All Bollish Xeno worlds exterminated after 10 years

[phantombudgie]

It's taking me so long to try to capture a planet that I'm 17 years into game time and 14 million saved in the treasury, +5k per turn.

My next wave will contain 20 invasion ships and might just be enough.

I want to see a video of someone capturing a planet intact after the (1.1.21) update, with details of the exact ships, and how many, and upgrades used.

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[Cory Trese]

I'll see if I can squeeze some video making into the schedule, but it's already at 120% full.

I'd honestly rather spend the time revising the PI system and let someone else post a video.

I released the new Achievements system only a few hours ago and I already see almost 20 people have earned the "Capture Quality 8+ Planet" trophy.

This thread makes it clear (if it wasn't already!) that we have a lot of work to do on PI. I'm hoping to make that, and the new Empire Event system, central to v1.2.x series of releases.

[pendell]

Indeed. This is precisely why I was concerned about the refueling issue. I can live without refueling cruisers, but the PI is a biggy for me.

I use 8 transports at a time to capture intact planets. If they run out of fuel and there is no other way to gas 'em up, I have to park them around a nearby planet. A fleet of 8 transports takes up a LOT of parking space, leaving precious little room for escort vehicles and so forth around them.

Nor do I want to spend many game turns doing nothing but press "end turn" while waiting for transports to refuel. I could do that with other ships, because I could have some ships refueling while other ships fight, but 8 transports have to be all gassed up at once. And while I'm waiting, potentially the xenos could be colonizing more worlds to make up for the one I just took from them.

Nonetheless, I am convinced ST 4X is a great game, and with the work you're putting in it will become still better!

ETA: DO invasion ships get better? There is no indication of crew skill improvement on the GUI, but I notice that frequently they have a lot of trouble with the first planet, but after about the third they start knocking down the alien population quite quickly. 

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[phantombudgie]

Nailed an invasion at last! The update to 1.2.3 made the odds of invasion success slightly higher I think.

I went in with 8 upgraded invasion ships, 2 refuel carriers and 12 heavy (upgraded) fighters fending off the Xeno. I had 14 other transport ships in reserve but they were not needed in the end.

Constant scout by all ships reduced population by between 3 and 7 per turn and I immediately put in a new colony. Victory! (or part 1 at least)

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