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11 years ago

You can see Hull Specificity by hovering a hull either in the tech tree, or when designing your ship.

Meedoc, in [EXP] Formations & Targeting Orders

11 years ago

Hello,

I would like to join in to remind you that you have to consider these mechanics within the context that will be brought with the expansion pack.

Here is an example (I still want to keep some surprises for the release! =) ): Long range: they shoot only once, during the phase. They are designed to deal heavy damage during the rest of the fight. They can be countered using a lot of armor, but they will be really efficient against repair. To maximise their effect, you may either use a spread fire to decimate weak ships or rather use one of the orders focusing on less ships to be sure you'll shut down at least a part of the opponent's fleet.

What I can say is that you will be able to work on the fleet composition, combining different ship designs to exploit the formation & targeting mechanics at their best.

For instance, if you happen to be using a "glass cannon" strategy, I will be able to counter it with a fleet full of ships with lots of armor and a few long range weapons: I'll receive a lot of damage, but my armor will save me so I'll be able to deal enough damage to kill unprotected ships. However, this strategy can be countered with a different setup, etc. etc...

We count on you to dig deeply into this system and find creative combinations!

Cheers,

Steph'nie, in [EXP] Formations & Targeting Orders

11 years ago

This document is now public!

Steph'nie, in [EXP] Balancing

11 years ago

This game design document is now public.

Steph'nie, in [EXP] Fighters & Bombers

11 years ago

Just posted a "Fighters and Bombers archetypes creation competition": check it out here.

Steph'nie, in Automate Completed Ship (In Hangers) Movement

11 years ago

It does sound similar to rally points, which is something we are considering for our next improvements.

But, thank you for your suggestion!

Steph'nie, in Diplomacy and Allied Victory

11 years ago

Nosferatiel wrote:
Well, this was the first one, if you remember: /#/endless-space/forum/28-game-design/thread/13072-fixed-diplomatic-status-for-mp

Yup.

Edited the other thread's prefix.

Now we found the original thread (thanks, Nosferatiel!), I will be closing this duplicate.

Steph'nie, in Diplomacy and Allied Victory

11 years ago

Added the "tracked" tag to this thread: it is on our improve list but we have to see if we will be able to make it or not!

Thanks for the suggestion anyway - this has been brought up several times already.

Meedoc, in [EXP] Balancing

12 years ago

Yes the build will include the AMAS with the colony ship bug fixed. For the AI fleet bug, I don't think we can fix it for now because there are a lot of ongoing work on the Military Part regarding the expansion pack, and we cannot afford a "little" fix without a risk.

I know there are a lot of concerns regarding buildings, but before we get to it, I want to set a proper base. The second part of the balancing will come afterwards. =)

Meedoc, in [EXP] Balancing

12 years ago

I did not change the max population yet. I think it's quite cool for the moment but adding racial bonuses on specific planet type may be interesting. It needs to be analyzed.

For the Support trait it's effectively -25% / -50%.

The new FIDS for Arid are correct, I did a mistake on the previous FIDS, sorry ^^

For the Sheredyn Affinity, we'll see, if -50% is too powerful, we will nerf it. The intention is to give them an economic bonus in their affinity. For the moment we're still thinking about their traits.

For the Pilgrim Affinity, by using "new system" in the description I meant " not settled, beforehand". We do not want to have Fleets Errant doing a round trip between systems.

We hope to have a build online on Friday =)

We'll keep you in touch!

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