I don't see why we shouldn't be able to board the arks with our marines and put a big ol bomb at the main reactor.

Disabeling them from the outside first would be cool as well.

vahouth wrote:

queenkimba wrote:

vahouth wrote:

A question please.

Shouldn't ground combat troops be in the color of your Empire? 

Is it a bug that my Red Cravers were orange instead?

Also I had a quest asking me to increase the Craver pop by 2 in 10 turns! In a single planet system! WTF How could I do that???

On another note, a few more suggestions about the Cravers.

1) I think that maybe they shouldn't start with a minor empire in their midst. It screws up their morale from turn one! 

2) They should be able to transport pops between stars (in fact maybe everyone should). This is also another way to put Craver pop on a conquered planet and start depleting it.

3) They shouldn't receive a happiness penalty if you support the majority's party in elections.

4) If they're able to consume planets, they should be allowed to consume foreign pop in their Empire as well. Maybe through a policy?

I read in the GDD that #2 on your list will be coming. Haven't read all the updates in all the GDD, but at the bottom of each one they address what is available in EA and what will be coming.

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know. :)

Can you please tell me in which GDD they said that?

GDD2

vahouth wrote:

What do you mean about their over-population and the votes they get? I don't think I understand. 

I meant that instead of getting over-population disapproval like everyone else, they should at least get half of that, because to my understanding they are used to living inside crowded ark ships.

I was just saying that Vodyani population works a little bit different than normal.

I mean during the elections each Ark has 7 votes that, unlike all other factions, don't change according to "pop".

I just took this as saying that the numbers of Vodyani in the Arks is either pretty low or pretty static and the actual increase of "pops" has more to do with making enough speciallized Vodyani to oversee slaves working the planets.

But, like I said, this is more me trying to understand how the hell Vodyani pop work.

Also they couldn't get over-population disapproval because, unlike every other faction, one normal "pop" is multiplied by the number of planets in the system. So for there to be over-population there would need to be a whole other set of calculations.

I mean depending on the level, each ark can take 3 "pops", 5 "pops" or 7 "pops" (not sure about the last one). So if you have over-population for the Vodyani you would be giving them maluses for really low pops.

Then the Over-extention issue is also the same (actual low pops in few Arks) with the added problem that their flavour is all about how they are the chosen ones and how everyone should be slaves, so I don't know how Over-extention would fit in.

I mean I get that they are basically forever happy/ecstatic and that could cause issues, but they are already so slow at growing and so dependent of others that I don't see that as problem at the start. It could be an issue once they snow ball enough though...

If anything they should get a special malus to  due to "heresy" on Arks depending on how much they support non-faith ethos or something. Maybe even a mid-game event chain about the Heresy mentioned in their Flavour spreading in some Arks and how that affects their . 

vahouth wrote:

About the Vodyani

Currently they don't suffer any  problems due to over-population or over-extension. IMHO They should at least:

• Receive 50% less  penalty due to over-population. (They're living inside Ships and don't mind)
• Receive  penalty as normal for over-extension.

Also a similar solution is required for the Cravers. They already get more pop in planets, but they need the drive to expand and consume. So they should at least:

• Receive -50%  penalty due to over-extension.
• Be able to consume other type of faction in their empire.
• Be able to allocate population not only in same system but to other star systems as well.

About the Lumeris

It is true that they can spam outposts as long as they can pay for them, but if they cannot get them out of their hands in time, that can seriously hurt them once the over-extension penalty kicks in.

For the Vodyani to have over-population their growth should be represented during the Votes, because right now every Ark has 7 votes no matter how much actual "pop" it has. 

Which always made me think that there are actually very few Vodyani and the pop just represents enough of them to organize the slaves and drones working on planets... but that's just me trying to understand the discrepancy.

And it's true that Lumeris shoot themselves in the foot by buying too many planets, but that doesn't change the fact that you still don't have that good of a reason to sell them, especially after you already have a few of them and they become too expensive to make a profit.

