Build 77337-pte now up

Oh god yes!

Please make vids for all the new Commanders like this please <3

Added pawiki page for this build: http://pawiki.net/wiki/Build_77337-pte

In order to play a commander you have to replace an existing commander's model manually I belive

@Deletive
The stock cheat mods "Allow Change Control" and "Allow Create Unit" will do what you want. You should have them, if not then PAMM probably doesn't see your stock mods.

@nixtempestas
If you start PA without logging in, you can use any commander in offline mode.

Or just play in offline mode.

There's another new commander which I'm guessing won't be put into the armory, a raptor commander known as Majuju:

Yes! I'll consider enzomatrix a tip of the hat to Reboot's "Hack" or "Slash" bots! LOL! Nice!

http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Hack

"They were built with so much weaponry and brawn inside them that there was little room for brains."

is that a one legged commander?

Thanks for reminding me about that feature, hopefully it does still work.

Can anyone else confirm that in a multiplayer FFA game, that clicking on the icon for an enemy commander takes you to the place on the map where he was last spotted?

@ViolentMind
Yes, but I think it's the place he was first spotted, and if you spot a scout or something but not a commander you'll go there instead. It may update the comm position if you get an alert later saying the commander has been spotted again.

I'm not able to get in game to confirm, but I know if the commander is visible you will be zoomed to the current location, so I would assume that it will take you the last com location if you lose sight of them.

kool, nice work tvinita, subs and orbital fighters worth playtesting now!

I just played a game with a friend against AI, and at the very end when the last enemy commander knew he was going to die, he fired off all of his nukes at once. Was this vengeful strike on purpose, or just an awesome coincidence?

And just another PTE-Update! And it still looks like you´re on the right track for rebalancing and fixing stuff!
@sorian: How did you manage to get to this? - AI less likely to transfer commander to a heavily fortified planet
Oh, and even more important: Does this also solve the issue that AI commander walks right into your base on water planets?

Frigate (Narwhal)
Fixed issue where the narwhal was using the destroyer's torpedo instead of its own.
Rate of Fire increased from 0.2 to 0.4
Yay! Naval Balance
Orbital Fabricator
System Velocity Multiplier increased from 13.0 to 15.0
Gravwell Velocity Multiplier increased from 0.5 to 0.6
Wasn't sure why it was changed in the first place, but alright.
Interplanetary Fighter (Phoenix)
Health decreased from 350 to 300
Rate of Fire decreased from 4.0 to 3.0
I'd still like to see more differentiation between the T1 and T2 fighter besides *one is better and goes in space.* Good moves so far, we'll see how OP it is now
Submarine (Barracuda)
Metal Cost increased from 400 to 500
Whoa. Narwhals + Orcas ftw now. Subs may be too expensive lol
Defense Satellite (Anchor)
Health increased from 2000 to 3000
Orbital Rate of Fire decreased from 5.0 to 3.0
Congrats! The anchor is now worse than before! The Health increase is great, but why on earth would you kill the RoF? You basically halved it's DPS vs fighters. It will take much longer to kill them now.
Tactical Missile Bot (Bluehawk)
Range decreased from 180 to 160
Well that made little sense. Who uses them anyway?
Orbital Laser (SXX)
Health increased from 1200 to 1600
Full Damage Splash Radius increased from 2 to 3
Yesterday, the SXX was just *kinda OP.* Now it is approaching GOD LIKE.
Teleporter
Metal Cost decreased from 1000 to 800
Ok.
Dox
Vision decreased from 115 to 105
Good moves, I think.
All tactical missiles now deal 50% damage to AT_Orbital armor.
Um. Ok.

I wish they'd kept Anchors like they were, but added a new anti-building orbital unit to create an orbital combat triangle.

With the SXX splash you need Bluehawks to protect your armies.

Oh, I don't doubt it. Let's run those numbers, eh?

Orbital Launcher: 2700
Orbital Fabber: 1600
Orbital Factory: 5400
SXX: 6000
Total: 15,700

T2 Factory: 5400
Tac Missile Bot: 1200
Total: 6600


For one SXX, you COULD build 8.5 Bluehawks for the first SXX you build.


Or you could just build a few thousand dox and be done with it, since they shoot at everything but orbital and still wont get slaughtered on the ground.

I use bluehawks alot, it helps immensely when fighting vanguards

Bluehawks are *seriously* underrated as a unit. The only downside to them is if your opponent *also goes t2 bots and makes Gil-e's* as they invalidate them. Still, a few early bluehawks + tanks = easy commander kill (bluehawks are commander kryptonite as they can fire over everything else)...

I use them when invading planets, for that specific reason, I can fire over defenses and snipe targets. I don't use Gil-Es much though, I find that despite their range, they have really poor dps.