Bio-Psych Mod v1.16

[Loser]

Nice treatment of Troops.

Did you actually change anything in those other files (mounts, facilities, quadrant types)?

Name := Banzai Pod I
Description := Unstoppable suicide fighters.
...
Ability 1 Type := Combat To Hit Offense Minus
Ability 1 Descr := Pod is intended for ramming only (-99 to hit)
Ability 1 Val 1 := 0
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0

You put the 99 on II and III, and on all three Doomships. Only this one is missing it.

Suicidal Assault Escorts! POW!!

What happens if a Troop stack has both a Infiltration Command and a Assault Command in it?

If you put a Large Troop packed with all the best stuff and an Abomination from an opposing race in a box together and only let one out, which one comes out? How about a bonus-maxed Large Troop, a Siege Fortification, and a Ground Cannon Large Troop against three Abominations, or any other three Large Troops with at least one Abomination? I'm just curious how it's going to work out.

Name := Combat Apothecary II
Description := Field unit dispenses psychotropic drugs for combat troops.
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Ability 2 Type := Combat To Hit Offense Plus
Ability 2 Descr := Drug frenzy gives a 10% attack bonus to stack
Ability 2 Val 1 := 20

Same problem for Combat Apothecary III.

[ August 12, 2003, 17:45: Message edited by: Loser ]

[KnidVermicious]

No I didn't change the other files. Just Components and TechArea. Can I just leave the others out of the zip file?

Did you think the Suicide Assault was too powerful? I would have liked to make it a destroyed on use item (I envision it like a boarding party of sorts), but that doesn't work on weapons. I made it reload 30 so you could only use it once in a combat. I made it use a lot of supplies, which was as close as I could get to making it destroy itself. Suggestions?

More erros to fix. Thanks for the heads up.

[KnidVermicious]

Would it be useful to people to include text files with just the new components and techs so they could easily cut and paste them into their own mods?

[Loser]

Originally posted by KnidVermicious:
Would it be useful to people to include text files with just the new components and techs so they could easily cut and paste them into their own mods?

I think that's why you put it at the end...

But yeah, that couldn't hurt.

I'm not sure Suicide Assault needs much more abuse. Only once per combat might not be 'realistic' (picture an empty ship drifting through combat, maybe make it use up _all_ the supplies?), but it does help with the balancing. You could also make the component have a very low structural value, as a balancing measure....

I think Mounts can be applied to it as well... I'm not sure how that fits into the 'realism' thing.

[KnidVermicious]

Well, the mounts should up the supply usage, too. So hopefully that will balance that a little. I thought abut making it larger, but I do want smaller ships to be able to take it. I might up the supply use a little and drop the structure value some. That makes sense as the weapon is "marines" rather than an actual piece of equipment.

[Fyron]

What happens if a Troop stack has both a Infiltration Command and a Assault Command in it?

One of two things:
They stack, getting net 0 bonus/penalty.
The best of each ability is used, thus granting 40 bonus to both.

[KnidVermicious]

I thought if the components were different families the bonuses would stack. Wouldn't the +40 attack and -40 attack stack for a 0 net? And if it did, why bother using both units?

[ August 12, 2003, 20:16: Message edited by: KnidVermicious ]