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Ah Nexus. I still should have my old physical copy somewhere. It has an quite long and campaign with some interesting missions. Neat space battles, which feel more 3d than Homeworld, with some very pretty and cool ship designs. Some mechanics are rather odd implemented and don't do much in for the actual space battles gameplay. (Crew experience mostly. I never got more than maybe one improvement on the MAIN ship and some small destroyer during the long campaign.)
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It has been a while, but can listen to the starmap theme for hours.
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Jun 19, 2017 20:43
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Yes the batteries could be (slowly) recharged by reducing the energy consumption of the support bar. Worked mostly with the better cells, you got later.
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Jun 24, 2017 23:09
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OAquinas posted:Been trying to figure out what drives XP for ship captains (to improve their "military/science/engineering" ratings) and RP. Near as I can tell, secondary objectives give XP (sometimes) and mission performance gives RP (ships destroyed). The manual also says priority and time influence it, but since these are elements entirely out of your control they only adjust the relative scale.
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Jun 26, 2017 17:09
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:
I think i used for the big ships (like the Angelwing cruiser and above) universal weapon layouts good against hull and shields and equipped the two small capital ships with all the lasers. The only big change for my fleet was near the very end of the game, where i switched some heavy weapon slots on the cruisers and detroyers for long range rockets. Missile massacre with the endgame tier missiles and energy bombs is a very viable tactic for a certain endgame mission.
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Jun 29, 2017 11:54
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OAquinas posted:To get the full benefit of lasers you need a ship that can keep its guns in the firing path of the bad guys' devices. This is not the Stiletto or the Angelwing. This is SPARTA. On a more serious note: I knew about the armor stats on the bigger ships (that is why the small guns are so ineffective agianst the big boats), but i didn't think that they would be taken away in the harder gameplay modes. I just thought, that the ai would get damage multipliers and done.
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Jun 30, 2017 08:57
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OAquinas posted:Mild spoiler that comes to the surprise of no one, really.... What could you possibly mean?  The "majesty" of Admiral Norbank (majestic blunders that is) is regular practice of Marcus Cromwell's crisis managment skills. The best part is that certain persons factions in the Noah system alliance know this and have the highest interest in Cromwell's quick and just ascension in the Noah military.
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Jul 2, 2017 19:31
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Mighty Steed posted:What happens if the Brutus and/or Sparta die in the mission but you still complete your objectives? You get the Brutus A and Sparta A for the next mission. If at least 50% of your old crew successfully evacuates, you retain your crew experience. Otherwise you start with rookies. Just don't ask me, how far the alphabetical naming goes. Is there a Sparta Z? OutofSight fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Jul 11, 2017 16:08
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VKing posted:I lost the Angelwing too many times in this mission. The heavy cruiser has two plasma cannons and two torpedo launchers, and will just murder you once your shields drop. This mission sold me on my shiny laser destroyer duo, Brutus and Sparta. They can't hurt you or flee, if you destroyed their weapon generator and main drive. Big ships in tight formation with two flaks each are the bane of bomber tactics. Shoot down the flaks and then bring your angry bee swarm in. GG Space Admiral Herp. They may be not gunships, but are far more durable than the small craft. Give them the special evasion drive and allocate 150% energy for ship drives. Done. You will dance around like a tipsy eldar against that wannabe Klingon space orks. Tactical errors of the NDF command structure aside, i am greatly enjoying the lp, Herp. OutofSight fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Jul 11, 2017 19:05
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Still, the whole stealth mission is something, which could been left out in a director's cut of the game. While "stealth and detection" could be an interesting combat mechanic in this game, it doesn't really go anywhere besides Angelwing's magical "bucket with screws" stealth device and sassy officer (and some mild sneaking missions).
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Jul 14, 2017 21:24
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wiegieman posted:What was the actual reason why the shadows and the vorlons were fighting anyway? Different and competing ideologies. "Who are you?"(Order - Vorlons) vs. "What do you want?" (Chaos - Shadows)
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Jul 15, 2017 01:33
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Polaron posted:Well, that's how it started out. By the time of the show it was Patronizing Fascism (Vorlons) vs Darwinistic Anarchy (Shadows). I don't know if could imagine Mr. Morden as an anarchist today. His selling pitches could have been amazing in a "Head and Shoulders" shampoo advertisment. Or think bigger bigger: Apple or Google product placement. Would have solved the show's money problems quite nicely.
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Jul 15, 2017 12:52
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I despise energy bombs, they always kill my ships faster than they kill the enemy. Not much of a mass artillery guy in this game outside of certain levels. Oh come on...  Alpha strike a ship formation with these from range, then go in for the brawl. Although it did take some time for me to get the spacing right. At least tell me you like the big plasma guns. When in doubt, choose the boring big gun. Works quite reasonable, unless you want to shoot down speedy destroyers.
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Aug 2, 2017 12:14
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As cool as the BFG is, the required formation really hampers fleet mobility and -tactics. Just don' forget to overclock the weapon systems on the ships in the formation, that it fires a little faster. Could skeeter weapon mess with the energy managment of non-mechnoid ships? (batteries, weapon charge times, shields)? But it only can remember them as plot device weapons for late game. EDIT: I could swear scanning of the ghosts in "locust queen" lets last tier of lasers show up earlier. Those things are amazing. Oh. For the mission after no.20, it could be interesting to grab some cyber marines to use against the mission targets. Always liked the dialogue during the boarding action. OutofSight fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Oct 8, 2017 |
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Oct 8, 2017 13:45
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I never knew there was special dialogue for boarding actions, I've got another 2 videos left in my backlog and so I'll be slow to respond to all of this great advice and information. Likely not going to replay to get all the tech, but might try for the extra dialogue. Spoilers for future misssion: It was the mission, where you had to stop the corrupted "Alpha Gate Fleet" from stopping to enter the wormhole gate to the Vardrag homeworld. One of the ships(a scout, i think) could be boarded and you have gotten some insights with the boarding team and an encounter with the still-alive pilot. Gave you even the option to self-destruct the whole thing. It was a neat hidden mission objective. Just don't ask me, how one would know to use the boarding action against that one ship. Can't remember any hints like for the earth ship in the "back to earth" mision.
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I didn't have anything to say the last videos, but i do appreciate you finishing this lp, Herp.
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