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    1. Asvarduil

      Thoughts on Gigantism

      That's pretty awesome. I'm still figuring out how the Rail system works. In my recent builds, I've made a 'turbolift' for my two scout ship configurations that takes the crew between the C&C center and the 'engineering' sections; I haven't figured out how to make an elevator that stops at a...
    2. Asvarduil

      Preparing to make Oreos.

      Preparing to make Oreos.
    3. Asvarduil

      Thoughts on Gigantism

      I'm pretty sure I'm preaching to the choir, but this is also a symptom of another problem in this game - to have a protected area to store your stuff and dock your ships, at present you're practically required to have a one-man faction. Thus, one-man factions field Titans, when they should at...
    4. Asvarduil

      Recognized Player Quarters

      I like this idea, because right now the reality is, if you want a safe place to store your stuff and dock your ships, you have to create a personal faction. I don't like doing that, it defeats the purpose of a faction. I view this idea as a great way to be able to be part of a faction, and to...
    5. Asvarduil

      Build Helper Requests

      I'd like to add a couple: 1 - Replace block: you select a block from your available inventory, then you click a block. All blocks of the type that you clicked, get replaced with the ones you selected. Great for up-armoring a ship, or replacing one system with another. 2 - I've heard talk of...
    6. Asvarduil

      The ultimate drone R&D thread

      Yeah, I'll upload my blueprint when I'm done with it. I also want to upload one of my new designs, the EFS Janeway Scout. It's based on Star Trek, because I'm a nerd (I was at least a bit original and based it on the Nova-, not the Intrepid-class.) I have another variant, slightly heavier...
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      The ultimate drone R&D thread

      That's way the heck better than 'coin drones'. As soon as I get home the Esthar Fleet Systems Oreo Drone shall become a thing...
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      The ultimate drone R&D thread

      MrFURB gave me an idea with his Pringles Drones - Coin Drones! I'm working on a 'Drone Cruiser' specifically built around pretty much being nothing but a bridge, power plant, shields, warp drive...and one massive rail. On each rail is a 5x5 drone: -- Th PR MT -- CB FM PR CB CB DM SC PR CC CB...
    9. Asvarduil

      Thoughts on Gigantism

      There's a slightly bigger problem, that hopefully the RP updates will help with: In a weird way, in the current state of this game, every ship is technically a one-man fighter. Just some one-man fighters are way bigger, more powerful, and more resilient than others. That's one of the balance...
    10. Asvarduil

      Less People Playing StarMade...Why?... Answers

      Yeah, I fired up my copy yesterday just to see what's changed in the last few months...the fact is, other than building what I consider a cool starship, there's really nothing to do, at least in single-player. In multiplayer, gameplay balance has always been tenuous at best, and my preferred...
    11. Asvarduil

      Starmade is boring

      They're too weak to do anything. EDIT: And, while I still assert the shipbuilding metagame in its current state makes the game un-fun/boring, it occurred to me that this is slightly tangent to what the OP was going for, even though it is a part of the OP's boredom. As a result, I made an...
    12. Asvarduil

      Asvarduil's Grand Ship Balance Thread

      If you don't like reading, turn away. There's a lot of text here. I like StarMade; I really do! That said, I've found that at present the game is just not very fun. Some of that can be solved by creating other systems to force interaction, but a good bit of the things stopping the game from...
    13. Asvarduil

      Starmade is boring

      There's another problem too, though. In addition to small ships not being able to generate enough power, there's not enough useful ordinance in the game. Right now, missiles are king - that's all you need to know to play. Laser cannons? Useless. Beams? Useless (though, helpful for lock-on...
    14. Asvarduil

      Starmade is boring

      No, I got that part quite clearly. As you said - it takes a squadron of interceptors and bombers to successfully attack a larger ship. The problem with StarMade is, due to how the maths work out, it's pointless. A ship above a certain mass simply can't be harmed by small ships - whether it's...
    15. Asvarduil

      Starmade is boring

      I respectfully disagree - in real militaries, fighters perform two roles: A) bombing, to inflict massive damage on a large vessel (possibly rendering it inoperable, or even destroyed), and B) interception, to prevent enemy bombers from doing all the stuff I said in point A. In real life...
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      Starmade is boring

      I wholeheartedly agree that beyond building [insert your favorite ship here] there's not much reason to keep playing StarMade, online or offline. That said, I'd like to add that the trend of building big ships doesn't help either; instead of having to take forever to mine and put together a big...
    17. Asvarduil

      Updated to latest client, can't find the Rails system blocks

      I agree; as far as bone-headed release decisions go, this is a pretty big one. Still, I'll hold my nerd-rage to see how (quickly) they go about solving this.
    18. Asvarduil

      Bug Factory Power Issue on Planets

      I also notice that Planet Segments now no longer have any power capacity by default (in the previous version, plopping down a Power Reactor caused a Planet Segment to have a default capacity of 50k.) EDIT: Reported as Issue #2041
    19. Asvarduil

      Updated to latest client, can't find the Rails system blocks

      Reporting that as a bug. You should be able to create docking facilities even if you're (nearly) out of resource, provided you can cobble together a factory of some description.
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      Updated to latest client, can't find the Rails system blocks

      So am I to understand they can't be crafted?