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by Bullwinkle
Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:00 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Never retreat!
Replies: 20
Views: 42072

Re: Never retreat!

I agree with SmilingSpecter. Also, in my recent battles, I manually attack a planet that has missile defense, space station, 3 combat ships (1 huge, 2 small) and 10 transports. The enemy transports just sit there waiting to be slaughtered and my transports run away, even though I had the superior fl...
by Bullwinkle
Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:46 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Diplomacy complains 3: Map
Replies: 2
Views: 7168

Re: Diplomacy complains 3: Map

I like these ideas. Also, an alternative is shared systems could (instead of being just white), they could constantly change colors (in case that is easier to code) according to who owns planets there. If you do the changing color thing, don't make it flash more than about once every 2 seconds, or i...
by Bullwinkle
Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:23 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Suggestion: Alphabetize the techs lists
Replies: 1
Views: 6436

Suggestion: Alphabetize the techs lists

Sometimes I get a message like "major breakthrough in Polychromatics" (OK, I'm making up that name, but you get the idea). Then I think to myself, what the heck does Polychromatics do? So I look for it in the research page, only I don't even know which list it might be in. It is a frustrat...
by Bullwinkle
Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:07 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: What is use of boarding enemy ships?
Replies: 13
Views: 25030

Re: What is use of boarding enemy ships?

Very helpful. Thank you.
by Bullwinkle
Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:13 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: What is use of boarding enemy ships?
Replies: 13
Views: 25030

Re: What is use of boarding enemy ships?

Do you gain technology when you board a ship or do you just gain the ship? If you gain the ship, does it count toward command points? This area of the game is rather confusing. The tutorial probably said, but that was a long time ago. And if you can't disable the enemy's engines till lasers are rese...
by Bullwinkle
Tue Dec 01, 2015 6:32 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Newbie Combat
Replies: 6
Views: 12391

Re: Newbie Combat

The more I play the game, the more it is growing on me. I'm getting past some early bad impressions (like the pirate page). I really like the avatar for the Tanktiks. It took me a while to realize the shoulder pet is not a pet. Very cool. I also like how you have non-humanoid races. One thing I'd li...
by Bullwinkle
Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:32 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Newbie Combat
Replies: 6
Views: 12391

Re: Newbie Combat

This isn't particularly relevant, but since you brought it up.... In space, mass is what matters, not weight. And moving 1 rectangle in one turn should require less energy than moving 40 rectangles in one turn, assuming you are starting from a dead stop, because you don't need to attain the same spe...
by Bullwinkle
Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:14 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Newbie Combat
Replies: 6
Views: 12391

Re: Newbie Combat

When it is my turn to move, it shows an egg-shaped cloud of positions I can take up. Frequently in this fight against the grave robbers (I don't have a lot of combat experience to compare it to), if I change my position by 2 or 3 spots (if I move like 5% of the way across the egg-shaped cloud), my t...
by Bullwinkle
Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:42 am
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Newbie Combat
Replies: 6
Views: 12391

Newbie Combat

So in the really easy battles, I can move way far away, then fire my laser. Now I'm fighting Grave Robbers, and I have as good or better techs than them, but they're out playing me. Now if I move even a tiny bit, I can't shoot. In fact, sometimes when I move, I not only don't get to shoot, but I get...