The Vasari's carrier doesn't autocast its repair cloud ability when it is not in combat and has hull damage but it does autocast it while it is in combat and does not have any hull damage.

When it was autocasting in combat without hull damage there was also no other friendly ships in the grav well except for its own fighters.

not just that, but providing fighter cover for the fleet. A carrier heavy fleet with its fighters sitting safely in the launch bays is just begging to get toasted. Additionally, if the bombers are sitting in the carriers, who's going to take care of any defenses as you try to punch through a fortified enemy world on the way to easier planets to capture? definitely let the fighters out, just have them come back on time.

Regarding Vasari Phase Gate.

When you construct a phase gate at your home world and in a system 6 jumps away does that then not automatically count as 1 jump from home system? Effectively then that world should then be at 90% since it is only 1 actually then only 1 jump away from your home world.

Dunno if this has been asked before... just an observation since that would seem a logical assumption.

2nd that!

I am impressed with this game, however, the diversity of the vasari is not at all impressive, i do not complain about their ships, or research options, but rather their basic planetary game mechanics. THESE guys are SUPPOSED to be different. where are the differences, i would expect and alien race to be... alien... just saying.

Why?

Just to point it out, but a lot of things about our culture / species is pretty much "forced" into being. Trade, for example, represents the basic need to get a given resource to someplace its not from someplace it is. Any technological species is going to be social, because there is no way to build up to high technology in a single lifetime, it has to be passed from person to person, and high technology requires specialization, which means you need to be social so that different specializations can "compliment" each other. E. G. it does no good to be a highly trained car mechanic if you can't get a plumber to come over and fix your leaking toilet.

Yes, there will be differences, but not all that great on a social level. (Albiet, political, religious, and of course biological levels can and probably will vary... wildly )

A few things I would like to see, based on my Beta 1x1 AI Game.
Game looks great, had alot of fun. Only played TEC

1) Will system damage be implemented? ie; loss of drive, weapons etc. after hull damage?

2) Capping enemy assets? Planets?

3) Mines

4) Anyone else find the 'very slow' setting way too fast? Very slow too me mean, if I detect an incomming fleet, I have a minute or so before it comes in range. SLLLLLOOOOWWWW.

5) More diplomatic/logisical options? Other then the trading post?

6) On a small map with only 3 planets, I had way to much minerial/crystal

7) I felt the tech tree could be bigger, On a 2 hour small map, I got everything. Mabye other ways too solve this.. Just seemed odd, mabye used to Galciv2 too much.

8) What do flak frigs do? It seemed they were kinda useless, I dominated with Fighters.

9) Capships are way too fast... Bombers seem overpowered... 5 bombers do as much damage with 5 little bombs as 4 big laserguns from a capital that has enough energy on board to bend space and time? Not sure there eheh. Ya ya, I know it's WWII in space.

10) Random events comming?

11) Ship explosions are ok, is there gonna be wrecks? They just dissappear? Hmm, refer to "has enough energy on board to bend space and time".. Ok, dissappers it is.

12) Ya ya, AI could be way better at all levels. I'm sure the Devs know.

13) <-- Unlucky

That's it for now.
Looking good.

Ok, cool..

3) lol! The other type of mines, the ones that go boom!

8) Any chance of point defense platforms? ECM? Yada yada.

Thanks for the info, this is a great game. I had alot of fun playing Beta4.

Will there be anymore economic options comming? Tax rates, mabye some more economic techs, you get the jist. It felt a lot more military centered then say GalCiv, if that's the vision then no biggy, just curious.

Economy/diplomacy stuff is getting some changes, so we'll have to wait and see. Taxes are already collected based on planet population and there's no 'happiness' system (and likely won't be), so I wouldn't expect to be able to modify tax rates. There are, however, economic techs already. Faster mining rates from asteroid mines, more cargo for trade ships/refineries, lower production costs, TEC have a tech that gives the player a fraction of all money spent by any empire, etc.



There are quite a few features not included in the beta (for the surprise factor for release, and such!), so you never know



Already planned, sort of. We're still not playing with 100% complete build lists for each race (the TEC still need their Novalith cannon, dangit!). But we don't really know how limited superweapons will be.



Alas, probably not

? Why would the left and right be the same and why would the front and back be the same?

Ironclad has the Kol gun placement/firepower done properly.

I like asymetry. alas I do not believe that those tallies are accurate, I dont think they work on a per-weapon basis, not on a total weapon on side basis.