I don't mind Vasari Starbases phase jumping as long as they cost 150 fleet supply and 3 capital ship slots and move at the speed of 200.

Perhaps it would be simpler to give the Ruiner an anti structure weapon.

and one of the big ideas that has come up that will solve this problem is just give the Vasari a torpedo cruiser

 or if you planned and brought a few torpedo cruisers with you you win hahahahahahaha

It's really not that hard to understand and comprehend this concept people.

Again, it should not be easy.  Entrenchment means DEFENSE...not Offense. 

If an enemy is shooting an M16 on the inside of either an F16 or M1A2, then you've got a problem.

1) Starbases definitely need more range. The TEC and Advent starbases are just really strong turrets right now.

2) Starbases should not move. I'm going to allow the Vasari one to scoot around because one of them doing that is kinda cool. However, the whole concept of a starbase is that it's a freakin' stationary base of defensive operations. STATIONARY FREAKIN' BASE.

3) Starbases do need some kind of built-in anti-fighter equipment, otherwise carriers become cheap "torpedo cruisers". I like the idea of tying the number of flak cannons with the number of defensive upgrades, but maybe only one or two per upgrade.

4) Starbases definitely need more squadrons. Two to start off with, four for Advent and adding three squadrons per upgrade sounds about right. Gives you a stronger fighter presence without being game-breaking.

5) Starbases do not leave their gravity well. STARBASES DO NOT LEAVE THEIR GRAVITY WELL. I think this is the single most nonsensical idea I have heard so far. There aren't freakin' Death Stars, they're starbases. Defensive Starbases. But a Vasari torpedo cruiser (or torpedo mode for their mine cruiser) would even the playing field.

6) Starbases should absolutely have a compelling reason for the enemy to attack them. Long-range harassment missiles, planet-protecting powers, or my favorite ... the tractor beam ... are all good things that would influence an invader to engage the starbase.

Maybe if you got a special one of a kind bonus/when you kill a Starbase it would be interesting. Say every cap in your fleet regardless of position would level up. And maybe instead of destroy only options/ how about a boarding/assualting/taking a Starbase over? That's what I love about this game the possibilities are endless.

Another thing.. a planet bombardment ability on a Starbase is utterly useless.

The current "insta-building a massive starbase before your enemy knows what's going on in his system" aside, if you are able to construct a Starbase in an enemy grav well it means you already have military supremacy there. Which means your caps and siege frigates can bombard the planet at will.

I hope the planetary bombardment ability of the Transcencia gets turned into something more useful such as the suggested anti-repulsion ability to pull ships into firing range of the base.

They do have a hold position command if you go into tactic managment. All ships and def structurs do. Its on the engagment range options. First thing i looked for when my vasari starbase had to be sheperded back to a usefull spot....damn wave throwing sheep. I think they should not move because the whole point of the neat new defencive upgarde we got to the other def structures (the one part of the expansion im pleased with. see my rant...i mean topic on mines *shudder*). They do need a range increase badly though. not half the grav well but certainly they need to far out range the other static deffences. I also make the old argument that phase blockers need to make it impossible to pass through to another system you own untill they are destroyed. Put your SB on top of them and they will come up to say hi to it. SB are not doing their intednded dammage. Its just a fact. If you want proof play any mod out there where they increase the damage on cap ships into the hundreds. the dammage it quite visible. I sat and watched the sp and hp on two vas cap ships taking on my advent ( i tested the TEC sb too) sb and they were not taking more than 30 or so damage per hit. they need to strenthen starbases and nerf mines. Im disturbed by the aparent silence of star/clad on the forums. Used to be they had people patroling the forums and making an apearence on just about every game relevent post to correct information and dish it out when needed. Since the entrenchment beta i havnt seen any sign of a mod posting ANY kind of response...

This is'nt that bad of an idea you know but it needs to be more limited such as

1. jumping from one plant to another should take as long as jumping ships between stars and jumping between stars super freakin slow like even an hour at the fastest move speed

2. Starbases that go through a jump come out partley damaged always, possibly haveing lost upgrades or they need to be repaired for a cost and time before comeing back online, they can comeout completly disabled and sometimes with out sheilds (philidalphia experiment anyone?), or they dont end up at the planet you tryed to jump it to and comes out elsewhere (lost in space lol), can be completly lost from jumping

3.basicly these things are freaken huge and pulling them through what ever phase space is should be extremly dangerous and difficult to do, think of it as the phase engine was never ment for such a large mass or something at least not without several hundred years worth of research cause i mean if you could safely jump a whole base why couldnt that tech be scaled up for a plant or moon to me its just not logical

YES!