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[ncc1701e]

Is it possible to incorporate by diplomacy, meaning peacefully, minor/independent faction inside your space empire?
A kind of creation of the united federation of planets. [:)]

[Erik Rutins]

Yes, with the minor independents, if you diplomatically increase your relations with them to at least a stable +25 (usually this requires Free Trade plus some patience for trust to increase or gifts), then they'll become 100% receptive to colonization. Send a colony ship and they will join your empire fully as a new planet.

Of course, you could also send some troop transports over and conquer them. [8D]

[Hazard151]

You mean send troop ships for traditional colonization purposes.

[SirHoraceHarkness]

ORIGINAL: Hazard151

You mean send troop ships for traditional colonization purposes.

Sometimes its the only way to claim territory on certain map setups. I'll usually grab every independent planet of my own faction outside colonization range with a quick drop of troops. You get a minor standing hit but a nicely populated planet that won't immediately go rebel as the prize.

[ASHBERY76]

It was too easy and a non brainer.The bacon mod improved on that making them have an actual force to defend.

[zgrssd]

ORIGINAL: SirHoraceHarkness

ORIGINAL: Hazard151

You mean send troop ships for traditional colonization purposes.

Sometimes its the only way to claim territory on certain map setups. I'll usually grab every independent planet of my own faction outside colonization range with a quick drop of troops. You get a minor standing hit but a nicely populated planet that won't immediately go rebel as the prize.

ORIGINAL: ASHBERY76

It was too easy and a non brainer.The bacon mod improved on that making them have an actual force to defend.

And so does this new version. No more simple "send a colony ship".
Of course the colony rush in general is (supposedly) reduced in the game.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: SirHoraceHarkness
Sometimes its the only way to claim territory on certain map setups. I'll usually grab every independent planet of my own faction outside colonization range with a quick drop of troops. You get a minor standing hit but a nicely populated planet that won't immediately go rebel as the prize.

Just FYI, they will defend themselves now and it may take some time for them to assimilate. Until then you'll have to at least keep some garrison there.

[SirHoraceHarkness]

Neat. Was kinda a cheese move especially to quickly deny territory early game far outside my influence. But when you load a half dozen boskara into the map as the main late game threat you take what you can get.

[Morion]

Will transport ships of a different class (S/M/L) have different logic of behavior (will it make sense to make different designs for them now)?
Will they take into account their fuel supply when choosing a destination?

[FlashXAron_slith]

Okay THAT WAS THE MOST important answer for me [&o]
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Will there be a multiplayer?
--> Not in the initial release, but the new engine and design was built with multiplayer in mind. It's possible it will appear in a future expansion.
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Instead of one DW2 buyer. me [:D]
you have now 2 more from us, when the ADDON will be released ..[8D]

[SABRETOOTH2]

Sorry if this has been stated before, but ground combat is the same correct? By that i mean we actually get an animated look of our troops fighting accross the planet ( the ground combat also allowed us to see the planets surface too, is this in still?)

[Erik Rutins]

Hi Stargatewill,

I think the first post has some good info on what has changed in ground combat. Mechanically, ground combat is improved from DW1, but visually, the screen is somewhat streamlined and a bit different with symbols for troop types to increase clarity vs. the little pictures from DW1. The same progress and modifiers (and some new ones) apply and will be reported as in DW1, so that you can watch the progress of the battle.

[SirHoraceHarkness]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Hi Stargatewill,

I think the first post has some good info on what has changed in ground combat. Mechanically, ground combat is improved from DW1, but visually, the screen is somewhat streamlined and a bit different with symbols for troop types to increase clarity vs. the little pictures from DW1. The same progress and modifiers (and some new ones) apply and will be reported as in DW1, so that you can watch the progress of the battle.

So other than the initial setup of your invasion force with troop types and generals combat will still be autoresolved with no manual inputs on what happens other than dropping more troops? This is fine, just curious.

[SABRETOOTH2]

Erik, thats a bummer that the cool art tokens are gone......hoping we will get better things in tgeir stead with future expansions? It would make sense if we have titans etc....

[ASHBERY76]

Hmmm the art of the troops and the planet is surely better than counters?

[SABRETOOTH2]

Of course! I think the ground combat in DW1 was great apart from the spamming of troops....i think the art style was nice since as they hit planet side we got to see the planet.

Seeing as Titans are included in addition to other troop techs im hoping that ground combat will get some TLC in tge future. Otherwise why go to the trouble of making tech for it and adding additional troop type?

[ReadeB]

Any thoughts about options of building planets tall?

Ex: Underground factories (population increase bonus), Mantle mining/waste recycling (resource recovery bonus), Deep underground bunkers (Infantry defense bonus)

[JammyGrizzly]

Hi

Is there any chance of DW2 being available on GEFORCE now and/or stadia please?

And would it be possible to make DWU available on GEFORCE now please?

I don't have the means to play them any other way and I think that at least on GEFORCE now you just need to opt in and they'll handle the rest.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: ReadeB
Any thoughts about options of building planets tall?

Ex: Underground factories (population increase bonus), Mantle mining/waste recycling (resource recovery bonus), Deep underground bunkers (Infantry defense bonus)

There are more facility options in DW2, but it's not focused on building a single planet "tall" at least in the initial release. Some of the future factions may be more focused in that direction.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: JammyGrizzly
Is there any chance of DW2 being available on GEFORCE now and/or stadia please?
And would it be possible to make DWU available on GEFORCE now please?
I don't have the means to play them any other way and I think that at least on GEFORCE now you just need to opt in and they'll handle the rest.

Thanks for the interest, but I'm not sure what would be involved in making them available on those platforms. If there's demand it's something we may look into, but there are currently no plans for that for the initial release.

Regards,

- Erik