Do an IDEA of this and you have my vote.

By the way...

Hey not bad idea i had.

thiasss wrote:

Suggestion for more unique battle cards:

Kamikaze -> your ships will fly into other ships. use this if your fleet is at disadventage

Love Boat -> your other ships will receive a bonus as long as your hero ship's alive

Intindimation -> should your fleet win the battle, the enemy fleet will flee the system.

Stupid -> all your ships explode

Ninja -> Your strongest ship will get revealed at the last battle phase and do bonus damage. It can't be targeted in previous battle stages

Emergency repair -> Like in ES1

High energy field -> ballistic weapons will now deal only 75% but energy damage, the same goes for energy

10/10 ES2 needs Stupid battle card to make things more explosive. Everybody loves explosions :) also make it a free card for fun that negates enemy fleets to gain experience :D

https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/1579

thiasss wrote:

It's up in the idea section now

Link?

It's up in the idea section now

Zomg battle card ninja would be like a cloaking battle card this has my vote toss it in a idea. I like these, the premise of having a gaurantee to get to short range except I affraid of how much programming it would take on thr battle simulator. Excuse the typos from a phone. 

Slashman wrote:

thiasss wrote:

Suggestion for more unique battle cards:

Kamikaze -> your ships will fly into other ships. use this if your fleet is at disadventage

Love Boat -> your other ships will receive a bonus as long as your hero ship's alive

Intindimation -> should your fleet win the battle, the enemy fleet will flee the system.

Stupid -> all your ships explode

Ninja -> Your strongest ship will get revealed at the last battle phase and do bonus damage. It can't be targeted in previous battle stages

Emergency repair -> Like in ES1

High energy field -> ballistic weapons will now deal only 75% but energy damage, the same goes for energy

These are actually really good and the ninja card could work to make short range more attractive by ensuring that a few ships make it to third phase consistently.

It was an Issue in ES1 (ships would slowly close in), but in ES2 short range ships do warp in at close range (while on attack, not defense). The real problem arise when they fight other flotillas as the game default to long range fight. It's also an issue short range flotillas often end up with an enemy flotillas on their tail where they have no guns to defend themselves.

thiasss wrote:

Suggestion for more unique battle cards:

Kamikaze -> your ships will fly into other ships. use this if your fleet is at disadventage

Love Boat -> your other ships will receive a bonus as long as your hero ship's alive

Intindimation -> should your fleet win the battle, the enemy fleet will flee the system.

Stupid -> all your ships explode

Ninja -> Your strongest ship will get revealed at the last battle phase and do bonus damage. It can't be targeted in previous battle stages

Emergency repair -> Like in ES1

High energy field -> ballistic weapons will now deal only 75% but energy damage, the same goes for energy

These are actually really good and the ninja card could work to make short range more attractive by ensuring that a few ships make it to third phase consistently.

Suggestion for more unique battle cards:

Kamikaze -> your ships will fly into other ships. use this if your fleet is at disadventage

Love Boat -> your other ships will receive a bonus as long as your hero ship's alive

Intindimation -> should your fleet win the battle, the enemy fleet will flee the system.

Stupid -> all your ships explode

Ninja -> Your strongest ship will get revealed at the last battle phase and do bonus damage. It can't be targeted in previous battle stages

Emergency repair -> Like in ES1

High energy field -> ballistic weapons will now deal only 75% but energy damage, the same goes for energy

I wonder what Unique Battle cards would do...

I'm more annoyed by the "aggregate" fleet data which doesn't give me an information. Cards can adjust the "synergy" of individual flotilla's but it's very easy for it become very confusing.

Numinumi wrote:

RussianHamster wrote:

ES1 battle system was better than ES2, IMO, because you could influence to the fight in process, not just before the start of a battle.

I remember seeing this suggested and some saying it was really bad. Without having played ES1 I looked it up and it looks way more interactive and fun, and makes you wanna watch the battles.

Either way, I agree on the cards. I feel one of the issues that's making weapons modules and such imbalanced is how cards aren't really good and could use a overhaul, and as said, less percentage based and more interesting mechanics.

That was bad in complaying with other games, but it was good for indie economy strategy game and thats still looks better for me than ES2 system.

IMO the best part will be if you have the card system for autobattles and cinematic batteles and real time battles with microcontrol of each ship, like it was in Star Wars: Empire at War.

Thats give a good fast and cinematic battes for people who dont like a RTS mechanics and good battles with micro playing for peoples who want to control everything throughout the battle. 

But I dont know can whether it is possible to realize it in conditions of ES2 engine and even if it is possible, then I think it will require a huge amount of work.

I personally think it's very useful to be able to go to long distance with "barrage fire" or short with "turtle"/"get lucky".

Wait, what do you mean "there are other battle cards"?

RussianHamster wrote:

ES1 battle system was better than ES2, IMO, because you could influence to the fight in process, not just before the start of a battle.

I remember seeing this suggested and some saying it was really bad. Without having played ES1 I looked it up and it looks way more interactive and fun, and makes you wanna watch the battles.

Either way, I agree on the cards. I feel one of the issues that's making weapons modules and such imbalanced is how cards aren't really good and could use a overhaul, and as said, less percentage based and more interesting mechanics.