Against Halcyons, you're far better with multiple Sova Carriers than Kols. Sovas with Heavy SC and Fighters are able to clear out 6-12 Bombers easily, and Missile Batteries is a nice offensive power to deal with the Disciples. In this situation, Kols are not worth the cost. Flak Burst is generally good only when there's an enormous amount of SC (20-50+). Otherwise, use Sovas instead. It's far more effective.
The problem with Vasari is that their ships are too expensive and weak. Seriously, compare the Junsurak with the Garda and Defense Vessel (Junsurak has 16 DPS, some 1500 HP/Shields, Garda has 14 DPS and a billion HP, and Defense has 19 DPS and some 1400 HP/Shields, and Junsuraks cost 5 Fleet), and they're the closest Vasari ship 'balanced' with their counterparts! I can accept Assailants being weak early-on because they come out so early and become very powerful by late-game, but the res
With Advent, Illum or Seeker/Disciple spam is pervasive. Especially with team games, because usually there's a dedicated 'feeder', who develops his economy soley to provide for the offensive players. With the exception of Advent often, most games lead to more complicated and fast-paced battles. Try multiplayer again, and preferably in 5v5 team games. It is a lot more entertaining than the AI, and sometimes the unique strategies other players use can make a game far more interesting.</
HC stands for Heavy Cruisers. Kodiak Heavy Cruiser, Destra Crusader, and Skarovas Enforcer are the HCs.
[quote who="Melchiz" reply="291" id="2473332"] This has been my stance on AGW since Al Gore cashed his first stock certificate from a "green" company. [/quote] Been my stance s well. I'm not denying global warming. But, I'm not supporting it. However, being environmentally-concious is always good to be, and the 'big names' seem extremely hypocritical. In addition, the plans at Copenhagen will just result in more taxes and additional oppression (Reducing persona
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I think the main problem with the game isn't Scout/LF or LRF spam. It seems more that Advent itself is incredibly unbalanced. I've never understood why Advent has all the best comat ships in the game. Seekers are the best scout, Disciples are the best LF, Illums are Illums, and then Defense Vessels are by far the best flak. Especially with Illums and Defense, because they completely outclass TEC and Vasari ships (Illums are bugged, and Defense Vessels are just completely overpowere
[quote who="tetleytea" reply="6" id="2470422"] Am I missing some patch? I can't make Akkan do squat, except colonize. How is it improving DPS? Are you consciously picking fights in asteroid belts? It's just theneutral asteroid belts where it helps, right? I can see it countering a Guardian push, and it plays good D (especially a lvl 6), I just don't see how it improves DPS. ...does it improve the to-hit of strike craft?? [/quote]
[quote who="CrazyElectron" reply="3" id="2470081"]Disagree 100% with the Kol - especially when paired with the Dunov. Sure, the Kol won't win a 1v1 fight against another capship, but that's what Dreadnoughts (i.e. Marza) are for. The Kol is supposed to fly into the middle of the enemy fleet and soak up and dish out damage to everthing around it. Flak burst shreds fighters and bombers (especially weak Advent fighters, which is vital, considering they are as numerous as rabbit
[quote quoting="post"] X-COM finally made it up! w00t. Make sure if you buy X-COM to vote it 5 stars in Impulse as it’s only at 4 stars right now (boo on whoever voted it less than 5 stars). [/quote] Does X-COM work in Window 7? I've tried playing this before on a computer with Windows XP, and there was a graphical glitch that made the game unplayable. If I'm able to play this on my computer with Windows 7, I will gladly buy X-COM. Also, I'm very glad tha
The beta is still obviously, a beta. There's going to make more features that should hopefully improve multiplayer, such as feed research. I'm going to buy diplomacy when it comes out, but I haven't preordered.
[quote quoting="post"] I know it's been the subject of a bit of discussion as some people don't see what all the fuss is about or think the promotional stuff looks dull. [/quote] The commercials are rather boring; it concentrates too much on the explosions and guns. I work at a theater, so I've been able to see the first trailer a while ago. It's a lot better than the commercial is. I really do want to see this movie, and it'll be completely free for me. ^_^ But any
We had a topic like this a few months ago, but now the best caps are a lot less obvious. So post what you hink are the best caps, and preferably why. Mine are... TEC: 1. Akkan Battlecruiser- With the most recent patch, the Akkan is a much more formidable ship. It's Colonize is the best in the game, and really improves the economy of an early TEC player. Ion Bolt is a good disabler, and Targetting Uplink is decent at improving fleet DPS. Also, a level 6 Akkan is essenti
[quote who="Distorted Truth" reply="63" id="2469765"]So scouts can take out LRMs? So bring in a combo of scouts and seekers? [/quote] Seekers are a scout. Advent has the both the best LF (Disciple) and scout (Seeker) in the game, so you want to make extensive use of them early-game. Typically, I try for 5 scouts and 3 LFs early on; it's a strong, balanced amount of ships for clearing planets. Of course in a battle, you'll want a lot more until you can research Illums.
