PraetorNimitz
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Luncher. Heh. I'll go now.
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Chris, I'm not sure what you mean by the Fury "using" cores. Does that mean that Furies will consume singularity cores as fuel?
Also, thanks for the link, frank.
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Ah, great to hear! Where might I find the appropriate thread?
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Is everyone fine with the current exchange rate of 1 singularity core for 3 singularity torpedoes? Personally, I find it to be a bit of a rip off, considering how tough and time-consuming Battleships can be to crack. Compounding this is the fact that the Fury costs you 60 alenium and $600,000 to build, vaporizes the the bath water, baby, and pretty much the entire house, and is essentially useless once you run out of torps for it.
Anyway, I have some suggestions that could make the Fury a bit more cost-effective, so if you agree with me, read on. If you think the current system is hunkey-dorey, then you can skip right to "lol l2p."
1. Increase the number of torpedoes granted by a singularity core up to 6-8. Probably the simplest and most easily-balanced solution, and I think quite logical, considering you're extracting energy from a black freaking hole.
2. Eliminate requirement to build singularity torpedoes, and increase Fury's reload time up to ~12 hours. Now, in order to justify this I'm going to totally fan-wank, so anyone who's not down with that divert your eyes... now.
Okay, so a singularity core is basically a black freaking hole, right? That's quite a bit of energy, assuming the average black hole eats a star or two, maybe a solar system, and of course complete donkeyloads of photons during its lifetime. So, even if a singularity core contains a tiny percentage of that black hole's energy, it still hold enormous amounts of energy, "enough to power our entire civilization for decades," according to the Xenopedia.
Now, a singularity torpedo warhead would probably be around a 100 megaton device, which, compared to the amount of energy probably contained in a singularity core, is nothing. Basically, you could continuously extract energy from the thing, bottle it up in a torpedo, and continue to do so for years. However, it would take time to extract the energy and manufacture the torpedo, hence the 12-hour reload time.
In terms of gameplay, it would still be completely impractical to spam Furies, for obvious reasons. So you wouldn't be able to (easily) create a late-game 24-hour Fury murder-train. And even if you could, you would receive nothing in return.
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Thanks for the replies, guys. I bought the game on April 11th, so I assume I have the latest version (v21 stable?).
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So, I have Operation Endgame researched, over 7 million dollars in the bank, and all Predator/Sentinel armor troops, but no MAG weapons. IIRC the alien Battle Rifle is required for them, but I have yet to encounter even ONE elite Caesan. Every ship I attack is filled with either Sebillians and Reapers or Androns and Harridians. Anyone know of a way to remedy this?
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After clearing a couple Battleships and nabbing my first Praetor (yay), Psi attacks aren't too bad if you know how to deal with them. However, I was constantly terrified that my rocket launcher guy would get mind-controlled and proceed to transform his squadmates into a delicious red mousse. I see how that could be slightly irritating on Ironman.
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Indeed, Psionic attacks are annoying. Especially when your machinegunner gets mind controlled and she proceeds to gun down your entire friggin' team. I think the Bravery stat mitigating Psionic attacks is an excellent idea.
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Any Andron-Harridian terror mission where every frickin' one of the buggers is toting a Heavy Plasma. Enough said.
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Bwahahha, silly people. I just give all my guys rocket launchers and tell them to have fun.
JK, my current Shrike loadout comprises 4 Predators, 4 Riflemen, 1 Assault, 1 Sniper, and a Hyperion.
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In a recent terror mission I saw one brave militiaman take down two androns before getting splattered across the pavement by a heavy plasma bolt. That man deserves the Medal of Honor.
Alien Psionic Powers Discussion
in Xenonauts General Discussion
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Meh, something must be done about psionics. Currently, I am unwilling to play on ironman because of the possibility of my singularity-cannon guy getting MC'd and vaporizing my entire squad. When that or something similar happens, Xenonauts ceases to be fun and becomes a chore. That's what the current MC system contributes to the game. Having to drop your weapons each turn so that your guys don't murder each other is not what I consider to be fun. Be it mitigation by bravery, psi-inhibitors, or some other tech that makes your men and women resistant to psionic attacks, psionics must be changed in order for them to be a positive aspect of Xenonauts.