So the Lumeris ability ends up being just buying planets and buying minor races.

smith2757 wrote:

The ability to build some sort of orbiting defenses around a planet or at the warp in points.  Seems to me that every space sci-fi has orbital bases or defenses.  

Plus it would help with what feels like a lot of frailty to me.  I don't understand how a few ships full of people would ever be able to conquer a species of nearly equal tech's home planet with conceivably billions of residents.  I've also had a species invade one of my planets when I had a fleet in orbit guarding.  I lost the planet and had to retake it, not even sure how that makes sense.

I completly agree to this, right now you can just sneak to a system and conquer it without much effort.

Also the ships have way too many troops and the planet too little. I mean a star system at the start has as much manpower as 4 light ships.

vahouth wrote:

About the Vodyani

Currently they don't suffer any  problems due to over-population or over-extension. IMHO They should at least:

• Receive 50% less  penalty due to over-population. (They're living inside Ships and don't mind)
• Receive  penalty as normal for over-extension.

Also a similar solution is required for the Cravers. They already get more pop in planets, but they need the drive to expand and consume. So they should at least:

• Receive -50%  penalty due to over-extension.
• Be able to consume other type of faction in their empire.
• Be able to allocate population not only in same system but to other star systems as well.

About the Lumeris

It is true that they can spam outposts as long as they can pay for them, but if they cannot get them out of their hands in time, that can seriously hurt them once the over-extension penalty kicks in.

For the Vodyani to have over-population their growth should be represented during the Votes, because right now every Ark has 7 votes no matter how much actual "pop" it has. 

Which always made me think that there are actually very few Vodyani and the pop just represents enough of them to organize the slaves and drones working on planets... but that's just me trying to understand the discrepancy.

And it's true that Lumeris shoot themselves in the foot by buying too many planets, but that doesn't change the fact that you still don't have that good of a reason to sell them, especially after you already have a few of them and they become too expensive to make a profit.

So the Lumeris ability ends up being just buying planets and buying minor races.

The ability to build some sort of orbiting defenses around a planet or at the warp in points.  Seems to me that every space sci-fi has orbital bases or defenses.  

Plus it would help with what feels like a lot of frailty to me.  I don't understand how a few ships full of people would ever be able to conquer a species of nearly equal tech's home planet with conceivably billions of residents.  I've also had a species invade one of my planets when I had a fleet in orbit guarding.  I lost the planet and had to retake it, not even sure how that makes sense.

Igncom1 wrote:

I don't see why we shouldn't be able to board the arks with our marines and put a big ol bomb at the main reactor.

Disabeling them from the outside first would be cool as well.

To board them you would still need to attack them. Or at least have some special mechanic.

Besides you can't even board the arks right now the Ground Invasion of the planets that Vodyani aren't even in, completly destroys the Vodyani.

Even playing as the Vodyani I am always scared that the AI will be smart enough to drop some troops on the planets because that would be game over.

Sugestions for the Vodyani:

I don't know if this is planned or not, but you shouldn't be able to assault planets that the Vodyani own.

Right now the Ground Assaults destroys Arks, which doesn't make sense.

Instead of that, you should have to Destroy the Ark ships through combat. 

Otherwise the Vodyani will just be wiped out by the Cravers' 600 manpower worth fleet as soon as they meet.

Also having enemy ships in a system with an Attached Ark shouldn't disable the ability to Detach planets. Plus the Ark should be able to attack while Attached instead of having to Detach to do so.

Sugestions for the Lumeris:

The Lumeris spam outposts too much and they don't sell them because they really don't have anyone that can buy them: 

 - Vodyani and Cravers can't even trade the planets

 - Sophons usually don't have enough dust

 - Lumeris usually just spend dust in other planets instead of buying planets

 - Buying planets near AIs pisses them off and they prefer to just war you for them.

The ability should either be somehow replaced or tweaked.

For instances the outposts could be cheaper and slow to become proper planet systems so that you have a reason to sell them ( you still wouldn't be able to sell them to at least 2 of the 8 races in the game... but oh well).

