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General Discussion / Re: should we just nerf the Onslaught?
« on: March 26, 2024, 12:38:46 PM »That, and it has builtin solar shielding
Well, it has mandatory solar shielding. Compared to the Pegasus it's missing 15 OP.
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Well, it has mandatory solar shielding. Compared to the Pegasus it's missing 15 OP.
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Suggestions / Re: Quest Planets being immune to satbombing
« on: March 24, 2024, 03:46:18 PM »
A discordant note, so faint it was surely unheard, made me feel that this would be an act I would come to regret.
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General Discussion / Re: Doom/Onslaught/Sunder/Medusa vs 6 Ordos, 2350 DP
« on: March 24, 2024, 06:21:21 AM »
Onslaught has been overperforming since the last skill overhaul. This isn't some new thing.
e: I think I mixed up a couple of threads. Well, either way.
e: I think I mixed up a couple of threads. Well, either way.
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General Discussion / Re: should we just nerf the Onslaught?
« on: March 21, 2024, 03:11:33 PM »
It's drowning in OP, adding another couple of marginal mods isn't a big deal.
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Modding / Re: Dear modders, re: faction specific hullmods
« on: March 19, 2024, 03:51:32 AM »
The base game does not hide unapplicable hullmods, it just blocks them and marks them red, cf phase mods on non-phase ships, converted fighter bay on ships without BI fighters, assault package on combat ships, etc. Following the vanilla style is not wrong.
Yeah this is more of what I like to think of as an Alex-level problem.
Even vanilla hullmod list is nearly unusable if you don't filter?
Yeah this is more of what I like to think of as an Alex-level problem.
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General Discussion / Re: First time modder, have a concept need some (love) opinions
« on: March 16, 2024, 12:09:32 PM »The only real advice is keep things simple and small to start.
Good advice. Get something playable out. Don't expect it to be great. Build on it until it is.
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Modding / Re: Looking for cool mods that offer modded Battlestations
« on: March 16, 2024, 06:33:20 AM »Thank you prav, are you sure that prv Starworks and Rust Belt stations can be build on my new colonies, because I use those mods for quite some time, just never found the way to builkd these new stations from these mods ...
Yes, prv stations are pretty rare - you have to find them at a Laboratory Complex market (thinking about it, maybe they should be a little easier to find). For the RB station, visit a Ruster bar after you have founded a colony and you have at least Suspicious relations with them.
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Modding / Re: Looking for cool mods that offer modded Battlestations
« on: March 16, 2024, 05:52:05 AM »
prv Starworks stations have stealth missile drones, mine teleporters, and multiple omni-shields.
Rust Belt stations have zombie drones (including a small towing drone to drag them back to the station for repairs) and a healthy battery of mixed armaments.
Rust Belt stations have zombie drones (including a small towing drone to drag them back to the station for repairs) and a healthy battery of mixed armaments.
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Blog Posts / Re: Simulator Enhancements
« on: March 14, 2024, 02:25:40 PM »
Increase the base mobility a bit and swap the system for standard Autoforge. It's a bit heavy on the frigate murder-ability anyway.
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Suggestions / Re: give PegaSUS built-in missleracks
« on: March 14, 2024, 10:51:40 AM »Cyclones on Pegasus used to be good when the mounts converged. Now that Cyclones have less ammo, maybe the mounts should converge again. Cyclone is kind of lame now.
I don't get the Cyclone ammo nerf. Yeah they were firing too fast, but why hit the ammo too? It was a neat perk.
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Blog Posts / Re: Simulator Enhancements
« on: March 14, 2024, 09:12:02 AM »Will Guardian tie into some more quests or lore in the future? I think it's a bit odd to leave it out, especially since it now spawns in generic derelict bounty fleets now (unless it was removed and I missed it).
Apropos, the Derelicts could do with a normal capital class.
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Suggestions / Re: Armor damage visualization should scale non-linearly
« on: March 13, 2024, 12:34:28 PM »
I'm halfway expecting Alex to post "uh... it's already squared".
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Suggestions / Re: Armor damage visualization should scale non-linearly
« on: March 13, 2024, 12:21:13 PM »
If you go with something straight forward like cell alpha = armor level ^ 2 you get:
90% armor -> 81% brightness, which is fine
and
40% armor -> 16% brightness, which is practically invisible. But 40% armor is not negligible, on many ships you're still absorbing most damage on most shots - not everything is a Hellbore.
Reducing the exponent makes the whole thing pointless, and increasing it makes the problem even worse. I suppose you could go with some obscure threshold formula that should probably include perception response curves, but that starts to feel quite far out into the weeds.
You could add a second axis, such as cells going green (1) -> red (0.5) -> black (0) for further differentiation. But then the hud is no longer monochromatic.
Sometimes simple is best.
90% armor -> 81% brightness, which is fine
and
40% armor -> 16% brightness, which is practically invisible. But 40% armor is not negligible, on many ships you're still absorbing most damage on most shots - not everything is a Hellbore.
Reducing the exponent makes the whole thing pointless, and increasing it makes the problem even worse. I suppose you could go with some obscure threshold formula that should probably include perception response curves, but that starts to feel quite far out into the weeds.
You could add a second axis, such as cells going green (1) -> red (0.5) -> black (0) for further differentiation. But then the hud is no longer monochromatic.
Sometimes simple is best.
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Suggestions / Re: (QOL?) Factions should prioritize in-system, in-faction sources for imports
« on: March 13, 2024, 09:00:52 AM »
They may make good bread on Nova Cydonia IV, but I'll be damned if I live in on a planet that doesn't have Extra-spicy Fikenhild Cheeze-Its.
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General Discussion / Re: is HEAVY MACHINE GUN!!! any good?
« on: March 13, 2024, 12:54:22 AM »I heard someone say it wastes flux? It's one of the lowest flux cost medium mounts. Ridiculous.
It's not a Vulcan, 120 f/s is not negligible. An HMG battery will put a real dent in your flux budget if you're not careful. And they have a terrible habit of shooting at and missing passing missiles.