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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2010, 08:59:07 am »
Were there any Hybrids near the scene of the crime?  Some of them build stuff.
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2010, 01:46:02 pm »
were there hybrids,  :D
there was around 50 or so at the time..
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2010, 01:57:22 pm »
Yea, roughly a third of neophyte hybrids mature into builders that are much less dangerous in the short term but in the long term might present you with megaproject-esque defenses ;)

They pick up construction modules from a construction module factory, travel to target system (if it's not the same), and then the construction module will "charge" build points over time; when it's done it creates a self-building structure (much like if you had placed one, but controlled by the hybrid's controller).

This method could be adapted for the the trader, but it would still take work (the trader is not an AI unit, for one).
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2010, 02:05:50 pm »
ah thats what those are.. I thought those were modules that could rebuild a hybrid's gun or shield..

also do hybrids build hybrid nodes the same way?
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2010, 02:07:48 pm »
Yea, they can; roughly half (iirc) the Builder types will become "Matron" types that specifically focus on building other Hybrid Facilities, and the other half go down an engineer/architect path that focuses on defensive structures.
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #20 on: September 29, 2010, 02:16:23 pm »
.. damn this is complicated.
While I'm at it, how does a hybrid 'level up' to mk2/3?
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nvm the wiki seems to have all of this information.  :-X
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #21 on: September 29, 2010, 02:20:35 pm »
The wiki is not completely up to date on the newer stuff, iirc, but yes it does accurately describe the processes :)
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #22 on: September 29, 2010, 02:35:46 pm »
what the wiki doesnt seem to mention is that lightning warheads get a bonus towards killing them.. (a mk2 lightning does 800k damage i believe)
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #23 on: September 29, 2010, 02:37:09 pm »
Killing the hybrids?  If such a bonus exists, it wasn't intentional, and I imagine it applies to a fairly wide range of stuff :)
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Re: so whos idea was it to let the AI buy OMDs from the trader?
« Reply #24 on: September 29, 2010, 02:40:10 pm »
yes, I'm fairly sure such a bonus does exist.. and its rather nice at clearing out a theoretically infinite number of hybrids  ;)

although i suppose even one is enough to get the hybrids to rethink their current defense position and go seek out repair....

minor question - will a hybrid ever travel to a equipment node in player territory? 
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