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[Mech#4]

I do see remarks of people wishing the battles went to around 1000 points. I wouldn't mind seeing battles with two battle cruisers and everything else but large battles already have a lot of things to try and keep focus on all at once. Ship positioning, maneuvering out of the way of torpedoes, ramming and bracing and all of the other special abilties.

I remember before the game was released there was mention of ships being able to fly in formation alongside each other, matching speed. If that was included it would help with positioning to a degree. My battles against orks are massive messes though. Ships colliding into each other all over the place. It's glorious but my own ships accidentally bumping into each other annoys me, scratches the paint.

[Ghazkull]

"Ensign, Full Ramming Speed, All hands brace for impact."

"Sir, the Orks...they evaded, we are on collision course with the Emperors own Luck"

"All Thrusters on full reverse, slow us down with whatever you can i don't care."

"Sir we can't make it!"

"Brace for Impa-"

*radio crackling* " GODDAMNIT COMMANDER YOU JUST SHAVED OFF FIFTY TONS OF GOLD OFF OF MY SHIP. THAT GOES OUT OF YOUR PAY!"

[EnigmaticHat]

Shit like that would happen less if space weren't flat.

[Kot]

Shit like that would happen less if space weren't flat.

It would.
It's Warhammer 40k goddamnit, the captains proably need to be strapped to their seats to stop them from opening the airlock whilist screaming "FLY ME CLOSER, I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!"

I do see remarks of people wishing the battles went to around 1000 points. I wouldn't mind seeing battles with two battle cruisers and everything else but large battles already have a lot of things to try and keep focus on all at once. Ship positioning, maneuvering out of the way of torpedoes, ramming and bracing and all of the other special abilties.

I remember before the game was released there was mention of ships being able to fly in formation alongside each other, matching speed. If that was included it would help with positioning to a degree. My battles against orks are massive messes though. Ships colliding into each other all over the place. It's glorious but my own ships accidentally bumping into each other annoys me, scratches the paint.

Holy fuck shit, I want Cobra formations so fucking hard. Micromanaging every fucking tiny little torpedo boat is pain in ass, so is making them fire torpedoes somewhat coherently.

[Andres]

What are some common peeves regarding ships in this game which I don't own? Is it a common annoyance that most macrobattery shots miss, for example? Would a ship with better shields be looked upon favourably over a ship with strike craft?

[Mech#4]

Annoyances? Hmm... remembering the strengths of all the different ships is a fair bit of work. It would be nice if the game gave brief outlines as to the roles for different ships. Some are better at range with more lances, others are better at close range with more macrocannons. I have to flip back and forth between the ships trying to see what weapons are different.

[nenjin]

A pet peeve of mine is that you can spend 5 minutes blasting the hell out of a ship, taking out engines, weapons, void shields....and with a sliver of health left they activate their warp drives and bug out. (Yes I know you can board to halt it but your odds blow without being specialized for it.) Killing anything larger than a frigate in this game feels like a slog.

[Rince Wind]

For me it could take even longer. Ships like these shouldn't be destroyed in mere minutes.

[nenjin]

For me it could take even longer. Ships like these shouldn't be destroyed in mere minutes.

When it's 3v1, it shouldn't take THAT long. And really it just doesn't feel like capabilities diminish with damage.

[ZebioLizard2]

Bit of a revival to call attention to the fact that the Tau (And friends!) have been released with complementary new video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StCXrBMl648

[kulik]

It's Warhammer 40k goddamnit, the captains proably need to be strapped to their seats to stop them from opening the airlock whilist screaming "FLY ME CLOSER, I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!"

This comment and my vivid imagination got me laughing really hard.

[Wiles]

It's too bad that the new races don't come with their own mini campaigns.

[nenjin]

To be fair, writing Tau campaigns is a job no one probably wants

[Mech#4]

I'm glad my Tau fleet was kept from the beta. No portraits for the Kroot Sphere and the Demiurg ships but there's a unique voice for the Nicassar Dhow so there's some detail for the flat, floating psychic polar bears.

I think these are changes: Tau ship torpedoes have changed from guided torpedoes to ability targeted missiles. Also the Deimurg ship and Kroot Warsphere now all count as battleships rather than battlecruisers.

[DemonOfWrath]

So, after putting the game in the freezer for a while when I kept running into crashes when it first released (rip ironman), I figured now would be a good time to try it again considering the new factions and updates and such. Second campaign mission (ie still tutorials since I'd forgotten how to play) I cause it to fatal error by... using the teleport strikes immediately when the enemy ship tried to flee instead of waiting to be prompted. Back in the freezer you go, game.