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Author Topic: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest  (Read 2297 times)

Wyvern

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Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« on: January 01, 2019, 10:36:34 PM »

Reduces fighter engagement range by 20%.  The terminator drone has an engagement range of zero.  This... is just a 100% bonus, isn't it?
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Wyvern is 100% correct about the math.

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Re: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2019, 02:45:35 AM »

"Wyvern is 100% correct about the math."
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RawCode

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Re: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2019, 03:33:57 AM »

well, zero multiplied by 0.8 is zero.

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Kwbr

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Re: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2019, 06:38:42 AM »

Even if it doesn't affect the drones it still reduces deployment cost, no?
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RawCode

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Re: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2019, 07:14:50 AM »

issue with cost and stuff, that one supply less or one supply more, does not actually matters 30 minutes after game start.

i never hit issue with "can't deploy something because it too costly"  and as soon as you get colony, money is not issue at all.
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Re: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2019, 05:44:51 AM »

issue with cost and stuff, that one supply less or one supply more, does not actually matters 30 minutes after game start.

i never hit issue with "can't deploy something because it too costly"  and as soon as you get colony, money is not issue at all.

Money may not be a big issue after the initial hobo phase but supplies can almost certainly be an issue. Especially if you are exploring
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Kwbr

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Re: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2019, 08:45:10 AM »

The actual effects might be inconsequential but it still seems like an unintended interaction. On something like a capital that only has 1 or 2 fighter slots it'd be a much more significant reduction, though by the time you're fielding capitals it probably wouldn't matter much either.
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Alex

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Re: Malfunctioning Comms on a Tempest
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2019, 10:07:33 AM »

Reduces fighter engagement range by 20%.  The terminator drone has an engagement range of zero.  This... is just a 100% bonus, isn't it?

Made a note; the Tempest probably shouldn't get this.
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