After further reading in the Combat section of Game Concepts it also states that Pods provide defence.


All other forum threads seem to be talking about crew modules adding more defence? (I can't find any information supporting this in the game)

How does one defend against boarding attacks in DW2? None of the DW:U strategies seem to apply (even if they say they do in the game).

In Universe the galactopedia specifically say "Assault Pods also serve as defensive forces if a ship or base is boarded by an attacker." and "Note that assault pods ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Miletkir<br/>
Looks like there's been an orbiting planets frenzy...
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<t> One of my favourite additions to DW through the Bacon mod was the ability to colonize asteroids and gave rise to one of my favourite playthroughs. A stellar empire where pretty much every rock in the solar system was colonized. <br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SirHoraceHarkness<br/>
If you mean the Von Neumann machines they would be more or less like the silver mist from DWU just a bit more fleshed out. If one comes into a developed system they consume everything to produce more machines so they are a very dangerous ...

If silver-mists could be a galaxy ending threat again ;P

Distant Worlds 2: fb.asp?m=4950094

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I'm liking that the races will be a lot more unique in terms of playstyle, story, characters, and everything else. This should really really help in terms of gameplay value and adding a lot more atmosphere into the galaxy.
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<r> Stream said 7 playable races on launch. I'm completely fine with that as my tiny rodents loves are a part of those 7. I was a little bit surprised that the Haakonish are included on launch and not someone like the Shandar to get the pacifist play style.<br/>
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Do I still get a disk when I buy through Matrix? Always loved having a physical copy of the game and each expansion with my name printed on them [;)]

I love that we now have an announcement for the announcement of the date for the announcement for the launch of the beta. This is what nagging for any kind of information will get you [:D]

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: OnePercent<br/>
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Send your energy to the Galaxy map Martok! we already got a system map image [:D]<br/>

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Wondering if the system scale will be moddable. Always been a pet peeve of mine that moon planetary orbits cross ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ranbir<br/>
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Main galaxy screen. Make it a gif that shows a smooth zooming transition from galactic view zooming in down to star system view, with the perfect real time orbiting planets!
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Absolutely this! And if not that ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/>
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Hi everyone,<br/>
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Latest word from our marketing folks is that with all the other releases and promotions in December, we may wait a bit longer on the big reveal just to make sure it gets enough visibility. However, I'll be ...

<t> Haven't really tried your setup but have had quite a few games doing the opposite, where I just don't research warp speed. Usually make tech super expensive so that the other empires don't research too high speed and reach me too quickly. <br/>
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If you have a nice spawn where you have all ...

ORIGINAL: samspackman
I'm sure informing the dozens of people following an obscure thread on a dead internet forum about a game no one knows about is not the top of Matrix's agenda

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<t> Some kind of penalty should exist, even if it's just something like a linear growth of strategic and luxury resources required to sustain the population.<br/>
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Always felt a food mechanic is lacking in DW though, which is closely tied to this. You can blockade a world of 15 ...

<t> Hey Roger!<br/>
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Might have already been requested but would it be possible to have some kind of "hoarding" feature to bases?<br/>
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I know I can manually set reoccurring trading trips using the mod. Would be nice if I could say I want a base to constantly have a supply of x amount ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Drumline2<br/>
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Hopefully its still coming out this year. From the last time we heard from the main man it seemed like they were well on their way without much in the way of setbacks. Def crossing all fingers and toes lol Hopefully it'll be like a ...

<r> I'm a big fan of the sprawling space where every astroid is colonised and civilizations have the ability to build gargantuan spaceships capable of transporting vast amounts of drones and starships to rain hell upon an entire unprotected sector. This type of almost mobile starbase of sorts sounds ...