Dark Tide Official Pre-Event Discussion

  • Loco266
    Loco266
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 5,719
    Some people been calling me a troll thus trying to get me forum warnings, time for me to clear this up so listen up all my people. a·hem a·hem I am not a forum troll, I am a battle pirates expert, an expert in fleet building, base defense, statistics and base hitting. All my comments on this thread are well thought out constructive expert opinions. Now back on topic raid is tomorrow thank you for listening.
    Un-hide your sector and after the raid I'll show you "expert".

    On-topic: We have entirely new campaigns this time right? That'll be interesting. Old Strike was easy (yes, yes, I know, "easy for you, you have good tech", it was doable with Sea Wolves, I could have done it even without good tech. So could you, if you tried. It's time consuming and res-negative (so not really efficient), but it was DOABLE, which is what really matters in the end. And it was efficient enough to make getting the new hull and weapon reasonable for those who did do it that way), but it was getting really stale for me. At the very least figuring out effective approaches to the new one should be refreshing. I might take a look at Recon as well, my group has a couple of people who don't enjoy Strike so much so I figured I'll see if I can help them plan it out.

    Rescuing-ship mechanic is interesting, but I think maybe a points bonus per escaped ship would be better than working toward a rogue crew, however stupidly strong the crew may be (25% to all resists plus Siege Battery plus Aegis on already-high-resist fleets anyone?). Still, it's an interesting twist, but I wonder how many people are really going to go out of their way to do it. As I said, the crew's strong, but personally, it's not strong enough for me to go out of my way to make sure the ships escape. I have to unshroud them to clear the target, but I'm not gonna wait for them to escape if it'd take longer for them to do that than it would for me to finish the target. I have a feeling at least a few others are going to do similar.
    I'm starting to understand Magic Bunny's perspective...
  • Jerry.Johnson16
    Jerry.Johnson16
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2015 Posts: 11
    seein as we gonna spend our money for raid ... maybe give up the paintjobs and flags before raid starts... a lil extra for our money :)
  • Archive M6
    Archive M6
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined Jun 2015 Posts: 618
    Loco266 said:On-topic: We have entirely new campaigns this time right? That'll be interesting. Old Strike was easy (yes, yes, I know, "easy for you, you have good tech", it was doable with Sea Wolves, I could have done it even without good tech. So could you, if you tried. It's time consuming and res-negative (so not really efficient), but it was DOABLE, which is what really matters in the end. And it was efficient enough to make getting the new hull and weapon reasonable for those who did do it that way), but it was getting really stale for me. At the very least figuring out effective approaches to the new one should be refreshing. I might take a look at Recon as well, my group has a couple of people who don't enjoy Strike so much so I figured I'll see if I can help them plan it out.
    True that. I used the ol' missile SW fleet during Perdition. Did recon 120 times in my lv30s to get my hands on prints for Kodiak and D55-Z. Among some other small stuff.

    It took a huge amount of seat time, but it was very doable. I could have even gotten the Omega if I wanted to keep going.
  • Muttonhead Masher
    Muttonhead Masher
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined Jun 2012 Posts: 385
    Uhm  a simple line in briefing for when relocation will be enabled might prevent 1 or 2 threads asking when will it be re enabled. Normally its like 5 threads.
    Will harbin CEO co owner and founder of kixeye ... everyone has chance to get top prize by using money or by using time .
  • Papa Cap
    Papa Cap
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined May 2014 Posts: 364
    where is our hull raid kix
    They have switched from 2 per year to 3 per year.  The last three have been August 2014, December 2014, and April 2015.  I would expect the next one in August 2015.
    Launched: 5/17/2014  Current Level: 97
  • carl.wear.3
    carl.wear.3
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined May 2013 Posts: 6,696
    where is our hull raid kix
    Need a drydock so I can build all the hulls I got. And now the guard fleet is going to need a month of refit to allow for the new launcher.
  • Thew Restler
    Thew Restler
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined May 2011 Posts: 548
    Yeah what was got was a storage instead... doesn't help much except get in the way of the cancel button.
    Past member of DMK, back with Outlaws in BP.

