[quote who="Hyrim" reply="2" id="2449206"]One of these threads should be stickied. Seriously how often does this question come up? [/quote] Certainly not often enough, there's only three threads about this - on the first page.
Nay. But it would be cool to have spies conducting sabotage missions. So that suddenly you'd have messages popping up about spies sappin' dispensers on planet Chione.
I watched some of the part 2 vs 9 and the Vasari Navigator spam replays. They were'nt really interesting because they're both sloppily executed. The first one is just starbase uncapped target acquisition/repair abuse ad nauseum. The second one is played against what's evidently one of the economy/defense orientated AI's - on a small map. In both sessions, lots of 'noob' errors are made such as not scouting ahead/leaving planets undefended for the AI to bombard (which,
See you other beta testers online Monday.
All this talk and talk and talk about scouts is pure nonsense anyway. Forget it! The scout is not a combat unit! It's like you guys have gotten so far into some awkward, arbitrary math-based world of concepts on what the units are you're no longer able to see what's blatantly obvious to the layman player. A point I also tried to make by posting that chart in reply #2: It's pretty, simple, really! I honestly hope the developers don't take these scouts discussions too seriously - and ce
Well, the game is playable, for sure. Just nowhere near how the developers envisoned it. Which is why it's so odd they're so reluctant to put some decent armor on those fighters, a simple change that would fix so many problems. On a side note, the developers are recommending using flak for clearing mines, not the scouts themselves.
This is all very interesting, Amish, and it's great there's finally a counter to the rather boring LRF spamtastic battles, but... doesn't that leave this diagram look rather faulty?
Again, Amish, I'm posting my view on how I believe the developers were INTENDING game balance. The fact that it plays out much differently online I attribute to oversights such as the abuse of scouts. They simply weren't prepared for this. It's a fact that defensive emplacements play only a tiny role in online play. Should we conclude that this is intentional, that gun emplacements were 'meant' to be a near-redundant never-to-be-used unit? I doubt so.
[quote]This is a personal strategy, and i will argue such until you prove the devs wanted the game to play out this way WITHOUT resorting to something like "It's the best way to exploit these races." That said, i agree with Amish. Scouts should be, and are, a combat ship and were meant for such a role. They would have been given better shields/hull/armor and no gun if they weren't. The fact that they have an armor type they counter proves this, so people need to stop crying about i
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I never exploited illums because back when that was popular I didn't even play online. Like I said in #8 reply above, I 'complain' about scouts because they obviously weren't meant for combat. Had the developers intended for them to take a combat role - even a light combat, clear-the-neutrals-role - they would have had autoattack on by default. What instead happens is people exploit the scouts to counter the exploit of LRFs - something that is only necessary because fighters don't cou
Flak is NOT the counter to bombers. Fighters are.
[quote who="Deceiver_0" reply="3" id="2440349"] You may select your Capital ship as flagship, which may be a good idea if you're producing different types of units, but I highly recommend disbanding any fleets you create before engaging enemy units, especially if your flagship is your cap ship (because your entire fleet will follow your cap ship if you need to retreat it, resulting in unnecessary losses and possibly losing your cap becuase your fleet isnt killing whats killing your cap).
[quote who="anteachtaire" reply="29" id="2432874"]yeah, I meant the advantages for max all. by itself, (not for trade or anything.) its comprable to researching extraction and trade bonuses to a cert. extent. Personally I feel as though its a better investment though. And it can be a big factor early game, as you maximize your base income and set yourself up for a better eco. when you get more research; extraction research offsets the loss of income from low all & if you have higher all.
Carriers are unarmed to fool the enemy. The enemy will think: "Ahh, he's sending carriers, the fool... I will surely win now! Because I know that 'carrier: strong against none'. Hahaha! He's sending non-combat units to fight me! BWHAHAHAHA! MU-hahahah!" But when the carriers actually arrive, they are in fact carrying combat units. 'SURPRISE ATTACK AMBUSH STRATEGY' you then type to really put down the poor guy. And then your fighters fight him and your bombers bomb him. An
[quote who="CallenExile" reply="150" id="2442508"] Quoting Apheirox, reply 148 Six pages of this. Incredible. The same, simple-to-understand perfectly logical and valid argument being reiterated to a guy who believes the 'hit-and-run lore' has more to say about the game balance than the actual game itself does. Stop posting here, it's pointless. You've made your point. Pretty much the original post was all that's needed. The developers, I woul
As I briefly expressed my opinion on prior to the game we played a few days a ago, JJ, I'm one of the people who think scouts are not meant for combat. IMO, the validity of scouts as combat units are no more than a major oversight on the developers' part being exploited by advanced players who know the game better than its makers do. Scout: 'Strong against none' and auto-attack off by default hint at/prove this. This is a case seen in countless games, especially when a competetive onl
Six pages of this. Incredible. The same, simple-to-understand perfectly logical and valid argument being reiterated to a guy who believes the 'hit-and-run lore' has more to say about the game balance than the actual game itself does. Stop posting here, it's pointless. You've made your point. Pretty much the original post was all that's needed. The developers, I would think, have common sense and will obviously be in agreement that the Vasari are considerably underpowered, espe
This woman is seriously sexually frustrated.
