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Det_no posted:Any idea how long a campaign might be? I know it's kind of a roguelite but I'm wondering how long a full campaign might take. Right now there are somewhere around three people on the internet who have beaten the game at all so there really isn't an answer to that
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Det_no posted:Any idea how long a campaign might be? I know it's kind of a roguelite but I'm wondering how long a full campaign might take. unknown because the second stage of the campaign is difficult that virtually no one has gotten past it
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:In reality, a jammer will give information on bearing, but it spoofs range. Missiles can use Home on Jam functionality to go in that direction, but the launch platform won’t know if the target is even within range. That, and if the target makes manoeuvres, it really struggles to intercept. Both ship radars and missile radars should behave similarly if it matches reality - take a look at a DCS video about Home on Jam for a demonstration of what jamming looks like when you’re firing on someone. following this concept I made a ship called the peacock which is just 8 jammers, a giant fuel tank, and 4 fixed engines whose sole job is to go LOOK AT MEEEEE while flying off in the wrong direction at supersonic speed. I also put a chaingun on it which is purely for shooting down missiles because if one bullet hits this thing it immediately explodes.
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This game seems incredibly cool so far, absolutely need to optimize my fleet composition and get strike groups of my own going however.
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How do I earn money? I'm flying around with lighting + skylark strikegroups while my flagship shills somewhere, and whil eim not losing money, im not gaining it either.
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Aug 1, 2021 22:34
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Nektu posted:How do I earn money? Take out transports. Intel centres will direct you to them, although this isn't a game of building up finances radically - the more you spent in fleet setup, the more you spend on fuel and other upkeep. You'll make marginal gains and increase your fleet primarily by recruiting Tarkhans. You can also call the Prince for additional funds if you need 10,000 for a key upgrade or munitions. Or more fuel.
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Nektu posted:How do I earn money? you don't really earn money so much as lose it less quickly. this is a game of attrition
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cock hero flux posted:following this concept I made a ship called the peacock which is just 8 jammers, a giant fuel tank, and 4 fixed engines whose sole job is to go LOOK AT MEEEEE while flying off in the wrong direction at supersonic speed. I also put a chaingun on it which is purely for shooting down missiles because if one bullet hits this thing it immediately explodes. dang, I never would have thought of that that's probably my greatest weakness in games like this with a lot of customization, really - i'm the polar opposite of an Ideas Man (e) HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:In reality, a jammer will give information on bearing, but it spoofs range. [...] thanks for all the info! that sentence especially, and the flashlight analogy earlier, makes the role of jamming a lot clearer Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Aug 1, 2021 |
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Aug 1, 2021 22:44
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what's it mean when the background of the clock starts turning red from the hour hand? time since some event, but what?
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Aug 1, 2021 23:03
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also if you just want to focus on boats and be a ww2 sim but in the air it's easy to cheat engine in money
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Ciaphas posted:what's it mean when the background of the clock starts turning red from the hour hand? time since some event, but what? time since your position was reported. there should be a red flag on the map showing where as well
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Aug 2, 2021 00:45
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Second attempt at khiva has me a little bit more prepared instead of the last time where i just sat there. Gonna take a nice mental break before throwing myself at the desert again.
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 the bridge being 2x2 is going to drive me insane wrt symmetry, i can already tell 
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So a strategy of “call the cops, I don’t give a gently caress” and barging into towns without worrying about sudden strike and then just bullying any strike group that comes your way is absolutely viable if you have a good custom design. I just wiped out all the strike groups from the map kinda by accident in the process of testing a new ship. This stupid thing in fact that I made as a joke:Top Gun Reference posted:Broke: cubes I didn't use any separate strike teams at all, just kept all my ships in a big blob with the exception of Gepard and fighter screens to deal with missiles. It's definitely a more boring way to play compared to using a diverse fleet and guerilla tactics which is the way I think this game is "meant" to be played. Oh and spaced armor is very strong and doesn't cost much time or money to repair. Probably needs to be nerfed.
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I just got the ramming event without actually having rammed an enemy vessel, or even lost one of my own. I had a lightning which got beat up super bad and lost a bunch of crew and then had to blast itself at the retreat pint directly past an enemy ship, but no contact was made.
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cock hero flux posted:I just got the ramming event without actually having rammed an enemy vessel, or even lost one of my own. I had a lightning which got beat up super bad and lost a bunch of crew and then had to blast itself at the retreat pint directly past an enemy ship, but no contact was made. Its only a rumor
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Aug 2, 2021 01:59
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I beat the game once after about 30-40 hours played, I think it was my fourth campaign after dying horribly the first three times. I also used the fleet checkpoint reload feature a bunch. More recent attempts have been spoiled by all the loving CtDs and other bugs, like the one game where my save started performing really slowly, I checked and found out the save file bloated to > 1gb somehow. Love the game though.
