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oooh_senpai

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Oh dear..
« on: April 06, 2021, 12:53:22 PM »

Hi-tech station in 0.95 seems to know how to use them

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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2021, 12:54:16 PM »

Uh, are high tech stations supposed to be dropping a dozen mines in 2 seconds?

Arcagnello

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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2021, 01:30:21 PM »

Uh, are high tech stations supposed to be dropping a dozen mines in 2 seconds?

Yes, they do actually. High Tech stations have 2 modules that spawn mines and an officer in command of the station affects them both with the "Systems Expertise" skill wich buffs the special ability by:
-raising its max charges by one
-recharging it 50% faster
-increasing its range by 50%
-decreasing the cooldown between its charges by 33%

Sweet dreams, think twice before raiding Tri-Tach now  or they will show you the power of a fully operational battlestation!

« Last Edit: April 06, 2021, 01:32:36 PM by Arcagnello »
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Re: Oh dear..
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2021, 01:32:53 PM »

Oooohhhh. Do we have a similar breakdown of the strenghts of the other stations? I generally just choose them chronologically in order with no real understanding.
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Re: Oh dear..
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2021, 01:36:15 PM »

Uh, are high tech stations supposed to be dropping a dozen mines in 2 seconds?

Yes, they do actually. High Tech stations have 2 modules that spawn mines and an officer in command of the station affects them both with the "Systems Expertise" skill wich buffs the special ability by:
-raising its max charges by one
-recharging it 50% faster
-increasing its range by 50%
-decreasing the cooldown between its charges by 33%

Sweet dreams, think twice before raiding Tri-Tach now  or they will show you the power of a fully operational battlestation!

Wait so a colonial admin gets those skills? How are they assigned - is it random or do colonial admins automatically get all of the skills?
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2021, 01:48:25 PM »

Not the colonial admin, the officer in charge of the station for factions, wich in the case of TriTach can sometimes be an Alpha Core wich as far as I know is not integrated into the station and "only" gets 7 elite skills to welcome you with.
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2021, 06:54:28 PM »

Sweet Ludd's dentures...that's horrifying.
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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2021, 07:10:35 PM »

is it possible to counter that?
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2021, 07:16:27 PM »

is it possible to counter that?
Paragons can survive that, i usually use 2 of them + 12 thunder bays against starbases
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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2021, 07:17:28 PM »

is it possible to counter that?

Tachyon spam with range modules and stay out of the range of the station?
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« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2021, 07:52:28 PM »

is it possible to counter that?

Tachyon spam with range modules and stay out of the range of the station?

Nope, Systems Expertise actually boosts the mine deployment range by 50% so your ships will start getting surprise mine colonoscopies barely beyond their spawn point in the map. The best options for dealing with mine spam is simply Omni/360 shields and lots of AA/Xyphos support fighters. Auroras and Odisseys for example work REAL well.

Also to note that the Base AI will heavily focus fire the player driven ship with its mines, so try and play it by using a small, fast unit that can just outRun/outPD/outTank the sea of splody goodness.
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2021, 08:17:48 PM »

i have a vision. i see a nerf hammer.
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