Recent content by The Strategist

IGN: The_Strategist What you like to do in starmade: / Desired Role(s): General helping out, mining, building, whatever needs doing. Previous Faction Affiliation: None Teamspeak: Yes/No: Yes.

I'm not sure about this, it only makes the system harder, less intuitive and less accessible. My idea was for an RTS interface, and I've never seen any RTS game where you have to upgrade the interface itself to issue different commands. Yes. They'd be a prime candidate for ship-based Battle...

The only part I don't like is compulsory oxygen for survival, since that only adds more tedium and grind to an already grindy game. Otherwise, good job! Well thought-out.

This would work brilliantly with my AI Fleets and RTS Elements idea (link in my sig). Basically, YES PLEASE since it makes the act of producing ships that much more streamlined.

Yep, that was the idea. I added that bit in to try and solve the problem of factions simply camping at their homebase instead of going out and expanding their influence with additional stations.

Yes, perhaps the existing Scanner Computer and Scanner Antennae (which can be placed on stations yet don't seem to work) can be utilized for this purpose. I would say a hard cap on 9x9x9 systems around the station with Battle Computer, would be reasonable, as it encourages factions to field more...

So it has been announced that AI Fleets will be available soon, but we will need a method of controlling them outside of your own ship. I propose a new station-only block, the Battle Computer. Entering this computer will bring up a galaxy map with a difference. Firstly this map will be a...

I used to play Supreme Commander a lot, this appeals to me a lot because of that, but also mining as it is now is horribly tedious. This would make it more automated and less of a concern for factions.