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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0000742AI War 1 / ClassicBalance IssueOct 20, 2010 10:31 am
ReporterDazio Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version3.719 
Fixed in Version3.800 
Summary0000742: [3.219] Alarm Posts unintentionally powerful now?
DescriptionAlright.

Been playing a new game that I started when 3.719 came out with random AI's and one of the type I got was alarmist.

There's only one way in to my planet and that system has an adjacent alarm post two hops from my planet.

I go ahead and fort up my warp point rather then taking the alarm post out, the system with the alarm post is next on my list anyway.

I pop the command station adjacent to my system easily and the alarm post goes off. Every single ship (except for the command station and warp point guard posts) comes after me and I get almost 200 Mk III ships in the face at only the 40 minute mark.

Now, this is as intended as programmed, however with the removal of turrets you now get every ship in the system charging the human held systems rather then only the 1/3 to 1/2 the ships in the system you did when the immobile ships (turrets) could not come after you.

I just want to make sure that this has been looked at with the removal of the turrets.

It is very possible for me to deal with it as is, just note that an Alarm post will throw much bigger waves at you then in the SlimDX version.
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zebramatt

Oct 20, 2010 10:09 am

reporter   ~0001498

Last edited: Oct 20, 2010 10:10 am

This happened to me also and I'm inclined to agree it should be toned down a wee bit.

I know alarm posts are SUPPOSED to be a strategic pain but the presence of all those guardians ramps up the severity of that pain from manageable-with-the-right-planning to downright unbeatable in the early game. I had twenty-odd guardians swarm down my throat earlier today...

I've taken the liberty of cranking the severity of this up from trivial to minor.

Chris_McElligottPark

Oct 20, 2010 10:31 am

administrator   ~0001499

For the next one:

* Alarm posts no longer cause guardians to give up their posts -- just the smaller ships.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 19, 2010 11:37 pm Dazio New Issue
Oct 20, 2010 10:09 am zebramatt Note Added: 0001498
Oct 20, 2010 10:10 am zebramatt Severity trivial => minor
Oct 20, 2010 10:10 am zebramatt Note Edited: 0001498
Oct 20, 2010 10:31 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0001499
Oct 20, 2010 10:31 am Chris_McElligottPark Status new => resolved
Oct 20, 2010 10:31 am Chris_McElligottPark Fixed in Version => 3.800
Oct 20, 2010 10:31 am Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
Oct 20, 2010 10:31 am Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Apr 14, 2014 9:29 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Gameplay - Balance Issue => Balance Issue