some ideas i have

posted on February 9th, 2010, 8:32 pm

Upgrades for economy would apply for all races then, right? Or can there be different kinds of economy upgrades for some races, but still every race benefits in a way, it stays balanced?

Will there possibly be an upgrade for the cloaking time? 

posted on February 9th, 2010, 8:33 pm

yea we have similar stuff in mind

posted on February 11th, 2010, 6:11 am

some more ideas

1) ramming speed! when a ship of any side is near death it will automatically ram its self into the nearest enemy ship and do some damage. (obviously it should be possible to shoot down the ship before it rams. and obviously there should be a enable/disable button on all ships for this).

2) Another non-collective-connections based borg ship. ok i know that collective connections are the borgs soft cap, and im all for it. but there has been a couple of games that iv played where im harvesting so much that im completely limited by collective connections, and to build more ships i build the borg destroyer that doesnt need collective connections. but in my view its over priced for its power. could we not add another ship like the borg destroyer but thats slightly more powerful than the destroyer and costs more trititainium than dilithium. (will help to get rid of all the trititaium i have)

3) bounties! have a bounty board like in sins of a solar empire(which im sure u guys must have played).

posted on February 11th, 2010, 6:55 am

some more ideas

1) ramming speed! when a ship of any side is near death it will automatically ram its self into the nearest enemy ship and do some damage. (obviously it should be possible to shoot down the ship before it rams. and obviously there should be a enable/disable button on all ships for this).

Well only the Dominion really have this because we've seen in the past that a very cheap vessel crashing into a very expensive vessel often leads to ... frustration ... not to mention the fact that right now it's a special ability for the Bug that makes it unique and keeps it very useful throughout the game.

2) Another non-collective-connections based borg ship. ok i know that collective connections are the borgs soft cap, and im all for it. but there has been a couple of games that iv played where im harvesting so much that im completely limited by collective connections, and to build more ships i build the borg destroyer that doesnt need collective connections. but in my view its over priced for its power. could we not add another ship like the borg destroyer but thats slightly more powerful than the destroyer and costs more trititainium than dilithium. (will help to get rid of all the trititaium i have)

If you're simply overflowing with di and tri you can always make more supply depots, spam Probes out of your Matrix, stuff like that.  I am all for having a few more Borg ships but if you're not specifically saving your money and you've accumulated too much while you wait for collective connections then there are many things to spend it on.

3) bounties! have a bounty board like in sins of a solar empire(which im sure u guys must have played).

Well that was kind of the idea behind the Klingons getting Supplies for killing ships.  As your vessels rank up and your Captains become known for their exploits throughout the Empire you begin to receive support from different Houses to aid in your war effort! 

  I know these things I've said aren't exactly what you're getting at, but keep in mind that each race needs to feel unique and that broad, across-the-board changes like these are very hard to implement without turning everything upside down  .

posted on February 11th, 2010, 8:56 pm

Not to mention you can actually buy Collective Connections over and over if you have a lot of supplies to spare as well 

posted on February 12th, 2010, 4:17 am

huh? how do u buy collective connections?

posted on February 12th, 2010, 4:55 am

Go into the conduction matrix and click "resistance is futile".

posted on February 12th, 2010, 5:56 am

yea but thats a once off thing isnt it?

posted on February 12th, 2010, 6:10 am

Not anymore as I recall.  Check the 3.1.1 update page.

posted on February 12th, 2010, 6:17 am

You can do it as often as you like, although it would be costly to do it over and over.  Better to just buy another Connections upgrade unless it's last last two, which are really expensive.

posted on February 12th, 2010, 9:09 am

another idea

1) Fortress. a uber defensive stucture thats about the same strength and damage as say 8 oridinary defensive turrents.

posted on February 12th, 2010, 2:20 pm

Isn't that just an upgraded starbase?

posted on February 14th, 2010, 9:59 pm

or a perimeter for dominion.

posted on February 15th, 2010, 6:29 am

nah im not talking a star base here, im talking a fortress. something thats the same as 2 star bases combined. something that even 2 borg tac cubes will fear to go up against. something that sends shivers down a captain spine and makes him think "we should go around this thing". lol

posted on February 15th, 2010, 7:01 am

something thats the same as 2 star bases combined. something that even 2 borg tac cubes will fear to go up against.

I would hate this .


  Fleet Ops, not Turret Ops.  I hate playing people who turtle.  Perimeters are already enough of a pain in that ass because AT charges still affect unlimited enemies.  Starbases got big boosts in shield strength.

  Large stationary defences just drag games out.