Dyson Sphere ruined me!

[Buttons840]

Apparently there's been some changes and the Dyson Sphere will spawn enemy Dysons ("Evil Dysons") before you actually finish constructing your command station on it's planet.  The Dyson Sphere was on a planet with a ARS so I needed to grab the planet just for a second and then release it.  Little did I know there would immediately spawn about 6 evil Dysons, which quickly destroyed my constructing command station and then headed for my home.  I couldn't stop them because I there were strong AI planets between me and the Dyson Sphere.  The came out the wormhole near my home station and the 6 of them killed my home (shooting through the shield) immediately.  I had a few hundred mrk1 and mrk2 turrets around my home, but they didn't help. 

[keith.lamothe]

I changed the evil dysons to be more evil, but not the time at which they start spawning; I think it's always been the case that starting construction of the command station is sufficient to antagonize the sphere.

[WinterBorn]

my fault - sort of

my post
http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,4781.msg33261.html#msg33261

Keith's reply
http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,4781.msg33478.html#msg33478

[Ozymandiaz]

I always bring tons of engineers for this task, reduces the total number of dysons. I suggest right after you fiish cmd station to pause the game (and while pause build all the metal/crystasl + harvestershields if you got) then delete the cmd. The release pause. The pasue is there mostly to let you think and build stuff that needs cmd .

Be prepared to loose hundreds of ships, the dyson gatling will kill you right good.

And they do not loose heltah last tiem I chekd either, so they are real evil

Maybe too evil?

[Buttons840]

In 3.060 fortresses could destroy dyson spawns fairly easily.  Are they still so effective?

At the least you could micro manage the fortress and keep it away from the dysons.

[keith.lamothe]

Maybe too evil?

I don't think so; if you only need short-term system capture you should be able to put together the defenses to deal with them; hint: they go straight for your home command station

If you need a long-term system capture... well, you're in for it   But that's kinda the idea.

The moral of the story is: Don't Mess With Mr. Dyson.

[Buttons840]

They always put ARS with the Dyson too.

[ShadowOTE]

Or a superterminal...

[Buttons840]

Or a superterminal...

Yes!  I forgot about that, but it's true.

[superking]

a full pop of beam cannons around the sphere would probably do the trick

[keith.lamothe]

Goodness.  A full pop of beam cannons can put a good dent in an Avenger, if they live long enough

[Lancefighter]

Well, the hostile dyson spawn used to just chill around insystem when I last made them mad, but Keith has really made the dyson madder since I did that..

Oh, and it took a full cap of spaceplanes, but id still use 15ish per wave (20 sec waves?) It was a hellova fight to get from my dock to the sphere though

[keith.lamothe]

Well, the hostile dyson spawn used to just chill around insystem when I last made them mad, but Keith has really made the dyson madder since I did that..

That whole reclaiming-dyson-gatlings thing really didn't go over well

[Lancefighter]

Well, the hostile dyson spawn used to just chill around insystem when I last made them mad, but Keith has really made the dyson madder since I did that..

That whole reclaiming-dyson-gatlings thing really didn't go over well

hey, I saw no problem with it.. Just, maybe the minor problem of them being almost invulnerable to everything, or the insane damage they did vs home command stations..

[Winter Born]

I always bring tons of engineers for this task, reduces the total number of dysons. I suggest right after you fiish cmd station to pause the game (and while pause build all the metal/crystasl + harvestershields if you got) then delete the cmd. The release pause. The pasue is there mostly to let you think and build stuff that needs cmd .

Be prepared to loose hundreds of ships, the dyson gatling will kill you right good.

And they do not loose heltah last tiem I chekd either, so they are real evil

Maybe too evil?

Why would you build the harvesters? - can you get res w/o a com station? or are you making targets for the angry dyson spawn?  Sorry I dont understand?