[Declined] Removing Killers

[Almeida]

brim, i guess structures get killed randomly: i killed 8 structures in my last attack, and there was only 1 factory in those 8 scturctures.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Brimstone

we've drifted from the topic. This isn't about how wonderful flak they make, its about that fact that it (as has certainly been said before) promotes bashing, which is only fun if your the underdog taking on the "big mighty enemy".

I agree that having better armor efficiency on structure killers than pods is a bad idea. Galleon's having highest damage efficiency of all its type doesn't help.

They are just pointless destruction as they are mostly used, to waste a target usually smaller than you more than they already are by roiding and fleet destruction.

I disagree, it's not just pointless. As an alliance, targeting a specific other alliance, it gives an advantage. All things equal, the alliance with structure killers is more likely to win. So they're useful in both directions, a bit like all other ships.

And noone has commented on the other problem i brought up about factories dying far too easily compared to other buildings.

I've seen quite a few battlereports, and think you are mistaken.

[Gerbie]

Originally Posted by Almeida

brim, i guess structures get killed randomly: i killed 8 structures in my last attack, and there was only 1 factory in those 8 scturctures.

I saw an attack yesterday were 8 structures were killed on a planet with 90 structures of which 60 wave amplifiers. None of the wave amplifiers was destroyed. Chances of that happening are quite slim. There is a random factor, but it is implimented weird.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Gerbie

I saw an attack yesterday were 8 structures were killed on a planet with 90 structures of which 60 wave amplifiers. None of the wave amplifiers was destroyed. Chances of that happening are quite slim. There is a random factor, but it is implimented weird.

Consider that the targeting is not 'random', but distributed by number of structures present.

Edit: The manual is obviously wrong here.

[BCEagle]

Currently I am attacking a planet larger than myself and using structure killers as a deterent to move away some of his fleet surely this shouldn't be eliminated, perhaps structure killers should only be sent to a planet 80% your balue instead of 40%, this may solve the problem.

[Kal]

Structure killers are here to stay, their damage might change or max number of strcutures destroyed might decrease but they arn't going anywhere