0001438: Mining Golem a bit anticlimatic - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

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(0003855) Dazio (reporter) Nov 18, 2010 12:15 am	They used to come from way out of the system, you couldn't engage effectively until there was only about 30-40 minutes left on the timer. Before then, they were so far out your ships were down to speed 2 (or whatever the slowest speed is) that far out and even the fastest ship only got one salvo off before the mining golem was past. Was annoying to watch my fighters head out and not even get a shot off because they couldn't make the turn to catch the golem as they passed it. Anyways, at the very least the time limit needs to be reduced, I think the stats themselves are okay, you just have too long to engage it now that it doesn't come in from outside the system.

(0003860) Moonshine Fox (reporter) Nov 18, 2010 2:34 am	Do mind that you have to travel to the system as well, which could potentially be for off. Lowering that timer could make this extremely difficult.

(0006357) x4000 (administrator) Dec 17, 2010 11:16 am	Time for a bit of a reimagining, I agree: * Mining Golem attack power has been increased 10x, armor has been decreased 3x. Health of the mining golem has been increased from 40m to 120m. When mining golems explode, they now destroy the planet and all the resource points, but no ships. This means that there is no risk of AI Progress increase from them, they just cut off access to resources. Mining golems are now only seeded on planets in player territory, or within one hop of player territory. Instead of a single mining golem per planet, it is now one per human player in multiplayer games. Instead of a single planet getting a mining golem at once, three planets all get them at the same time, now. Mining golems are now spawned every four hours (or so), rather than every 8ish hours. The net effect here is that with this minor faction on, you'll have planets exploding and sometimes you'll just need to let them explode. This can put crimps in your and/or AI supply, and can also put the pressure on in terms of resource availability.

(0006360) x4000 (administrator) Dec 17, 2010 11:17 am	Oh, and: * Mining Golems also now have 10k radar dampening.

(0006365) TechSY730 (reporter) Dec 17, 2010 11:53 am edited on: Dec 17, 2010 11:56 am	Wait, so if a mining golem comes to a planet with a fabricator, are you basically going to lose that fabricator no matter what (similar with adv. factories and those human rebellion colonies), as that planet will never have supply again?

(0006366) x4000 (administrator) Dec 17, 2010 11:58 am	Fabs and advanced factories specifically don't require supply for this very reason.

(0006367) TechSY730 (reporter) Dec 17, 2010 11:59 am	Ahh, good foresight, then in that case, I'm all for this change.

(0006369) x4000 (administrator) Dec 17, 2010 12:03 pm	Not so much foresight as we ran into this issue a year ago with the nuclear command AI option, heh. :)

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Nov 17, 2010 10:36 pm	unclean	New Issue
Nov 17, 2010 10:36 pm	unclean	File Added: wussygolem.sav
Nov 18, 2010 12:15 am	Dazio	Note Added: 0003855
Nov 18, 2010 2:34 am	Moonshine Fox	Note Added: 0003860
Dec 14, 2010 9:40 pm	unclean	Relationship added	has duplicate 0002004
Dec 17, 2010 11:16 am	x4000	Note Added: 0006357
Dec 17, 2010 11:16 am	x4000	Status	new => resolved
Dec 17, 2010 11:16 am	x4000	Fixed in Version	=> 4.052
Dec 17, 2010 11:16 am	x4000	Resolution	open => fixed
Dec 17, 2010 11:16 am	x4000	Assigned To	=> x4000
Dec 17, 2010 11:17 am	x4000	Note Added: 0006360
Dec 17, 2010 11:53 am	TechSY730	Note Added: 0006365
Dec 17, 2010 11:56 am	TechSY730	Note Edited: 0006365	View Revisions
Dec 17, 2010 11:58 am	x4000	Note Added: 0006366
Dec 17, 2010 11:59 am	TechSY730	Note Added: 0006367
Dec 17, 2010 12:03 pm	x4000	Note Added: 0006369