Never did really understand the need for thread necromancy. No need to dig up a dead and buried thread, just start a new post about the topic. So instead of tacking this on to the freshly dug up Terror Stars thread, I thought I’d just start a new thread.
Anyway, I never played GCI so I've only read about Terror Stars in old posts. From what I read they were totally unbalancing. But there is one aspect of them that in my opinion would be a good addition to the game.
As they are now influence and military starbases are of limited usefulness. They can be useful in a particular area for a time, but after a planet or two has been flipped or once the battle has moved on to a new area they become useless. If these starbases could be towed then their usefulness would be greatly extended. Clearly, these things shouldn’t be flying around the galaxy like a top line battleship, but I think it should be possible to slowly move these at great expense, perhaps requiring some new tech or new type of ship to accomplish this.
Adding this feature to the military starbase in particular, could very well fit in nicely with the speed reduction that’s coming to DA. My personal expectation of the speed reduction will be that instead of WWII type blitz tank battles, wars in DA will become closer to WWI trench warfare. There are interesting aspects to each type of battle, but stalemate and a static battle line are far more likely once speed is reduced. Military starbases that could slowly move to follow the ebb and flow of battle could enhance the dynamics of what may otherwise become a rather boring game of attrition. Just my opinion.
