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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
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| 0012972 | AI War 1 / Classic | Suggestion - Balance Tweaks | Nov 12, 2013 2:17 am | May 10, 2014 10:00 pm | |
| Reporter | silentdeth | Assigned To | keith.lamothe | ||
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 7.009 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 7.025 | ||||
| Summary | 0012972: Hacking: Bug, Balance, and Possible Exploit. | ||||
| Description | Bug: The Covert Knowledge Extractor claims it takes 15 seconds before it starts extracting knowledge, however it will function for 1 tick, 6 knowledge, before the timer begins. Exploit: There is no ship cap on Covert Knowledge Extractors, and they build instantly. It is therefore possible to place hundreds of them and raid an entire planet instantly. As it happens instantly it triggers no response from the AI, other than the hacking progress cost. I would suggest adding a per planet ship cap between 2 and 5 for the Covert Knowledge Extractors. Alternatively, a galaxy wide cap, but have them self destruct when they are exhausted. Balance: The response for hacking with negative hacking progress needs reevaluated, imho. 12,000 ships, a couple of dozen large exo waves, and a planet being attacked by 86 mkIII raider starships seems excessive for attempting to hacking a fabricator in a 6/6 game. At that point I have to wonder why this is even an option? If you don't want people to be able to do it, don't let them do it. Balance: The progress cost of K-Raiding seems too high comparatively. It cost, I believe, 30 hacking progress to K-Raid the first time. Not even enough to unlock a MK III ship. Comparatively I can hack a fabricator for only 20 progress and get a MK V ship. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Internal Weight | New | ||||
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Oh hey, here's the bug I highlighted in my 10/10 10 game. Thanks for saving me from having to write it up. |
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For 7.025: * Fixed a bug where knowledge-extractor hackers would extract knowledge for one tick after creation before actually starting their 15-second countdown to actually working. Thanks :) |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| Nov 12, 2013 2:17 am | silentdeth | New Issue | |
| Apr 27, 2014 10:57 am | RockyBst | Note Added: 0036880 | |
| May 10, 2014 10:00 pm | keith.lamothe | Internal Weight | => New |
| May 10, 2014 10:00 pm | keith.lamothe | Note Added: 0037860 | |
| May 10, 2014 10:00 pm | keith.lamothe | Status | new => resolved |
| May 10, 2014 10:00 pm | keith.lamothe | Fixed in Version | => 7.025 |
| May 10, 2014 10:00 pm | keith.lamothe | Resolution | open => fixed |
| May 10, 2014 10:00 pm | keith.lamothe | Assigned To | => keith.lamothe |
