Version 1.02 will contain a number of balance changes that we're still working on.

Just say that SB mobilization is getting revamped...

I disagree on the jump to enemy wells. Honestly vasari need it without an anti-module cruiser. Maybe they should limit the  number of mobilizable starbases to 3 to 5.

Your frustration? Understandable. Your ranting? Unhelpful. If the devs had pushed back the release date to make more thorough fixes then everyone would complain. They meet their deadline, but dont fix everything, and people complain. Most likely now that the official release is out it will get patched like mad. But lets walk down your rant real quick.

Talked with Quar: no purpose here, you're ranting but attributing your rant to someone else. Blame sidestepped? No, not really.

Corvettes: Powerful, perhaps too powerful for the early game. Too spammable. Wildly OP? No. Even a bunch of lrms can put a serious dent in a swarm of corvettes, not to mention what static defences can do.

T8 jumping SBs: Not the fix I would have made but it was the most logical and the most direct. It's a lot harder to get to now and rushing like mad to it is no longer really doable. Making the jump possible only to friendly grav wells is useless. The SB itself needs a nerf if its going to be jump-capable, T8 tech with prereqs seems fine for now.

Strip to the Core: Not the problem. Very powerful tech, yes. The problem is in how quickly it can be obtained with the Shipboard Labs tech. My preference would be that this tech requires a Titan to be built (but is NOT an ability of the titan). If that isn't feasible, at least change Shipboard Labs. Maybe make each capital provide one of a different lab type. IE the three support caps provide civilian labs and the 3 combat caps provide weapon labs. Or something.

Bottom line: No. Balance is imperfect, it is not SHIT. This uptick in troll troll troll lately needs to stop. It's totally unhelpful. I'd love if the devs would chime in more and let us know what they think of our suggestions and what they plan to implement but its their damn game.

I'm not whining, I'm raging. Does it take 1 month to move tech from t5 to t8? Does it hurt to make temporary adjustment to corvettes?

Early game is ruined by corvettes, mid-late game by SB mobilization and STTC. I have lost all will to play.

I have played 90% Vasari for 2 years. I'm nearly Vasa fanboy, and I'm saying it's ridiculously OP. Vasa didn't need it in Diplo and doesn't need it now. It's game breaking tech.

Now, THIS is real trolling.

Didn't they say that corvettes had been internally balanced in the balance issues thread? What changed?

They made band-aid changes in the right direction. I "Feel" that the strip the core is changed to give less resources.

Honestly, the amount of work I put in at my company when we're 1month away from migrating the entire workforce to a new software suite is so rough I barely have time for my regular duties.

I can't imagine game design can be that much different. They made steps in the direction, and now that the games launch, and the REAL issues (desync, minidumps) are handled, now they can focus on the balance.

We went through what, 34 patches in diplomacy (1.34 right?) I'm sure it won't kill us to go through a few for Reb. Just saying

And I'm not disputing that. Balance definitely needs work, and that yet again nothing was done to the Deliverance Engine annoys me quite a lot. But there's a way to go about talking about it, and starting a post with "I was talking to some guy who said the devs are morons" isn't it.

My post contains valid criticism. I pick form in which I want to deliver it. It is not your concern.

I'm very, very sorry to be rude, but I'd like to point out that if you believe that these issues are not serious, you are a noob. Again, I didn't mean to offend, please don't take it personally!

Dent. Not "lrms pwnzorz corvettes", not "lrms roflstomp corvettes into pretty little pieces". My point was that corvettes are not the all powerful early game monsters you make them out to be. Dont try to distract from your own pointless and obvious trolling by calling me a troll.

Umm..  Your second quote says Yarlen yet it was Tankbuster that said that, not Yarlen.

Two other things that seriously need improvement: Nano Leech and Enduring Will

Nano Leech is something I was very surprised to see unchanged - one would think an ability that makes most of the ships in the game worse than useless would be obviously OP, but it seems that a few numbers might help.  Level 4 nano-leech gives 20 HP/s per ship.  67% shield mitigation increases this to an effective 60 HP/s per ship.  15 armor (research+armor ability) increases this to an effective 150 HP/s (and at full research+abilities, the Kultorask would be getting even more).  Add in gravity pulse immobilizing subcapitals for 1/3 of the time, and any subcapital couldn't even come close to making up for the healing it's providing simply by existing in Nano-Leech range.

Even capital ships can't overcome these values with straight DPS - the only meaningful things they have are a few abilities like Disruptive Strikes.  Mass bombers provides a chance - but if the Kultorask gets anything into nano-leech range at all, it will soon regenerate back to full anyway.  And it never stops - the AM drain insures that it can keep firing off its abilities indefinitely.

My suggestion?  Remove or greatly reduce the AM drain so the Kultorask actually needs to worry about running out of energy.

Then there's Unyielding will.  People have enumerated many issues with the ability, but I think that the fundamental problem is that your opponent gets to decide when they kill your titan, and you don't.  Sure, in theory being able to take of 3+ capitals and their supporting fleet with your titan's death throes is good, but in practice your foe won't finish it off with a bombing run until their fleet is disengaged and heading in the other direction.  Considering how expensive your titan is, it's not worth exposing it to death just to hope that your opponent screws up and makes it worthwhile.

The deterrent value may seem like something, but consider - if your enemy has the means to finish off your titan at reasonable cost in a direct engagement, they probably have the means to bring it near death, then retreat and finish it with bombers.  Otherwise, they'll focus on other targets either way, so the ability means nothing.

People have suggested making it scale based on how low your HP is, or require low HP to cast - both work - and both give control of the ability to you, rather than your opponent.  This is important, because as long as your opponent controls when the ability comes into play, they will make sure it is the least opportune possible moment for you.