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[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="76" id="3223215"] Quoting stein220, reply 76IIRC, sabotage reactor also prevents ability usage for a small time. Maybe that's worse or better. bilun's idea might give lf enough protection, though (or too much?). .. Bilun's idea would effect abilities from capitalships, red button, wail etc, which is why I do not support it. I'd rather just nerf the damage output of titan abilities across the board than do that, no reason to have it

Didn't realize until just recently that the Dunov's Magnetize ability had corvettes on it's target filter. This sounds like an awful lot of fun- with good timing even if left at rank 1 it could easily be the death of 5-8 nearby corvettes for 80 AM- not too shabby. Always nice to see some new uses for interesting abilities that historically haven't been very popular. Anyone noticed any other unexpected target filters which cor

[quote who="wbino" reply="10" id="3223188"]I still don't get why I would want to blow up MY ships or structures...to put a hurt on the enemy. Now if it ONLY boarded enemy ships to then do more damage to THEIR fleet...that would make sense. As the HUMAN fleet you would think life was valued not to kamikaze your stuff. Maybe instead of boarding it should work in reverse, the pod is used to escape said ship/structure for a bonus of some type. But s

[quote who="stein220" reply="72" id="3223186"]maybe a dumb suggestion but what light frigate abilities could also target titans? it's not an extreme counter but would just limit/prevent titans from using abilities. plus they die quickly enough that so long as you could clear them out (presumably with lrfs), you would eventually be able to use your titan's abilities as normal. [/quote] Would be way too easy to to shu

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="2" id="3223081"]FYI the Dunov's HUD icon has been backwards since release. This one has probably been that way too.[/quote] Maybe the Dunov likes flying the opposite direction of the rest of it's fleet?

[quote who="Ryat" reply="15" id="3222453"]I still think Kols need more bacon lazors![/quote] Lasers Noob? Everyone knows Bacon is much better suited to Pulsebeam technology!

But they are adorable and look so very hungry...

Selfdefeating perhaps but I don't know about "boring". Adding conditions and extra costs for more powerful effects is one of the best ways to create interesting abilities with a unique feel. Honestly between the extra conditions/costs on the corsev's skills and the tremendous amount of interaction between said skills I think the corSev is one of the most interesting tec capital ships. Still fugly though.

hmmm. This would be exceedingly odd. The only way I could see Expulsion having results like that from the entity files would be if the new culture entity modifer was bugged and the buff effect from expulsion were reducing culture ouput insteado f increasing it. This could warrant some testing.

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="57" id="3222544"] This is wrong and your just being stubborn about your beliefs. [/quote] I find it extremely amusing that you call me stubborn when I have submitted actual test data and your refuse to admit there's a chance that you are wrong- believing your qualitative understanding is unequivocally superior to any test result or calculation without having to run any tests of your own is a hallmark example of stubb

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="55" id="3222474"] Quoting bilun, reply 30 Now suppose a ship has 75% max shield mitigation. Once shields are down, phase missiles nolonger are bypassing and as a result the full raw damage is affected by shield mitigation. So basically 25% of raw damage is being dealt directly to hull. Note the rate at which hull is being damaged is 20% higher(25%->30% of raw damage) when shields are still up. So For an

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="68" id="3222280"]Agreed with the above. There is a possibility Wail might be changed to affect friendly as well as hostile forces though. That could have a big impact.[/quote] Oh gods the troll potential [e digicons]:omg:[/e] Honestly I kind of like the idea though, perhaps coupled with a bit of a buff to Return of the Fallen, could create a really interesting Dynamic, wherein casting Wail will

Meh, last nerfs were pretty substantial. Methinks there are much more pressing concerns then SttC these days.

