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What do you do in a VAST UNIVERSE? Blow stuff up! Browser game invasion!

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    When colonizing another planet/moon, do I have to load up my colonizing vessel with minerals?

    Sheep on
  • ImperfectImperfect Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Dyvion wrote: »
    Imperfect wrote: »
    Well, you can use your spaceport to send things to your other planets, which is a bit easier, IMHO.

    EXCEPT.

    There's a limit on the cargo capacity, and I have no clue how to find out exactly what it is or how to increase it. More spaceports, I presume?

    Each spaceport level has 1600 cargo capacity.

    Each cargo hold has 400 cargo capacity.

    Wait, I thought cargo holds were modules though? Or are you mentioning these as ALTERNATIVES, not compliments?

    Imperfect on
  • BraincowBraincow Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    When colonizing another planet/moon, do I have to load up my colonizing vessel with minerals?

    No, all colonies start out with 1000 of each resource. Any extra you bring along will be added to the total.
    Imperfect wrote: »
    Dyvion wrote: »
    Imperfect wrote: »
    Well, you can use your spaceport to send things to your other planets, which is a bit easier, IMHO.

    EXCEPT.

    There's a limit on the cargo capacity, and I have no clue how to find out exactly what it is or how to increase it. More spaceports, I presume?

    Each spaceport level has 1600 cargo capacity.

    Each cargo hold has 400 cargo capacity.

    Wait, I thought cargo holds were modules though? Or are you mentioning these as ALTERNATIVES, not compliments?

    Spaceports act as automatic cargo carriers, so you don't have to order a fleet around. Cargo vessels are useful for recycling, but you can also use them to haul resources around.

    Braincow on
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  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    When colonizing another planet/moon, do I have to load up my colonizing vessel with minerals?

    Nope. They may go towards your starting money, but that early on, anything you can fit into a shuttle won't have much of an effect on your global economy. Shit is mad cheap early on.
    As long as you level up your resource generators first, you should be good on money for a while.

    Also, hooray! Up to my 6th planet. :)

    Erin The Red on
  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    Do resources pool?

    Sheep on
  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    Hahah. I send a probe to Road Virus, and now he has one either on it's way to me, or already here.

    ZOMG ALIENDS.

    Sheep on
  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Hahah. I send a probe to Road Virus, and now he has one either on it's way to me, or already here.

    ZOMG ALIENDS.

    All this fellow wang probing has convinced me to make a new probe vehicle
    I call it ZOOM ZOOM PROEB
    It has 3 resistojets and a radar
    If you see something tearing ass across space, yeah, that's me.
    Sheep wrote: »
    Do resources pool?
    Sadly, no. Each planet lives on its own resources. You can transport them around later, but they are largely independent.

    Erin The Red on
  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    Seems like colonizing does require enough resources on the home planet to setup a colony.

    your colony Ageisopolis cannot afford the cost (250 of each resource) for a new colony !

    :(

    Sheep on
  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Seems like colonizing does require enough resources on the home planet to setup a colony.

    your colony Ageisopolis cannot afford the cost (250 of each resource) for a new colony !

    :(


    yeah you have to have x amount of resources to start the colony, but aside from that they're not tied.

    Erin The Red on
  • DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Seems like colonizing does require enough resources on the home planet to setup a colony.

    your colony Ageisopolis cannot afford the cost (250 of each resource) for a new colony !

    :(


    yeah you have to have x amount of resources to start the colony, but aside from that they're not tied.

    My colonies cost 64000 of each resource now. eep.

    Dyvion on
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  • RhapsodyRhapsody Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Hahah. I send a probe to Road Virus, and now he has one either on it's way to me, or already here.

    ZOMG ALIENDS.

    All this fellow wang probing has convinced me to make a new probe vehicle
    I call it ZOOM ZOOM PROEB
    It has 3 resistojets and a radar
    If you see something tearing ass across space, yeah, that's me.

    I see your probe sir, what do I do now?

    Rhapsody on
  • MegaPureiboiMegaPureiboi Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I just joined yesterday, and I've had some guy's fleet orbiting my planet since about an hour after I joined.

