10 September 19, 2008 8:20:21 PM
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Since we are on the topic of Vengence, how long does it last? The infocard didn't show a duration.

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Reply #11 September 20, 2008 12:06:33 AM
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BuffVengeance as of 1.05: (Ibelieve this hasn't changed.)

   time
        Level:0 20.000000
        Level:1 30.000000
        Level:2 40.000000

 

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