AI War Beta 5.070-5.071 "The Once And Fortress King" Released!

[keith.lamothe]

I see what you did there in that title, keith

I should have realized you would, Arturia

[Aklyon]

Arturia?

[keith.lamothe]

Arturia?

Your avatar.

[Aklyon]

Ah, nope. Fate Testarossa from Lyrical Nanoha, my favorite character/series. This picture is particular, though flipped.

[keith.lamothe]

Ah, nope. Fate Testarossa from Lyrical Nanoha, my favorite character/series. This picture is particular, though flipped.

Ohhh, the face looked so similar at that resolution that I just assumed, given the graphics you (I think) did in that AVWW mod.  Anyway, that's why it made sense you'd get the title reference

[Mánagarmr]

Also, maybe I'm derped, but how do I unlock abilities? I know how to unlock modules, but abilities?

[keith.lamothe]

Also, maybe I'm derped, but how do I unlock abilities? I know how to unlock modules, but abilities?

Abilities right now are only available in mkI form, and some you start with, and some you get as mission rewards.  You don't spend points on any of them; when that changes I'll probably include them on the Champion Unlocks tab

[chemical_art]

Read on Zenith Siege engine:

Oh cool, an artillery gun

See it in game:

The bomber of your worst nightmare

Oh boy. This reminds me of a Justin Timberlake song, except its called "I'm bringing blobbing back" because this ship is made for it.

[chemical_art]

13k range

10x damage to turrets

no ship has immunity to it

pffttt please make an ai that uses this ship asap. I want to see a 10 / 10 facing this monstrosity, I fear it already in ai hands.

[keith.lamothe]

Oh boy. This reminds me of a Justin Timberlake song, except its called "I'm bringing blobbing back" because this ship is made for it.

Yea, the AI siege-engines would just love for you to charge them all in a nice blob to maximize their chance to hit max targets with every shot.  Oh, and please bring shield bearers too

[Ricca]

Well, I suppose we'd probably get an AI that uses Ancient Shadows fleet ships.

If keith wanted to make things interesting, he could put in a long-range combatant AI, that specialises in fleet ships with 10k+ range.

[LaughingThesaurus]

Siege master: This AI only attacks with ships that have bonuses to heavy defenses, gets a global attack speed bonus, and starts with all bonus ships that qualify as bombers or heavy bombardment by default.

...that's a scary idea.

Edit: To be clear a scary idea that to my knowledge isn't in the game.

[chemical_art]

That would be a great idea.

Looking at the stats, aside from missile turrets and upgraded lasers, I see this ship stomping every defense avialable, including supporting ones.

[keith.lamothe]

An AI with Bombers + Zenith Bombards + Zenith Siege Engines + lots of Siege Starships in waves (like the Extreme Raider gets extra Raid Starships in its waves)

...

Brutal.  I like it.

[Ricca]

Then there'll be the Technologist version of it, I assume?

Spreading love, joy and bombs across humanity.