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***SPOILER*** Gimme teh planetkillerz!

***SPOILER*** Gimme teh planetkillerz!

This is the thread dedicated to Vasari, more precisely to their planet-stripping ability, so anyone, who does not know, what is going on and does not want to be spoiled, before Vasari become playable, please do not read any further.

I hope this wont get deleted by mods, as there is going to be said nothing, what was not already said before by other people in other threads. I wanted to wait up until Vasari become playable, but playing for them on both beta 0.62 and 0.76 again, seeing the progress made, i would like to comment on the that Stripped to the Core thing, as i do not like, how the mechanic works. And why wait for Beta 3, if there is actually any chance, it might get changed, the sooner this is tackled, the better.

So my issue is the following: as already said before, when the Vasari Loyalists were said to "not to leave planets behind", together with a little hint at Deathstars and such, i expected their Titan to be some sort of Planetkiller, or later with more info available, more specifically, Planet Eater, Devourer, Stripper....in short, i thought, and i am sure i was not the only one, who expected the Stripped to the Core ability to be somehow "connected" to Titan.

Obviously this is not going to happen, for those who do not know, Stripped to the Core is the planetary ability, totally unrelated to Titan. It works only on your own planets (was known since the Yottsu´s thread on abilities and research topics), you basically scuttle planet like any other structure, then the planet blows and you get some nice money in return.

Now, while this is quite cool, compared to what i expected, its kinda underwhelming. Do not want to repeat now, but because last time it seemed to go unnoticed, you cant DeathStar planet without DeathStar, its really not the same.

So here is my plea: please, rework the entire mechanic. I really want to kill the planets, including the enemy ones, with my Vorastra, i basically preordered the game in anticipation of this particular thing. Because planetkillers are THAT cool. There is a reason, why they were in StarWars, Babylon 5, LEXX, Titan A.E., Andromeda, Enders game, Star Trek, etc, etc...

That would be all. Thanks for your attention.  Discuss...

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Reply #51 Top

cruisers are frigs as far as the game cares.

Reply #52 Top

8C  ...  That's really really powerful...  But...  it's so...  AWESOME!!!!  :')

 

Teleporting+Maw would be insane.  If you don't like the battle, just leave.  If you do, munch on the enemy fleet.

 

Of course, I suppose Chastic Burst isn't much different.  Sure, by default it doesn't do much, but mix with Malice, and it can wipe out capitals.  I also hear Disruption Matrix is stupidly powerful, but I'm still not entirely sure what it does.  :P  The Advent Loyalists can instacap planets and also have Unity Mass which becomes quite powerful when mixed with Malice, though not as fleet wiping as Chastic Burst+Malice (9143 damage to every ship caught in it if my math is correct).

Yes, the Maw would be incredibly powerful, but it's not completely unprecedented.  That said, it's ability to completely wipe out a fleet of frigates is OP, no question.

Reply #53 Top

i used it yesterday against the advent their iconus lived and it was in range but i could be wrong and it wasnt in range though im sure it was

Reply #54 Top

Quoting Volt_Cruelerz, reply 52
I also hear Disruption Matrix is stupidly powerful, but I'm still not entirely sure what it does.
The Disruption matrix does continuous damage per second to everything that's surrounding the titan. it has moderate range, but can kill a bunch of frigates extremely quickly, especially at higher ability levels.

Oh, and don't look at the titan when you activate it, because it will make your eyeballs explode. :grin: