As far as I can tell, none of the technologies in Distant Worlds 2 state anything .

So I am not sure if you are even asking for the right game.

Actually they do claim to reduce ship maintenance among other things.

Component Size and Maintenance Cost are not comparable terms.
Your ...

Do column 9 techs do anything at the moment a lot of them state reducing size but see no component size reduction after doing the research?

As far as I can tell, none of the technologies in Distant Worlds 2 state anything .

So I am not sure if you are even asking for the right game ...

Can anyone give me a primer on how the influence expansion and pressure works? Like if I'm at war with a neighbor can I just wipe out all their stations in the border systems to push back their territory?

Good question. If you can survive your drunk leaders, and suicidal fleets. That is the next ...

Why won't my damn fleets actually engage enemy fleets???

I have THREE attack fleets and TWO defense fleets in a system. Each fleet has over 6k strength. Two enemy fleets jumped into a system just one jump over. One was 3k strength and the other 2k. ONE of the attack fleets decided to fly into ...

Why won't my damn fleets actually engage enemy fleets???

I have THREE attack fleets and TWO defense fleets in a system. Each fleet has over 6k strength. Two enemy fleets jumped into a system just one jump over. One was 3k strength and the other 2k. ONE of the attack fleets decided to fly into the ...

I have a fleet that keeps attacking on it's own, does anyone know why?

The is fleet currently sitting within a system, in the same system there are some hostile starbases near some other planets. If I order the fleet to "stop" it says No Mission, however whenever I unpause the game the fleet ...

I have a fleet that keeps attacking on it's own, does anyone know why?

The is fleet currently sitting within a system, in the same system there are some hostile starbases near some other planets. If I order the fleet to "stop" it says No Mission, however whenever I unpause the game the fleet ...

0. Colonysation chance is a function of Relation
1. Get a Free Trade agreement, mostly via gifts
2. Wait for the Realtions to stabilize. FTA grows relationships much slower then gifts decay
3. If nessesry, bribe them again just before the colonyship reaches them to guarntee a 100%.

Sorry ...

Sorry but not helpful. I did all that, the game told me to "colonize" the independent. That is where it broke down. The only thing that is allowed is "send ship to planet like the chump you are." option. That does nothing.
What exactly does the colony ship do?
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1. Build a colony ship in ...

How do you colonize an independent colony? The game says “send a colony ship to colonize” (this is after they joined my empire). Trouble is the game also won't let colonize, the only option is “Go to Chumpya.” In the mean time the chance of success is dropping fast. So exactly how is this done ...

Not having ships/fleets go on suicide runs. Including not having individual ships leaving a fleet to go on a suicide run. This includes the almighty attack of the fuel tankers, which is so popular with the AI. This happens under any circumstance, manual control, guard a planet setting. Can't we get ...

Until patched ( and it will be) Tech trading needs to be off and all spies need to be manually on counter intelligence only if you want a decent challenge.

I always say to those who use exploits like this in a single player game and then complain about how easy it is to exploit you are only ...

How do you colonize an independent colony? The game says “send a colony ship to colonize” (this is after they joined my empire). Trouble is the game also won't let colonize, the only option is “Go to Chumpya.” In the mean time the chance of success is dropping fast. So exactly how is this done? The ...

Can someone please explain me Damage ?

AI designer prefers Hail Cannon (S) over Rail Gun (M) (v3).
Why? So I took a look and the first two columns did make sense, a nice high Damage only refers to a single shot while Damage Rate takes all shots of a volley into account. But that are only two data ...

Speaking of fuel tankers... can someone tell me how I should be using them? I just attach them to my fleet and hope they're doing good things, and have a couple unattached to any fleet on automatic. I'm hoping they're just taking care of problems around my region?


You want your fleet ship ...

I'm pretty sure that overmatch dictates how ships within a fleet focus targets, not what they engage.

Auto-salvage does nothing but perma afk and my defense fleets never seem to respond to pirates.

Maybe there's something wrong with strength calculation? I'll get lone escorts suiciding ...

What does it take to make Assault Pods viable? I have designed a couple of ships with them, but they never show up as buildable ships.

Can't delete post. So I will answer it myself.
You don't need troop ships, with, or without assault pods. Attacking bases, ships, or fleets is the job of fuel ...

This is hilarious
A fleet had “No mission,” supposedly parked at home base. I saw the fuel tankers from this fleet attacking an enemy base in another system. Wonder where the rest of the fleet was, since it may, or may not be at it's home base. Are they off on missions as single ship all over the ...

What does it take to make Assault Pods viable? I have designed a couple of ships with them, but they never show up as buildable ships.

No.
And by your logic we should never ask for it to be changed, because clearly that limitation is there intentionally. ;)

I for my part keep reporting it as a issue, so it is fixed.

Thanks for clearing that up. Didn't know if there was a way to do it. Now I know.


I read in the ...