It's true that the ammo usage values for aircraft bombs are far more logistically significant than they are for any other model type... But it's not actually different between bombhatch bombs and precision bombs, though? Both use the same amount of ammo relative to their weight.


I will gather ...

Take a look at the difference between ammo consumption when you switch between dumb bombs and precision weapons! Suddenly a single unit can consume thousands of ammunition units and overload your entire logistics network.

It feels a bit off to me. Sure for balance reasons we want precision weapons ...

Vic please fix the low-tech start. It's bogus that player does not start with power plant and leads to most games being not fun.

Other small fixes that I think would improve the game:
Remove city level requirement for airbase - it's bogus that you need a 25000 population zone to host a fighter base ...

That said, I've come across this complaint a lot and it always turns out that people are playing on very easy, friendly planet types. In my experience this strategy does not work on more resource constrained planets where farmers are not present, the hostile Minor types are much more difficult to ...

Also Shadow Empire 101 - do not pick the t3 start - it just isn't fun and you just press end turn while trying to roll power tech. This could be easily fixed.

I'm not a new player. I also usually avoid t1 for this very reason, but have been trying it out again in the closed beta.

The point of the thread is to highlight this for Vic - this mechanic only detracts from the game.

Something like this happened to me on the very first game ever when the game was first released, and it still happens today! This is a very anti-fun and non-intuitive game mechanic.

Start off as T2 or above and everything is fine! But a new player will come along and pick t1 and have a very bad ...

Something is busted with the t1 tech research. You will only deal with this if you do a t1 start with no tech at all.

Every t1 game I try ends up in a desperate attempt to research any kind of power tech - and not getting it. Look at the screenshot attached, I just discovered a t2 eco tech without ...

Playing beta version and I notice quite often i see "disabled" ships sitting around. Both friendly and enemy, no signs of any damage - and can't repair them.

After a reload the ships appear fixed and go about their business - but this means I need to remember to save/reload periodically.

After a ...

New game with latest beta is crashing for me during AI processing.

Seems intermittent, I was able to load up turn1 autosave then proceed to turn 2. Couldn't get to turn 3 tho.

Any logs I can send?

The game is a bit of a noob trap - it should have a warning about settings. If you play on minimum tech start with no troops it can be very difficult! You may have to turtle until you can build up - this will be frustrating for new players.

Instead start at tech 4 with 1 brigade per zone. All those ...

OP you should look at all the AI fronts rather than just your own. Maybe there is a nemesis on the other side whaling on them.

Ai does use air.

I've noticed strange behaviour with the way majors conquer neighbouring minors. This can have a significant impact on the strategic aspect of the game.

If the minor has a city then the major will conquer it and absorb the new zone - no problem. However if the minor does NOT have a city then the ...

<t> I've seen this happen - and as Vic says it may be economic collapse. The AI is lousy at strategy!<br/>
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Had a good game where I was desperately defending against superior nemesis - getting pushed back hard. But after about 50 turns they just stopped - and if I poked them I could rout them ...

The logistics do not bother me in this game, my annoyances are with the AI.

* Bad strategic AI (but good tactical ai)
* AI doesn't follow airbase rules
* AI spams free roads across mountain ranges

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I think I see the problem now tho. The other non-city hexes now also show "no connection". Because I made things worse by changing zone boundary and taking workers away from truck station. There is a railhead there that is supplying all the troops, but this does nothing for ...

Private farms need no water? Is that not massively exploitable on arid/desert worlds?

<t> Will get screenshot later, but I don't see how it's relevant.<br/>
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Yes 1 SHQ. Got no logistics/supply problems anywhere. All the hexes around this city are in supply. There is definitely supplies flowing through the hex - but I think the game is just not handling the situation of "town ...

<t> Yes there is a road. No traffic signs in use. Lots of troops around with lots of supply in area. <br/>
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Even lots of other structures in the zone that work fine, just can't build structures in the city hex itself.<br/>
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Waited lots of turns, can even build stuff in other zone hexes ...