Dr. Spendlove's Wiki Consolidation Wishlist

[drspendlove]

At fallen 's request, I'm going to centralize the various things I want to know or have automated for the wiki:

TBF: 

1. Mechanics of how attacking a Tact Point works. (Engineer's Strike talent)
2. Mechanics of how Xeno TP actions and Spawn towers work.
3. One-time export of turret/mine/flame turret equipment stats and talent levels per Engineer's talent level.

STF:

1. Cascading internal damage rules
2. Small craft mechanics (How does small craft agility work etc?)
  2a. Small craft accuracy/evasion with engine stats
  2b. Small craft range change (can it ever fail?)
  2c. Small craft boarding rolls (what is being rolled here?)
  2d. What exactly causes maintenance points and how are they bad?
  2e. How does dogfighting work?
3. Boarding rolls mechanics (How are boarding targets selected beyond "higher is better"?)
4. Export/Sync automation for crew combat weapons/armor/gear (feel free to exclude spoiler or unlocked items)
5. Lore details on each RTG (feel free to just pick off one at a time. I only have one of them thus far...)
6. Export/Sync automation for rumors to replace my manual stuff.
7. Details on what planet types do beyond what I have about spice being more abundant in deserts.
8. Recruiting factors details (which planet/zone factors impact recruitment, and roughly how?)
9. Contact actions possible
10. What is the exact initiative penalty for going to -10 or lower initiative?
11. Component Damage in crew combat details (not just cascading but how "25" component damage translates to damage. Also how mass impacts component HP. Also, how mass reducers that have negative mass have HP.)
12. Are non-percent ship combat damage bonuses flat, weighted, or big dice? (Is burner skid's rad damage +80, +41 to 80, or +1 to 80?) 
13. New details on the exact costs to retrain.
14. How does the engine Agility check work for Flash Charge?
15. How large is the attribute bonus for faction affinity of recruits?

[fallen]

Thank you <3

Stickied for easy finding.

[fallen]

Some of the things the Contact AI can do include:
- Attempt to Gain Influence
- Send Influence to Links
- Request Influence from Links
- Purchase Rumors
- Purchase Conflicts
- Propose Conflict Purchase to other AI
- Boost Conflict Score

[drspendlove]

Oct 24, 2019 15:28:43 GMT -5 fallen said:

Some of the things the Contact AI can do include:
- Attempt to Gain Influence
- Send Influence to Links
- Request Influence from Links
- Purchase Rumors
- Purchase Conflicts
- Propose Conflict Purchase to other AI
- Boost Conflict Score

Thanks, I'll update the wiki soon-ish. When I do, I'll cross of the line item up above.

[drspendlove]

Is there no "murder a contact" action?

[fallen]

"some of the things" sorry its not exhaustive.

Yes, assassinate enemy is also on that list

[drspendlove]

Alright. Made some progress on the wiki and added a couple more items to the list.

[fallen]

10. Penalty means that the maximum initiative you can roll on the next turn is 8.

[drspendlove]

Oct 27, 2019 14:12:30 GMT -5 fallen said:

10. Penalty means that the maximum initiative you can roll on the next turn is 8.

You can roll lower than 8!?

[fallen]

Absolutely. Debuffs, bad stats, blah. You get a roll.

[drspendlove]

Scratched another one off of the list. The next lowest hanging fruit is getting details on the RTG lore other than the Irid-something that I already have the lore for.

[drspendlove]

fallen we need to have a chat about number 2. Having them in-game and yet some mechanics unknown is not the best thing.

[fallen]

Sure.

If a ship attacks a craft their Speed or Agility are compared, depending if the craft has closed or not. If the craft is on the far side, Speed. On the near side, Agility.

The ratio of defender vs. attacker is used to determine bonus to craft dodge %
3x attacker, +10% if using Speed or +15% if comparing Agility
2.5x attacker, +8% if using Speed or +12% if comparing Agility
2x attacker, +6% if using Speed or +10% if comparing Agility
1.5x attacker, +4% if using Speed or +4% if comparing Agility
Less than 1x attacker, -2% if using Speed, or -4% if comparing Agility
Less than 0.5x attacker, -6% if using Speed or -10% if comparing Agility

When attacking a ship, attacking craft compare agility to the defender ship for a bonus to their hit chance %

3x defender, +16%
2.5x defender, +12%
2x defender, +10%
1.5x defender, +6%
Over 1x defender, +2%
Less than 1x, -2%
Less than 0.5x, -8%

[drspendlove]

Sweet! I will add to the wiki!

[drspendlove]

Alright. Knocked out the small craft evasion/accuracy rules until dogfighters are up. fallen details on boarding rolls of small craft would be very helpful and needed for players right now. Also note Question #12 is pretty simple to answer if you know it offhand.