Re: [MAIN] XPiratez - N9.7.7 12-Sep-2024 Second Coming

[Ethereal_Medic]

comments for 0.99G_4

- In the bootypedia entry it is written that slaves generate income, but in the cost overview it seems they cost money.
- In the pigeon ufopedia entry there is a reference to the skyranger, but i cannot buy  skyranger.
- Ufopedia text for reaper cavalry is missing

Suggestions:
- From dead fish and dead crabs the gals should be able to cook some merchandise like "Bouillabaisse"

Maps:
- Archeology mission generates unkillable sperated spiders (screenshot attached)

Slaves do generate money but the actually income they generate is pointed out that they reduce the maintaince cost if thier 'income' overwhelms the costs of your aux-units.
The skyranger should be a bounty-hunting "price" now.
Looks like we need to use a grav-pack for those missions to clear them.

[Marza]

I think the inaccessible map sections in archaeology missions are intended; the pre-mission briefing hints at 'cave ins' and to bring mining equipment.

Always take a hammer and pickaxe wherever you go!

[Solarius Scorch]

Suggestions:
- From dead fish and dead crabs the gals should be able to cook some merchandise like "Bouillabaisse"

In this case, more like "Booyakasha".

[bloodsplatBOOM]

Does anyone know what mission type in Quick Battles have the highest enemy count? Near as I can tell, it's the Battleship, but there's a ton of mission types and I haven't tested a whole lot of them.

[juff]

pyramid of pain has up to 80 enemies. heavy freight has up to 99

[Martin]

Goblin Zaxx feedback:

-missions are good for what they are, I like how unique the barn one is, the reservoir dog is too trivial I think, perhaps give him a couple of friends or even just a pack of well trained dogs

-reward guns are crap however. Not only are they mediocre, but they compete with crucial merchant deals. Nobody is gonna prioritize O.G.R.E. shotgun over shark jetbike and pachyderm

[doctor medic]

If we got some early bounty hunt items such as craft weapons or even gals then more people would go out of their way to do craft badges for them

[clownagent]

Suggestion for "bringing down the watchtower" missions:
- make the map much smaller. I usually spend several turns just walking from the bus to the entrance especially on evil grass  . That makes the mission unneccessarily long without happening anything interesting.


Edit:
- STR_MANAGE_CONTAINMENT_2 is missing

Edit 2:
Ufopedia texts are too long and cut for
- Dr X. database
- Customer: The mutant alliance

[Dioxine]

It's not 'unneccesarily' long.

[Troubleshooter]

So can I just drop my G2 save into G5 and have it work completely? Or am I better off starting a new campaign?

[wolfreal]

It's not 'unneccesarily' long.

Maybe this is something that have been discussed before, but I have a question in line with the clownagent suggestion. What is the objective of having those "big" maps on the "bringing down the watchtower" missions?. I guess those missions could be use to train bravery, and that the big map is a price that you pay for having a mission who give you presence in the region they pop up. Maybe is an immersion thing, maybe those tower has some "advanced detection stuff", and because they are in remote locations, you just land far away for the tower to not be detected (Even cloaking devices have their limits). I don´t know. I´m just making speculations.

[Ethereal_Medic]

I don't see a special need for a smaller map. The mission can be done super quick if all enemies spawn inside the tower.
Sometimes one of them spawns outside but they carry nothing more than a pistol so the one 'scout' can be disposed off by your superior numbers.
Once the 'doll' got hammered, let the enemies leave the door and just CQC them with handles for free captives.

[Martin]

How about autovictory on trivial missions?

if ("highest weapon damage on the enemy team"*2 < "lowest armor value on the piratez team") then autovictory else combat as usual

[Ethereal_Medic]

How about autovictory on trivial missions?

if ("highest weapon damage on the enemy team"*2 < "lowest armor value on the piratez team") then autovictory else combat as usual

Please not, if those mission are 'trivial' you can still use them to train rookies and also train bravery.
Also every point of stat-gain counts. Yes the repetition is given but it's for the greater good. :3

[Zharkov]

I think smaller maps are better, because they resolve faster and lead to more bloodshed! The AI is unable to concentrate its forces. A smaller map makes it less likely that AI forces are scattered.