quick question

[narf poit chez BOOM]

do repair bays work on fighters?

[Fyron]

As in, repairing fighters, or repairing ships while the ability is on the fighter? If the former, then no. If the latter, then yes.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

well, that's good enough. thanks. can a ship have the secter cloak ability?

[ January 29, 2004, 21:23: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Fyron]

Yep! Devnull's Space Monsters have bases with that ability to hide their HW.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

ok, thanks. i think i'm done with the questions now.

[Nocturnal]

So THAT's what those bLasted monsters did to their homeworld!
What level of scanning tech do I need to root them out? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Nocturnal:
So THAT's what those bLasted monsters did to their homeworld!
What level of scanning tech do I need to root them out? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The scanner I prefer is to go to the center of their home system with a 'special' ship. This 'special' ship will then blow the entire star up and kill'em all! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

But seriously, if I recall correctly then you cannot scan the planets with normal scanners, you have to simply fly blindly in their home system (should be easy to figure out what that is) and then hope you run into them.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

can you put phased shields into a phacility?

[Rollo]

Originally posted by Nocturnal:
So THAT's what those bLasted monsters did to their homeworld!
What level of scanning tech do I need to root them out? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">no scanner is good enough to penetrate the homeworld cloak. You have to blow up the whole system to kill the monsters.

[Rollo]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
can you put phased shields into a phacility? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">yes

[narf poit chez BOOM]

thanks.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

ok, if you put 'Sector - Sensor Interference' on a ship, does that affect all the ships on your side or just all the ships in the sector?

[Fyron]

Every ship in the sector. It acts exactly the same as a storm with that ability, except that you can move it and change which sector is affected.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

ah well. so much for command ships.

[Alneyan]

I think the best you could do along these lines would be a ship/device with System Wide abilities. (And then, you would be able to hide the ship away from the battle, if you are willing to take a risk. *Grumbles*)

[ February 09, 2004, 21:31: Message edited by: Alneyan ]

[Rollo]

that is still a very useful ability. For a fleet that relies on seekers, drones and/or ramships it can be great to foul up all sensors.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

say, isn't there a system-wide ability that improves the attack of all your ships? i wonder if i could stick it on a ship...

[Rollo]

yes,
Combat Modifier - System
Value1 = Percentage combat modifier for entire system (+/- percentage).
Value2 =

Damage Modifier - System
Value1 = Percentage damage modifier for entire system (+/- percentage).
Value2 =

these are the abilities for the war shrine and death shrine.
I think these work on components also.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

and command ships are back in! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

what is the equation for how much a tech costs?

[Kamog]

From the FAQ:

Where (LC = Level Cost) and (L = Level):

Low tech cost =LC*L
Mid tech cost =LC*(L²/2)
High tech cost = LC*(L²)

[Fyron]

That forumla is not entirely accurate... it would imply that a level one tech area costs 1/2 its lised cost in a medium tech cost game! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Kamog]

You're right!
So does anybody know the correct formula? Or maybe the formula only applies to level 2 and above? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[Fyron]

I think it is correct for other levels. It is just level one that is a special case.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

thanks.