Where is my laser? » Forum Post by Glideslope

Altarian have a -20% weapon Penalty. Now the fact that a 1 laser is reduced to 0 because of this 20% is a bit ludicrous, and limiter should be in place that makes a ship with a weapon at least have 1 weapon value.

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econundrum1

Join Date 04/2007

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Indeed it's almost certainly because of that -20% penalty and a rounding downwards of the result. There should be a minimum of 1 if a ship is armed at all though I would say so it is a bug of sorts.

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simple way is to just resarch dark energy research tech and you will have a 0% weapons bonus. leaving it even.

depending on tech research speed you put it shouldnt take that long

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You guys are probably right. There seems to be a general lack of rounding in favor of truncation in GalCiv. Like taking a 10% planet quality bonus and having PQ9 planets remain PQ9 planets.

So I've got my ship with a laser that has no attack value. She's a cute little ship though which I may be able to distract the enemy with. And then there's my transport that has no weapons but an attack value in each category. Cool!

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You guys are probably right. There seems to be a general lack of rounding in favor of truncation in GalCiv. Like taking a 10% planet quality bonus and having PQ9 planets remain PQ9 planets.

So I've got my ship with a laser that has no attack value. She's a cute little ship though which I may be able to distract the enemy with. And then there's my transport that has no weapons but an attack value in each category. Cool!

You should gift your 0-damage laser fighter to an enemy, then attack it with the transport and see who wins. I'm wondering what the transport will even fire.

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Pretty sure there is a UP proposition that gives transports weapons to defend themselves when passed. I'd imagine thats why your transport has the firepower.

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Yes, it was a UP event that gave my transport some oomph. I thought it was funny that a ship with no weapons (my transport) has attack value while a ship with weapons (my spirit) has no attack value.

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I never build early military vessles as altarians, I find that if I push money toward expanding my taxbase and planetary infrastructure I can crank out ships that actually do something later in the game (usually the first time I'm attacked by a foolish AI who hasnt done enough espionage and doesnt realize I can crank a fleet 2x as good as his in 2-3 weeks).

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I usually do the same. In this game though, no more planets were available. I had 2 and the most anyone else had was I think 5. I was trying to take the Jessuins hone planet with the meager military I thought I had.

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econundrum1

Join Date 04/2007

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You guys are probably right. There seems to be a general lack of rounding in favor of truncation in GalCiv. Like taking a 10% planet quality bonus and having PQ9 planets remain PQ9 planets.

So I've got my ship with a laser that has no attack value. She's a cute little ship though which I may be able to distract the enemy with. And then there's my transport that has no weapons but an attack value in each category. Cool!

Did you have the vote that grants all transports weapons?

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