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="51" id="3221772"] Quoting Seleuceia, reply 50For the record Bilun, I genuinely appreciate the tests you are doing....I just was extremely skeptical because I have never seen this explanation of phase missiles/shield mitigation ever until now... Out of principle I will probably do some tests of my own... Hes confused: [/quote] No, I'm certain that I am correct, you either misunde

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="50" id="3221690"]For the record Bilun, I genuinely appreciate the tests you are doing....I just was extremely skeptical because I have never seen this explanation of phase missiles/shield mitigation ever until now... Out of principle I will probably do some tests of my own...[/quote] Aye I understand. And to be fair my tests did reveal I was partially under a misunderstanding as they revealed what I believd was the cas

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="48" id="3221620"]I just don't think assailants should be the centre topic of phase missles. one thing i'd like to say is phase missile are more potent for sniping stationary and slow moving targets whilts beams are designed for fast targets. [/quote] How do you figure? I see what you mean for Illuminators but that's it. Once a ship fires, the attack hits regardless of enemy movement. Illu

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="46" id="3221602"] Quoting SpardaSon21, reply 45I don't know why RiddleKing is bothering to post anything right now. Phase missiles>everything else is an obvious conclusion since when fully-upgraded they bypass shield mitigation 30% of the time. Ilum vs. Assailant wasn't part of the discussion until he posted it as part of some "Advent are the best race" agenda he has going on. its not accurate thats why<br

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="42" id="3221575"] Quoting bilun, reply 41The topic is that fully teched phase missiles kill ships faster while thier targets have shield points left then when their targets have 0 shields left due to shield mitigation only being applied to shield-piercing damage once shields hit 0. Im telling you now that illums first 2 shots is mitigated at 15% before the third which is mitigated higher Assailants first shot is

[EDIT: just ran a second set of tests in the same format using a modifier Gauss Railgun that did shield piercing damage. Damage was not affected by shield mitigation even when shields were down. This means that this behavior is unique to Phase Missiles and likely is just causes by Phase missiles losing their bypass chance as soon as shields drop(so when shields are down they don't even get a chance of bypassing shield mitigation)]</stron

Also Yarlen, I noticed what looks like a pretty severe bug the other day discussed here: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/430616 Any comments as to whether this working as intended and if not whether we can expect it to be addressed in future updates?

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="34" id="3221269"] Quoting bilun, reply 33If you don't believe me check the sins manual entry for shield mitigation- It refers to backup generators as "emergency generators". But the point is after main shields fail shield mitigation starts reinforcing the hull instead of the shields, resulting in it being applied in full to shieldpiercing damage such as phase missiles. Word of advice...NEVER USE THE MANUAL...that's as bad as using the wiki

[quote who="RiddleKing" reply="19" id="3221232"] Quoting bilun, reply 8That said, I maintain changes should be handled very carefully. The Advent Rebels are in a rather starnge place balance-wise. They don't really have a strong foundation built on a large number of useful tech so much as they have two absolute bombs which make them competitive. you've never played masteria1's advent. wail is too difficult

[quote who="DirtySanchezz" reply="11" id="3220964"]Could you imagine what this game would be like if it had been developed properly--dual core + race balance without ridiculously overpowered abilities? It's probably time for a $10 price drop or a big Steam sale.[/quote] You say that like any game developer has a foolproof method of creating balance. Players with an overinflated sense of entitlement will never realize just how difficult to balance

[quote who="Twilight_Storm" reply="31" id="3220936"]When did they start bybassing mitigation? The lore behind the kol's shield ability was that it was specifically designed to combat phase missiles. (Forget where I read this, was a while ago) and that ability boosts shield mitigation. What the hell happened to this game while I wasn't playing??? -Twi[/quote] Kol's Adaptive Shield doesn't give shield mitigation. it gives % reduce

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="28" id="3220929"]The amount of damage phase missiles doto the hull on successfully ignoring shields/mitigation should be the same regardless if the shields are up or down.[/quote] In correct. Shield bypassing phase missiles ignore shield mitigation. However once shields drop, backup shield mitigation activates. And 100% of phase missiles damage is affected by backup generator shield mitigation. [quote who="Twilight_Storm" reply="2