where can i build warp jammer?

[goobie]

i tried looking around my spacedocks and starship costructors..and also com stations i can't seem to find it.

don't tell me i have to capture something to build this special thing??

the next planet I'm trying to conquer has warp counterattack guard post ii!

[Ozymandiaz]

its a special type of command station, you can build it from the colony ship

[goobie]

its a special type of command station, you can build it from the colony ship

greattttt....i lack knowledge to unlock it! I thought i was gonna win the 10 hour game in snake type map since i've taken more than 10 planets sequentially and suddenly they just warp into my homebase and gameover! 

[Heavens]

Did you pop a Counterwave Guard Post or was your Homeworld in the border of your empire?

I hope you save often and if not maybe you could load the autosave?

[Winter Born]

Warp jammer cannot be built where you already have a command station including your home command station. they have a very small niche use to protect a single system.

[HitmanN]

And besides, waves from counterattack posts seem go to any planet you own, so currently it's something you'll have to endure to proceed. It's particularly nasty on a snake map, since it can take many hops for your fleet to intercept a wave that goes to the inner planets.

Chris said on Mantis that he'll look into balancing the counterattack waves though, so hopefully in future they won't be so nasty on large maps.

[goobie]

Did you pop a Counterwave Guard Post or was your Homeworld in the border of your empire?

I hope you save often and if not maybe you could load the autosave?

yeah i popped counterwave guard post! i thought killing it would prevent wrapping from happening???

[zebramatt]

Did you pop a Counterwave Guard Post or was your Homeworld in the border of your empire?

I hope you save often and if not maybe you could load the autosave?

yeah i popped counterwave guard post! i thought killing it would prevent wrapping from happening???

Killing it causes it to spawn a wave on any of your worlds which do not have a warp jammer.

As does killing the Comm Station on its planet.

[goobie]

Did you pop a Counterwave Guard Post or was your Homeworld in the border of your empire?

I hope you save often and if not maybe you could load the autosave?

yeah i popped counterwave guard post! i thought killing it would prevent wrapping from happening???

Killing it causes it to spawn a wave on any of your worlds which do not have a warp jammer.

As does killing the Comm Station on its planet.

but its a one time thing right?

[Heavens]

but its a one time thing right?

Yes, though the mechanic has been changed in last patch (4.034) to a counterattack fleet 4x the size of a classic wave you would receive with your current AIP (and maybe multiplied by the Post Mark, but I'm not sure about this one) and it gives you 14 minutes to prepare.


From 4.034 patch notes:

Counterattack waves are now 4x larger than normal, but take a full 14 minutes to arrive. This makes them more of an event than they used to be, even, but also makes them much easier to prepare for and deal with.

[Winter Born]

Be aware that if  you kill the com station 1st (triggers counter wave)  then kill the counterattack guard post you may generate another counter wave.  I need to verify this with the new patch

[Lancefighter]

com station should bring the counterwave post down dead as well.

[Ozymandiaz]

com station should bring the counterwave post down dead as well.

You sure? Did not happen last time I tired, but that is some time ago...

[Winter Born]

com station should bring the counter wave post down dead as well.

I think if it is still in supply from a neighbor system it is still active, thus multi counter wave is possible (not tested recently as I now always kill the CW GP before the Com)

[Lancefighter]

i never target counterwave posts, its always the command station i blow up (counterwave posts are not automatically targeted)