Yesterday, we played 2 games with Kordy. We have noticed some issues, irrevelant to the topic. Actually three games, we tried the Light of the Spire defender mode aswell.
Both normal games ended horribly. First one was, because of Marauders. They're much overpowered I think. Especially buzzbombs, they have huge range and very high multipliers, my friend was focusing on Starships and he lost half of them while we were trying to escape the system. And those marauders destroyed CC and continued to several other planets.
Second game ended horribly, we were trying to defend 2 gates mainly, and our defenses were set at one of the gates. We held the other gate with a warp jammer and and used a mobile force to dispatch for any incursions immediately. But last one, threat was exceeding 1k and they poured into that sector, destroying the initial defense force, and continued to my friend's home planet. And there, I told him what was going to happen, I told him that the AI carrier over there will go next to his CC, and when we destroy it, they attack and insta-pop his CC. This happened exactly. Carrier was fast for its class and everyone was busy with some stuff, and when finally they get to carrier, as it got destroyed, the unleashed wave killed his CC.
About defender mode, even though we cannot build colony ships, we can research some other CC types. I researched military CC to provide some more defense & buy some more time, only to see colony ships aren't available =P And do wave timers always have 1H? It's long, can we define how fast they'll pour into our sectors?
Oh, and also, Sentinel Frigates, now free of proximity damage reduction, and massive range, they seem to be OP. Especially against a Grav Driller opponent, we managed to slip Sentinel Frigates inside and put them somewhere safe in the sector. As AI ships are also experiencing speed reduction, combined with sentinel frigate infinite range, they just destroyed everything. And Spire Starships doesn't get affected by Grav Drillers, I don't know if this is intentional.
Lastly, what happened to Zenith Bombard ships? They ignored all my attack orders. Why? And why does Sentinel Frigates and such (having a long range) doesn't automatically attack everything in range, first the preferred targets? They ignored starships all the time. I loved Zenith Bombards before, but they now tend to do nothing I want, and therefore I hate them now.
Anyhow, any info when Light of the Spire will get released on steam? Keep up the good work, and happy new year!
