Ships 2.0 5/22/18 [Mega]

"metal_samurai;c-1558552" wrote:

"NicWester;c-1558437" wrote:

"metal_samurai;c-1558091" wrote:

"NicWester;c-1558070" wrote:

"metal_samurai;c-1558039" wrote:
i'm going to take a brief break from basing ships 2.0 and ask something else about it. with reinforcements becoming so much more important, on the arena screen where you select an opponent, shouldn't we see their reinforcements along with their starters? those reinforcements are really just as important now and should be a factor in which ships you use yourself.

Not really. I mean, think about it, does the defender get to know what your reinforcements are when you attack them?

The attacker already has the advantage of being able to ignore anyone who's harder than they are. Over time you'll develop an eye for who has what in reserve--pick up context clues based on what they have out front, what's popular, and their overall power rating.

i don't understand your point about the defender. the defender is the AI and has no choice but to battle me. whether the AI knows what my reinforcements are is irrelevant.

No, you're the defender. You set your defensive lineup every time you attack, and you've got to guess what your next attacker will have in reserve the same as they've got to guess yours.

there needn't be any guessing. i'm saying if you can see the whole arena squad, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to see the whole fleet too. that was always true, just more important now.

You, as the defender, don’t know the starting ships or reinforcements of your attackers. That’s the point I was making—you don’t have control over who attacks you, so your reinforcements are the only advantage you have on defense.

As I said—you’ll figure it out with experience. The average player is pretty smart (not nearly as smart as they think, though) so you’ll learn by context.

i tried to post something like this and the page said it had to be "approved" so if this shows up as a near double post that would be why. don't know what that was about.

Yeah, that happens. Were you editing a post right after making it? That’s when I normally get whacked with the Approval Stick.

"Dabro112;c-1558610" wrote:
Question where is my motivation to upgrade anything when CG can nerf it immediately?

.........It took 18 months to rebalance ships. That’s only immediately on a geological timescale.