A poll about bases. *DELETED*

[TurinTurambar]

Remote Mining would fall under "Something Else," and yeah, me too; Shipyard/Repair at a planet or "waysystem" and remote mining at asteroid fields.

[Ragnarok-X]

I dont understand the second poll question. windows huh ?

[Atrocities]

Yes, remote mining is a good use of starbases. Defense is a horrible use of bases because they are often horribly positioned. I wonder if adding combat movement to a base as an ability might help?

[Baron Munchausen]

Bases are a very good way to boost the defenses of small planets where relatively few weapons platforms can be placed. If you are worried about positioning, try fighter bases. Just a huge cargo base with launch bays and a few minimal defenses, which is cheap, and the fighters can go where they need to be.

What bothers me about mining is that remote mining of asteroids is actually a very different technology from remote mining of planets but SE tech doesn't take note of the difference. For this reason I tend to completely ignore remote mining in SE.

[Yimboli]

Atrocities said:
Yes, remote mining is a good use of starbases. Defense is a horrible use of bases because they are often horribly positioned. I wonder if adding combat movement to a base as an ability might help?

didn't devnullmod have a base engine??


i'm still clueless about the windows question... how would that change game mechanics?

[TerranC]

Yimboli said:
how would that change game mechanics?

It wouldn't. I am just curious.

[Phoenix-D]

Base work for planet defense if you have enough (see: gritecon) or if they're on a warp point.

[TerranC]

Ragnarok-X said:
I dont understand the second poll question. windows huh ?

Should space stations have little windows for people to use to view space or whatnot?