Weapon Targets

[Q]

Thank you very much for this information. I will then modify the planetary shield facility to phased shields. Otherwise it is just too easy to bypass by phased polaron beams.

[Fyron]

Make sure to change this in the AI files too, otherwise they won't be able to use it.

[Suicide Junkie]

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Did you test if this is working?
The phased shield ability is a component ability and as you know abilities of components and facilities frequently do not function if you assign it to the other group.

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Pirates & Nomads has had this since forever.

I made the first levels of planetary shield tech give normal shields (20K/5K, 50K/20K) and the top end phased shields (75K/50K). Tech=>(ruins/normal)
At the very least, the AI should build one of the normal generators through its build orders, and then upgrade it to phased as soon as it finishes...

[Cheeze]

I'm a little confused here, with all the talk of planetary shielding.

If you don't wish ships/fighters/etc, to target planets, then simply modify the strategy that the ship (or ships) uses. In the strategies there is a "Do Not Fire On" option, and one of those listed is planets.

I use that frequently.

[Suicide Junkie]

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If you don't wish ships/fighters/etc, to target planets, then simply modify the strategy that the ship (or ships) uses.

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That's up to the player whether they want to shoot at planets.

Val wanted to make the weapon ineffective against planets. So you can't kill a planet with the weapon, even if you want to.

If the planet has huge phased shields, then you need to use a planetary weapon (with huge damage) to punch through, or null space.

[Val]

Thanks for all the input, looks like a toss up between using phased shielding or increasing the pop damage ratio.

I think I'm leaning more towards the later as it won't require the AI to do anything new

[Suicide Junkie]

You will probably want to add platform mounts for heavier armor, too.