Recent content by Bodhitron

the better thing about using a block instead of NPCs is that you can make like a satellite to check in on planets, shops, sectors and stuff without manning it. like a spy satellite. and, uh... you spelled "ansible" wrong in the thread title dude XD just sayin'!

i think shop volume & inventory should come directly from a linked storage facility. not 50K of each thing, but x.x mass total divided up among the stock. if you just want to sell power blocks, you could just make a 100K storage unit, fill it with power, and link it to the shop. shops should be...

This would be great for fleet battles or even 2 on 2!

That's debatable though. PD sensors would read warheads even docked, so they would probably fire on unlaunched torpedos as well. So declaring war on everyone who swings past your base carrying a warhead isn't ideal. Main thing is that if turrets can be set to target all non-allied warheads...

That's PvE thinking, it doesn't apply to PvP. What if you suck at systems engineering? What if you suck at PvP micro? isn't this what the whole thread is about? players with tiny, perfect little ships or clever tricks wrecking expensive junk cubes, but you say it's not possible... yet... there...

Sure they are. Lots of online games have those. How many weapons systems, combat support tools, and layers of defense does this game have though? It really seems like warfare is a central focus of starmade, given the strong dev focus on warfare tools! If just socializing & building without any...