stellar manipulation question

kingdom · #1 July 16th, 2002, 04:09 AM

in a game now.....

If i use my ship to create a storm will the storm wipe out the opponent or will it just give me astorm to hide in?

Ragnarok · #2 July 16th, 2002, 04:15 AM

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Originally posted by kingdom:
in a game now.....

If i use my ship to create a storm will the storm wipe out the opponent or will it just give me astorm to hide in?

No, storms don't destroy your enemy. It's possible if they can't take much damage. When you create a storm you get either a storm that can hide you, or a storm that causes damage. It's all random. So it will either give ya a good one to hide in or one that will damage you if you pass through it. So it can't destroy your opponent.

kingdom · #3 July 16th, 2002, 04:17 AM

What.. the storm just sits there and doesn't move? That's stupid.

DavidG · #4 July 16th, 2002, 04:35 AM

Yup pretty much.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Ragnarok · #5 July 16th, 2002, 04:58 AM

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Originally posted by kingdom:
What.. the storm just sits there and doesn't move? That's stupid.

Yes, that is stupid. That's one of the features that we'd all like to see in SEV. Storms that move and can damage ships by turn, not ones that just sit there. But who knows if MM will add it to SEV.

Krsqk · #6 July 16th, 2002, 05:13 AM

One other use is creating storms on warp points. If they're damaging, they work like unsweepable minefields--minefields which damage every ship coming through. If the storm is cloaking, it serves to hide any WP defenses you have set up (only useful wiht far-side WP defense).