Does it make sense to increase capital ramjet speed too? Their high speed previously distinguished them from capital starships. Maybe they should be gunship speed, eliminate the Manta's parts requirement, and remove the underwhelming nebular gunships entirely? Nebulas are smaller theatres than clear...

So, following on from the first few posts: what does everyone else think about increasing the halfLife of planetary defenses and jumpmissiles? Also, what about increasing starships' speed - would that be a good idea? What about introducing new units - the warptransports specifically? How about exte...

Exciting stuff! I can compile a new master list ( edit: here it is ) of low-hanging fruit on Ministry. Changing nebulas and rift zones is a very positive step. It would also be very nice to have fleet and planet scanner ranges be more explicit in the user interface somehow. Long-term it is worth dis...

It is common to have worlds simultaneously importing and exporting a resource to a hub without any net shortfall in the entire trade system. This is mostly seen with consumer goods on CG autofacs but it also occurs with trillum. It is actually a good and functional mechanic that works around trade h...

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Excellent summary.

If you redesignate ALL vulnerable sector capitals during wartime, the enemy will never get any defections.

I've discussed fleet capture and fleet transfer in various bug reports dating back to 2016. I think fleet capture is a serious defect in the current combat model, because it makes it paradoxically risky to use fleets to actively defend your planets during an enemy invasion.

This is a good guide. I think that it is also worth discussing planet placement relative to other players: If your neighbors are well-established, try to keep your capitals and hubs outside their maximum achievable jumpship range. Remember that any planet they control within range of a capital can b...

Oh, yes I do suppose these work units might be a better metric to test which units perform best. We were going with matching the space forces rating of the two fleets in the first test (from memory it was around 868k vs 1M), and seeing how the Minotaur/Helion combo performed so well then doubled th...

Imperial Fleet Combat Report, Cycle 4376 PHASE 1: 500k Minotaur-class gunships preceded by a vanguard of 600k Helion-class explorers engaged a Hegemony defense fleet of 22k Gorgos and 11k Megathere-class starships. Result: Decisive Imperial victory with 100% enemy casualties. 500k Helion casualties...

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Are either of you Walloping or WTV actively playing in Era 3?

No, I am not planning to play again until there is another update.

Thank you for the comprehensive response. Is there a reason why my Biotech level capital would not be rising in TL even with a TL10 foundation world supporting it to TL9? I've checked that the foundation for has spare TLs far in excess of the demand, and I've deleted and remade the trade route two ...

Updated to add resource tables.

Is uplifting your Goods worlds up past Bio-tech worth it? Is taking Trillum and Hexacarbide worlds past Fusion worth the luxuries hit? Short answer: yes and yes. Long answer: At some point I did some calculations related to this, but unfortunately I can't find them right now. As I recall, they sugg...