Release Build 76766 now live

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by jables, January 13, 2015.

  1. ic3d3emon

    ic3d3emon New Member

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    Thx for the new update :D

    Still noticed that AI fabber or units in general stick to objects in their way after a movement order. Hummingbirds stop immediatley in mid air after a movement order. Ai enemy Commander goes always tier 2 Air as fast as possible and fabbers sometimes reject orders.
  2. Remy561

    Remy561 Post Master General

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    An ingame notification would be enough I think ;)
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  3. jables

    jables Uber Employee

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    This should be fixed. Sorry about that.
  4. Ryfe

    Ryfe New Member

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    How many love letters do I need to submit to Uber before they have area attack commands for the unit cannon in a fully functional state? I am willing to go to great lengths here...
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  5. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Huh?
  6. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    He's asking for Unit Cannon Spread.

    Which I am also waiting for, because without it the UC will continue to remain a niche building.
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  7. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Wouldn't a area attack command work like most factorys? Telling the units at the end to do that command?

    And to be honest, being a niche building sounds better then a do all, end all invasion building.

    Besides, a UC can only hold 12 units, you need hundreds to actually invade.
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  8. Nullimus

    Nullimus Well-Known Member

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    these changes are nice but we really need to see something in Galactic war. It has changed very little since first pass and needs some serious love.

    Tech trees to minimize duplicate tech discoveries.
    AI should actively move and try to take over the map.
    Just for starters.
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  9. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    Trust me, anyone who thinks they want to play defence missions in Galactic War... you don't. Go play the Dawn of War Dark Crusade or Soulstorm campaigns and you'll see.
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  10. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    Whoa, whoa there ign! I said it shouldn't be a niche building - nothing at all about it being the end all be all.

    With the pinpoint accuracy it currently possesses, the UC can snipe unprotected HVTs with ease. Just like nukes, or the SXX, or 25 T1 bombers, or 50 booms.....etc etc.

    What I'm trying to get at is how limited the Unit Cannon is by keeping it super accurate. If you add a spread to the drops, it can be balanced. Want to saturate an area? Build more Unit Cannons! Want to invade a planet? Pick this general area (about the size of a default spawn area) and go! Want to expand somewhere? Launch those engineers, but realize it won't be as precise as using an orbital fabber or astreaus.

    Giving the Unit Cannon some disadvantages besides the economical drain will help it become an option, instead of a necessity. In addition, adding a way to customize that area with attack commands (within limits) will give more control to the player - which is always a good thing for PA.

    I need to practice more to refine this, but so far, my conclusion is as above. It still needs a spread.
  11. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Ahh I get your meaning.

    Also, sorry for the misunderstanding, but you know, it is me after all.
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  12. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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  13. zweistein000

    zweistein000 Post Master General

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    The problem is that UC projectiles are staged missiled and those don't have a hook for standard deviation. I tred to mod it in, but the UC is still pinpoint accurate.
  14. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    So it's like a nuke silo in function?
  15. Diaboy

    Diaboy Active Member

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    Holkins still has a missing triangle as in the PTE build.
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  16. s03g

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    I'm just gonna throw this up - what if we were to modify the UC to have the same spec sort of like a nuke and then it may do a spread attack - like a nuke can?
  17. zweistein000

    zweistein000 Post Master General

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    Interesting... Has anyone actually tried to do an area attack with it? Maybe it already works :p That never crossed my mind.
  18. jables

    jables Uber Employee

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    It doesn't yet. We do plan on adding it after we are done with the current item we're working on. Same guy does both.
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  19. zweistein000

    zweistein000 Post Master General

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    AKA SOON™
  20. optimi

    optimi Well-Known Member

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    Why must you tease us so?
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