DISTRESS: 'Arcona' is being attacked...

On 2011-02-06 11:20, Pimpalicious Nerd {C?} wrote:
Today I was playing in the MV and went to spawn my ship as usual, only to see that once again both of Luyten's usual UGTO shipyard planets are experiencing massive power and worker shortages. The reason? MI Longhead Dreadnaughts or Praetorian/Legion Cruisers. So I grabbed my Engineer and spawned in Cincinnati to do some fixing and adding of backup shipyard planets in case the existing ones were glassed by MI attack. While I was working on this, a fellow player reactivated Arcona's shipyard, as it had managed to recover. I left to make a quick run to Sol to grab some resources so I could more easily and quickly complete my work, fixed up a planet there, and return back to Sagittarius. Within minutes of me being back in Sagittarius, about 15 after the shipyard being activated, I see a message appear in my comms:

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DISTRESS: 'Arcona' is being attacked...

The shipyard hadn't even been active for more than 20 minutes and it was glassed. In my experience it takes over an hour for the technology, power, and population to return to normal before the shipyard can be used again while keeping the planet stable. This has been going on for the past week or so. I've been able to stop the Longheads and Legions/Praetorians if I see them on their way to the planet, but that requires you to constantly watch Navigation with AI Ships enabled or check every distress call for enemy detected. While this is a way of dealing with it, things are getting ridiculous. Either the MI Planetary Beam needs to be drastically reduced (I'm talking 1/8th of its existing power) or their numbers or probability of being spawned needs to be reduced just as much. I remember before 1.6 came out it was rather uncommon for an MI to make it to and attack a planet, but now its so common its almost impossible to keep a functioning shipyard near the lines of combat, which for us means in Luyten. I've noticed they only seem to attack planets in systems surrounding Kaus Borealis, the MI gateway to Sagittarius from Procyon. While Pirates may attack planets by bombing them elsewhere, and I suppose that's compensation for our torture by MI, I highly doubt that it is anything like what we are forced to endure.

-- Nelson
[ This Message was edited by: Pimpalicious Nerd {C?} on 2011-02-06 11:21 ]

On 2011-02-06 11:20, Pimpalicious Nerd {C?} wrote:
Today I was playing in the MV and went to spawn my ship as usual, only to see that once again both of Luyten's usual UGTO shipyard planets are experiencing massive power and worker shortages. The reason? MI Longhead Dreadnaughts or Praetorian/Legion Cruisers. So I grabbed my Engineer and spawned in Cincinnati to do some fixing and adding of backup shipyard planets in case the existing ones were glassed by MI attack. While I was working on this, a fellow player reactivated Arcona's shipyard, as it had managed to recover. I left to make a quick run to Sol to grab some resources so I could more easily and quickly complete my work, fixed up a planet there, and return back to Sagittarius. Within minutes of me being back in Sagittarius, about 15 after the shipyard being activated, I see a message appear in my comms:

Quote:

DISTRESS: 'Arcona' is being attacked...

The shipyard hadn't even been active for more than 20 minutes and it was glassed. In my experience it takes over an hour for the technology, power, and population to return to normal before the shipyard can be used again while keeping the planet stable. This has been going on for the past week or so. I've been able to stop the Longheads and Legions/Praetorians if I see them on their way to the planet, but that requires you to constantly watch Navigation with AI Ships enabled or check every distress call for enemy detected. While this is a way of dealing with it, things are getting ridiculous. Either the MI Planetary Beam needs to be drastically reduced (I'm talking 1/8th of its existing power) or their numbers or probability of being spawned needs to be reduced just as much. I remember before 1.6 came out it was rather uncommon for an MI to make it to and attack a planet, but now its so common its almost impossible to keep a functioning shipyard near the lines of combat, which for us means in Luyten. I've noticed they only seem to attack planets in systems surrounding Kaus Borealis, the MI gateway to Sagittarius from Procyon. While Pirates may attack planets by bombing them elsewhere, and I suppose that's compensation for our torture by MI, I highly doubt that it is anything like what we are forced to endure.

-- Nelson

On 2011-02-06 20:55, Kenny_Naboo[+R] wrote:
Well, you get pres for building and rebuilding, and it sure beats hugging a planet and doing nothing, ain't it?

On 2011-02-09 21:47, Pimpalicious Nerd {C?} wrote:
Not asking for them to be nerfed, just asking for them to be toned down.

Do you folks on K'luth experience MI attacks? This will help me get a better picture of what goes on.

On 2011-02-10 00:04, Kenny_Naboo[+R] wrote:

I've seen MI toast Fargo Rock when it was under Kluth control. By the time it appeared on the scope, no one was ard Fargo, and I was in Eri. So I could only kill the Longhead after it glassed Fargo.

Have seen it once or twice in Eri. If there're other Kluth on, we intercept it. Otherwise I'll send AI after it as I go after it.