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Post by tenbsmith on Apr 27, 2015 15:00:23 GMT -5
I seem to recall a canned design for a ship that could invade alien colonies being unlocked at some point by the tech tree. I look through the tech tree and cannot find it?
I am getting older, is my memory going?
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Post by fallen on Apr 27, 2015 15:19:20 GMT -5
tenbsmith - yes, there is a canned ship design. It is in the branch of SC5.
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Post by tenbsmith on May 6, 2015 9:28:38 GMT -5
fallen, why aren't the canned ship designs mentioned in the tech tree? I'd find that useful.
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Post by Cory Trese on May 6, 2015 9:42:12 GMT -5
We did work really hard on that, adding the icons and updating the tech tree system to support the swap detection.
It may not be perfect, but we've gotten a lot of feedback that highlighting the ship designs has helped players.
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Post by fallen on May 6, 2015 10:51:19 GMT -5
fallen, why aren't the canned ship designs mentioned in the tech tree? I'd find that useful. Any tech that includes a canned design includes a specially colored icon for the tech with a ship and a big +. What is missing? |
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Post by Cory Trese on May 6, 2015 11:49:07 GMT -5
Ship is called "Military Transport"
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Post by tenbsmith on May 7, 2015 7:27:37 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, it is really easy to see--darker blue ship icon with golden +. In fact, I seem to recall reading about this on the boards some time back, and I'd just forgotten.
I guess for the new or intermittent player it might be easier if it was listed like everything else that is unlocked with the tree.
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Post by phollyer on May 29, 2015 14:15:24 GMT -5
Canned ship designs are only good for that one Tech Level...assuming you continue researching weapons...the moment you discover a new weapon or engine or anything...the ship design needs to be scrapped and rebuilt....
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Post by Cory Trese on May 29, 2015 14:21:06 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, it is really easy to see--darker blue ship icon with golden +. In fact, I seem to recall reading about this on the boards some time back, and I'd just forgotten. I guess for the new or intermittent player it might be easier if it was listed like everything else that is unlocked with the tree. We can work on that. Canned ships are really a hack at this point. |
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Post by elwoodps on May 29, 2015 19:59:08 GMT -5
I seem to recall a canned design for a ship that could invade alien colonies being unlocked at some point by the tech tree. I look through the tech tree and cannot find it? I am getting older, is my memory going? It's called "Military Transport"  Unlocked by Planetary Invasion 1  Edit: I guess it might be a little confusing since the "SUMMARY OF RESEARCH UNLOCKS" says "0 Ship Types", but there's good reason for this because by the time you get there, you've already unlocked the basic Ship Type (Transport) back in Starship Construction 1.  |
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Post by phollyer on May 30, 2015 7:46:38 GMT -5
I've found the canned design is a base level invasion ship it takes tons of damage and forever to repair. These ships are disposable.
I like to wait till I get th level 4 sips and use a level 9 reactor the heaviest armor I've researched and heavy drop pods. And a colonisation unit. Most damaged ship get honors to colonize.
Then ALWAYS use minimum of 3 first round 2 or 3 'scout' second round 1 or 2 'scout' third round and beyond ALL 'invade'
I'll upload the design on my favorite ship later today hopefully
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