The Planetary Shield Effect is wether the Shield Complexes are Active, yes?
I assume the there are three states: Off, Charging and On.
So no, you can't switch it on without have Shield Complexes
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Talking of Shield Complexes,
- How do you build them? Restricted Tech?
- Can you still fire while they are charging, before being active?
- If you switch them off, can you fire the next day? Or is there a de-charge period?
- Are there any Point Defence weapons that work with the shield up?
- Is there any restrictions/benefits concerning Ground Combat?
- If it stops Fighters being launched, can ships dock/take-off as usual?
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| The Planetary Shield Effect is wether the Shield Complexes are Active, yes? I assume the there are three states: Off, Charging and On. So no, you can't switch it on without have Shield Complexes |
Yes it determines if it is on or not. The effect modifer grows for 4 weeks and then is fully effective after that. Any deactivation of complexes ore turning off the shield are immediate.
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| Talking of Shield Complexes, How do you build them? Restricted Tech? |
They are basic tech and mica is adding soon.
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| Can you still fire while they are charging, before being active? |
no
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| If you switch them off, can you fire the next day? Or is there a de-charge period? |
Yes you can fire next day and there is no shield effect at that point.
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| Are there any Point Defence weapons that work with the shield up? |
Point defence works with the shield up as do scints and any other defence effect.
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| Is there any restrictions/benefits concerning Ground Combat? |
Ground combat can only be short range with the shields up. All sector or planetary range attacks are stopped (or they should be )
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| If it stops Fighters being launched, can ships dock/take-off as usual? |
Yes ships can dock as normal
I can also say that I'm very happy with the way this works - especially the Ground Combat effect.
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Ground combat can only be short range with the shields up. All sector or planetary range attacks are stopped (or they should be ) |
Why does it stop sector and planetary attacks, but orbital and space attacks still work against the starbase(albeit their damage likely being absorbed into the shields)?
Or do you mean the Starbase itself cannot do them, but enemies can still hit the base with sector/planetary attacks?
Mark
If it prevents the physical moving into inside the shield then ships should be prevented from docking
but if you want a reason, say that ship landing do so down pre-arranged paths at slow enough speeds that the shield doesn't affect them - or something like that. Fighters wouldn't, else they would be sitting ducks to be picked off
Dan
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| it's a game mechanic... the complexes are to make starbases more defensible |
Yup - reasons are easy but its a game mechanic to provent highly defended attackers.
Perhaps the starbase should get a few rounds in first like with the boarding scenario for ships?
Just a thought
That goes for shuttle landings as well. Look there are shuttles landing, but we won't fire upon them because they don't have a position number attached to them, like those nice and considerate troop ships
