unit stacks

Baron Munchausen · #1 August 18th, 2001, 06:13 AM

Unit stacks USED to be destroyed in linear order. This is no longer true. I used to rely on this to make my sat Groups as tough as possible. Put the heavily armored/shielded sats Last and they would take the punishment while the sats that were almost entirely weapons dished it out. Same with WPs, once. The LAST placed seemed to be hit first. Now it seems to be 'randomized' much like components in a ship.

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and the big question: if i decided to be a total cheese monster and cover my planets with large WPs with nothing but organic armor on them, do you think anyone would ever play with me ever again?

You're right, everyone in the universe would refuse to play SE with you ever again. You'd be doomed to a life of playing the AI only.

But guess what... regeneration (shield or armor) doesn't work on units!!! At least, that's what has been reported. I've not done detailed tests myself. One person can't test EVERYTHING on a game this huge.

So take the shield regenerators out of your sats and WPs. They're just wasting good space. Organic armor is still good armor, though. Just not as good as it is on a ship.

[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 18 August 2001).]

Puke · #2 August 19th, 2001, 12:32 PM

just ran some simulator fights for organics. on ships, regen works, but only if you have at least one piece of armor left.. it will not matter how much 'stacked' regen you have, if your Last piece or organic armor is trashed, you wont get your regen.

on a unit, you dont get dick. any time. ever. at all. not stacked. not standard. not anything. never.

as to which gets hit first, and what order shields are worked on, i have not gotten to that just yet.

Baron Munchausen · #3 August 19th, 2001, 05:03 PM

If you think about it, units could not have regeneration. Imagine the total shield power of a stack of 100 satellites with regenerators!

Also, individual components in units are not tracked, so armor regeneration would essentially be "total" regeneration for units.

Urendi Maleldil · #4 August 19th, 2001, 05:17 PM

I've used weapon platforms filled with nothing but shield generators. They work well as a defense against minor fleets.