/signed, they should look towards what Supreme Commander did with their Anti-Nukes.

As you said, to minimize damage, stop one Superweapon heading at you but not two, restrict the 'Anti-Superweapon' to 1 per Gravity-Well (The Anti-SW only stops Superweapons that have a collision course with the planet that has a Anti-Superweapon built) this mean it would require multiple strikes from multiple cannons on 1 planet.

Starbase with Auxiliary Government blocks the Novalith from costing you the planet (though it still kills population). Planetary Shields offer protection from both if you're TEC. If you're playing with capital victory on, then you really need to build that.

The planet remains yours, but the HP drops to zero and population drops to zero.

You haven't actually lost the planet, so it's not a loss. They have to take out the Starbase before any kind of bombardment can cause it to drop from your control. It doesn't protect against Culture flipping it though.

a sb with aux gov keeps u from losing ur worlds against ANY bombardment and that includes the nova attacks

Played a match against an AI recently with a particular affection for superweapons on Trinity.  Sure, they could snipe my planets, but I had them defended and just mopped the floor with their faces in combat so I still won.  If they start sniping you with Novas, just go on the offensive sooner rather than later and break the turtle.

Some people don't realize that you can play a game of sins in a short amount of time..

Deliverance stacks, but only two of them.

the shield will negate the Novalith, fine. but what happens if you are Advent or Vasari?
Superweapons are not the problem, they are part of the game and normaly you cant win a game with pure focus on them. the only problem i would see is the TEC Loyalist. simply build 6 labs and rush out the Nova.
you are forced to rush out your starbase to defend your homeworld then.
in small galaxies the novalith is no problem. but what if you use bigger maps?

A super weapon modifier would be nice if you could set them at the beginning.
yesterday my mate build 18 Novalith cannons...that was boring. he sniped my enemys before my fleet reached them.

If they actually put a limit in numbers then they would have to give buffs to the superweapons because right now they arn't worth building much at all.

It's only in large numbers does the novalith actually do serious damage which is the issue with the TEC loyalists and the AI. Advent superweapon is worthless no matter how much you build.

Vasari being the exception since you use it for a phase jump at a single planet.

I've always hated the deliverance engine. It was like what God did to men when he had a little playdough left.

"AH! Nutsack!"

Deliverance engine is SOASE' nutsack.

A simple solution would be to add a tech or building that turns your planets back into unexplored planets for your opponents like the Gap Generator in the Command and Conquer: Red Alert games.

This is mainly about Novaliths, because the Advent, and Vasari supewweapons wont wipe out the planet they hit. Advents Joy Gun just spreads culture, and Vasari superweapon disables structures, but does no damage to the planet itself.

There will be a cap on how many superweapons you can build. The amount will depend on feedback from beta testing.

Right now the counters to Mass Novalith Spam are.. Aux Govt for TEC (or equivalent for Advent/Vasari) Starbases! This is a MUST HAVE to protect you from loss of worlds during bombardment. Sure you will lose some pop, and income, but you will not lose the planet itself. You will not lose Capital Victory. Your planet will recover in time. However Aux Govt. wont protect you from culture flipping. Only broadcast centers, and the happy happy joy joy gun can.

Maxing out infrastructure to boost planet Hit Points wont hurt ether. Build Shields, and research techs that protect your population during bombardment. Like Crisis Recovery for TEC, Hardened Cities for Advent.

Go on the Offensive! Find the worlds with Novaliths. Listen to the anouncements. Watch where the projectiles come from. Find them, and Smite them! Even if you dont destroy the planet itself. Destroy the Novaliths! They blow up real good. This is where hit, and run fleets come in handy.

Sounds like a bug to me, last I checked you cannot stack more than 2 D-engines

Im not sure though.

To be honest i find this a poor excuse to use when defending against the Novalith, Aux Govt was not actually made to counter the novalith. It was to stop people from skipping the starbases and destroying planets in raids. (I do believe people did that in entrenchment beta.

Sure you don't lose the planet but you may as well have.

There is no cap on the stacking for deliverance engine culture spread rate.