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Old September 12th, 2006, 01:11 PM
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Default Re: Official SE5 release date announced

They are now individually targetable, rather than stacked in groups, and the lack of area-effect weapons means that ships with only big guns will be wasting a LOT of firepower trying to blast those little buggers out of the sky

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98 drushocka fighters in space, 98 drushocka fighter...
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Old September 12th, 2006, 02:17 PM
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One complaint overhead early on was that fighters were too strong...
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Old September 12th, 2006, 03:20 PM
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Is the problem of accidental ramming (like in Starfury) eliminated in SE V?
Did you or any other betatester ever have a combat with something like 500 ships and 2000 fighters?
Sorry for all these questions, but we are just too curious and impatient.
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Old September 12th, 2006, 03:26 PM
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Ships pass over/under each instead of colliding. I've already offered some speculation on performance with large numbers of ships earlier in this thread.
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Will there be mines in the 3d battle or is it like Space Empires IV?
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Old September 12th, 2006, 03:59 PM
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Dunno, but I suppose you could create extremely slow drones which serve the same purpose...
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Isn't it September the 12th today?
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Default Re: Official SE5 release date announced

Quote:
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I've already offered some speculation on performance with large numbers of ships earlier in this thread.
I went back through the whole thread and can't seem to find it. How many ships in a battle were people were seeing before it was unplayable?
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Woops. It was this thread:
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...&Number=440663
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got it, thanks!

so... fighters are 2d objects? IIRC in Starfury they were 3d, no?
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