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[Tellemurius]

That was space sexy

[joemoben]

That was space sexy

And that's the best kind of sexy!

[Sonlirain]

Hmm i kinda hope they base the economic model on the X series but with planetary populations (and equipement) put instead of space factories.... maybe adding mining stations as an extra.

You know planet X procuces food, planet Y needs food and ore to produce component A that has to be used along component B (from planet Z) in order to create product C that can only be assembled at planet Z+1.

This way there is a production chain in place and therefore trade routes between planets in the chain.
Also since food is universally used on all planets there would be a safe but not as profitable trade route for beginners.

[WealthyRadish]

I think faction management is where this game will shine, when you can make your own faction and have the whole sector to explore and conquer. That or the exploration element, depending on how far they go with it. I think the economic management will likely be pretty basic, but who knows... it could really go anywhere from here.

[WealthyRadish]

Updoot

[Flying Dice]

A decent amount of progress, at least. I'm still going to hold off on playing again, though, I think.

[forsaken1111]

I'm liking the new fighter mechanics.

Full changelog: http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=5813.0

[Sergius]

I'm holding out until we can explore more than one solar system. (we can't do that yet, right? or I missed an update?)

EDIT: D'oh... it's in the changelog. One system? Well, at least it means more can be modded in.

[WealthyRadish]

Spoiler: nerdage (click to show/hide)

CR seems to be a tricksy mistress. I've had multiple battles end with a close victory and yet no reward, because all my fleet's ships aren't combat ready by the end, and their single remaining fighter wing is apparently able to repel them. Granted, I did rush tech aptitude 7 to get augmented engines (gotta go fast) so my CR was at max 40%.

The logistics skill is more important early on than before, which isn't great, imo. It's such an uninteresting thing to have to dump points into. Supplies are now an almost crippling expense if you mess up badly in the beginning, though this does encourage some interesting desperation situations around stealing supplies from pirates; or at least it would, if that dumb CR thing didn't prevent salvaging after a hard fight. I guess the idea is to keep ships in reserve, but that just makes logistic skill more important... eh.

I preferred the old UI in many ways, but that's minor. It is annoying that ships can't be swapped like they could before; if you only have one ship, you can't use the value of the ship you're trading in towards buying a new one. I actually ended up editing the save file to avoid having to fly a hound at the beginning because of this.

It's a good update. I don't think the hyperspace system is very robust, though, with other fleets flying around... I'm not sure how it'll be applied to a massive number of systems without getting overloaded. Having you actually control the fleet in it is neat, but there's a reason why that stuff is usually abstracted out in games with large scale exploration. Some of the new ships look interesting. Anyone try the repair rig thing?

[Parsely]

Er, shouldn't the title be changed? It's called Starsector now. Anywho, I've been a regular of that community since the game was in the earlier stages. They're actually the reason why I discovered Bay12 (that and I was looking for a Paranoia group to play with).

Gotta love those new sounds. There's plenty of bugs in this new version but it seems they're getting sorted out at light speed. They've got a dedicated community over there.

[forsaken1111]

I PM'd the OP but he hasn't been active since March.

[Parsely]

I PM'd the OP but he hasn't been active since March.

Ah. Yeah I saw that myself not long after I posted that. Hindsight kicks my ass sometimes.

[Parsely]

You know what's cool? If you play with a subwoofer, you can actually feel it when an Onslaught is on the screen. That's just awesome.

[Aklyon]

I'm liking this update quite a bit. THe interface looks pretty good, the strafing works better, and we aren't stuck in only one system!

[WealthyRadish]

I miss that bug where you could maintain top speed with flux/shields/weapons firing by releasing 'w'. It's one of those things that you know probably shouldn't be in the game and isn't going to last, but it was just so much fun.