SithLordAJ

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="122" id="3150739"]Has anyone asked the question of how to utilize battleship openers (2 battleships) as opposed to the other caps. What is the best way to really increase the efficiency of these caps in game as opposed to asking for buffs?[/quote] Ok, I don't have the multiplayer experience, and this is my opinion, so take this all with that qualification: If you're starting with dual battleships, you're saying &#

[quote who="sulley1" reply="9" id="3150160"] I do try and send some colony frigates to cap those invulnerable mining rigs, AI just sends their own too often for me to keep up. I really like capitol ships, they have lots of abilities and they pack a hell of a punch. I can research quite a bit of more fleet points and I still have 200 left, but I need to build up my money. I have found that starbases are a huge help, be it holding on till my fleet ge

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="6" id="3149824"]Apparently you've never played Tic Tac Toe...[/quote] I would actually claim the AI in a game of Reversi is harder... they're very good at parsing all the possible choices. However, I did see a math paper recently that showed the AI is at a disadvantage in Reversi (I forget the reason).

As I have said in another thread, the AI can surprise you with some utterly brilliant tactics at times. That said, I do not think they need a nerf (as suggested in the title). First, you should know that the 'Unfair AI' is... unfair... it receives more credits than it should; and you have less planets than the combined AI forces, so... you are probably severely outgunned economically;

actually, volt might have hit the problem on the head... what's to stop you from animositizing a repulsive guardian? you've now turned 2 ships into something close to a subverter fleet. or even getting 2 or more radiances and bouncing the force attacks back and forth..? combine a couple radiances with a couple guardians, and this could be very, very annoying.

Friday . It's Friday that we're supposed to complain 'corvettes are overpowered'. Check your calendar.

Argh... too much to read... I do have one thing to say though: Bilun, I thought where you were going to go with this post was 'Abilities shouldn't be the focus of battleships, dps should' and then suggest better scaling for both ships. Then, all of a sudden the topic became how best to adjust the abilities... I'll probably be vehemently disagreed with, but I've always thought the battleships should be floating guns, dishing out loads of damage. They would have low

wait... are we back to 'corvettes are overpowered'? I thought this week was 'meh, they're nothing special'?

[quote who="martox1" reply="61" id="3147920"]where did u here that at? well where ever it was its not true once u research the sb phase engine upgrade it can phase jump like any other ship and i just tested it to be sure[/quote] [quote who="SithLordAJ" reply="59" id="3147887"]last I heard the Vasari Starbase jumping-thing was only to planets you own... Am I mistaken? [/quote] Mistaken [e digicons]:yes:[/e]

I guess if there's a really good choke point, that might make sense to station a Revelation at your SB with some other backup, stacking guidance and reverie; If you get pushed enough there, you could get it up to a high enough level for hysteria, which would be quite useful. However, I'd think this too rare of a situation.

last I heard the Vasari Starbase jumping-thing was only to planets you own... Am I mistaken? Look, as for the e-sport thing... you're not going to help matters. I, for one, am of the opinion that e-sports can only ruin the game. I do not wish to turn this into a rant, but needless to say, that is my opinion and I am entitled to it. You are entitled to yours. I recommend just moving on to the topic at hand (BRB) otherwise people (not I) might just sta

we were more arguing about our interpretations about it. But I'm not upset, and I don't think Seleucia is either. We're interested and trying to explain and understand each other's ideas... People go off and debate baseball games and chit chat about them... this is similar situation, but the topic is neutrino physics. I do understand the difference between experimental results (measurement of the real world) and models (math that predicts what the experimental results

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="45" id="3146249"]It is my understanding that if superluminal neutrinos exist, they necessarily must be of high energy (perhaps in the GeV range?)...this is one reason why the often cited SN1987A is thought of as inadequate for experimental purposes (IIRC the neutrinos it emits are in the MeV range)... [/quote] Ok, so let's take this one step at a time... (not necessarily going to say this all is your opinion, but what you are

[quote who="bilun" reply="18" id="3146922"] Not as crazy about this one- the advent have always had abundant incentive to go into the military tree, so I'm hesistant to add another new faction-specific tech to the military tree, rather then making it incentive to go harmony. That said It's still WAY better then the current state of things. Though I'd kind of like it if the advent loyals were more suited to investing more heavily in the harmony tree early. &nb

I kinda figured it would be something like we got... the only surprise here is that loyalist/rebel are different ships, but are mostly the same. The only real difference is their hit affects. And somehow this is tied to your faction? I don't see the point of this.... It would be more interesting to me if I had my choice between the 2 corvettes, but once you pick one, you can't pick the other. and maybe they have combat some differences otherwise, why make them differ

I stopped nitpicking the game awhile ago... I've moved on to the far more interesting subject of physics. :)

ah, so it does... It had 2 levels a patch or 2 ago... I wonder if that was done on purpose? [edit:] or so I thought.... I just looked at the files for the last 2 patches and its not 2 levels...

[quote who="Vatticson" reply="12" id="3146306"]I still don´t undestand that mysterious 5% bonus damage in culture [/quote] I don't understand you're confusion. The tech is supposed to make anything you own that has weapons and is under the influence of your culture deal X% more damage. Lvl 1 X= 5, Lvl 2 X= 10. That's pretty straightforward. what is unclear about it? Bilun: I agree about moving up Fury... And about your reservations for doing so. The o

well, you know that science never states anything as certain. The best you will ever get is something along the lines of "δ 5 GeV" or something its all about a series of constraints... Meanwhile, a little tidbit for those that just browse over a lot of this stuff: If you happen to be in a conversation and someone, attempting to be acknowledged as the 'smartest person in the room' brings up this faster-than

[quote who="MayallCommunion" reply="43" id="3146138"]So basically there is no real way we will leave the Solar system D;?[/quote] Not in my opinion. If this gets your spirits down, go ask Sinperium. He seems to think it's foolish to think it won't happen. Seleucia, I'm looking into your comments and have decided to take a closer look at not just the article I linked, but a few more. I read one of these papers months ago, and it's possible I may have mixed up so

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="106" id="3145921"]how old is haegemonia again? Why cant these things look in Sins like this? [/quote] I really don't see a difference... the skybox is clearly more detailed, and the ships have a bit more polygons, but then again, sins has way more ships on the screen. I also never got to play haegemonia... I bought it, and then it didnt work... so I returned it, and I think that's actually how I came across Sins... I was actually looki

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="29" id="3145548"]You are exactly correct...one possible goal is to make planetary defense vessels, though there are other possibilities...[/quote] good to see that while in one thread we're fighting physics, in another we agree [e digicons]:grin:[/e] (I enjoy the debate though. Bring it)

[quote who="MayallCommunion" reply="38" id="3145685"]Sithlord, you make me feel smarter after reading all that. [/quote] Good. I always aim to do that. Everyone ignores this stuff because they think it's too hard and not any fun. If you just sit down and take a look at it, it's engrossing and not too hard to understand. As for going to Mars, I heard about a design that could get us there in 30 days.... but uses Nuclear propulsion. I am fairly confident there is no way to build

well, you never know... I've been looking at the game files and there is still some files for choosing factions. I've advocated this as well. Now that more of the abilities have been moved up and are accessible earlier, it's not as much of a necessity, but it would still be great to have an immediate benefit for choosing a particular faction.

would also be helpful to turn on your tactical layout so that we can see where the well edge is. I see the lanes, but the tactical would help