Or the ability should be more focused on trades routes... maybe starting with one Corporation right of the bat and be able to handle one more than normal, either replacing or going along with the ability to buy outposts and minor races.

Also the creation of outposts shouldn't be instant for the Lumeris. Instant outpost creation all around the galaxy creates really weird situations.

I'd like to make another suggestion about the camera modes in tactical combat.

I think it would be awesome if we could double-click on any ship and view the battle through its field of view. Using the ship as a reference and rotating the camera with the mouse, and zooming in and out with the wheel.

Maybe that could be a feature of the Free Camera mode? 

I hope it is easy enough to implement.

queenkimba wrote:

vahouth wrote:

A question please.

Shouldn't ground combat troops be in the color of your Empire? 

Is it a bug that my Red Cravers were orange instead?

Also I had a quest asking me to increase the Craver pop by 2 in 10 turns! In a single planet system! WTF How could I do that???

On another note, a few more suggestions about the Cravers.

1) I think that maybe they shouldn't start with a minor empire in their midst. It screws up their morale from turn one! 

2) They should be able to transport pops between stars (in fact maybe everyone should). This is also another way to put Craver pop on a conquered planet and start depleting it.

3) They shouldn't receive a happiness penalty if you support the majority's party in elections.

4) If they're able to consume planets, they should be allowed to consume foreign pop in their Empire as well. Maybe through a policy?

I read in the GDD that #2 on your list will be coming. Haven't read all the updates in all the GDD, but at the bottom of each one they address what is available in EA and what will be coming.

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know. :)

Can you please tell me in which GDD they said that?

Tahapenes wrote:

After playing a bit, here's some things I've found that are either annoying or need to be toned down.

First, the Academy is found way to easily by stumbling upon it.  I don't know how many times I've been playing, gotten the quest, started to look for it going to the atmospheric anomalies to only have one of the AI factions stumble upon it or even worse, have it stumbled upon before turn 5 by one of the AI factions.  The Academy should be setup in a lone system that is not part of any constellation so it can't just be stumbled upon, especially given the information mentioned about the academy as listed in the lore so far.

When you stumbled upon the Academy after starting the quest for it, did it fail the quest for you?  It did for me. I did report it under the Help forum earlier.

vahouth wrote:

A question please.

Shouldn't ground combat troops be in the color of your Empire? 

Is it a bug that my Red Cravers were orange instead?

Also I had a quest asking me to increase the Craver pop by 2 in 10 turns! In a single planet system! WTF How could I do that???

On another note, a few more suggestions about the Cravers.

1) I think that maybe they shouldn't start with a minor empire in their midst. It screws up their morale from turn one! 

2) They should be able to transport pops between stars (in fact maybe everyone should). This is also another way to put Craver pop on a conquered planet and start depleting it.

3) They shouldn't receive a happiness penalty if you support the majority's party in elections.

4) If they're able to consume planets, they should be allowed to consume foreign pop in their Empire as well. Maybe through a policy?

I read in the GDD that #2 on your list will be coming. Haven't read all the updates in all the GDD, but at the bottom of each one they address what is available in EA and what will be coming.

CaptainCasey wrote:

There is a graphics glitch when you check out a system for the first time.

Essentially it shows the first planet up close and doesn't switch to the other ones during the cut scene. I'm running an Nvidia card btw.

You can see it I think in the third episode of my play through.

- Capt'

I have the same issue, but it is intermittent on my computer. Sometimes I get the entire cut scene showing the different planets, sometimes you just see the first planet.

I was playing the sophons and suddenly some event drop and say I must acquire some mothership of i will loose the game, I don't know what happen but the game ended two turns after and heck I won according to scores victory ... so that was my first game. 

next are a possible bug that stops me from buying structures for dust all a sudden

then I must said I am not impressed with the diplomatic system, I cant event engage a good alliance nor that I stood to benefit much In terms of setting up a trade empire with Lumeris.

Late game also drags things down in terms of performance, I run it on a core i7 3xxx series with 16G ram and SSD and it slows down on the zooming and moving