What would stop me from finding a hive?

[Fenikso]

BTW: Does Narvidian Hive count as a hive for the award purpose?

[contributor]

Jun 27, 2013 0:31:46 GMT -5 Fenikso said:

BTW: Does Narvidian Hive count as a hive for the award purpose?

Nope, that was a bit of a disappointment for me,

[poryg]

Well, I always tend to randomly run into space hives... This is one of the space hives I ran into while seeking for aliens. No artifacts, almost no weapons and electronics, Captain level 36.

[Darth Cthoras]

....poryg, that screenshot isn't even funny. My own ship has better stats overall than that Hive but wooooooow that level 2400+ would probably rip me a new one.

[poryg]

Jun 1, 2016 17:21:12 GMT -5 Darth Cthoras said:

....poryg, that screenshot isn't even funny. My own ship has better stats overall than that Hive but wooooooow that level 2400+ would probably rip me a new one.

I doubt your ship has 1000 hold and 300 crew They would be incredible boarders if they came close and their stats were good for boarding.

[Darth Cthoras]

I said overall =p Higher stats in guns, torps, sails, engines, hull, armour.

[poryg]

This space hive isn't upgraded in any way though

[Darth Cthoras]

Neither is my ship =) Custom design, maxed stats. Mwahahaha.

[poryg]

Well, that doesn't really mean your ship has better overall stats.
More guns mean more crew needed to operate them.
I would rather have 30 hull and 50 engines than 40 hull and 50 engines The only time when I would be against it would be a boarding captain. Although I would love the most to have 25 hull and 50 engines.

[Cory Trese]

May 26, 2016 10:00:58 GMT -5 poryg said:

Well, I always tend to randomly run into space hives... This is one of the space hives I ran into while seeking for aliens. No artifacts, almost no weapons and electronics, Captain level 36.

What device is that screenshot from? The Torpedo button seems to have a rendering bug under that version of Android, need to report to Google.

[poryg]

Jun 3, 2016 17:23:16 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

May 26, 2016 10:00:58 GMT -5 poryg said:

Well, I always tend to randomly run into space hives... This is one of the space hives I ran into while seeking for aliens. No artifacts, almost no weapons and electronics, Captain level 36.

What device is that screenshot from? The Torpedo button seems to have a rendering bug under that version of Android, need to report to Google.

Visionbook 7Q GPS, android 4.4.2

[poryg]

I have encountered a heela alien today, 2.5x my level. So Alien flagship achievement unlocked. If only I found a space hive 2.5x my level... The lowest space hive I have found so far was 20x my level... Cory Trese how do I decrease the level of space hives into a killable degree?

[Cory Trese]

Jun 13, 2016 10:00:45 GMT -5 poryg said:

I have encountered a heela alien today, 2.5x my level. So Alien flagship achievement unlocked. If only I found a space hive 2.5x my level... The lowest space hive I have found so far was 20x my level... Cory Trese how do I decrease the level of space hives into a killable degree?

Get levels faster than turns add up is probably the best way. Try on a lower difficulty maybe?

[poryg]

Jun 13, 2016 10:10:53 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

Jun 13, 2016 10:00:45 GMT -5 poryg said:

I have encountered a heela alien today, 2.5x my level. So Alien flagship achievement unlocked. If only I found a space hive 2.5x my level... The lowest space hive I have found so far was 20x my level... Cory Trese how do I decrease the level of space hives into a killable degree?

Get levels faster than turns add up is probably the best way. Try on a lower difficulty maybe?

I have met that lv 2473 space hive between 5500 and 5900 turns elapsed on Insane difficulty. Then, few turns later I met a 2200 one.
On crazy I have met only one so far, level 1145, around 82 AE. It was hostile, but I surrendered. The APO (Apparently Poryg Only) space hive bug got triggered again in that time and I could not leave the battle screen :/

[Zer0Winds]

Jun 26, 2013 23:19:56 GMT -5 contributor said:

Thanks Cory for the input. I've got a few follow up questions/comments.

1) Just to clarify on the chance of finding a hive. There is nothing that affects that, including red/green sectors, artifacts, xeno vet. The rate is static regardless of all variables? What about across time, do encounters become more likely later in the game?

2) I still think there may be some advantage to keeping your level at 1. I still have a shot at defeating a ship that is level 7 or 8 when I'm level 1, especially with a fully tricked out ship and the right hold-goods, but defeating a level 70 or 80 ship when I'm at 10 is impossible. Every time I've heard about someone defeating a hive on the forum it's always been at very low levels.

3) This is actually related to the first question, but I just thought of it now. Would my stats in anyway increase my chances of encountering a hive? I'm thinking that mostly Stealth might play a role. Maybe really high stealth would help us approach one unnoticed?

That's true. I've seen three hives over my time playing, one at level 2, one art level 6 and I don't remember the last one. But I only defeated the one at level 2.