    MegaPureiboi on
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  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Rhapsody wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Hahah. I send a probe to Road Virus, and now he has one either on it's way to me, or already here.

    ZOMG ALIENDS.

    All this fellow wang probing has convinced me to make a new probe vehicle
    I call it ZOOM ZOOM PROEB
    It has 3 resistojets and a radar
    If you see something tearing ass across space, yeah, that's me.

    I see your probe sir, what do I do now?

    Nothing. Just lets us keep tabs on you... shifty members of the alliance.
    Gotta keep tabs on our wangs. :winky:

    Erin The Red on
  • ZachardeZacharde Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Look what I saw on my scanner.....

    goliath.jpg

    Doesn' look like we are at war with these guys, but thought I should mention it.

    Zacharde on
    "For future reference, I was sort of hoping for a suggestion that didn't sound like it came from that Bolshevik Muppet with all the dynamite."
  • Iron WeaselIron Weasel Dillon! You son of a bitch!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I felt that I had severely gimped myself, so I deleted my account, determined to do better.

    Unfortunately, I am again encountering that weird thing where I keeps on reseting my racial modifiers screen and I can't be arsed right now to keep trying over and over until the game decides that it will accept my changes. I'll give it another go tonight. Good luck!

    Iron Weasel on
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    The Division, Warframe (XB1)
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  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Zacharde wrote: »
    Look what I saw on my scanner.....

    goliath.jpg

    Doesn' look like we are at war with these guys, but thought I should mention it.

    Perhaps we should exend a wang-shaped olive branch in their direction? The "goon smasher" fleet name leads me to believe they may be receptive. The enemy of my enemy, etc.

    Also, due to severe energy crisis on planet Cadia, life support systems will be shut down for one out of every three hours of the day. Goodnight, and good luck.

    Erin The Red on
  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    So on a whim, I created an allied board for us and invited the whole federation. Wondering if anyone else can see it:

    http://beta.humugus.com/index.php/allyboard.hum

    Six on
    can you feel the struggle within?
  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Six wrote: »
    So on a whim, I created an allied board for us and invited the whole federation. Wondering if anyone else can see it:

    http://beta.humugus.com/index.php/allyboard.hum

    Aye, sir. I can

    Edit: Since the goons are at war with us, perhaps we should make some kind of compendium of their worlds? Just in case.

    0:11:60
    0:11:30

    Erin The Red on
  • BraincowBraincow Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    We have our own fed board, so there's no reason to start another one. But there's no harm in spreading the WANG around.

    http://beta.humugus.com/index.php/board/general.hum

    Braincow on
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  • MegaPureiboiMegaPureiboi Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Could I get an invite?
    Name is Kemlo

    MegaPureiboi on
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    Steam: Kemlo
  • SkulkrakenSkulkraken Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I'll add an extra page to the spreadsheet for listing their coordinates, if any of us are actually considering taking on the goons head-on. And some info: attacking anyone at least twice as high as you in the protection level ranks causes you to lose your protection against all higher-level players.

    Skulkraken on
  • DizzenDizzen Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Say, is there anywhere that lists the upkeep costs for ships? I see the cost to make them at the shipyard, and if I click on one of my fleets while it is on a mission, it lists an energy cost at the bottom of the page, but I haven't a clue if that's the overall cost of the mission, or the hourly rate, or what. I am also in the dark regarding whether there might be a place that shows such costs before I give a fleet its orders.

    Also, did the goons actually do anything yet, or are folks just expecting the inevitable?

    Edit: Ah, that energy 'cost' I was seeing on the fleet screen was just what I was hauling. Certainly explains why it was so high for such a short trip.

    Dizzen on
  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Dizzen wrote: »
    Say, is there anywhere that lists the upkeep costs for ships? I see the cost to make them at the shipyard, and if I click on one of my fleets while it is on a mission, it lists an energy cost at the bottom of the page, but I haven't a clue if that's the overall cost of the mission, or the hourly rate, or what. I am also in the dark regarding whether there might be a place that shows such costs before I give a fleet its orders.

