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If you don't want to take as many losses (or, don't want to take ANY losses) and you're playing against the AI, simply build a bunch of carrier capital ships and keep them on the edge of the gravity well, warping them out when they take significant damage. You could build carrier cruisers too, but you'll have to be quicker on the uptake to warp them out in time. The AI simply can't handle large numbers of strikecraft attacking it, nor is it that good at taking out

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="1" id="2957405"]First of all: check that the logistics or tactical planetary upgrade isn't pending. If the upgrade isn't complete, the structure won't build. The effect is exactly what you're describing; they start construction up to 1%, then stop completely for a minute or so until the logistics/tactical upgrade is done.[/quote] Looks like that was it - this was most prominent during a test when I was building a ton of Kos

[quote who="Greg30007" reply="41" id="2957338"]Yes kosutra disables SB but only for ridiciously low amount of time 5- 10 sec[/quote] [quote who="Darvin3" reply="36" id="2957084"]Your Kostura can disable the starbase, but only for a short time. [/quote] Just tested it again (via the dev.exe), using about 10 planets or so with a Kostura on each one. Had them recharge and point towards the one enemy planet with a starbase, sent a ton of scout frigates in to take damage, and

As the title says. Sometimes when playing as Vasari, some or all of my construction frigates will suddenly refuse to keep building a structure. As in, it gets 1% built (or, sometimes, 35%, or more), and then the construction frigate stops "constructing" for a minute or two, and only then keeps building the structure. This has never happened while playing any of the other races. Manually telling the lazy construction frigate to construct the structure, or telling another construction frigate i

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[quote who="Darvin3" reply="36" id="2957084"]Your Kostura can disable the starbase, but only for a short time.[/quote] Are you sure? I just tested it (via the dev.exe) and the starbase was continually firing at enemy ships, even after the Kostura shell hit the planet.

As the title says. Every time I use one of the Dev.exe's, all my settings (key binding, video options, effect options, etc) are reset. Given that I often want to use the dev.exe for testing purposes, this is very problematic. Dev.exe starts with everything on default, and when I exit and use the main game executable, everything there's been reset too. Any idea on how to fix this?

[quote who="DesConnor" reply="10" id="2957108"]I often find that people who disagree with me are just plain wrong...[/quote] Extreme arrogance is not generally a positive trait. [quote who="DesConnor" reply="10" id="2957108"]If you could still forge a record then the entire purpose of matchmaking would be redundant, as you say.[/quote] Those who choose to forge their records would of course have their matchmaking broken, but for the other 98% of players, there wouldn&#

[quote who="psychoak" reply="10" id="2956962"]Yes, it is. You're cheating, micromanaging it's turn to do a combination swivel and banking turn.[/quote] "Cheating"? Huh? I don't get it. By making the ship turn a few degrees before putting thrusters to full I'm attempting to model how ships should turn and move. I'm not trying to model how any of them currently move.  [quote who="psychoak" reply="10" id="2956962"]The proper comparison i

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Just did some experiments. I practiced using a Sova and telling it to turn around and go outside the gravity well: 3 times, I MM'd it to first turn around 45 degrees before accelerating, and 3 times, I just ordered it to move to the target point. Each time, it was quicker when it turned around partway before accelerating, averaging about 10 seconds faster</s

[quote who="Pbhead" reply="4" id="2956845"]while, i think a face command will work really well... the physics mechanics are a penelty to retreating, and it makes a player have to be more carefull about the fights they engage. I dont consider it something that detracts from the game.[/quote] If the goal is to impede retreats, then it would make much more sense simply to increase the time needed to start a phase jump, rather than... this. [quote who="psychoak" reply="6" id

I think that, at the moment, the scene is too small to be worrying about map download restrictions for what you call "ranked games". If players want to play on some map, let them do so with minimal hassle, regardless of rank or number of players. It may still be quite simple for anyone to forge a record with any number of wins or losses anyway. While having preset and known maps would help balance, it would also make the first few minutes of a game much more boring than they are now.

