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0002766AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Balance TweaksFeb 8, 2011 4:04 am
Reportervinco Assigned To 
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version5.000 
Summary0002766: Regen golem + Zenith Viral Shredders = Unlimited Shredders
DescriptionWhen defending with a large batch of Zenith Shredders and a Regen golem, you can eventually amass quite a number of shredders. Even though they die, they're reborn at the golem. Combine that with the spawning behavior, and you can amass quite a few shredders.

Then throw a few hundred to the planet behind once the threat is over, lower the BP threshold, and repeat.

Perhaps the Regen golem should not respawn shredders? Perhaps the shredders should (if they do not already) respawn without any accumulated BP?

Check my shredder count at Ulachow and Aoscen in the attached game. Then compare what's in each fortress world to the build cap. I tend to pick shredders as my bonus for this very reason.

Edit: Uploaded wrong save at first. Use the v3- save
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vinco

Feb 7, 2011 9:46 pm

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v-243.sav (1,015,351 bytes)

TechSY730

Feb 7, 2011 10:22 pm

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You can "farm" shredders just fine without the golem. The golem just makes a nice safety net.

I think the increase in BP needed to spawn should count ALL viral shredders (of the current mk) over ship cap, not just the ones on the current planet. That should help to make current farming techniques less ridiculous.

vinco

Feb 8, 2011 12:24 am

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v3-232.sav (847,219 bytes)

KDR_11k

Feb 8, 2011 1:25 am

reporter   ~0010109

I had a nice farm of thousands in a game without a regen golem some time ago, just parked a few hundred shredders on a wormhole and regularly removed the excess.

mr_lolz

Feb 8, 2011 4:04 am

reporter   ~0010112

shredders compensate for this cool behavior by not being very good

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Feb 7, 2011 9:45 pm vinco New Issue
Feb 7, 2011 9:46 pm vinco File Added: v-243.sav
Feb 7, 2011 9:47 pm vinco Description Updated
Feb 7, 2011 10:22 pm TechSY730 Note Added: 0010107
Feb 8, 2011 12:24 am vinco File Added: v3-232.sav
Feb 8, 2011 12:25 am vinco Description Updated
Feb 8, 2011 1:25 am KDR_11k Note Added: 0010109
Feb 8, 2011 4:04 am mr_lolz Note Added: 0010112