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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0005371AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - New Unit Ideas - Turrets and DefensesDec 23, 2011 4:35 am
Reporterraeynn Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Product Version5.020 
Summary0005371: Re-director FRD patrols not effective on end planets
DescriptionI love the idea of setting up roaming patrols between close planets. At the moment my general use is to set a triangle of re-directors to send ships around on FRD so they auto-intercept enemies.

My problem is that if it's only two planets (or if one planet is a 'dead end' on the route), the ships warp in and warp out instantly, and don't stay to attack enemies if they are present. This makes patrols useless for many planet configurations.

Secondly, it's annoying when non-military units get routed onto these patrol routes (colony ships, transports etc).

There a few solutions but what would suit me best is if you could make a separate class of re-directors that you could target onto each other and didn't auto-redirect when units arrived on the planet. So essentially you make a chain of these then command the ships to move onto the redirector which allocates them to the track you've created. This would fix the first issue, provided you made them automatically target one-another when targetting separate planets. I'm sure it could be improved beyond this but I think it would make the game much more interesting on the defensive side.
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Internal WeightFix Before Major Release

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motai

Dec 21, 2011 1:33 pm

reporter   ~0017915

this is actually part of a bigger problem/fix. they removed the seek targets of frd while in transit to destination. so these patrol redirection no longer patrol for enemies. i miss that alot.

  Your solution however is likely to just build multiple redirectors so the forces branch the way you want.

raeynn

Dec 21, 2011 1:39 pm

reporter   ~0017916

Actually, if in FRD transit between two wormholes they will deviate to attack enemies - it's only a problem where they enter and exit from the same wormhole.

motai

Dec 23, 2011 4:35 am

reporter   ~0017932

odd because my redirectors will not deviate to handle attacking ai.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Dec 20, 2011 11:09 pm raeynn New Issue
Dec 21, 2011 7:20 am tigersfan Internal Weight => Major Problem
Dec 21, 2011 7:20 am tigersfan Assigned To => keith.lamothe
Dec 21, 2011 7:20 am tigersfan Status new => assigned
Dec 21, 2011 7:20 am tigersfan Internal Weight Major Problem => Fix Before Major Release
Dec 21, 2011 1:33 pm motai Note Added: 0017915
Dec 21, 2011 1:39 pm raeynn Note Added: 0017916
Dec 23, 2011 4:35 am motai Note Added: 0017932