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[Smitehappy]

How is Planetary Trading handled? Will you be required to build your own trading fleet and set their routes manually or with they be put under control of the "Civilian" sector of a planet, left to trade on their own accord wherever they see profit?

[Firgof Umbra]

How is Planetary Trading handled? Will you be required to build your own trading fleet and set their routes manually or with they be put under control of the "Civilian" sector of a planet, left to trade on their own accord wherever they see profit?

That portion of the game is not final enough for us to comment on it, unfortunately.  I should be able to comment on that within a fairly short time, however.

[QuakeIV]

Can you theoretically discreetly invade a system, strap engines to the uninhabited planets, then ram them into the enemys planets, at the right angle, and knock them into the sun?


EDIT: Also, are there gas giants? If so, would it still be possible to put engines on them?

[Firgof Umbra]

  There's nothing discreet about strapping engines to uninhabited planets!

[QuakeIV]

 



Yeah though, lets suppose i pulled it off, and laid my collision course in, could i knock both planets into their sun('s)?

[Firgof Umbra]

"Planets don't interact like that right now" is our response at this time.   

[QuakeIV]

If the planets collided, would we get a bang?
Would they be damaged?

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Such as

[head]

"Planets don't interact like that right now" is our response at this time.   

I will buy the game just for that.

[cerapa]

"Planets don't interact like that right now" is our response at this time.   

I will buy the game just for that.

You put that in and you got my money too.

[QuakeIV]

Anything like this?

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[zchris13]

You mean this, not that last picture.  That last picture is a black hole sucking up a star.

[Firgof Umbra]

Yes, planets will have their own destruction particle effects and I am doing my best to make them look as impressive as possible.

No, you won't be able to see the launch of ships from the planet's surface as we assume all ships are built in space to conserve materials, but you may be able to see ships being built in orbit of the planet.



Yes, we would like to have black holes be able to eat star matter.

[JimiD]

I assume that if I secretly warp into a system, strap engines to a moon, and drive it into a blue planet, knocking it off course and spiralling into the sun, I would get 5 points?


It just seems that Bay12 needs to clarify the rules for planetary snooker early.

[QuakeIV]

You mean this, not that last picture.  That last picture is a black hole sucking up a star.

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Yeah i meant that.

[Firgof Umbra]

Tossed up one of the tracks from the game's soundtrack last night.  Thought I'd drop by and link it.
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