Instead of auto-scuttling your real labs, make it so that the orbital labs and the shipboard labs aren't cumulative. That way, if you only have one or two capital ships, you won't be forcibly down-teched, but you'll have a bit of an investment in ships to make before you can continue teching.
Click on the planet you want to blow up, and then click the thin little orange and black striped bar and the bottom middle of the HUD. It will say either "Scuttle" or "Strip Planet" when you hover over it.
[quote who="Polistes" reply="26" id="3173520"]You counter the above by fully upgrading your valuable planets with Sbs and static defenses. Also the Kostra cannon technique does have a serious drawback, though it can be mitigated if your careful, but here is the lowdown. If you use the kostra cannon to attack behind enemy lines then unless you brought the titan with the phase stabilizer node or have the level six merauder you are stuck unless you can capture the plane
Before jumping, the starbase would have to "Pack up," during which time it would disable its upgrades. After it arrived, it would take time to re-enable everything, during which it would be vulnerable to attack. The more upgrades it has, the longer this would take (though it wouldn't take as much time it took to purchase the abilities in the first place).
When facing a Vasari Rebel titan, leave your fleet at home. Stick to bombers, titans, and starbases. Capital ships can work as well, but they'll still be affected by he nanite swarm. Many people agree that Nano Leech is horribly overpowered in its current implementation.
Also, I'm seeing a fifth RB upgrade that causes the starbase to gain health after it explodes.
And the DE can get an upgrade that instantly captures the planet and all of the ships around it. Quite balanced.
I posted something like this in a different thread, but I think it would be more relevant here. Instead of being able to phase jump directly, I think the Vasari Rebel Orky should be able to collapse itself into a frigate-sized ship which is capable of moving between grav wells. This "frigate" would have no weapons and fairly low health. When it gets to the new territory, it could reassemble itself. This reassembly process would take time, which would i
Instead of being able to phase jump directly, I think the mobile Orky should be able to collapse itself into a frigate-sized ship which is capable of moving between grav wells. When it gets to the new territory, it could reassemble itself. This reassembly process would take time, which would increase with the number of upgrades it has received (though it would be faster than building a new SB and buying the same number of upgrades). During the reassembly process, the Orky wo
I've received Migrators from the "support fleet" option. I'd agree that it would be nice for a dedicated colony/scout option, though.
I like the idea of splitting the research for shipboard civilian and military labs. Maybe have the research tree go Level 3: Civilian Evacuations Level 4: Shipboard Labs (Weapons only; one lab per ship) Level 5: Mobile Rulership (Requires 4 levels of Titan Research, possibly a built Titan as well) Level 6: Shipboard Labs (Weapons and Imperial; one lab per ship) Level 7: Stripped to the Core Level 8: Improved Research (Cap ships count as tw
It' just a small issue, but in the games I've played, the Titan and new Capital Ships icons were in the middle of a group of frigates and cruisers on the Empire Tree display, instead of at the top with the other Cap Ships.
