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Post by yechao on Jun 16, 2014 0:40:32 GMT -5
Help I have no idea how to attack alien colonies. I need a step by step tutorial!
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 16, 2014 1:16:52 GMT -5
You must build Military Transports (MT), or any ship with Planetary Invasion (PI) and Drop Pods / Drop Ships.
The move the MT near the world and activate the PI Training. Then tap the Xeno World and you'll see your Invasion options.
The game automatically generates a "Military Transport" ship design for you when you research "Planetary Invasion 1" technology. That ship comes pre-made and ready to invade.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 22:26:38 GMT -5
What's the difference between bombard and invade, and what does scout do?
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 17, 2014 11:48:43 GMT -5
Bombard hurts Quality a lot.
Scout is like "light invasion"
Invade is for full on landings.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 14:27:24 GMT -5
So which has the highest chance of hurting population over quality? Inavsion? And why do scout when you can do invasion which does more pop damage?
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 17, 2014 17:03:07 GMT -5
So which has the highest chance of hurting population over quality? Inavsion? And why do scout when you can do invasion which does more pop damage? Scout has other side effects that will be explained in future release and enhanced by additional Ship upgrades like "Leviathan Exo-Scout Battalion" |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 23:57:04 GMT -5
So which has the highest chance of hurting population over quality? Inavsion? And why do scout when you can do invasion which does more pop damage? Scout has other side effects that will be explained in future release and enhanced by additional Ship upgrades like "Leviathan Exo-Scout Battalion" I'm starting to see the resemblance btw STRPG and ST4X |
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on Jun 19, 2014 9:54:48 GMT -5
I really can't wait for the Invasions to be fleshed out some more Cory!
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Post by phantombudgie on Jun 19, 2014 16:17:28 GMT -5
It took me a long while to figure out how to start invasion. I knew it was possible from reading the forms but had no idea how until I found the planetary invasion tech.
Now I am invading a colony. Or trying to.
How long does this take? Keep atracking until they are all dead?
I have had two ships parked in orbit around an alien colony both doing full invade for 10 turns, surrounded by a cloud of protective ships fending off the hordes of alien missile cruisers.
When do I win?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using proboards
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Post by fallen on Jun 19, 2014 17:19:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2014 18:01:25 GMT -5
Or when quality reaches 0. But if that happens the planet becomes dead and no one, you or xeno, can colonize it. |
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 20, 2014 1:52:49 GMT -5
It took me a long while to figure out how to start invasion. I knew it was possible from reading the forms but had no idea how until I found the planetary invasion tech. Now I am invading a colony. Or trying to. How long does this take? Keep atracking until they are all dead? I have had two ships parked in orbit around an alien colony both doing full invade for 10 turns, surrounded by a cloud of protective ships fending off the hordes of alien missile cruisers. When do I win? Sent from my GT-I9300 using proboards A single basic Military Transport will take, on average, 26 turns to destroy a full strength Xeno World's Population. That's a long grind, defintely doable but it takes a lot of fighting for a single battalion to destroy an entire world. Like Star Traders RPG, jamming the same button over and over does not work as well as alternating a rhythm. Try using 2-3 Military Transports and using Bombard -> Scout -> Invade -> Bombard -> Invade -> Scout -> Invade. |
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Post by phantombudgie on Jun 20, 2014 3:27:03 GMT -5
Fantastic! This is exactly the sort of detail I was after.
Please put this in the game manual.
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Post by phantombudgie on Jun 20, 2014 8:03:26 GMT -5
Having given it a go, I will add something else:
If you are trying to capture rather than destroy, stick to Scouting only (otherwise quality gets shredded pretty quickly), and you need at least 3 troop transport ships attacking every turn.
Surrounding the planet with a ship in every square prevents them building reinforcement ships from the target planet.
The alien population will increase by 1 EVERY turn up to the Max of 20, so one transport alone will never work for capture - you normally tend to kill one population per turn per ship, but it is sometimes zero or two.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2014 8:15:44 GMT -5
I tried invading but the quality gets destroyed before I can reduce the pop to 0. I'll try scouting. The problem with scouting is that it deals less dmg overall though.
One thing I want to add is that once you invade a planet of theirs, they'll try to invade yours, sending more world killers than ever before. So don't expect to invade a planet and walk away without any consequence.
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