Questions About the Coming Gold Patch

Mephisto · #1 April 7th, 2002, 07:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Bman:
> 3. Fixed - Cloaked minesweepers will decloak their entire group if they encounter a minefield (regardless of their minister settings).

Does this mean we can now safely run around with a cloaked fleet that includes minesweepers and they will auto-decloak and minesweep if they hit a minefield instead of just blowing up? :-)

No, it is an AI setting and IIRC will only work with known minefields. Hit an unknown minefield and things go BUM!

Atrocities · #2 April 7th, 2002, 08:20 AM

Regardless, the Fighter bug MUST be fixed. Too many times the game has RCE'ed our on me because of the fighter bug.

(A RCE occures whenever there are too many fighters used in combat regardless of tatical or stratigic.)

RCE = Range Check Error.

Q · #3 April 7th, 2002, 11:24 AM

I am very pleased by most of the announced changes in the next patch.

However I don't understand the reasons for:

"9. Changed - Drones can only target planets, ships, and satellites. Fighters,
mines, and other drones are too small to target."

From what I've read in this forum most player seem to share my opinion that at present drones are of limited value for the human player and almost useless for the AI. So why reduce their utility further???

PsychoTechFreak · #4 April 7th, 2002, 11:43 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Bman:
Has anyone ever tested the anti-intel capabilities of the religious shrines? Any idea what they do?

Methinks it is kinda defense bonus similar to the ECM component. First the intel attack has to break through your counter intel projects and after that you would get a per cent chance to avoid the attack.

Sinapus · #5 April 7th, 2002, 12:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Q:
I am very pleased by most of the announced changes in the next patch.

However I don't understand the reasons for:

"9. Changed - Drones can only target planets, ships, and satellites. Fighters,
mines, and other drones are too small to target."

From what I've read in this forum most player seem to share my opinion that at present drones are of limited value for the human player and almost useless for the AI. So why reduce their utility further???

Could be the drones were attacking fighters instead of ships in some people's games...

Jourin · #6 April 7th, 2002, 04:54 PM

I was really hoping for a move to ability for drones.

But I guess not???

Baron Munchausen · #7 April 7th, 2002, 09:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jourin:
I was really hoping for a move to ability for drones.

But I guess not???

All of the beta testers are also hoping, and asking, for the same thing. Keep asking. Sooner or later MM has to listen.