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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 6th, 2001, 12:42 AM

Replies: 37

Proposed 'Quick Fix' for some Combat 'Anomalies'

Views: 7,055

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Proposed \'Quick Fix\' for some Combat \'Anomalies\'

If we're talking about mobile vs static, I don't have any problem with missile dancing. That is the weakness of static defenses. Too bad if your pretty defensive bases get ripped up by missiles. ...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 6th, 2001, 12:24 AM

Replies: 85

Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

Views: 14,416

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

Tomgs wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>You did mention about attacking a normal shield ship with phased weapons and normal weapons. But it seems stranger...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 5th, 2001, 11:44 PM

Replies: 85

Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

Views: 14,416

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

5. And how do fighters fit into all this?
First off, a lone fighter works exactly the same as a ship...almost. You cannot fire only one of multiple identical weapons. All DUC-III's on a single...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 5th, 2001, 10:48 PM

Replies: 85

Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

Views: 14,416

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

Well, a lot of this could be fixed by having components take partial damage. Then you could eliminate the extra damage system and things would work like you'd expect.

However, that requires every...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 5th, 2001, 09:32 PM

Replies: 85

Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

Views: 14,416

Posted By Zanthis

Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ)

In order to better understand how damage is dealt, I did some extensive testing with the simulator. Here are my results, in FAQ format:

1. How is damage assigned?
First, ignore shields for now...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 5th, 2001, 03:58 AM

Replies: 1

Weapon Mounts

Views: 1,208

Posted By Zanthis

Weapon Mounts

The more I play around with the data files, the more I wish weapon mounts could be dependant on research. I mean, I'd like to make an "Extended Range" mount for ship beam weapons, but I want you to...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 5th, 2001, 03:51 AM

Replies: 16

Enemy movement (turn-based)

Views: 2,595

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Enemy movement (turn-based)

I kinda like the larger storms idea. Log Messages would work for me. Especially log anything wierd, like "Phong fleet of 12 ships self-destructed in Yoshi system". Would be annoying to have a...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 4th, 2001, 07:50 AM

Replies: 6

Imbalance: missiles v beams

Views: 2,059

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Imbalance: missiles v beams

doctorcheese wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>There are so many different beam weapons that I would like to use (and see used on me), but it seems that you...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 3rd, 2001, 10:18 PM

Replies: 43

The neutral challenge

Views: 5,649

Posted By Zanthis

Re: The neutral challenge

Started a Neutral Challenge using Mod Pack 1.01 and SunDevil's(?) political mod. Set systems to 254 and started a large mid-life cluster w/ max enemies (no neutrals) at max difficult (no bonus tho)...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 3rd, 2001, 07:15 PM

Replies: 16

Enemy movement (turn-based)

Views: 2,595

Posted By Zanthis

Enemy movement (turn-based)

Anyone else wish you could see where the fsck your enemies ships went? I can't tell you the number of times I've see an enemy fleet three spaces into a system, I click end turn and they are gone. I...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 3rd, 2001, 07:06 PM

Replies: 37

Proposed 'Quick Fix' for some Combat 'Anomalies'

Views: 7,055

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Proposed \'Quick Fix\' for some Combat \'Anomalies\'

Hey Bill, think you can convince MM to add weapon arcs and turn modes while your at it? http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

I do like the impulse idea. Would be neat if...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 3rd, 2001, 08:08 AM

Replies: 30

Two Hundred Mines = Dead Fleet. How to Overcome?

Views: 6,412

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Two Hundred Mines = Dead Fleet. How to Overcome?

Right now it seems each mine detonates against a ship as if it were part of a separate combat. So shields and all components not completely destroyed repair themselves prior to each mine hit.

You...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 3rd, 2001, 12:41 AM

Replies: 30

Two Hundred Mines = Dead Fleet. How to Overcome?

Views: 6,412

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Two Hundred Mines = Dead Fleet. How to Overcome?

Puke wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>dont those mines count against the max unit limit?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My understand is each grouping of mines counts as...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 3rd, 2001, 12:35 AM

Replies: 21

Drones

Views: 3,477

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Drones

I hope they aren't doing something like Starfire. They don't need to. With just a few minor things you could make that type of drone very easily:

Add an ability that allows passage through WPs. ...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 2nd, 2001, 05:20 AM

Replies: 21

Drones

Views: 3,477

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Drones

Is there any word on what drones will be? It sounds like Q wants small unmanned ships. I favor the "build your own seeker" Version. Any idea which way it will go?

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 29th, 2001, 08:06 PM

Replies: 15

Interface improvement suggestions for patch

Views: 2,849

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Interface improvement suggestions for patch

WhiteHojo, in response to #3: I'd like it if you could toggle between human and AI without going into the race itself. A little checkbox in the add races screen next to each race maybe.

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 29th, 2001, 08:13 AM

Replies: 25

Fighters should pay support!

Views: 4,268

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Fighters should pay support!

First, I'd like to say I support unit maintenance. I like the separate definable categories in the Settings file. I don't think mines should pay maint. tho, I just think they should have a really...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 25th, 2001, 10:02 PM

Replies: 22

Rules Question - contest

Views: 3,921

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Rules Question - contest

geoschmo wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Because of the strange way its calculated, +25% off maint (which is base of 25%) give you Zero Maint cost for your...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 25th, 2001, 07:06 PM

Replies: 30

Seekers ability to hit a target.

Views: 6,345

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Seekers ability to hit a target.

dmm wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>3) They would move as soon as they were fired.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Actually, I'd like this to be an ability placed on...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 25th, 2001, 07:02 PM

Replies: 30

Seekers ability to hit a target.

Views: 6,345

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Seekers ability to hit a target.

Daynarr wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>They [seekers] are large, slow firing, you can outrun them and now you won't them to miss?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Speak...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 25th, 2001, 09:06 AM

Replies: 0

Trade Agreements

Views: 1,417

Posted By Zanthis

Trade Agreements

I've heard other people complain about how trade agreements work, and I have to agree. Since each empire gets a percentage of the other's resources, the smaller empire always benefits much more than...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 25th, 2001, 07:04 AM

Replies: 30

Seekers ability to hit a target.

Views: 6,345

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Seekers ability to hit a target.

I dislike missiles (seekers) having a 100% to hit chance (I also dislike the error in displaying to hit chances). This is my suggestion:

1) Add to the Settings file, a "Seeker Base To Hit Value"...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 24th, 2001, 09:06 AM

Replies: 7

Anyone also dislike...

Views: 1,956

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Anyone also dislike...

Excellent idea Trachmyr, I'll have to give it a try. Thanks.

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 24th, 2001, 08:45 AM

Replies: 16

Way TOO Intelligent

Views: 5,163

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Way TOO Intelligent

Nyx wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Anyone here familiar with the Fading Suns universe from holistic Design? ... The trick is that many people don't know...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 24th, 2001, 08:23 AM

Replies: 58

Simple, Reasonable Disengage/Retreat Rule

Views: 8,812

Posted By Zanthis

Re: Simple, Reasonable Disengage/Retreat Rule

I have to say I really like Bill's (was it his originally?) retreat suggestion. Would work well without messing with too many basic game mechanics and could easily be an option set in Settings.
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