Defence Platforms

[grimgor]

Note: each UP/def/att/cov planet can match 50% 'natural' power, to a max of the numbers below.

so why should defence be any different?

cause it cheaper to build on the defence plarform then on the planet

[Wolf359]

I don't get your point - defence platforms are separate entities to planets - and so they're capabilities should not be linked.

[Lore]

I see your point Grim, but feel like it defeats the pourpose of platforms to begin with. I say no to the idea myself.

[GeneralChaos]

NO, as the platforms take damage no matter what.

[grimgor]

Wolf359 they should be linked i did't say my bad

but why build defence on a planet if you can build a platform which is much cheaper and it is invisible

[Nobody101]

Go for it mate but most of us have 10 planets not 3, i already think that now they have brought in MS efficiency they have already made it to easy to steal planets, i also believe that defence platforms are a poor attempt to even it up so don't make it more unbalanced, Fleets are now so cheap you can basically take any planet very easily, i think that conquering a planet should be the same as attacking some one, you should loose fleets regardless of if you win or loose and if you attack some one and your fleet strength is less then 80% of the planets defence all your fleets should be destroyed

[Wolf359]

Wolf359 they should be linked i did't say my bad

but why build defence on a planet if you can build a platform which is much cheaper and it is invisible

Because you can only have 3 defence platforms, yet you can have 10 planets!

And they shouldn't be linked because your defence platforms are not tied to your planet - they are seperate machines that can move around your system - hence why I said they are seperate entities and so their power shouldn't be linked to the planets.

[MEZZANINE]

PDPs are far to cheap to build compared to fleet hangers and many players who had massive planet defs have now sold them to buy massive PDPs instead.

The updates as they stand have achieved 2 things,

1) Reduced the untakeable planets on an account from 10 to 3

2) Made taking a planet a very big risk in Naq spent on fleets


Personally I was against the update and thought allowing fleets to defend planets and fleets not to engage in MS-v-MS battles or even Multiple MS / MS missions would have been a better way to go. Things being what they are, I like the idea of PDP only giving 50% of a planets def but agree it defeats the 'surprise' and 'risk' elements of PDPs that admin wanted so it will not happen.

[GeneralChaos]

It matters not, no one will have over 500k defenses on a planet anyway ( unless done before update ) due to the fact at 500k they are 80mill and at 500005 they go to 160mill. Defenses are useless, also no matter how big a platform is, it will still take damage.

[urogard]

It matters not, no one will have over 500k defenses on a planet anyway ( unless done before update ) due to the fact at 500k they are 80mill and at 500005 they go to 160mill. Defenses are useless, also no matter how big a platform is, it will still take damage.

does planet def cost boost to 160 mil per defenes when you reach 500k? or is that on a platform

[GeneralChaos]

It matters not, no one will have over 500k defenses on a planet anyway ( unless done before update ) due to the fact at 500k they are 80mill and at 500005 they go to 160mill. Defenses are useless, also no matter how big a platform is, it will still take damage.

does planet def cost boost to 160 mil per defenes when you reach 500k? or is that on a platform

On a planet at 500k it says 80mill but when you buy just 5, so its 500,005 it jumps to 160mill / defense, im not sure on the jump to 180mill,

So its cheaper for the person massing it in the long run, as there investment cannot be undone.