Seeing as most of the other buffs that Advent capital ships have work on structures (shield restore, for instance), I'd imagine that the Halcyon's does as well.  You could test this very easily by building a Halcyon and a turret, then clicking on the turret.  It will list the increased rate of fire as a buff if it's affected by it.

Yes. Yes it does. Kinda unfair, isn't it?

There is already an advent ability that affects strikecraft damage output, with the halcyon's ability and that one... damm...

An advent HC can reach those DPS levels too... and it can MOVE. If turrets work for you, use them, just stop preaching it please. This thread isn't even about that.

This is because, unless you're against an AI, no one will stray into range of your turret cluster.  They're going to destroy it from far away and never give it a chance to fire.  This is compounded by their cost (250 credits is reasonable, it's the metal/crystal and tactical slots that are the real cost here).  Turrets work great against the AI, but that's the qualifier: against the AI.  They're too easy to avoid and bypass otherwise.

It's not dogma if I have a reason for it.  You've failed to give any reason as to why you think turrets are viable for wide-scale deployment.  It seems the dogma here is your belief that there is a dogma.

I'm well open to discussion on the usefulness of turrets, but as I mentioned there are some strong reasons to avoid them.  Too expensive and too easy to bypass are the big ones.  I have strong reasons for not building these things very often, and my experience is simpy that they don't work against smart opponents in most cases.

Then there is the fact that I do use turrets sparingly.  After clearing all siege and long range frigates from a planet's militia, I will often build one turret then move on, and it will clean up the rest for me.  Similarly I will sometimes put them near frigate factories on front-line planets since they are prime targets for the enemy to rush.  Three of them on an asteroid can cover all angles from siege frigate attack while still being cheaper than a hanger.  They have their uses, but almost always the cost is prohibitive of any wide-scale deployment on many planets.

uh...right.

Do you play online, or SP? Cause if you just play SP, then you are right. If you play MP, then you are losing... badly...

Problem is that end-game usually involves swarms of bombers over a hundred squads strong.  Structures just evapourate before such fleets, and personally I'd rather spend my precious precious tactical slots on repair bays and hangers in these situations.

I never said that static defense was worthless.  You have to use them effectively, however.  Certainly starbases are far better investments than turrets.

As for the player in your example, he was foolish to charge an Advent starbase directly, particularly if you had mass disorientation or meteors.  The Halcyon presented a big problem for him, but he would have been much better off avoiding it.  In fact, as a general rule, never attack an Advent starbase head on if it has antimatter.  I will go so far as to say an Advent starbase guarded by a Halcyon is easily the game's most overpowered combo, but not because of energy amplification.  It's because of telekinetic push which counters bombers and forces you to engage the most dangerous of starbases head on.

Problem with assault cruisers is that meteor control outranges them, so this really doesn't solve the problem.

Like I said not cost effective, you can heal em but only for so long, they'll die, but if you can pump out enough you'll eventually wear the thing down.

I suppose you could combine assault cruisers with ability interrupts like Detonate AM or.. (does magnetize work on structures? I dont remember) So theres that. The Halc + meteor isnt unbeatable, but its tough as nails w/o a doubt.

What you have been spewing is theorycraft, i play online almost everyday, darvin probably does too, most of the active (and helpful) forum-goers play the game almost entirely MP.

If you jump into a grav well and your opponent has a starbase surrounded by turrets and repair bays, what do you do?

If your answer is "Head straight for it" then I'm sorry, sir, but you're wrong.

Facing a halycon/starbase combo i would probably use fighters to attack the carrier first, hoping to make them use TK push, and then hit it with a massive bombing run before the CD expires, proceed to starbase.