Nickboom Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Ok so December I got *five* base assault ships coming at me. I shot down 3, one got in and I easily defeated the squad it sent in, only to have another one pop up about 4-5 days later. (On a side note you should get the tech that the ship that invaded you had, unless it was only dropping off a attack squad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I always thought it dropped off the attackers and then left. In the same way a UFO drops off aliens for the terror mission. Except in Xenonauts, it seems to hang around terror missions. Perhaps the base attack aliens are the alien dissidents sent on a suicide mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViniJones Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Do you have any mods installed? I never got more than 1 UFO base-assault per base per wave. Downing them is no trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickboom Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 No, no mods installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickboom Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 ok now im a bit mad fricken 7 base assault ships in a month (And beginning of another 6 days in) I cant fricken win, my aircraft are all beaten and broken, a few of my men killed (rookies) and my vets injured and now another base assault hits me and it drops off FIVE FRICKEN ROOMS OF ALIEN this is getting ridiculous and I think it might be a bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Nickbooms' experience is what prompted me to invest early on in base defences, so when the numbers turn up bad I don't suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Seems excessive. Perhaps base attacks should be limited to one a month per base or something. I do believe the aliens have to locate your base before any base attacks can occur, but after that it draws aliens like flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xakthos Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Ultimately there needs to be a way to either determine what the alien mission is and/or a way to know that your base has been discovered. An 'Aliens appear to know location of this base' in the base status screen (under the maintenance costs maybe?) Course you could go a step further and have a abandon base functionality so you can evac to another facility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Do you get any survivors if you lose a base defence mission? If not, then the mission could start with a red zone just off one of your facilities. That's where you can get your soldiers to and press abort mission. You lose the base, save the soldiers. If there's another facility available, then the soldiers move there. If not, it's either game over, or the game gives you the option of starting up a new base if you have the funds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 xakthos: There is the Xenonauts equivalent of the Hyperwave Decoder. This comes fairly late in the game - it might be worthwhile pushing it forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xakthos Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Earlier or a better long range scanner that indicates targeted (estimated targets?) of ufos without really explaining what they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickboom Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 Well you can actually pretty easily tell if a Ufo is doing a base assault if its making a B-line for your base its going to attack it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 yeah, but sometimes you're distracted taking care of all the other UFOs in the wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 We probably should cap them, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 We probably should cap them, yeah.My suggestion is if the aliens lose then they have to go home and lick their wounds for a month or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody522 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Are you on one of the experimental builds? On 19.6 I was only ever attacked once over a 6 month period. When I loaded a save two minutes before that, they didn't come. I suppose it was a random wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Are you on one of the experimental builds? On 19.6 I was only ever attacked once over a 6 month period.I think there is a lot of luck involved. As far as I know an alien has overfly your base to locate it first. If your diligent about shooting down nearby aliens they might never find your bases. That works both ways though. Alien bases are hard to find unless you survey the country with your planes. Sometimes your agents find them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saskali Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Fo my part i actually like those base attacks you can fight with a lot of soldiers (16 if i remember correctly) they give good monney and good standing . Why would anyone want less of those ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Broz Tito Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Yeah, I love hunting down alien bases. It's hard w/ foxtrots, but way easier with Marauders : ) Follow those grounded UFO's and follow back alien tracks : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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