[quote who="ubernaught" reply="164" id="2467778"] birth control? [/quote] Force sterilization could actually work as a global birth-control. Though it'd have to be monitered in order to prevent the human population to drop too much. Remember, sterilize a person and murder a hippy; it's protecting the environment! ;) [quote who="ailfawka" reply="165" id="2467783"]stop smoking to much green stuff man, and lets band up and destroy the monstrosity called relig
[quote who="Distorted Truth" reply="18" id="2468430"] And their ships look certified BAMF. [/quote] Unfortunately, their coolest-looking ship, the Skirmisher, sucks and often isn't worth using in great numbers. Instead, a lot of space-scooters (Assailants) are arguaby the most commonly seen Vasari frigate. And what's more frightening than fifty gigantic scooters of death? ;) While the Vasari aren't exactly the greatest faction, they get the benefit of a great start Immedi
[quote who="DarkFour" reply="19" id="2468433"]Can you stack embargo? It's pretty effective. [/quote] If I'm not mistaken, two lower-level Embargoes will stack, but not if both are at level 3.
[quote who="Distorted Truth" reply="31" id="2466540"]I can play maybe sometime later tonight. I'm on EST, but it's also finals week almost. I will definitely be able to play more when winter break comes, but I can try and find time this week or this weekend to play with you . Hopefully you'll still want to! [/quote] Alright, I'm usually on ICO at about 4:30-6:30 PST. ^_^
[quote quoting="post"]2 questions: 1) How do I get Vanilla music into Entrenchment? [/quote] The only vanilla song 'missing' in Entrenchment is the opening theme. You can just copy over the Opening Theme.ogg file to the Entrenchment folder to use it. Because Entrenchment's theme sucks compared to the original. ^_^
[quote who="Deceiver_0" reply="279" id="2465532"] I like these ideas. As for the eggs colonize, I like the build speed increase, but perhaps it should be higher than 20%. [/quote] Maybe the build rate should increase based on level? I could see the egg's colonize being much better if the speed increase was 25/50/75%.
[quote who="InfiniteVoid" reply="1" id="2465694"]Probably because they don't have any other higher valued targets to go after. Aside from long range frigates, sieges, colony frigates, scouts, and other strike craft, fighters have an equal damage multiplier across all other targets - 25%. [/quote] The strange thing is that fighters will still auto-target flak even where there are higher-priority targets in the area; sieges and LRFs. It's probably because the flak was closer,
[quote who="Distorted Truth" reply="27" id="2466521"] I send it to unknown worlds and then colonize. I seem to be having trouble with managing resources and what to build when. Would anyone be interested in playing a game with me and helping me out? [/quote] That's why. You want to scout out the planets before colonizing. Also, having some scouts and LFs will make colonizing far faster, especially since scouts counter siege and LRFs. I might be able
[quote who="Zlotbot" reply="2" id="2465818"]are flak frigates really worth it? i tend not to bother researching and building them. also, what is a good sign as to when to start researching what. for example, when to get a certain type of ship or when to increase the damage/health of the ship. [/quote] Flak are actually one of the most powerful ship types in the game. Their damage multipliers are bad against everything but Verylight and Lig
Also with colonizing, you don't have to kill every militia in the GW. Generally, you'll want to kill off any siege and LRFs (And HCs, if there are more than one) in the area, then colonize and leave. A single turret will attract and kill off the remaining ships. This can easily drop minutes off colonizing planets, especially considering how durable flak frigates are.
Generally, a good starting fleet is a colony cap, with some scouts and LFs (For Vasari, their LRFs come early enough to be used instead). For the next ships, it really depends on what your enemy is making. Typically, most people go to LRFs early on in the game, so making more scouts and flak is highly recommended. Early on, most fleets are either scout/LF with LRFs coming in soon. With scout\LF fleets, going pure LF is the way to go. With TEC, try to get Hoshiko cruisers quickly. They