    Member of the 177 in WC.
  • Thew Restler
    Thew Restler
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined May 2011 Posts: 548
    I like the escape mechanic, it's something new to consider and doesn't involve just taking massive amounts of damage.  :o
    Past member of DMK, back with Outlaws in BP.

    Member of the 177 in WC.
  • ya mum
    ya mum
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Jun 2011 Posts: 259
    how about no paint job in sector store and put siege bat 2 in there with the bulkhead please 
  • DragonSleeping
    DragonSleeping
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Mar 2015 Posts: 131
    So you take out the good cannon and replace it with a lesser one on the prize list,,, So i'm guessing the new players not supposed to catch up on firepower is that it??????????????????????????
  • The_Professor
    The_Professor
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined Mar 2013 Posts: 737
    So you take out the good cannon and replace it with a lesser one on the prize list,,, So i'm guessing the new players not supposed to catch up on firepower is that it??????????????????????????
    I see that you are lvl 52, What is the best fleet you got? can you do strike campaign with your fleets?
  • jack.sparroww.395
    jack.sparroww.395
    Potential Threat
    Joined Feb 2015 Posts: 27
    Ok people it is the next day and I am BACK!!!! Only thing I have to say now is you all are going in circles repeating the same thing over and over and you all are going in circles repeating the same thing over and over and you all are going in circles repeating the same thing over and over and over. I mean common people Kixeye heard you the first time. Be like me and post expert constructive original comments that nobody else said before and keep the post fresh anyways now back on topic. Raid is almost here grind hard don't whine and win some good stuff, thank you for listening.
  • Firehawk85
    Firehawk85
    Incursion Leader
    Joined Dec 2013 Posts: 1,183

    @Don Hellforu said:
    So you take out the good cannon and replace it with a lesser one on the prize list,,, So i'm guessing the new players not supposed to catch up on firepower is that it??????????????????????????

    Good cannon? If you mean arbalest, it was never a prize this month. Besides that, the only other cannons worth anything are the disruptors for slowing down. Bypass2/3 may be arguable as decent as well i guess. No other cannon is worth it tho.

    Besides, the new op weapon of the month is the antipode launcher. You get that and you will get along fine without a ballistics fleet.

  • Tallie Drooze
    Tallie Drooze
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2015 Posts: 4
    Looks like Edward Scissorhands dropped his glove LOL
  • screenwriter
    screenwriter
    Force to be Reckoned With
    Joined Dec 2012 Posts: 1,646
    Ok people it is the next day and I am BACK!!!! Only thing I have to say now is you all are going in circles repeating the same thing over and over and you all are going in circles repeating the same thing over and over and you all are going in circles repeating the same thing over and over and over. I mean common people Kixeye heard you the first time. Be like me and post expert constructive original comments that nobody else said before and keep the post fresh anyways now back on topic. Raid is almost here grind hard don't whine and win some good stuff, thank you for listening.
    "Common people" 

    Common. 
    Common. 

    You mean "come on" Yes?
  • Wargod Charles Zengi
    Wargod Charles Zengi
    Skilled Warrior
    Joined Dec 2012 Posts: 423

    Ok, Pirates and Piratettes, launch your ships, BECAUSE TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!!!!

    Attack Me I Will Seek Revenge, Not today Of Course, but much later down the line.


    82 Hulls Secured, More To Come.

  • Kalidor55
    Kalidor55
    Master Tactician
    Joined Jul 2012 Posts: 2,260
    aldor said:
    Two questions here:

    1 - Do we have the breakdown of the different campaign bonuses and the penalty for doing lower one. ???  This should not be to hard to obtain !   
    2 - If i help a lower player i assume i have less point but is he penalized too or just the higher lvl?

    Thanks in advance for the answer
    Well i guess that was too much to ask or it's classified info ;)
  • CM DOOMROOSTER
    CM DOOMROOSTER
    KIXEYE Community Manager
    Joined Jan 2014 Posts: 4,939
    Closing pre-event thread in advance of the event, which begins soon. Thanks for everyone's feedback and questions. Good luck, Captains!
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