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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0021698AI War 2Gameplay IdeaSep 30, 2019 3:29 pm
ReporterZeusAlmighty Assigned To 
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version0.892 All Ship and Structure Visuals Done! 
Summary0021698: Exo-strikes should be a mid/late-AIP feature
DescriptionBackground/Problem:

Exo-strikes currently only occur in very limited circumstances; by the superterminal hack and enabling risk analyzers respectively

The player's Homeworld is pretty uncontested mid-late game, unless you are already in the process of losing

Proposal: Make exo-strikes like wormhole invasions--these can happen in any game given a sufficient AIP level. I'd suggest these having a greater threshold than the wormholes

Hunter/killers are scary, but they aren't *terrifying*.... yet
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Chris_McElligottPark

Sep 30, 2019 10:36 am

administrator   ~0053318

I could see us having a galaxy option (lobby only) for turning these off if someone really hates them, but otherwise making them appear past a certain point no matter what based on the AIP per difficulty level, potentially, sure.

ZeusAlmighty

Sep 30, 2019 1:36 pm

manager   ~0053325

There was enough of a positive response on discord that I feel this will be a nice feature to have--the ability to choose to enable this like "Hunter waves" is a good middle ground

Chris_McElligottPark

Sep 30, 2019 2:35 pm

administrator   ~0053326

Thumbs up from me.

BadgerBadger

Sep 30, 2019 2:58 pm

manager   ~0053327

Last edited: Sep 30, 2019 2:59 pm

I'd still like the Exos to be connected to something; it feels like it needs to be motivated somehow.

Maybe they should go after your Major Data Centers or something? Or maybe it should be based off of your AIP reduction; like if you're reduced > 100 AIP then the AI says "Wait a minute. Something is wrong here. We need a bigger boat"

ZeusAlmighty

Sep 30, 2019 3:29 pm

manager   ~0053329

Sounds good to me, Badger
Major data centers would be a solid candidate--since you artificially lower the AIP it's reasonable that the AI may take decisive action to reclaim those planets
AIP reduction makes sense as well

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Sep 28, 2019 5:55 pm ZeusAlmighty New Issue
Sep 30, 2019 10:36 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0053318
Sep 30, 2019 1:36 pm ZeusAlmighty Note Added: 0053325
Sep 30, 2019 2:35 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0053326
Sep 30, 2019 2:58 pm BadgerBadger Note Added: 0053327
Sep 30, 2019 2:59 pm BadgerBadger Note Edited: 0053327
Sep 30, 2019 3:29 pm ZeusAlmighty Note Added: 0053329