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Post by nails on May 19, 2014 8:21:17 GMT -5
For giggles I was looking at upgrading a starport 1 to starport 4.
it would cost me the same to out right build a new one as to upgrade the existing. No cost reduction for upgrading.
intentional?
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Post by Cory Trese on May 19, 2014 11:46:04 GMT -5
For giggles I was looking at upgrading a starport 1 to starport 4. it would cost me the same to out right build a new one as to upgrade the existing. No cost reduction for upgrading. intentional? Hmmm. Good question, the Hive Starport does not have a build cost (Colonization is free) so the upgrade is full price. But "building a new one" isn't really a thing with a Starport, so this is a bit confusing. Not sure what to do. |
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Post by nails on May 19, 2014 12:23:47 GMT -5
For giggles I was looking at upgrading a starport 1 to starport 4. it would cost me the same to out right build a new one as to upgrade the existing. No cost reduction for upgrading. intentional? Hmmm. Good question, the Hive Starport does not have a build cost (Colonization is free) so the upgrade is full price. But "building a new one" isn't really a thing with a Starport, so this is a bit confusing. Not sure what to do. Are starport land based or orbitals? |
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on May 19, 2014 15:23:48 GMT -5
In ST planet descriptions, they are always land based. I would imagine there are space based Starports, but they are probably for Warships and Imperial ships
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Post by Cory Trese on May 19, 2014 15:56:49 GMT -5
My feeling is that the ships you are building in 4X are not practical to land on the surface, they are simply too large and not designed for operating inside a planet's atmosphere.
The planet-based starport provides launching services for repair ships, star traders, merchants and smaller craft while your military ships dock at smaller orbitals (included in the starport.)
Those orbitals and military docks are what make it difficult for the ST Captain to navigate into the Starport sometimes in RPG.
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on May 19, 2014 16:10:38 GMT -5
That makes a lot of sense, along with Encounters in ST being more common while trying to land. You need to get through the clutter to land.
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Post by ChocoCrowbar on May 19, 2014 18:28:44 GMT -5
That makes a lot of sense, along with Encounters in ST being more common while trying to land. You need to get through the clutter to land. *Comes in to land on Cadar Prime* Why hello there great blockade of military grade torps just floating around the Star Docks, I'll just try and not bother you on my way down... |
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