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0022306AI War 2Balance IssueMar 4, 2020 1:42 pm
ReporterArnaudB Assigned ToRocketAssistedPuffin  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version1.011 SuperCat Swats Back 
Fixed in Version2.007 Speed Boost 
Summary0022306: Player-exploit to feed Dark Spire to Nanocaust
DescriptionSomething I had in my last game, as the nanocaust effect can applies to Dark Spire ships. In one of my recent game this caused a snowball effect, where I had hacked a Dark Spire for ships, which the Nanocaust later was able to devour over and over reaching 2,4k+Strength in the planet in question.

Now, this has some limitations given you want Nanocaust allied (I had hacked the one in question by then), and the Nanocausted Dark-Spire ships tend to stick around the planet with the Dark Spire generator constantly generating ships. This creates more defensive strongholds than offensive doom fleets.
However you can easily cheese it at that point. All you need is let the Nanocaust snowball a bit on planet, then hack the generator again for more ships. This makes the snowballing worse and pretty much let you get as many Dark Spire ships as hacking points allow.

tdlr: Dark-Spire ships probably shouldn't be available for Nanocaust.
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BadgerBadger

Dec 4, 2019 11:46 am

manager   ~0054809

From a balance point of view, once you have an allied nanocaust the game is probably over. I think you should pretty much always be able to win from that point, so I'm not sure if it makes sense to do balance elements of the game around that case.

ArnaudB

Dec 4, 2019 12:00 pm

manager   ~0054811

Part of the problem is that the Nanocaust seem to keep their fleets around the Dark Spire system, rather than throw it at the AI or the player. Even if balance would be fine, I'm worried about performance.

BadgerBadger

Dec 4, 2019 1:16 pm

manager   ~0054818

If there are enemies to fight, the nanocaust will stay and fight them...

BadgerBadger

Dec 4, 2019 8:15 pm

manager   ~0054823

If you have a save game then I can take a look

ArnaudB

Dec 5, 2019 4:04 am

manager   ~0054827

Here. Those saves are close to victory so they run a lot better than earlier ones.

Look for Giant snail in the center cluster, the only place with hostile ships. What specifically happens when you watch is that the Nanocaust kill the Dark Spire, then start leaving. However very quickly (at x7) more Dark Ships show up and the Nanocaust comes back. I made two save happening at about an hour difference.

Ktugach on the neighboring left cluster has a Dark Spire generator similarly active (as in, it's always generating energy due to hacking it for ships), and I avoided the problem there by taking over the planet and nuking the ships as they came. Energy-expensive but I had judged it preferable early on, so close to my home command.

I avoided hacking more generator when I saw the problem because two AIs and the warring two Nanocausts were already slowing things down. Anyway you can see the Nanocaust has 80-130 Dark Spire Eidolons on planet that go back and forth between the planets and nearby systems. They have been here for hours, and that's saying something in a twenty-hours long game.
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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Dec 4, 2019 3:40 am ArnaudB New Issue
Dec 4, 2019 11:46 am BadgerBadger Note Added: 0054809
Dec 4, 2019 12:00 pm ArnaudB Note Added: 0054811
Dec 4, 2019 1:16 pm BadgerBadger Note Added: 0054818
Dec 4, 2019 8:15 pm BadgerBadger Note Added: 0054823
Dec 5, 2019 4:04 am ArnaudB File Added: Issues1.save
Dec 5, 2019 4:04 am ArnaudB File Added: Issues2.save
Dec 5, 2019 4:04 am ArnaudB Note Added: 0054827
Mar 4, 2020 12:01 pm RocketAssistedPuffin Assigned To => RocketAssistedPuffin
Mar 4, 2020 12:01 pm RocketAssistedPuffin Status new => assigned
Mar 4, 2020 1:42 pm RocketAssistedPuffin Status assigned => resolved
Mar 4, 2020 1:42 pm RocketAssistedPuffin Resolution open => fixed
Mar 4, 2020 1:42 pm RocketAssistedPuffin Fixed in Version => 2.007 Speed Boost