[quote who="androshalforc" reply="77" id="3480538"] Quoting paswertii, reply 75 Reading through this thread made me think up an alien. So, It's kind of like a nautilus where the shell has 4 insect like legs. The shell and the nautilus type thing are two separate animals but born together with connected brain
Reading through this thread made me think up an alien. So, It's kind of like a nautilus where the shell has 4 insect like legs. The shell and the nautilus type thing are two separate animals but born together with connected brains so that they share a nervous system, the 2 beings work as one. The actual nautilus fleshy bit has 6 large tentacles which are used to manipulate objects. They are also land based and are about the size of a large dog. This pretty much confirms th
[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="63" id="3430029"] Quoting Rudy_102, reply 62 Why you don't like my beautiful mines? Have you ever tried them? Have you followed Jamie Oliver advice and add a bit of parmesan, little drizzle of lemon juice, and tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil? It led to explosive diarrhea. Literally explosive. I had to replace the toilet.[/quote] WOW, also in my opinion planetary defense mechanisms such as large cannon/laser/missi
So then, I'm fine without the combat but it would be nice in an expansion or something. The roles of ships could also cover point 2, with you setting say artillery ships to stay back and avoid damage so they would have more weapons than armour.
Tactical battle system that IS OPTIONAL AND CAN BE AUTO-RESOLVED, which in my opinion would be more entertaining and enjoyable than just watching the ships fly around and pew each-over with pathetic animations. (the weapon effects were bad in Galciv2 and will be improved, but still) Ship design has more impact on how the ships actually work so that it should affect firing arcs, how easy/hard they are to hit, weak points e.g. weaker armour in some places and direct