I'd like to see WP's show their shields in combat. I use a few WP designs which have 1 shield generator each, but in combat they don't show up. I -think- they resist damage as you go, but I really can't tell.
Maybe something nasty like letting them -combine- their shields as if the planet were one big ship and each platform was a group of components for it. So that you have to destroy all shield points before damaging one platform. Then teach the AI to put 1 generator in each WP for a planet, since I've noticed all they do is stuff weapons into them.
Add the range bonuses someone added to WP weapon mounts and suddenly those neutral planets might get tougher to crack if they are smart enough to jetison their older designs and build some with shields.
(It would also let human players make their planets well-protected by building a few WP designs with nothing -but- shields and maybe some regenerators in them.)
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"What do -you- want?" "I'd like to live -just- long enough
to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a
pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors
come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless
eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your
associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"
Re: weapon platforms
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