Pirates ahoy!

[Starshatter]

I think the 2 and 3 ship attacks may be pirates. And I think that may be who leeched me. I got a system error when trying to intercept a fleet heading to Mads. I reported it, and it was apparently because I didn't have the planet of origins coordinates. But the interesting thing is, Athena's reply was that the "?","?" etc flags mean that its a system ship. Therefore my deduction that its the yo ho ho ho boys. Could be mighty wrong of course!

[SkulkrinBait]

Sounds plausible, it does mention pirates in the manual I think.

[SkulkrinBait]

Ah yes, I think the figures are wrong, this from Peruns manual:

The Raiders

The Raiders are an organised group of thieves that will randomly attack a planet. Their current aim is to steal whatever resources they can get from a planet and leave.

Attacks will happen when a planet reaches a certain score. Depending on what the planet score is, the raiders will send different classes of ships to use in the raid. The different scores and ships are listed below.


Planet Score Ships Used
0 When a planet reaches this score, it will become a target for an attack by the raiders. Only Vampire Class (RE. 2) Vessels will be used in the raid
0 At this point, Fighter class ships are added to the raiders attack fleet
0 Corvettes are added
0 Frigates are added
0 Destroyers are added
0 Cruisers are added
0 Battleships are added
0 Flagships are added

Please Note - These are planet scores, NOT account scores.



As there is no way of knowing where Raider attacks are launched from, it is impossible to send probes to try and gather fleet data. Monitoring of Raider attacks has however provided the following data about the size and composition of the fleet involved relative to the score of the planet targetted.

The fleets appear to be made up using ships on a point for point basis. ie. A sufficient quantity of ships will be added such that their score matches the composition percentages specified below. To achieve this score, the Raiders will draw ships from all available classes. ie. If the planet has a score over 0 points, the raiders will use Vampires (RE. 2), Spirit fighters (FI. 5) for the EMP component and all remaining Fighter and Corvette classes for the kill component.

Component Description
0% Vampires
0% EMP Capable Ships
0% Killing Ships

It has also been noted that the Raiders do not stick to the same attack strategy.

[Perun]

Manual updated with newly added figures on the game site. Will be uploaded ASAP.

I'm not certain what those percentages mean: our own score, or...?

[Starshatter]

Aha! That makes it all clear. Neotron Towers, and cloaking detection are next on my list!

[SkulkrinBait]

Out of interest what score was the planet when it was targetted? Just so we all know.

[Perun]

Using latest raider info, I made some calculations and came up with these figures for Raider fleets:

for scores 75,000 - 299,999: 2 - 7 Vampires
for scores 300,000 - 499,999: 7 - 11 Vampires, 60 - 100 Spirits, 45 - 75 fighters* or 72 - 120 Adders

*based on average fighter value (125+150+175+200+250+300)/6

So, be careful about these figures. They are theoretical, but still...

This is the actual math, really simple:

Vampires: (score * 0,02) / 900
Spirits: (score * 0,02) / 150
Fighters: (score * 0,02) / figther_average_see_above

[Harlequin]

Just so we're all absolutely clear what are the best precautions to ensure that Vampires are picked up and swatted, even if the player isn't at the keyboard?

Suggestions

Neutron Towers
Disruptor Towers

Correct? What else?

I think we need to get this sorted as more attacks from Raiders will happen and Gareth sprung a nasty resource leak yesterday.

[Perun]

timbus said:

Just so we're all absolutely clear what are the best precautions to ensure that Vampires are picked up and swatted, even if the player isn't at the keyboard?

Suggestions

Neutron Towers
Disruptor Towers

Correct? What else?

I think we need to get this sorted as more attacks from Raiders will happen and Gareth sprung a nasty resource leak yesterday.

Come on, people, RTFM! No PDS can destroy neither freighters nor transports. Disruptor towers can freeze them, but you still must have a fleet in orbit to kill them.

Neutron blasters can kill fighters, frigates and corvettes.
Electron beams can kill flagships, destroyers and cruisers.
Proton beams can kill cruisers, battlehips and carriers.

So, you have to have all tower variants to effectively defend against mixed fleets.

[Harlequin]

That's me told then ;D

[Perun]

Oh, and by the way, you must have ships in planetary orbit, not in a fleet orbiting a planet. Remember that, or you'll end up like me, losing few thousands of resources needlessly.

[SkulkrinBait]

I've got pirates incoming now, 2 ships headed for Amarin, ETA 8 hours.

The 260 Bullets I've got there should make short work of them!

[Harlequin]

Give them a slap from me ;D

[Starshatter]

skulkrinbait said:

Out of interest what score was the planet when it was targetted? Just so we all know.

Round about the 120k mark. Substantially over the 75k threshold.