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Offline rabican

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Which ships are immune to translocation?
« on: June 10, 2012, 08:23:29 am »
Also which ships are considered big enough for bomber starship.

Offline Diazo

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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2012, 05:27:20 pm »
I do not think there are any ships immune to translocation, it is one of the things that makes the Military Command Station so survivable. (Anyone seen a Golem get translocated?)

As for the bomber starship, I am not aware of an actual list. The rule of thumb I use is that Bomber Starships can not attack fleet ships but can attack everything else. The problem with that is I think some of the larger fleet ships, such as Spire Stealth Battleships can be targeted by the Bomber Starship. (Someone confirm that for me?)

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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2012, 11:33:57 pm »
Not entirely sure about transloaction but as far as i've noticed plasma siege starships and for some odd reason stealth battleships seem to be immune to this. And possibly fleet starships and guardians but don't recall those so clearly.

And yes that was the rule of thumb i was using for bombers... untill the one time when they all decided to FDR into wave of spire mini rams :)

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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2012, 04:50:35 am »
The 5.021 release notes state "Sentinel Frigates and Zenith Electric Bombers are now considered large enough targets for ships like the Antimatter Starship."  I presume that includes Bomber Starships. 

Resistance fighters and Marauders were made targetable in 5.035.

Spire Stealth Battleships can certainly be targetted by Bomber Starships, and I presume the other "Spire"-type fleet ships can, too.
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Offline Bognor

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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2012, 07:05:27 am »
You should be able to tell what Bomber Starships can target using the ship comparisons function under the Reference tab of the stats window.
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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2012, 09:50:03 am »
If I recall, all units are classified as "small" or "large".  A very few ships cannot target "small" units.  I think Bomber Starship and Plasma Siege Starship are the only two, but there is probably at least one other.  That is the only hidden "cannot target" gotcha I know of.  There is no way to know what counts except by experience, or using the Reference tab to check out the damage dealt by a Bomber Starship against mobile units and sorting on damage dealt so you can see everything it does 0 damage to.

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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2012, 10:54:00 am »
Plasma Siege Starships were made able to target small fleet ships in version 5.024.
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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2012, 01:02:42 pm »
From memory the bomber starships can target the spire ships with ship caps of 5, zenith electric bomber, marauders/resistance fighters and spire mini-rams.

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Re: Which ships are immune to translocation?
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2012, 03:42:32 pm »
Oohkay translocation....

It seems MK I bomber SS and raid SS are not immune to transloacting, but MK III are.

Leeches are probably same. Plasma sieges afaik are never translocatable.

Can't remember about MK II ships.

Can we please add transloaction in immunities list of ships?

Or is there some clearcut rule for this, like ships past 5M hp are immune to translocation or something?