Silly, eh? Too over-the-top, too much association with Doom the game, or what? I was going for an "ominous death dealer" feel. The other two phase ships (both frigates) are named "Shade" and "Afflictor".
It just seems kind of generic and cliche in my eyes. For the "ominous death dealer" feel you said you wanted, I think that the name "Damnation" would be an excellent substitution, and probably even gets that feeling across better. But it's your choice, I'm simply offering suggestions. As for the other two names, I'm fairly indifferent on the "Afflictor," but the "Shade" seems... kind of boring. Nothing really wrong with it, it just doesn't really stand out. I've always liked the name "Wraith", but maybe that's just me thinking back to the old Starcraft 1 days. Either way, names are names. As long as the ships are fun to use, I'll be happy
I remember not being too thrilled with "Doom" at first - used it as a placeholder but it grew on me quickly. Considering perhaps "Harbinger" as a replacement, but... hmm.
It seems that finding the correct time to vent flux in real space will be absolutely critical to their survival - will some of this new decision making also be improving normal ship's venting? You did mention that ships with low flux will vent if not threatened...
Yeah, on both counts. Although, venting from full flux is still one of the harder choices for the AI to make, and the one where it gets caught most often - but, it's already proficient enough at it where phase ships do about as well as you'd expect given their loadout.
That thing is going to be a nightmare for the Dominator/Onslaught with their frontal 180 shields - it can just sail right through and pop them in the engines! This is going to be fun!
That's not going to be too easy to pull off, not without ending up at full flux by the time you're done
They are not invisible, just look at the blog screenshot
Right, not invisible to anyone.
Full invisibility is the most disruptive aspect – managing the uncertainty of where a phase ship could be, and making guesses to counter it, is where most of the problems would come from – that has to go. So, conceptually, let’s say the ship is still in an alternate dimension, but it’s got energy anchors in this one, so it can be detected – call them “phase coils” to build on the art...