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Sopwith Camel Grand Admiral Galactic Navy
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 651 From: Toronto
| Posted: 2011-01-17 20:01  
Ah I thought the command ships (Command Station, Command Dread) would get more control power.
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MarineKingPrime Marshal Exathra Alliance Fleet
Joined: October 04, 2010 Posts: 239 From: CSS CheezyBagels
| Posted: 2011-01-17 20:51  
Command ships should get more control point gain
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Danek Ma`arna C`arns Fleet Admiral
Joined: March 26, 2004 Posts: 102 From: Atlanta
| Posted: 2011-01-17 21:04  
By cloaked K'luth not counting for cap point, "for obvious reasons", I am SURE this means cloaked K'Luth vessels also take no damage from the planet... for obvious reasons.
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BackSlash Marshal Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003 Posts: 11183 From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2011-01-17 21:08  
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On 2011-01-17 21:04, C'arns wrote:
By cloaked K'luth not counting for cap point, "for obvious reasons", I am SURE this means cloaked K'Luth vessels also take no damage from the planet... for obvious reasons.
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No, K'luth ships take full damage, there's no reason for them not to. Cloak is not designed to mitigate damage, only to give the element of surprise and control the engagement. Allowing cloaked ships to capture or defend a planet without the other side being able to do anything about it is completely out of the question.
I've spoken to a fair few key K'luth players about this in the past, and they were unified in their agreement that allowing such behaviour in the game would skew it too far in their advantage.
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CM7 Midshipman Faster than Light
Joined: October 15, 2009 Posts: 1812
| Posted: 2011-01-17 21:10  
CLAPS
I am i bit worried that the squishy luth will have trouble here though..
we shall see.
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Sopwith Camel Grand Admiral Galactic Navy
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 651 From: Toronto
| Posted: 2011-01-17 21:37  
I suggest the implementation of diplomats.
They can be dropped like infantry but only have 1/10 of their durability and absolutely no offensive skills against infantry. However, diplomats should be able to combat (negotiate? debate?) with enemy diplomat units to defeat them.
Diplomats will carry a greater control generation rate than infantry, being diplomats and all. And of course they will improve morale as well.
Enemies orbiting the planet should also be able to click on diplomat units and transfer credits to bribe them to defect! Instant revenue stream, Palestar!
This request is semi-serious.
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Balancept Grand Admiral
Joined: September 09, 2010 Posts: 31 From: Somewhere
| Posted: 2011-01-17 22:09  
One thing that I could see that would be a leveling of the playing field tactic is that if the main colony hub of a building is destroyed, then the control points that the planet naturally generates would be lessened or disappear entirely. This would give a big role to combat bombers, and also force the defenders to use point defense of their own.
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Sops Marshal Galactic Navy
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 490
| Posted: 2011-01-17 22:56  
Will planets have an effect on other planets in the same cluster?
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tucker32 Fleet Admiral
Joined: February 16, 2009 Posts: 141 From: deep jungle of vargo
| Posted: 2011-01-17 23:18  
i think C'arns ment that if you are cloacked uwon't get hurt by the planet if u are close to it since it or enemy players arn't suppose to know u are there in the first place otherwise players would just hug planets so if us luth try to get near by the time we are close we already lost armor and are weakened even further
also how does the damage for ships work does it hurt your ship in all directions or just the side facing the planet
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SpaceAdmiral Grand Admiral
Joined: May 05, 2010 Posts: 1005
| Posted: 2011-01-17 23:50  
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On 2011-01-17 23:18, tucker32 wrote:
i think C'arns ment that if you are cloacked uwon't get hurt by the planet if u are close to it since it or enemy players arn't suppose to know u are there in the first place otherwise players would just hug planets so if us luth try to get near by the time we are close we already lost armor and are weakened even further
also how does the damage for ships work does it hurt your ship in all directions or just the side facing the planet
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Planet damage starts from 500gu from planet. Ships hug from 100-300 gu.
Traveling 200-400 gu isn't too bad, also why are you approaching a highly defended planet in the first place?
For a long time planet defences haven't helped to stop kluth ships from taking the planet, unless you spam sensor bases.
EDIT: On the flip side, for all of you complaining about UGTO stations hugging enemy planets to transport troops, this system is a good solution. [ This Message was edited by: SpaceAdmiral on 2011-01-17 23:51 ]
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Kenny_Naboo Marshal Pitch Black
Joined: January 11, 2010 Posts: 3823 From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2011-01-18 00:27  
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On 2011-01-17 21:08, BackSlash wrote:
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On 2011-01-17 21:04, C'arns wrote:
By cloaked K'luth not counting for cap point, "for obvious reasons", I am SURE this means cloaked K'Luth vessels also take no damage from the planet... for obvious reasons.
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No, K'luth ships take full damage, there's no reason for them not to. Cloak is not designed to mitigate damage, only to give the element of surprise and control the engagement. Allowing cloaked ships to capture or defend a planet without the other side being able to do anything about it is completely out of the question.
I've spoken to a fair few key K'luth players about this in the past, and they were unified in their agreement that allowing such behaviour in the game would skew it too far in their advantage.
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I'm a bit confused here.
Do you mean...
1) Cloaked Kluth
- Don't affect planet cap points
- Can't be seen, so won't be engaged (and damaged) by planet defs
2) Uncloaked Kluth
- Works just like any other faction ships
'Cos if cloaked K'luth can't affect the cap points, then they shouldn't be seen/detected or shot at either.
[ This Message was edited by: Kenny_Naboo[+R] on 2011-01-18 00:27 ]
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tucker32 Fleet Admiral
Joined: February 16, 2009 Posts: 141 From: deep jungle of vargo
| Posted: 2011-01-18 00:39  
exactly what im saying also tranport ships have to get close also what if were trying to get behind a ship that is near a planet we wan attack from all sides
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Kenny_Naboo Marshal Pitch Black
Joined: January 11, 2010 Posts: 3823 From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2011-01-18 01:01  
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On 2011-01-18 00:39, tucker32 wrote:
exactly what im saying also tranport ships have to get close also what if were trying to get behind a ship that is near a planet we wan attack from all sides
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Yeah. Unless there is a specific mechanism that says all vessels get decloaked within X distance from the planet, then I'm fine with it.
But as long as the ships stay cloaked, they should have no effect on capturing the planets.... and neither should they be damaged by planet defs either.
BTW, since planet capture is now roll based, it really doesn't matter whether a cloaked tranny gets under the radar and decloaks at the last moment. Tranny rushing is now a thing of the past.
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Alcedo Chief Marshal *Renegade Space Marines*
Joined: June 03, 2010 Posts: 136
| Posted: 2011-01-18 02:56  
What about AI and player-bought Ally ships? Do they have any effect?
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NoBoDx Grand Admiral
Joined: October 14, 2003 Posts: 784 From: Germany / NRW
| Posted: 2011-01-18 03:15  
i guess theyre treated as players
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