Shadow Empire Suggestions and Feedback

[GazBot]

I think you need to be able to upgrade tanks and other non-infantry model types....Loosing all the experience just doesnt seem right.

If your in a tech arms race and your churning out the latest models repeatedly its like your incentivized just to send you older model stuff into the meat grinder or you have to disband the formation.

Not sure why upgrades are limited to infantry model types only at the moment....or have I got this wrong???

[Saros]

You have to use the replace button for tanks etc instead of upgrading. The trick is you need the required subformation to be already built and at the SHQ.

[DTurtle]

Another very useful trick:
Set the old model quality to "Low" and the new model quality to "regular."
Then in all formations set low quality troops to "tolerated" and regular quality troops to "allow".
Buy a bunch of replacement troops of the new model.
The SHQ will automatically replace the old models in the formations if enough logistics are available.
The old models will be gathered in the SHQ and be scrapped or upgraded (if infantry).

[GazBot]

yes but this means creating new units (with 0 xp) and then replacing then moving out the experienced older unit (which then just usually sits in your SHQ). You still have the same issue - your experienced personnel cant be given upgraded equipment - like your infantry can....

[Clux]

ORIGINAL: GazBot

yes but this means creating new units (with 0 xp) and then replacing then moving out the experienced older unit (which then just usually sits in your SHQ). You still have the same issue - your experienced personnel cant be given upgraded equipment - like your infantry can....

You're not understanding how replacing works lol.

You have x50 Light tanks model 1 in the frontlines with 40xp.

So you follow this steps to "upgrade" them to the model 2.

1st.- Use the Recruit replacements button and recruit x50 light tanks model 2
2nd.- Select the frontline troops than you want to "upgrade", use the "replace" button and select the model number 2, slide the bar all the way to the right and select "replace".
3rd.- Woala, now your frontlines troops with 40xp have the model 2, but you also have the x50 ligh tanks with 0xp using the model 1 in the SHQ, from there you can either employ them on a less important frontline or you can scrap them to recover the pop (not the manpower) and some resources.

If you don't have the 2nd option its cuz you don't have the logistic points available, are trying to replace units with reserves on a different SHQ or aren't compatible models (like changing Heavy Tanks with Tank Destroyers)

[jimwinsor]

Since this is a suggestion thread, you know what would be cool? If in addition to scrapping, there was an option to earmark the obsolete equipment sent back to your SHQ as “for the militia.” Which would allow the possibility of new militia units randomly forming using those old tanks and stuff.

[GazBot]

Your correct I wasnt understanding and that is exactly the sequence I was after. Though I would never have thought

this would have replaced the equipment not but not the crews....which I have just tested and confirmed.

Om guessing their is not many players who actually know how to do this....

Cheers

[Clux]

ORIGINAL: jimwinsor

Since this is a suggestion thread, you know what would be cool? If in addition to scrapping, there was an option to earmark the obsolete equipment sent back to your SHQ as “for the militia.” Which would allow the possibility of new militia units randomly forming using those old tanks and stuff.

Thats not a bad idea but I'm thinking several ways to exploit it using the fist ideology which provides free militia for the rest of the game.

ORIGINAL: GazBot

Your correct I wasnt understanding and that is exactly the sequence I was after. Though I would never have thought

this would have replaced the equipment not but not the crews....which I have just tested and confirmed.

Om guessing their is not many players who actually know how to do this....

Cheers

No problem, tbh there are a lot of hidden details in the game and even checking the manual page per page there are some things than can't be easily understand.

[Synesthesia942]

Would be great to be able to reroll the final phase of planet creation (dissolution war), it takes a long time to set up the previous stages on my PC and sometimes I'm stuck with a final phase where everything is covered in heavy radiation and then I'd have to restart the whole process if I was aiming for something else.

[eheiser]

I agree with Synesthesia942. A dissolution war reroll would be great when trying to balance an interesting map for multiplayer. Seems like one player in a 4 player game is always off by themselves without a minor regime nearby to absorb.

[valkyrion]

Hi, hopefully this is the right place to post this. I bought it on the steam release and spent some time watching the Dastactic's youtube tutorials. My biggest issue was on a 34" widescreen the UI and units were just to small for me to see. I did play at the native resolution and enable the magnification, but I still felt like I couldn't zoom in enough to really see the unit counters in detail. Also I found it difficult to read through the text in general. Is there any further options other then lowering the resolution?

[mroyer]

ORIGINAL: valkyrion

Hi, hopefully this is the right place to post this. I bought it on the steam release and spent some time watching the Dastactic's youtube tutorials. My biggest issue was on a 34" widescreen the UI and units were just to small for me to see. I did play at the native resolution and enable the magnification, but I still felt like I couldn't zoom in enough to really see the unit counters in detail. Also I found it difficult to read through the text in general. Is there any further options other then lowering the resolution?

I have the same problem with a large monitor.
I've set the resolution as shown in the image below and it is working very nicely for me - the units are plenty big on the most zoomed in level and everything is readable.

-Mark R.

[Dan1911]

Aquifer wells would make more sense then ice mining for water IMHO

[Destragon]

ORIGINAL: Dan1911

Aquifer wells would make more sense then ice mining for water IMHO

I've always prefered seeing the ice deposits like "old pre-apocalypse water tanks/reservoirs", because some of these planets just don't have any water/ice, especially lava planets.

[KarisFraMauro]

My biggest hurdle is definitely understanding what the heck I'm doing. I've watched all the Das Tactics tutorials, and am doing what I can with the 300-plus page manual, but it's clear even Das is frequently perplexed and the manual is not only enormous but muddled.

So keeping in mind the old saying about lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness, tutorial scenarios would be of HUGE assistance. Say just very very simplified examples of different aspects of the game, maybe one focused on building up a city, another on founding a city, another combat oriented, another with a diplomatic focus or what have you. That kind of thing.

As it is when something goes wrong (as is frequently the case) I'm never sure if it's because I'm missing some kind of incredibly opaque and obscure nuance (you can't do x? it's clearly laid out in subsection three of menu tab four on page eight of the reports provided you select option two and it's not a wednesday. Obviously) or an outright bug. And I'm a little hesitant to ask because I'm sure the same question has already been asked countless times...

It's unfortunate because this is definitely a cool game. I just worry people will grab it expecting something like Civilization only to discover they've bitten off a lot more than they can chew. I remember investing in Hearts of Iron 3 when it was on sale because I loved the first two, but there weren't any real instructions and it ended up just gathering dust.

[kicktothehead]

Please allow us to do something to get rid of militia
I have a gazillion milita units all chewing through my food and they can fight an ant!

[Twotribes]

ORIGINAL: kicktothehead

Please allow us to do something to get rid of militia
I have a gazillion milita units all chewing through my food and they can fight an ant!

Simply use them to explore out past your supply range. )

[Twotribes]

Also after 30 turns the militia start to get your regular starting equipment and will upgrade to newer stuff as you progress.

[kicktothehead]

"Simply use them to explore out past your supply range. )"

Haha great idea

ORIGINAL: Twotribes

Also after 30 turns the militia start to get your regular starting equipment and will upgrade to newer stuff as you progress.

this is did not know thank you for the info!

[Pawsy]

An option to save my Empire name, unit colour, icon etc. QOL improvement please.