Umbrellas not doing their job.

Discussion in 'Support!' started by thetdawg3191, October 3, 2013.

  1. thetdawg3191

    thetdawg3191 Active Member

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    i was playing a game just a while ago. my moon base was under seige by scores of orbital units, but i had...lets say 7 Umbrellas in the vicinity just firing away.


    but the orbitals still won. why?

    the Umbrellas weren't actually hitting anything. they did not suffer a single casualty. and they were not even moving. how can a defensive ion cannon not hit a stationary target? is it perhaps the orbit of the planet throwing the projectile off course?


    seriously...wtf.
  2. arnick

    arnick New Member

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    I'm assuming it's a bug and while a rather annoying one, still a bug. The accuracy will likely be tuned up in the coming patches. For now, I'd say rely more on orbital fighters to help protect you if you can. The unfortunate bit is, they don't automatically attack either, so you have to kind of micro those as well. Which I'm sure will be cleaned up as well. It is beta after all! Report what you might feel is a bug and hopefully someone can clarify for you!
  3. thetdawg3191

    thetdawg3191 Active Member

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    i suppose it would be a bug of sorts. still, you'd think people would have gotten a little miffed by now...
  4. darkfarmer

    darkfarmer New Member

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    we had a game tonight where a single umbrella effectively shot down two k-sats.
  5. ulciscor

    ulciscor Active Member

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    I built loads of umbrellas, they did nothing. Seriously..nothing.
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    Naphthol New Member

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    I've run into this as well. the umbrella seems completely useless at this point.

    I'll add that if it is working as intended, it should be buffed considerably.
    Last edited: October 3, 2013
  7. smallcpu

    smallcpu Active Member

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    Only if people would be using them and the current stats on the Umbrella, even if it would work, would preclude it from being a good idea to be built.

    In other words, its a bad building and people don't complain since its useless anyway. :p
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  8. vorell255

    vorell255 Active Member

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    did you have sight of the sats?
  9. beer4blood

    beer4blood Active Member

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    yes we got you!!!!!! Muhaha!!!!! I noticed your umbrella did nothing. But I have had them shoot down my laser before.... I wonder are they energy conscious??? Was your eco stalled??? I'm assuming it was since your main base was destroyed maybe that's the issue no energy no fire
  10. darkfarmer

    darkfarmer New Member

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    if it was no sight, that's wrong: umbrellas should get orbital radar into their AOE, or a land based orbital radar tool with limited AOE should be available.

    wish we could watch your replay beer, tdawg :D
  11. beer4blood

    beer4blood Active Member

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    it was a nice ten player game five teams started on a class 3 lava. Was very intense for the first thirty or so!!!!

    Idk if they should get an independent radar as ground radar does highlight orbiting units.....
  12. darkfarmer

    darkfarmer New Member

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    I did not know that. Ok then they do not need their own radar in that case. :)

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