Dalibocrates

[quote who="Dr.Gonzo" reply="2" id="2011303"]What's wrong with firing shells bigger than frigates? That's just how much ass the Kol kicks. [/quote] +1 :P

I have to disagree, I think the fleet supply system is one of the best things about the game. If the upkeep lowered automatically, there would be no serious disadvantage to getting your fleets destroyed, so long as you could rebuild by the time enemies came - people would incessantly raid instead of playing more carefully. The current system allows for gambits where you purposefully maintain a smaller fleet than an enemy player, using your relatively more powerful economy to get ahead in rese

I can't argue with the maths: especially now that I've thought about fleetcap upkeep, which would mean keeping the money in your hand is a better investment. I tend to forget how much expensive but grandiose projects actually cost >.

Yeah, totally a +1. Solid experimenting with the times as well.

There's been a fair bit of discussion on the frustration of mine-clearing, and the possibility of a minesweeper ship. There's also been a fair bit of discussion on starbases, and how easy they are to bypass. I figured I'd chip in my two cents. Firstly, minesweepers and mines. Mines are supposed to be something that is painfully omnipresent and difficult to get rid of, for a start. That said: 1. Vasari minelayers are ridiculous. If you get a few antimatter resear

Yeah, I wholeheartedly agree.

Yeah, I can confirm as well. Don't need the research in any game I played.

I found the same issue with Advent starbases - it appeared to build normally, but fired at enemies (and sort of saved one of my systems in the process...) - didn't this used to happen with defense platforms? I'll see if I can find a savegame showing it.

Solid. Looks like Ironclad is hugely on top of it, what with hotfixes already coming out. I presume they'll let us know if they need more save game info etc.

Apologies if this has been mentioned: I searched, but didn't find. Also apologies if it is unclear, it's my first bug report. I have no idea if the first paragraph below is relevant. I was playing Advent on Centrifuge against 2 unteamed Hard AIs, TEC and Vasari. I had a Halcyon carrier and some Aeria drone hosts at a gas giant system in which I owned all the mines (as in, metal and crystal mines). En route to that system, I'd selected an Aeria drone host (in warp, I bel