On 2013-11-06 17:24, Ent wrote:

Quote: On 2013-11-06 15:24, Novacat wrote: Lack of Interdictor - As I have pointed out many months ago, it seems like most UGTO vs ICC fights end up being campfests, its very difficult for either side to attack the other because of planetary interdictors and the lack of portable interdictors.

Well at least they're not logging anymore at the sight of one.

On 2013-11-11 18:50, Orkan [OO-XI] wrote:
Three planets in the MI Xi Bootis System are of capturable type, not flagged as anything yet they are impossible to capture or land infantry on. Something is wrong. If memory serves me correctly they are Entreides, Darian and Gunther but it could be Zephyr instead. I do not recall now which of those is a Gas Giant.

On 2013-11-11 16:59, Fluttershy wrote:
The number for plasma cannons is still wrong.
The damage shown is a 3rd of what it should be, those things are brutal.

On 2013-11-11 20:07, Orkan [OO-XI] wrote:
The point is that they are not capturable when it seems they should be. This post is to let the dev team know just in case this was overlooked.

If we're gonna go that way 'Admiral' - 'Chief Marshal' they're not 'Moons' at all but rather 'satellites' as the 'Moon' is actually the English language name for the 'planet' which is a satellite of the 'planet' known to us in English as 'Earth'. A common misnomer just as the word 'suns' is also used by some in error to mean other 'stars' as observed in other galaxies.
Astronomical classifications specify certain sizes which define bodies in space as either 'planets' or 'planetoids'. Below that size they become known as 'asteroids' and above that they can either be 'gas giants' which are still classified and termed as 'planets' which do not have the mass or contain enough matter to be classed as the next group up. Any other larger mass of matter containing enough flammable elements to act as a fuel (such as Hydrogen) is eventually pulled together by gravity and generally reaches an incendiary point whereby it erupts into a cosmic fireball known to us as a 'Star'. Depending of course on what an individual chooses to believe...
In one reality however all we are really seeing is a graphical representation displayed on a monitor screen, sometimes referred to as a VDU (Visual Display Unit), connected to a computer running just one particular Operating System of many, which is the result of data scripted in a particular computer code known as 'C++' which gives us the illusion of observing 'planets' and 'stars' and 'piloting' a 'ship' on a two dimensional plane in a three dimensional virtual graphical environment...
I could go deeper into quantum physics as well as touch upon theories of perception but do I really need to go on?

You see, this is an example of just what can happen when 'keepin' it real goes wrong...' : P



[ This Message was edited by: Orkan [OO-XI] on 2013-11-11 20:12 ]

On 2013-11-13 05:24, Orkan [OO-XI] wrote:
I have also noticed that certain cannons from gun platforms can go through planets as can PD lasers which can hit and defend against projectiles and other contacts even on the other side of the planet.
Beams going through planets is not only aesthetically unattractive but also creates a game imbalance as missiles are stopped by planets but beams are not. Is this just a graphical glitch or is actual damage being caused by weapons fire which manages to go through a planet?
Sabots and missles are stopped by planets.
Beams and certain cannons I have seen go through.

What's the lowdown on this?

On 2013-11-12 06:45, Orkan [OO-XI] wrote:
Oh. My bad.

Ok so uncappable 'planets' defined by the game as 'moons'. Well I don't mind how they are termed in game, that's up to the Devs, but they should either be capturable or be labled 'uncapturable'.

On 2013-11-13 23:38, Chewy Squirrel wrote:
I doubt this is possible but I've never seen it officially shot down so here goes: Is there any chance of wormholes ever working between servers(i.e. brown gates?)