AI War Beta 7.023-4 "So A Carrier And A MkIII Lightning Warhead Walk Into A Bar

[keith.lamothe]

Did any one else notice armored lighting warheads only COST 1 metal to build?!

So that's what happens when you set something to 1m*mk... without having set the value of "mk" first.  Sigh

Will probably hotfix that today, and check into that nebula spawning thing, will wait to see if other serious stuff crops up first.

[Fleet Unity]

Ok if I notice anything else I will post it, also for the Mantis can you use your Forms account password to log in or do you need to create a new password for it?

[Aklyon]

Did any one else notice armored lighting warheads only COST 1 metal to build?!

Quick rocky, build armored warheads!

[keith.lamothe]

Did any one else notice armored lighting warheads only COST 1 metal to build?!

Quick rocky, build armored warheads!

"The day missile silos had an effective dps of 20 Billion"

(just guessing at the number of units it can crank out in one second due to internal object-number-issuing rules; i.e 4, * 5B per mkIII)

[Draco18s]

That AIP cost will kill you though.

[keith.lamothe]

That AIP cost will kill you though.

What exactly could kill you when you can crank out that much DPS? Each shot is 5 Billion Damage and can apply to anything within 15,000 range of the warhead.

I believe Science is required.

[Draco18s]

I believe Science is required.

It is.  Can you hold off that hotpatch until at least 8pm EDT?  I won't be able to have !!fun!! if I can't get the buggy version.

[keith.lamothe]

It is.  Can you hold off that hotpatch until at least 8pm EDT?  I won't be able to have !!fun!! if I can't get the buggy version.

I try not to do them that late since I don't want Unhandled-Errors reports and such to come in while I'm sleeping, but I can hold 7.024 until Tuesday morning unless there's some critical crash problem reported between now and then.  If I have to push it earlier for some reason I can put the .dll for 7.023 up somewhere for experimental use.

[Eternaly_Lost]

That AIP cost will kill you though.

What exactly could kill you when you can crank out that much DPS? Each shot is 5 Billion Damage and can apply to anything within 15,000 range of the warhead.

I believe Science is required.

My Fallen Spire and Showdown AI response.

Well maybe not. When I get home it will be time to see if I can now clear out that fleet. I have so much firepower flying around that fighters and bombers don't even register any more. Kinda hard to care about those little things when you got as many Motherships and Hunter Killer MKV flying around as them. Even the Fallen Spire Exo Fleet just rolls over and dies to them.

Lets see how quickly I can get the out of memory errors this time!

[Aklyon]

That AIP cost will kill you though.

What exactly could kill you when you can crank out that much DPS? Each shot is 5 Billion Damage and can apply to anything within 15,000 range of the warhead.

I believe Science is required.

I believe the proper amount of Science here would already be on fire.

[Draco18s]

It is.  Can you hold off that hotpatch until at least 8pm EDT?  I won't be able to have !!fun!! if I can't get the buggy version.

I try not to do them that late since I don't want Unhandled-Errors reports and such to come in while I'm sleeping, but I can hold 7.024 until Tuesday morning unless there's some critical crash problem reported between now and then.  If I have to push it earlier for some reason I can put the .dll for 7.023 up somewhere for experimental use.

Whatever works for you.
Its just that I'm at work and won't get home until at least 6pm.

[relmz32]

Whoo Hoo, i am excited for the alternate champ changes. Gonna start up a game once i get a chance.

Also the idea of getting in on the "Super Human Rocketry Corps" strategy aka Throwing 1 metal cost armored warheads at everything seems way too fun to pass on.

I have a question, though, do i need a champion for the nemesis response to function or can i scale that independently? (You can't have too many ways for the AI to do cool things.).

Edit: Wrong minor faction reference. oops.

[keith.lamothe]

I have a question, though, do i need a champion for the nemesis response to function or can i scale that independently? (You can't have too many ways for the AI to do cool things.).

You can turn it on without any champs or alt-progress stuff

[tadrinth]

Hrm, if you throw a lightning warhead into an AI homeworld to bait the Warhead Interceptor, can you then follow up with an Armoured Warhead to take out a Core Raid Eye in one shot?  That could be well worth 2 AIP.  You could accomplish the same effect with a sabotage hack, but it would take longer.

[Faulty Logic]

Patch notes contain no "will not damage any one unit beyond X"

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