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AI War / Re: Too many betas; AI War for the masses.

« on: May 04, 2013, 02:04:30 PM »

A 6.1 release would work pretty well for the seperation I think. Not necessarily one that needs to be published to the distributors, just a patch file put out on the forums that we can share around as needed I think.

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AI War / Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"

« on: May 03, 2013, 06:21:30 PM »

Oh man oh man. This is going to be hard to watch develop from afar.

Good luck with the development.

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Off Topic / Re: Warning: Nerd Post (Linux)

« on: April 25, 2013, 04:57:30 PM »

It's better for performance after all.

Not if you are running off a USB on wildly different hardware all the time.

Well, in that case you're likely better off running another distro, eh?

Indeed.

(I am running Mint on mine... and all the other geeks in the mission are putting it on their USB's too.)

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Off Topic / Re: Warning: Nerd Post (Linux)

« on: April 25, 2013, 04:13:23 PM »

It's better for performance after all.

Not if you are running off a USB on wildly different hardware all the time.

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Off Topic / Re: Warning: Nerd Post (Linux)

« on: April 25, 2013, 03:31:59 PM »

Geez you people go crazy with Linux. Learning Ubuntu on the fly out here is hard enough.

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Off Topic / Re: Youtube's new look

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:25:46 PM »

Yeah, it's being rolled out in stages. I still have the old look when I get on my moms laptop. Go figure.

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After Action Reports / Re: One last attempt.

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:02:20 PM »

AIW may or may not be recognizeable when you get back

It will still be the second best game ever made.

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After Action Reports / Re: One last attempt.

« on: October 26, 2012, 07:51:19 PM »

While my fleet was away an Exo happened. Now, my defenses can handle Exo's at the moment.

What they can't handle is an Exo PLUS 2k threat deciding to join in.

And unfortunately I am out of time. I will not be able to finish this game.

It was fun though.

And I will be back. I promise.

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After Action Reports / Re: One last attempt.

« on: October 26, 2012, 07:16:51 PM »

Oh, wait, I made a wrong turn. I don't actually have to go into that system.

RELOAD

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After Action Reports / Re: One last attempt.

« on: October 26, 2012, 07:15:12 PM »

Things were proceeding pretty well. I hadn't lost many ships in the first few jumps.

Then I hit a Special Forces Alarm.

And it triggered.

11000+ ships are now headed for my fleet.

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Off Topic / Re: Youtube's new look

« on: October 26, 2012, 06:25:04 PM »

I used to bring up playlists on the second monitor and manually click through them whenever a song finished. I can't do that now and it annoys me.

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AI War / Re: Nominations for target of the Nerfbat of Damocles (II)

« on: October 26, 2012, 06:22:31 PM »

Nomination for the AI: AI carrier

Why? They don't seem powerful to me.

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AI War / Re: AI War Beta 6.002 "Better Than A Stick In The Eye" Released!

« on: October 26, 2012, 06:21:17 PM »

Added "Core" variants of the Sentry, Raid, Threatening, Translocating, and Plasma eyes.

Wait, why would I care about threat appearing when I am attacking the freaking homeworlds? I don't think threatening belongs on the core list.

There are TWO AI homeworlds, and you can easily lose to threat given enough of it.

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AI War / Re: Nominations for Worst Ship Ever (VIII)

« on: October 26, 2012, 06:19:08 PM »

For something not mobile, Orbital Mass driver, it doesn't have the HP or damage to be worth the cost.

Yeah, they cost 3.6mil M+C, have 1.8mil hp (I lost one to a single siege SS recently), and hit for 900k every 10 seconds, or 90k dps.

In comparison, a single Spire Frigate:

Costs 88k M+C, has 5mil hp, and hits for 2mil every 8 seconds, or 250k dps.

Even with the vast power difference between a FS campaign and a normal one, that's far too weak. You can rescue just the refugee ship for the four spire frigates and have no Exo's, and have 11 times the firepower, and 11 times the hp for a tenth the cost. The tradeoff? You lose range, but gain mobility.

I think those things need a buff.

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After Action Reports / Re: One last attempt.

« on: October 26, 2012, 06:04:37 PM »

I'll try a beeline first and see if I can handle the deepstrike. That's quick to test.

If that doesn't work I will go planet hopping. The AIP shouldn't be a problem since this is the last shard and I should be winning within an hour of bringing it back.

Question: Do I need to TAKE a planet every four hops or just kill it off?

EDIT: The latter.