A few questions

Does the "umbrella" defense take out air units as well as orbital, or just orbital?

Is the "anti-nuke missile" automatic, since I can't find any "commands" like the nuke missiles have (therefore unable to use them)! I built 1, and the opponents nuke went straight into it.

What is easier to play: A.I. or humans?

Will the game still be updated AFTER full version is released?

your entire post can be answered with "watch some of Zaphodx's videos."

No as is, it takes out nothing. unless it's aming at spirits and scarry ghosts and I'm missing something beyond my comprehension

seriously speaking. No it's supposed to shoot at orbital only. now that is it's intention, remember this is a simulated projectile game. if a unit gets in the way of the bullet, well.. tough.

you're supposed to queue up anti-nuke construction from the anti-nuke structure just like the nukes. the fire mode is automatic, if it is loaded you are "safe" the range is too small. you can queue up any amount so put 100.

no-brainer: AI

Yes, stated multiple times.

Excuse me, but which one did you mean "it takes out nothing"? Thank you for your time.

AI will obviously be easier than a human and will be for the foreseeable future.

Yes the Game is going to get updates post release. Uber views PA as a Platform, not a "fire and forget" game.

Mike

I was typing the same thing.

I think "tatsujb" means that the "Umbrella" is currently buggy and cannot take out/kill orbital units.

It can Take Air units(I think), but is like to a arty shell hit your air force.
well it can not aim in your air force

Depends on whom you play.
I'd say the AI is currently better than the general new player.

this is a myth, the AI sucks. /jk do you even lift? /jk

Sorian will be over the moon to hear that.

The Umbrella can both hit and kill just about anything orbital. Problem is getting to orbital without the game crashing.

Players, because AI don't creativity.

I can usually get to orbital without crashing, but the game lags a lot.

When the "umbrella" is bug-fixed, will it be able to target air units if no orbital units are within range?

If I were to leave the anti-nukes for a while (such as I was making sure the commander got to a safe place, or building on another planet, would the stocked-up anti-nukes target nukes automatically, or do you have to physically do something?

Sorry if I annoy you with these questions, but I just have to know these things

no. it's a anti-orbital structrure. for anti air build :

ok that's not how the anti works. the anti can build and stockpile 3 anti-nukes.
they will then sit there and hit incoming nukes as they are coming down within a limitid radius (visible thanks to ctrl, but really ranges should have an option to be visible all the time.)
that's it. it's not a seek-and-destroy weapon. it's the anti-nuke we as humans have. (with actuall functionality)

In complete honesty most players are so bad at this game currently that I get more of a challenge out of playing the AI than a random 1v1.

The umbrella fixes in the recent patches mean it does actually hit stuff relatively effectively now. Sometimes though it shoots them once but doesn't finish them off or they get into a position where the umbrella can't target them.

The anti-nukes take no micro - it's all automatic. You mentioned it did nothing when a nuke was fired at it, a little while ago (this patch maybe?) multiple people have said that antinukes did not work with nukes fired by an AI. That could be it.

It was this patch, yesterday.
It was against A.I.

That is a bit of an exaggeration.
You need to select the anti-nuke and order it to build anti-nuke missiles.
The anti-nuke build fairly slowly so it is a good idea to assist the construction of anti-nukes missiles.
http://www.pa-db.com/unit/anti_nuke_launcher
Holy sh*t!
An anti-nuke missile costs 17280 metal???!!!

That is a bit of an exaggeration.
You need to select the anti-nuke and order it to build anti-nuke missiles.
The anti-nuke build fairly slowly so it is a good idea to assist the construction of anti-nukes missiles.
http://www.pa-db.com/unit/anti_nuke_launcher
Holy sh*t!
An anti-nuke missile costs 17280 metal???!!![/quote]

Yes, I build them. Usually 1 at a time, due to the energy consumption.
I also assist them.

If you have more energy, does the construction of things become quicker?

Nope. Build rate only decreases when you stall on either metal or energy IE when you are trying to spend more than your income and your storage is empty.

I am quite interested in 1 v 1ing you. I want to see how my skills match up against a known good player. When do you usually play/are you interested?

Yes, I build them. Usually 1 at a time, due to the energy consumption.
I also assist them.

If you have more energy, does the construction of things become quicker?[/quote]


You can tell the Anti to start building anti nukes while it's being built, same with factories, etc. It's quite useful.