did anyone know about that 50% thing? i didnt, it wasnt in any update logs, i recently asked about people using defenses and no one mentioned anything about it. it didnt show up clearly in the battle log. no one knew it was there i think. i honestly would have played around with it to check it out if i had known it existed. 10% is something, but still pretty low i think. maybe up it to 20 or 25% at least and see what people think. but plz, let us know when you do stuff like that. combat has 0 accurate descriptions as it is. it's very hard for testers to test when they have no idea about the big changes like that, esp on top of having no accurate info in game.

also still no info on roles... or exactly how defenses work...

i do like the weapon changes that were made in this patch now that i can see what they are btw. every weapon has a specific benefit to it now, so that works out nicely. hull changes are very nice too btw, much more useful to go for big hull research now, ty. still think the 1 ship per turn per shipyard should be reconsidered though

I knew defenses had a spillover effect - I saw it in the battle logs. It was still a mystery mechanic. Defenses seem very underpowered, regardless of whether they are the right type or not. The cost-benefit of offense seems much higher and you need major offense to do something meaningful like take out a nest or shipyard. Defenses only seem to help if you are facing a race who focuses on one weapon type.

Let's face it, we're here because we're gluttons for punishment. I still haven't managed to concoct a "good" game yet. I either snowball because of a great starting position or give up because the only path to victory is through a militaristic slog and the combat mechanics are too opaque. I'd rather restart with a new Beta version and new race. Maybe one of these days I will have a good game and if I do, I will be sure to tell the forum about it.

ok, so word on the street it seems is that missiles are still the best due to the first strike ranged attack ability. kinetic being 1 stronger and beams being a little cheaper while having 1 less dmg are both still not worth that ranged attack ability. so here's a quick fix i recommend to switch things up a little more to help even it...

Missiles: have the best special ability, so they should have the weakest attack. base 2.

Kinetic: strongest attack, weakest or no special ability. base 4.

Beam: med attack, low cost. base 3.

derek suggested a repair debuff with kinetic weapons i like too. while minimal in impact, it would help give that weapon type a little more flavor, and help it be a better offensive weapon. if implemented, i think beams should also have the ability to target engines with their good accuracy, so that any remaining ships after a battle get a debuff to movement and maybe even give you sight of them while their engines are giving off smoke and making them very visible until the engines are repaired, making it a good defensive boost to offset the kinetic offensive boost. i think these changes would help make both weapon types more fun for people depending on their tactics like missiles has done with it's ranged ability.

Not the exact number but I saw this effect with the introduction of the battle viewer / battle log.

Feedback:
- Nebula Opacity slider: thanks
- Nerf of Entertainment Districts. I have not tested this yet but it could be a push against Tourism/GDP/Trade in favour of Treasure Hunts/Anomalies. In 0.81 I used a lot of tools to increase approval but I still had to build 4-6 Entertainment Districts at my Core Worlds to run at max tax
- 0.81: I achieved a Prestige Victory in turn 156 (almost all standard settings). I built all galactic achievement wonders and defeated the Dread Lords. I do not know if it were more fun but maybe you could disable the use of Supply Ships and rushing for galactic achievement wonders. If you do so I would recommend to write this in the description of each Galactic Achievement. Else it could be very frustrating

Requests:
- A drop down menu for ships (filter): Colony ships, Constructor, Exploration, Military, Transports
- Automate -> Shipyards -> Sending Ships. Could you add a function to set the new destination for shipyards based on the ships in construction? For example you are building supply ships in three shipyards and military ships in your other shipyards. You could first clear all destinations. Then assign shipyards with supply ships to one specific destination. Last you assign "No Destination" shipyards to send the ships to your frontline
- (rather a feedback): I had to play GC3 a lot until I finally found the automation screen. It was very useful though (upgrade of ships). I would not hide this but give it some love and put it to the front

Question:
- What about Diplomatic Capital? You can trade it but it has no other use. Why would anybody buy something that has no use?

Ideas:
- Peaceful buff 1. Holodeck module for military star bases to gain some xp points per turn. You should not gain as much xp as you gain warmongering but it could close the gap a little bit
- Peaceful buff 2. Some control for non-aggression and alliance treaties (maybe 0.5/1.0). You do not conquer other homeworlds which give 2 control per turn

Playing Custom Civ in .91.  No "Commander" ships showing up.  They were there in .90 using same custom civ.

Never mind.  I just went into Custom Civ edit & saw that you have to pick your commander ships.   

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Why does every race start off with the Authority ideology by default? I was wondering why I always had ideological differences with every race I encountered...

yeah i noticed that too. sounds like a bug.

I'm not sure if it's just this game or not, but clicking on planets/shipyards is very irritating. The planet decals overlay everything, and it's hard to see underneath. Here is a screenshot to show

Notice how the hover-over popup is correct, but when I click, the bottom left shows Segin IV. I have to zoom in enough so that my mouse actually clicks on the planet (the overlay for Segin IV no longer covers the planet). It's also very annoying with the shipyard for that star system. I always have to zoom way in to click on what I want.

Here's the save, in case it helps (I'm playing at 2K resolution, with medium UI size).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G2a5Epi70MxF9gga1zgnQwh_POB6Vbnc/view?usp=sharing

Quoting impinc,

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I'm not sure if it's just this game or not, but clicking on planets/shipyards is very irritating. The planet decals overlay everything, and it's hard to see underneath. Here is a screenshot to show

 

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Original 1670 x 1080

Notice how the hover-over popup is correct, but when I click, the bottom left shows Segin IV. I have to zoom in enough so that my mouse actually clicks on the planet (the overlay for Segin IV no longer covers the planet). It's also very annoying with the shipyard for that star system. I always have to zoom way in to click on what I want.

 

Here's the save, in case it helps (I'm playing at 2K resolution, with medium UI size).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G2a5Epi70MxF9gga1zgnQwh_POB6Vbnc/view?usp=sharing

Been like this since it went open beta and complained about on minute 1.

If 1920x1080 is min resolution, then 2K should be fine, as it's larger.

The comma should be deleted.

The "a" should be deleted.

The first sentence should mention what it calls

There is a famine event that involves food.  The Onyx Hive don't need food, but they get the famine event.

There is a preclusion for synthetic races.  There needs to be one for Silicon races.