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mcv posted 06-18-99 03:42 PM ET
Despite the fact that the manual says that armour is really expensive for all flying units (sounds logical), armour costs absolutely nothing!
It's not just a matter of synthmetal speeder costing the same as a synthmetal garisson, even the most expensive armour I've ever had, doesn't cost a thing on these things.
Combine this with the fact that copters are ridiculously powerful anyway, and you've got just about the most unbalancing unit I've ever seen in a serious game.
This really needs a fix. Does any of the patches address this?
aceplayer posted 06-18-99 04:30 PM ET
dunno what you mean -
a shard chopper is 40 credits - but with
plasma - its 80 credits
Darkstar posted 06-18-99 05:16 PM ET
Air units did not get charged correctly for armor previous to Version 3. MCV, have you downloaded and installed the Enhancement/Patch 3?
-Darkstar
LoD posted 06-20-99 03:08 AM ET
mcv is right, but it depends on the reactor. A 'Copter with Sing can have High Morale and armor up to Silksteel (probably if that ability was taken away, it would go higher), with Quant - Synthmetal (or even more - I'm not sure about this). AFAIR it is because reactors lower the mineral cost to some level. I have Patch 3.0.
LoD
Rackam posted 06-20-99 09:00 AM ET
mcv - Try to build this, but not if you need it in a hurry.
Antigrav
Singularity reactor
Singularity Laser
Stasis Armour
Blink
Clean
Excluding the Ascent to Trancendance, all the SP's cheaper than this puppy. :/
mcv posted 06-23-99 02:51 PM ET
Sorry I took so long to reply.
I just installed the game, and I don't have patch 3 yet. I understand that should solve it? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the things the patch fixes.
And IIRC the patch also allows you to set your mindworms free in the territory of your ally that you want to hurt but can't because he's your ally. Which isn't really fair, IMHO.
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Author	Topic: Flying tanks! No, battleships! (bug report)
mcv	posted 06-18-99 03:42 PM ET Despite the fact that the manual says that armour is really expensive for all flying units (sounds logical), armour costs absolutely nothing! It's not just a matter of synthmetal speeder costing the same as a synthmetal garisson, even the most expensive armour I've ever had, doesn't cost a thing on these things. Combine this with the fact that copters are ridiculously powerful anyway, and you've got just about the most unbalancing unit I've ever seen in a serious game. This really needs a fix. Does any of the patches address this?
aceplayer	posted 06-18-99 04:30 PM ET dunno what you mean - a shard chopper is 40 credits - but with plasma - its 80 credits
Darkstar	posted 06-18-99 05:16 PM ET Air units did not get charged correctly for armor previous to Version 3. MCV, have you downloaded and installed the Enhancement/Patch 3? -Darkstar
LoD	posted 06-20-99 03:08 AM ET mcv is right, but it depends on the reactor. A 'Copter with Sing can have High Morale and armor up to Silksteel (probably if that ability was taken away, it would go higher), with Quant - Synthmetal (or even more - I'm not sure about this). AFAIR it is because reactors lower the mineral cost to some level. I have Patch 3.0. LoD
Rackam	posted 06-20-99 09:00 AM ET mcv - Try to build this, but not if you need it in a hurry. Antigrav Singularity reactor Singularity Laser Stasis Armour Blink Clean Excluding the Ascent to Trancendance, all the SP's cheaper than this puppy. :/
mcv	posted 06-23-99 02:51 PM ET Sorry I took so long to reply. I just installed the game, and I don't have patch 3 yet. I understand that should solve it? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the things the patch fixes. And IIRC the patch also allows you to set your mindworms free in the territory of your ally that you want to hurt but can't because he's your ally. Which isn't really fair, IMHO.