    Also, did the goons actually do anything yet, or are folks just expecting the inevitable?

    Planning ahead

    Sic vis pacum, para bellum

    Erin The Red on
  • SkulkrakenSkulkraken Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fleet costs are linked to colonies, so you can see the upkeep costs (per tick, IIRC) in the development tab underneath your facilities' upkeep when you check on your planets.

    Skulkraken on
  • Trevor GoodchildTrevor Goodchild Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Is the Ratoidz guy the NPC that takes over abandoned accounts?

    Trevor Goodchild on
  • DizzenDizzen Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Yup yup!

    Dizzen on
  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Ships are so expensive! My basic fighter would cost ~1500 of every reasource.

    :(

    wakkawa on
  • CheeselikerCheeseliker Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Could I get an invite? I'm at star (3;-8) Planet (3:-8:30). Basically just trying to build some shit and get my resources up right now.

    Cheeseliker on
  • Trevor GoodchildTrevor Goodchild Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Yeah ships are quite expensive. :O Just shy of 10k of each resource to build my basic Frigate.

    Trevor Goodchild on
  • Atramental GhostAtramental Ghost Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Is the Ratoidz guy the NPC that takes over abandoned accounts?
    "A new specie appeared in Universe 2 days ago ...
    its technology is way to high for such young civilization
    and unlike all other civilizations, their color is magenta

    how do the "Ratoidz" posses such technological levels ?
    where do they come form ?
    what are their intentions ?
    are they friendly ?
    and what is gonna happen after the 35th day of the server ?

    stay tuned ..

    Update: Nobody knows why civilizations that were trying to find their position in the Universe but did not succeed tend to be assimilated by Ratoidz.
    Ratoidz take over their colonies, and their fleets but although they like to further develop the colonies, they tend to build ships of their own design.
    it is surprising that even low developed colonies are able to build ships ..."

    Something tells me that shit is going to hit the fan real soon. D:

    Atramental Ghost on
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  • SkulkrakenSkulkraken Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Well, the Ratoidz *do* make attack ships now...

    In all actuality, I doubt the Ratoidz are going to be much more than a minor nuisance. While the bot *can* build ships essentially out of thin air (no shipyard required), the ships themselves still follow the standard rules, including stuff like upkeep. The first time I went after a Ratoidz colony, its defending satellites refused to help their master because they were on strike. I still find it funny that a bunch of unmanned satellites decided to go on strike. :P

    [Edit]

    So, uh... I just smacked around a goon. Around ten times. I will probably end up being blasted to smithereens for it, but at least I managed to loot 120,000 in resources before getting driven off. :P

    Skulkraken on
  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I made my second colony! I tried to make my third...but don't quite have the resources. Oh well, should just be a tick. Things are rolling along nicely, now.

    Reynolds on
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  • NorgothNorgoth cardiffRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Teched and ready! Once I have the resources it's Colonys a go-go. Hopefully I can get wanged (id 1848 norgoth) becuase I don't see any PAers nearby.

    Norgoth on
  • SkulkrakenSkulkraken Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Invitation sent. Check the Federations tab to accept it.

    [Edit]

    Sweet. I just got my 10th planet colonized.

    Skulkraken on
  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    Road Virus, I have a colonizing vessel heading to your quadrant. Braincow, I have a scout heading towards 5:13:20.

    Sheep on
  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    anyone in the -14:21 area?

    DanHibiki on
  • BraincowBraincow Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I now rank #1 in population in the fed. Eat it, Dyvion. :)

    Braincow on
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  • ImperfectImperfect Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Wow, so. Just got laid off. I guess I'll have more time to play. =)

    Imperfect on
  • Erin The RedErin The Red The Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMA Baton Rouge, LARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Imperfect wrote: »
    Wow, so. Just got laid off. I guess I'll have more time to play. =)

    Dude me too.
    Fucking blows doesnt it

    Erin The Red on
  • RhapsodyRhapsody Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    So how do I go about finding other PA people, just send out probes and whatnot? Also does anyone have advice as to when to make and send out a colonization ship. Is a shuttle gonna cut it?

    Rhapsody on
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