There are three ways to use Attack Points.

First, the specified Attack Point for fleets centers their Engagement Range on the Attack Point when at war with the target. They will engage Threats and other potential Attack Points in that range, and any targets in the system they happen to be in at any ...

Conquering a colony does not cancel these existing transport missions unless it is with the conquered faction. In other words, conquering a colony does not nationalize the cargo/resources for third-party factions.

oh, I see...its a fallacy on my part then and the resources belong to the ...

About damage falloff vs shield bypass: well... its complicated?

Yes, damage falloff is a very big deal, but so is shield bypass. For the weapons that have it, that's their thing, its what makes them good, or is a big part of it. Damage falloff is a big deal for bypass weapons especially, because ...

You might find this thread worth a look:

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10151&t=386975&hilit=damage+calculator

Its values are outdated, and the accuracy calculation is off (not horribly so and works as an estimation), but it can be tweaked to make some very useful analysis. I ...

Hopefully, pirate factions will be expanded on like with DW:U, and when there are different kinds of pirates- more so than we have now anyway. Until then... well, lore IS the reason for it.

Why do they have to bully? This is a matter of perspective. Immerse yourself.

These pirates are ragged ...

Upload a save and we'll take a look. You're giving us nothing to work with, we could guess a thousand reasons why.

Google Drive works well, be sure to set it to share with anyone with link. Free upload sites that you can find with any search engine should work fine as well.

That save looks like it might be bricked if you can't take something by force soon. 7 systems being the extent of your territory is really small. And you're playing Human and don't have polymer in your home system... unlucky.

Regarding the trade not happening, prime guess: Not in fuel range (50 ...

plot twist: Babyhedgehog is Gessie going crazy after editing over a hundred times

can relate

So sue me for not being draconian with spelling on a phone ... these days, poking about spelling is the same level of irritating as a Grammar Nazi.

Until mid-late game, excessive money isn't a potential issue- unless using other exploitive means (mass scuttling of freighters for extra bonus income ...

...That hasn't been a problem for quite some time. A year, maybe? Yes, it still happens, but...

1. Ships can no longer be disabled by nebulae while in a jump. So a ship skirting the edge of a gravitic storm won't get disabled.
2. Automated ships without protection will no longer go into hostile ...

ALL THE SETUPS. Except the ones my PC can't handle. For real though, all the setups. I've found that the various settings all derive good fun with the right intent.

Smaller galaxies, of course, favor more aggressive races that quickly engage in war before alliances form. Larger ones, with less star ...

Spaceports and Bastions can effectively increase the speed of the colony's gathering of its resources with a mining engine(s).

Monitoring Stations can also mine resources, most notably when serving as a distant manual refuel depot, and can function alongside a Mining Station, somewhat bypassing ...

Escorts are comparatively weak in almost all situations because they provide the least in the way of weaponry and durability for the required components to build a ship.

That's not to say that they're useless in battle- and there are circumstances where they are better than frigates (particularly ...

Congratulations on having university knowledge! However, this isn't a case where one side can just say "I agree that we both disagree" and be let off as though it can be presumed that there is merit in the argument or perspective.

"Oh yeah, please double down on the ranking with stupid stats thing ...

Distant World's Gratuitous Space Battles...

I'd play~!

Expanding on that, depriving a colony of luxury resources will choke it of Happiness that it might be reliant on to avoid rebelling.

If you can get a colony to successfully rebel, there's a good chance it'll join your empire at full Assimilation (perhaps an ally of the former host empire, not sure ...

It doesn't require Hexodorium though. The requirement of that resource for the Large Fuel Cell can be a dealbreaker :3

To be honest I would agree to allot of the criticism and it clearly is a different point of view. And he clearly point out some facts that was wrong. The guide are better viewed as a beginner guide in my point of view and not directly bad in any way if some incorrect statements are changed.

As ...

First, I do not play XL, though have tried it. Damn baseless invalidation attempts...

Beam PD has high range : Yes. While the interceptor is longer ranged, it still remains considerably longer ranged than the other options. And don't forget that the Interceptor PD is rather weak against seeking ...

Sheesh, that's a lot of spite, and though claiming the guide is dumb on many points, many of the criticisms are incorrect. The root problem of much of it is along the lines of 'in this way that I use things, your advice isn't good'. That doesn't invalidate the generally good advice at all. For ...