Anyone have similar issues with attack/defense bonuses from starbases?

Your ships have to at least have 1 point in whatever category the starbase will aid them on.The ships cannot have o shields and get an asist from a starbase.Same with all categories.

It's like weapons, where if you have one all the assits work.

So if a ship has one shield, and the base gives +3 +3 +3

Your fighter will have 4 shields, 3 armour and 3 point defence.

All ships with at least one defensive component in the starbases influence will get the bonus. Its worthwile to research part of the defensive tech tree to get a small defensive module and then cram it on all combat ships.

The way the assists work is like this:

For Attack Assist,
You need at least one weapon on your ship. It doesn't matter what category it is. You will receive an assist in whatever category the module assists.

Likewise, for Defense Assist,
You need at least one defense on your ship. It doesn't matter what category it is . You will receive an assist in whatever category the module assists.

For example:

Ship A :
Attack Beam: 0 Mass: 2 Missile: 2
Defense Shield: 0 Armor: 1 Pt Defense: 0

Ship B :
Attack Beam: 0 Mass: 0 Missile: 2
Defense Shield: 0 Armor: 0 Pt Defense: 0

Ship C :
Attack Beam: 0 Mass: 0 Missile: 0
Defense Shield: 0 Armor: 0 Pt Defense: 0

Let's say you have a starbase that has an attack assist (+3 every category) and defense assist (+3 every category)
Each of the above ships is within range of this starbase and no other starbase.

Ship A will receive both attack and defense assists for a total of:
Ship A (With Attack and Defense Assist):
Attack Beam: 3 Mass: 5 Missile: 5
Defense Shield: 3 Armor: 4 Pt Defense: 3

Ship B will receive only the attack assist (because it has no defense) for a total of:
Ship B :
Attack Beam: 3 Mass: 3 Missile: 5
Defense Shield: 0 Armor: 0 Pt Defense: 0

Ship C will not receive any assists because it has neither an attack nor a defense, so it's stats remain the same.

If you are curious as to how the assists are working on your ships, you can hover the mouse over the stats in the context window and a tooltip will appear that shows how much of the value comes from the base value and how much is coming from a starbase.

I am truly amazed at the support the players get from Stardock. We ask for someone to clear something up, and Stardock jumps in does it.

Thanks for the great support