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I think it would be nice to put pause on golem construction or slow it down, considering that it eats metal fast. |
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FYI these are designed as a package deal. I.e., if you capture a planet, taking the AIP hit from the Golem is part of that, just like how you can't capture an MDC system and not take the MDC and the attacks that come with it. |
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Taking something like an MDC I understand, as it’s a piece of technology that’s already activated, and being directly disconnected from the AI’s network (which would obviously perturb the AI). The reason I would hope that Golems could be optionally capturable is that you could pause their construction indefinitely in AI War Classic, allowing them to be disentangled from otherwise strategically important systems. Thus, there is a precedent set that seemed reasonable and balanced. |
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In Classic they didn't cost you AIP at all though, and you were getting the big exo attack responses whether you took them or not. So that's really an apples to oranges kind of comparison, as AIP was not involved, they cost a *lot* more metal relatively speaking to your income than they do in AI War 2 ... it's just not at all a comparable situation. |
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In Classic, activating Golems definitely increased the AIP. Screenshot 2021-01-18 140943.png (113,965 bytes) |
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I stand corrected on that - I'd forgotten about the different settings the Golems had in Classic. *slap self*. They did have an AIP cost on Moderate, but not on Easy or Hard. I was used to the Hard option. |
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No worries. Really, the big issue is that it makes no sense that you wouldn't be able to order your engineers to just not work on the Golem. They're under your direct command, after all. |
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Next beta build will have this. Thanks! * Capturables that take a while to rebuild (like golems or arks) now can be selected like other units, but they will immediately reject any orders you give them. ** You can, however, change their stances, and pause them, now. ** When set into pause mode, your unclaimed ships will not actually BE claimed -- the tooltip will show that information, and it will avoid spending all that metal that your economy may or may not be able to afford, as well as potentially incuring AIP if that's related to this capturable. |
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