Re: Quantum Reactors
 

Yes, the QR is too powerful. Many people have been requesting that MM change it to produce only a certain amount of supplies per turn. There is a difference between infinite supplies at a fixed rate of production and infinite supplies at an infinite rate of production. It wouldn't be that big a change, either. He'd only have to change a few lines of code somewhere. We just have to get enough people to ask for it to convince him.

[ March 18, 2003, 17:49: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

Re: Quantum Reactors
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Never tested it, but does QR replenish supplies of a ship DURING combat ?

Re: Quantum Reactors
 

i hope they wouldnt remove the quantum engine ability all together, just add a new ability to generate x-amount of supplies per turn. that way you could have different levels of ability.
what does the supply generation ability do? i know what the solar supply generation does, but could supply generation be the ability you are asking for?

Re: Quantum Reactors
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I say increase their size to 500kt and raise their cost to 50k.

Or ban them. Or something.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Or accept that they have been part of the game since at least SE3 where they were even more effective than they are now.

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Proportions treat QR rather gently, you may check how PvK moded it.

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You can always mod a special ships plating of solar panals or a large efficient solar sail.

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Solar panels are not a good solution, because their generation is dependant on the stars in the system.

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My understanding is that the QR is "too" good.
The Solar Sails have limitations. The amount of juice they generate is moddable.
What am I missing here?

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Solar collector generation is based off of stars in the system. This is not what QR are supposed to do. They should not be dependant on the number of stars for supply generation. This is why it is an imperfect solution. What we need is an ability that generates X supplies per turn, period. No dependance on stars or anything like that.

[ March 18, 2003, 22:33: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: Quantum Reactors
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What kind of supply sucking high energy cannons do you use to run out of supplies? The engine supplies should be completely filled at the beginning of the combat in case of a QR in a fleet. The engines should provide enough supplies even for components like planet crunchers http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Take a look at the supply usage of Capital Ship Missiles.

Slick.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Or Wave-Motion Guns (they use even more supplies than CSM's...)