[quote who="Ryat" reply="2" id="2956806"]The devs have said they did this physics set on purpose. Not sure why.[/quote] Are you serious? They did that on purpose? Surely you're joking. No one with an ounce of sense would want to sabotage the tactical mechanics of their own game. The devs aren't that stupid. They created a game this great, I refuse to believe that they would intentionally create something like this which obviously detracts from play

I've been playing Trinity for a while now, and while fun, there's one big problem all of my ships seem to have. For instance, say I have a few torpedo cruisers attempting to take down an enemy starbase. If I realize it'd be better to retreat, and tell the torpoedo cruisers to turn around and exit the gravity well (150-180 degrees AWAY from the starbase), what do the torpedo cruisers do? They charge directly into the starbase

From what I've heard, MP games are usually decided before diplomatic affects from envoys have a chance to kick in much. Feeding, however (giving credits and resources to allies who need it) is essential. The same basic strategies from Entrenchment are used: combat is basically the same. Expand quickly, upgrade and fill out your fleet supply when expecting a battle in the near future, and know the counters for each unit. (every ship type is weak against some other ship types: knowing the n

[quote who="mentalinstra" reply="4" id="2956336"]If you find DLC to be overpriced or a ripoff in anyway don't buy it. This little movement you're trying to start seems to be more about begging for free stuff than it does fighting for anyones rights. [/quote] ...or, about getting everything a game has to offer in a nice, complete package, to ensure everyone is on a level playing field. (not that I support the "movement", but ga

If it is, as you say, a "rip off", yet you buy it anyway, that's your own problem. And if people buy it despite the DLC, they clearly think they'll appreciate the game more than the money they used to buy it is worth to them: to them, it's not a rip-off, evidently, even if the DLC is a negative. I don't see the problem. Let people buy what they want. If they like a game despite DLC, good for them. If they think the DLC and the price outweigh the pos

[quote who="rozza09" reply="4" id="2955736"]awright, then. with the online thingy, how do i log in?[/quote] From the main menu, see the Ironclad Online button thing? Use that. If you've never created an account there before, then just click on the button to create an account, use your CD key, etc. It's pretty easy.

[quote who="a110" reply="25" id="2955723"]if a campaign(s) is included (which probably won't happen so the point is moot) it should be for its own sake, not to bring more players into mp. people who play online extensively likely won't bother with any sort of single-player mode so it doesn't need to cater to them.[/quote] Indeed. I'm just pointing out a potential side benefit of a challenging single-player campaign.

[quote who="Destraex" reply="22" id="2955235"]I want starcraft like animations and cutscenes in a single player starcraft2 like experience. Playing through the starcraft2 campaign atm and its pants. Good fun... lots of character. Loving the hangar stuff and the merc hiring etc. [/quote] Let me repost what I posted elsewhere on a campaign mode: I think any sort of "campaign mode" would get repetitive very quickly. For each race, against any sort of AI, the same b

I think any sort of "campaign mode" would get repetitive very quickly. For each race, against any sort of AI, the same basic strategy will probably be used. Campaign mode should be significantly different from what could have been a series of random-small or random-medium maps. To make it halfway worthwhile, I think they'd have to make up new victory conditions so it isn't just "expand, then kill every enemy planet". For instance, campaign-based victory conditions

I looked at the replay you posted. I think the most important thing is understanding the importance of early expansion: you should be taking useful planets (anything but dead asteroids) as fast as possible: to take planets, you (generally) need to use your military units to destroy the neutral ships: therefore, your military units should be doing something at all times , whether it's taking out neutral ships or regenerating health in a safe gravity well. They should never

[quote who="Destraex" reply="19" id="2953966"]I would love the extra race to be the race chasing the vasari. Sorta like the borg arriving in system.[/quote] Based on their apparent power, I don't think that would be a feasible option while maintaining the game's canon in any form. They'd be way too overpowered. I disagree strongly.

[quote who="Zombiegod95" reply="19" id="2953733"]o yea the star bases are awsome i did put one in that replay on the sun becuase most emeys go that way so they get owned by it they even sent in 2 captioal ships with a group of grunt ships and that starbase alone took them out. but yes i did one time try online and i did good (playing as varsi). but yea hope to see u guys soon if i get the money.......[/quote] After you have a starbase on your front-line planets, if the AI has to go th