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I like the sprites as well, even though it's kinda weird that an abandoned Tri-tachyon colony managed to develop new ships with such alien design. I'll try it now.
This mod is awesome! Is there anyway I can use these guys in exerelin? Thanks!
Holy ____ (insert preferred exclamation here) that 400mm Cannonade is ridiculous. Not that I'm complaining, though
do the patrians have a base or something?i don't know where to buy the ships they look AWESOME
OMG
these fighters are fabulous!
Wanna see then in the game!
If I may chime in, if anyone is interested to adding more variants to this, just pm me!
Played some more. Mid game is probably the most difficult part with Patrians as the faction don't really have enough firepower to fight.
The Charger can be lackluster for a destroyer if you want some power and other destroyers are support ships. For the cruisers, the Lithuania is nice with its fortress shield, but while it is tanky, it lack the guns to stand against Dominators and other though ships, and it don't have frontal weapons. Pretty much the same thing with the Bastion, even though the large mount help a lot.
So a carrier fleet, even if it is crazy expensive to maintain, is definitely the way to go, since Patrians fighters are some of the best in the game.
That's it, until you can get your hand on the Yamato. That's the first and only powerhouse of the faction. You can throw it into slugfest against Onslaughts and win. I could almost say that the Yamato is overpowered. The Mayflower is a weird one. It has 7 large mounts but that's all, obviously it's a long range fire support ship but i didn't liked that much the Widebore used on it. First it cost 50 op, it produce a insane amount of flux, and the projectiles are very slow and not accurate, so not very good for sniping. The massive range and damage was super-efficient against giant Zorg ships though. But aside for fighting the flying death-boxes, i usually preferred to replace the Widebore with Gauss cannons, even if it waste a bit the ordnance points of the ships.
Overall, i think you should nerf a little bit the Yamato and buff the projectile speed of the Widebore. Also maybe switching at least one of the medium mounts to the front for the Lithuania cruiser. Other than this, everything is good.
And another thing. It is really difficult to attack Patrians fleets. Either you can fight the patrol fleet which is mid-game level, or the system defense one, which is end-game level. Would be cool if we had something in between to toy with, also some small scout fleets for early game.
I played a bit the campaign with the Patrians. And in all honesty, it was really fun.
Their ships can use broadside pretty efficiently and have some of the best carriers in the sector. However they are pretty tricky to play, as you said they have huge supply consumption and it can really put you in tough spots. For now they don't have proper freighters (i used a Mule in my game) to gather enough supply for a raiding party.
Not much to say, i still have to try the big ships (progression is very long with them) but everything seems balanced.
However i still had some trouble distinguishing each ships from another in combat. They all roughly have the same shape, some different colors or details would help. Same thing for the fighter wings, it's pretty difficult to differentiate each ASF in a fight.
Also, i love the small missiles in this mod. They feel so satisfying to use! Speaking of weapons, i always run out of ammo (even with expended hull mod) with the rotary assault cannon, so it might need a bit more capacity.
Really good job for a first mod.
With the super carrier give it 3 triple barreled cannons
You'know
Like yamatos
2 on the front and 1 on the back to give it quite a real look. If you want, make a ship with just a built in weapon and 2 defenses
the super carrier could have at least 5 decks of fighters
Give it detail, add medium dual batteries, radar, 3 lauch runways, one diagonal, I might be going OCD but I want this ship to be the heart of any patrian battle fleet.
My final post, as im leaving
bye, forever.
My last days as a commander.
Probally 2 people wanting me to stay anyway.
For one thing the carrier practically has an absolute defence against and fightercraft. It looks really cool; while it costs a good amount of expensive supplies to maintain a carrier fleet, its really fun to manage bomber wings and fighters while in the back of the battle from a command ship. To be honest, you kind of have to prey on independent merchants to stay up and running for long though.
I also just realised the charger was only faster because of my crew level.
I just realised the frigates subsystem actually lets you take over missiles. That is so awesome. I must ask though, why is the charger destroyer faster then the frigates? I also have fallen in love with the bastion carrier. That thing is awesome.
I actually like the look of the fighters but some of them just seem... odd? I don't know there just weird shapes to see in space?
Also, I'm probably superly jumping the gun, but do you ever plan on making this campaign intergraded?
Here's a quick edit of your sprite
I did not much, just a little detail and got rid of the pillowshading.
You sure put me to shame. I never did claim to be a good spriter (it's my weakness) but sheesh. Seeing what you did helps me a lot, though! Thank you.
When it comes to the GAC-47 Attack Craft, ASF-117 Stealth Bomber, SRC-71 Reconnaisance Craft, it's mostly that they feel out of place in the general aesthetic, as with the others I like them, but they do feel a little flat to me. Also with the Capitals, I feel you could blend the hardpoints into the hull a bit better, though if possible it would be nice to see what they look like fully armed.