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Aug 2, 2021 02:00
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the soothing presence of the admiral is all that keeps me anchored in these trying times
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punishedkissinger posted:Its only a rumor it's super worth it in the right circumstances, I was able to literally crack a Nomad in half with a burning Lightning at maximum velocity why are you losing morale, you should be glad to die for the probable Emperor
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Aug 2, 2021 02:27
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I won! i've got 24 hours in the game and i figure that last game was 8 to 10 of them. here's my advice for the end game: go loving nuts. start slinging planes and missiles everywhere.  blow the hell out of any uncaptured cities around khiva and spread your biggest, baddest boys around to pick up the free recruits in every town (including towns taken before reaching khiva). in my game the missile fleets were helpfully jamming me which made them really easy to find once I realized I should turn my radars on.nearly ripped the last one in half with repeated airstrikes before rolling in to finish it off  thanks to whoever posted the Badger, that thing is a beast
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I suddenly want to check the viability of a fleet built around pocket carriers. Also whenever I try volley firing cruise missiles only one shows up in the actual strike 
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Aug 2, 2021 02:55
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There goes another campaign. Boy that went to poo poo fast, every direction my 400 speed detachment went was a strike group bearing down on me despite being radio silent Fun game but gotdam is it ever tough When a city goes Dangerous from hanging about too long (does anything else contribute to that?), does that status ever go away or is it stuck (and that city off limits from then on unless you want to get reported)?
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Aug 2, 2021 04:11
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cock hero flux posted:it's super worth it in the right circumstances, I was able to literally crack a Nomad in half with a burning Lightning at maximum velocity i got that event after I rammed my dying lightning (which was my last ship besides Sevastopol) to save the fleet lol. i managed to kill most of two strike groups, but I needed to ram to finish off the last cruiser cuz Sevastopol was already damaged. the men died to save literally the rest of the fleet! you think the Gathering will be kind to you?!
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cock hero flux posted:unknown because the second stage of the campaign is difficult that virtually no one has gotten past it yeah, i just got to this and i'm absolutely getting smoked. probably gonna have to restart my run but im gonna keep banging my head against it.
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Ciaphas posted:There goes another campaign. Boy that went to poo poo fast, every direction my 400 speed detachment went was a strike group bearing down on me despite being radio silent it stays dangerous forever, but i think it might upgrade to dangerous in red if you keep pushing your luck. they aren't off limits though, it seems like there's just a chance of being reported that, i assume, increases the more time you spend there
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Man I suck at the Lightning. Anything with CIWS mauls me as I zoom in
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MagicBoots posted:I suddenly want to check the viability of a fleet built around pocket carriers. As far as I know this is just the way they work, but they should all hit one right after another. Purely anecdotal but I think it maintains things like enemies' reloading status, so if e.g. they blow their entire mag on your first missile, when the second one shows up they'll be reloading, and if you use up all of their anti-air missiles with your first missiles they won't have any for later ones Top Gun Reference posted:So a strategy of “call the cops, I don’t give a gently caress” and barging into towns without worrying about sudden strike and then just bullying any strike group that comes your way is absolutely viable if you have a good custom design. I just wiped out all the strike groups from the map kinda by accident in the process of testing a new ship. This stupid thing in fact that I made as a joke: Yeah, everything the AI throws at you in this game is extremely susceptible to just juking it. They lead their shots very predictably and afterburners on pretty much any ship are enough to reverse course enough to dodge both missiles and gunfire and once you get into that rhythm it's easy to just square off against anything with no worries Dandywalken posted:Man I suck at the Lightning. Anything with CIWS mauls me as I zoom in Just fly in rotational arcs around everything and reverse the arc when they start firing, that avoids all guns. Missiles you can just juke at the last minute when they're getting close, they can't turn fast enough 
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Dandywalken posted:Man I suck at the Lightning. Anything with CIWS mauls me as I zoom in You gotta go faster. The 37 and 57mm have the fastest rotation rates.
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Larry Parrish posted:You gotta go faster. The 37 and 57mm have the fastest rotation rates. if u aint blacked out 80% of the fight you aint a real lightinin pilot
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Dandywalken posted:Man I suck at the Lightning. Anything with CIWS mauls me as I zoom in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7YRSJF2aDk
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Should I use weapons other than the stock 100mms with it? 130 and a 37mm?
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Dandywalken posted:Should I use weapons other than the stock 100mms with it? 130 and a 37mm? I find the 100 mm to be completely sufficient. Get a stock of ap and prox fuses and you will deal with any threats, except maybe for cruise missile strikes when you're parked, which you can avoid if you are better than me on the strategic layer.
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Dandywalken posted:Should I use weapons other than the stock 100mms with it? 130 and a 37mm? this is my go to. i think the 100s are good but only in volley fire on bigger ships tbh, at least with stock ammo. the 130 reloads almost as fast and puts holes in armor faster, and the 37mm is much much better at killing bridges and ammo dumps and poo poo
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I was rolling pure HE, that was probably a mistake. Thanks for the tips, I will try again tomorrow with some changes
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Always choose Veteran Pilot on Lightning upgrades.
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So I tried testing the viability of the rocket launchers, yet despite costing a lot of resources to equip it, doesn’t seem to be all that useful and about on par with an AK-100. Anyone figure out what they good for?lets hang out posted:thanks to whoever posted the Badger, that thing is a beast Your welcome.
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Back Hack posted:So I tried testing the viability of the rocket launchers, yet despite costing a lot of resources to equip it, doesn’t seem to be all that useful and about on par with an AK-100. Anyone figure out what they good for? AI ships where cost and logistics footprint are irrelevant
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They seem to have added difficulties and ship classes to the shipbuilder/tester.
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