More 4x gaming: Endless Space

[mikeck]

Yeah, i noticed that over at the forums. You would think the devs would be involved in discussions but....nothing. gives me a little.concern

[tgb]

After kicking Craver butt in a hot war, they actually approached me and asked for a cease fire, which I accepted. I then found out that the situation only upgrades to a cold war, which means they can still attack my outposts (and vice versa).  And combat got a lot more interesting now that I actually understand it.

[Huw the Poo]

They're ignoring me too!  I tweeted at them to no avail. :(

[mikeck]

Do you get more combat card options as your tech increases? Like differnt types of missles or something?

[son_of_montfort]

Do you get more combat card options as your tech increases? Like differnt types of missles or something?

You get both new cards and more powerful weapons.

[tgb]

You also get new cards when admirals level up, but those stay with the admiral.

[Martok]

I was reading over on the game's forums that even on the largest size, the map is limited to a rather paltry 123 star systems.  Can any of you guys confirm (or refute) this? 

[Kushan]

Is there point to specialize ships? Say have your destroyers armed with beams and go charging in, while your dreadnaughts/battleships are armed with missiles and stay at range?

[mikeck]

Along those same lines, can u have different ships in the same fleet do different things or does each card dictate the action of the whole fleet. If so, can u have more than one fleet fight at a time? Maybe a fleet of beam ships and a fleet of missle ships fighting at the same time?

[Gusington]

^I don't have a definitive answer off-hand but I remember seeing paragraphs devoted to ships and their use and makeup in the PDF manual.

[tgb]

Cards dictate the action of the whole fleet, and ships in a fleet act as one.

[mikeck]

Then is there any point to having different types of ships??/

[son_of_montfort]

Then is there any point to having different types of ships??/

What to you mean? Different sizes, or different builds of the same size? I could see you wanting to maximize damage at every range by having kinetic ships, missile ships, and beam ships. Or you may just want to build "jack of all trade" ships and only build one type. Different strategies, I suppose.

[Barthheart]

Then is there any point to having different types of ships??/

What to you mean? Different sizes, or different builds of the same size? I could see you wanting to maximize damage at every range by having kinetic ships, missile ships, and beam ships. Or you may just want to build "jack of all trade" ships and only build one type. Different strategies, I suppose.

No... whats the point of having Cruisers,Destroyers and Carriers if they all act the same way..?

[son_of_montfort]

Well, you can fit more stuff onto larger hulls.