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[Antigeist]

i decided to check the entity files, the SD has a shield restore rate of about 1/3rd of what the CAS has

Is that… on purpose? If so, why? It makes my heart sad.

[Defender0]

pretty sure thats not on purpose as thats the original vanilla shield regen value

[Alonzo999]

CCS needs higher fleet supply, CCS spams are way too common, and too hard to stop without SMACS.

UNSC fleet supply is all F****** up, i can have 40 capital ships, but have few escorts along side them.

covenant starbase, is way too OP, i mean that shits got beam weapons, fighters, shields, high hit points and the fucker moves too, thing took all i had to take it down.

Also what happened to the following popular ideas?

The splaser ship.

the omega class orbital emplacement.

and the second starbase in orbit around UNSC planets.

i found out how to make 2 starbases in one gravity well

the only way to use macs right now is to use cheat engine or to wait

All it takes is 1 flood fighter to blow up on your ships and the domino affect kicks your ass almost everytime can you make it a 45% to infect cause i took me 45minutes to make my fleet it took me a good short 10 mins to lose them to that when i jumped in no way to avoid it

[Moustachio86]

if you would had played me then you would have raged i found out how to build 2 star bases at once

Oh, TWO completely unarmed stations with largish fighter bays? I'm quaking.

[Moustachio86]

I kid. Anchors are worthwhile. Especially for Phase stabiliser capabilities.

I would guess it's because you got the planet upgrade that gives an extra starbase slot? It happens. Not infrequently.

[SPECTRE]

Thats why i want the Omega class, thing we came up with.

[m468]

We had to limit the number of ships that could bombard to keep the AI from crapping itself.

[Antigeist]

I kid. Anchors are worthwhile. Especially for Phase stabiliser capabilities.

I would guess it's because you got the planet upgrade that gives an extra starbase slot? It happens. Not infrequently.

Speaking of phase stabilizers, are those staying in in some form? Are you going to make some new structure that justifies it? Or attach it to the culture building like SoaGE? Or something else?

 

If so, are you planning to give any Covenant ship that ability the Antorak Marauder has to create its own node? I can imagine how that might be somewhat OP, but on the other hand, if someone lets a single Covenant capital ship roam around behind enemy lines, you probably deserve to lose your home world. It seems like it would be fitting, considering the Covenant's slipspace precision. A scout comes across Earth and transmits the location to the fleet, at which point the whole Covenant fleet launches an attack.

 

Also, just for clarity: Anchor stations can build phase stabilizer nodes now, too? Did not notice that.

[Moustachio86]

They are staying. 

 

Anchor stations' 'improved destabilisation' is actually research for them to become phase stabilisers. It needs an update so people aren't confused. 

 

The exact mechanics of the covenant's are still very work in progress. I can't speculate what they'll look like but several ideas have been thrown in, none have been definitively confirmed or rejected.

[sloosecannon]

Also what happened to the following popular ideas?
The splaser ship.

No model

the omega class orbital emplacement.

You guessed it! No model!

and the second starbase in orbit around UNSC planets.

Like... Gamma station? What do you mean by second starbase? Lol...

[Dianno5741]

Spectre. Marathons shouldn't replace thannys because theyre expensive. Late game econ you can only field max 40 maras vs no limit destroyers. And late game econ balancing is a bit of spamming good ships. The other 90%stuff of games especially against aggressive opponents you wont have the money to replace thannys. Build time is way longer for Marathon. And you don't need to invest so heavily into capital ship crew. Two ways to use marathons. Either as a sacrificial first strike nuke ship. Or to fire your nukes after the initial barrage.

[psdt]

So I've hit a bit of a stalemate in my current game. Figured you guys wouldn't mind the input.

Im playing of battlelines (i think) and I have one side colonized, and the AI has the other side of the map. As of right now neither me nor the AI have made any real progress against each other. My border planets are too locked down for them to get through, and their territory is so over-cultured that even when I raze a few planets I can't get a foot hold and i have to pullback to get more ships. So basically, I attack, kill a planet or two, run out of steam and retreat. They counter attack. All die. Repeat process.

 

Now don't get me wrong, I'm having a blast, but I don't think this is quite the gameplay you guys envisioned. To be fair the layout of the map is also a contirbutor. Theres like 5 choke points per side of the map, and unless you controll all of them the AI can just sneak around your force and recolonize behind you. If anything i'd say just make culutre buildings take up more slots. The AI's been building like 6 per planet.

[Dianno5741]

Well stalemates will happen. As unsc if you get all your economic and tech you should win

[insaene]

Using culture feels like the laziest way to win... never use it. Just to counter ai culture spammimg.
Even though..I want to focus more on PVP than AI so it does not bugger me

[SPECTRE]

No model
You guessed it! No model!
Like... Gamma station? What do you mean by second starbase? Lol...

What if i did some concept work, so you lot can focus on other things?

By second starbase, i meant TEC loyalists get 2 starbases per grav well. 

[psdt]

Well stalemates will happen. As unsc if you get all your economic and tech you should win

I'm so close too. I'm brining in some starbases, hopefully that'll bring reinfrocements quicker. If not ill just have to keep raiding planets till their economy collapses

[Cole Protocol]

Try a two pronged attack, that should work well and leave them off guard

[Unikraken]

So I've hit a bit of a stalemate in my current game. Figured you guys wouldn't mind the input.

Im playing of battlelines (i think) and I have one side colonized, and the AI has the other side of the map. As of right now neither me nor the AI have made any real progress against each other. My border planets are too locked down for them to get through, and their territory is so over-cultured that even when I raze a few planets I can't get a foot hold and i have to pullback to get more ships. So basically, I attack, kill a planet or two, run out of steam and retreat. They counter attack. All die. Repeat process.

 

Now don't get me wrong, I'm having a blast, but I don't think this is quite the gameplay you guys envisioned. To be fair the layout of the map is also a contirbutor. Theres like 5 choke points per side of the map, and unless you controll all of them the AI can just sneak around your force and recolonize behind you. If anything i'd say just make culutre buildings take up more slots. The AI's been building like 6 per planet.

Pull the save file out and put it up somewhere online, I'd like to play around with this.

[daxter304]

Using culture feels like the laziest way to win... never use it. Just to counter ai culture spammimg.
Even though..I want to focus more on PVP than AI so it does not bugger me

That's how I have always played culture, it's such an annoying mechanic. Would it be possible to just remove culture?

[Moustachio86]

Culture cannot be removed entirely I think as the A.I. craps itself.
However, it may be reworked in future versions more so it represents the 'fear factor' of the Covenant. Ember observed a lot of the effects associated with culture in Sins could be quite well attributed to mass hysteria ie. evacuation of planets, lower productivity etc.
The idea was that culture would come from the Covenant ships or capital ships themselves, so more Covenant ships in the next gravity well broadcasting 'you will die' means less people stick around. UNSC propaganda would be more or less normal as it makes sense in the Sins engine.

Edit: So yeah. Culture can't be removed, but look forward to hopefully a system that makes a bit more sense. Something a bit more SotP-y in the future.