Massive Planetary Shielding

[Paul1980au]

Perhaps an expansion of these ie the first tech level is in ineffective one then the next discovery bumps up the planet protection + an attack weapon that also works against the new effective one to offset any changes in gameplay.

[Edward]

So a troopship can go at a planet that is defended with WP. Inorder to do this does the Troop carrier's default Stragety have to be set to "point blank"?

Ed

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Sort of. Troops can land on a planet with WPs. The strategic combat AI just doesn't like landing them on an planet with WPs IF there are warships on your side. If all you have is non-combatants and a troop transport (or more than 1), the transport will charge the planet and try to drop troops. If it survives, you can conquer the planet with WPs intact.

[Sinapus]

No, the default massive planetary shields don't stop phased weapons. Mod them to use phased shield generation and they will.

They still won't stop troop drops.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Edward:
So a troopship can go at a planet that is defended with WP. Inorder to do this does the Troop carrier's default Stragety have to be set to "point blank"?

Ed

Not, if you change the strategy to point blank they will not drop troops. That has to stay on "capture planet". What he is saying is that the rest of the fleet cannot have ships with offensive weapons on them. Otherwise teh troop ship will hang back and wait for the WPs to be destroyed first before approaching and roppiong troops.

[Parasite]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
... Otherwise the troop ship will hang back and wait for the WPs to be destroyed first before approaching and dropping troops.

Additionally if the weaponed ships get destroyed, the troopship(s) that had been hanging back will rush in to try and drop their troops.