if your going to nerf it please do it now but next will be seige mortars and then i think i mine as well plant flower pots where my turrets are cause every base becomes unhittable again. Think they need to leave stuff the way it is. this is a pirate game and if you get attacked attack back go get your resourses. If there is a win button and you know about it why cry go use it yourself
Leave the hailstorms be....this is a war game....learn to adapt...and you also have the same oppurtunity to use the same weapons against your foes.
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jeah, but also remember they take away lot of firepower those hailstorms. Also they don't shoot down everything... I have 5 on my basefleet, sure it helps a lot against mortars. But if there are 2 mortars shooting and me i still have to keep moving
Think of your base defense as a game of rock, paper, scissors; if you just choose paper every time, people will choose scissors every time to counter you. You gotta switch it up to be effective.
for us who have to wait for build times or coin, you can't switch up effectively. Someone who has invested time (or money) to build multiple fleets (or several building diff fleets) can just swap a new fleet and roll you. If you decide to redesign to counter that fleet (add in time to change weapons per gun not to mention moving crap around) all they have to do is switch to a new fleet to counter.
Gotta adapt yes... but switch it up?? Seems like something said from someone who doesn't need to worry about the time and cost involved in changing (mod/dev.. or hack). The game isn't designed or plausible to continually change up your base and it's defense to counter. It has to be a jack of all trades or you're a farm.
You have to see this from both sides; you're only focusing on what Hailstorms give you and not what you lose. For every Hailstorm that you have on a ship, you are loosing an offensive weapon. If you have a fleet of 5 FF and you have 2 Hailstorms on each, that's a total of 10 less weapons in your fleet, and thus you lose time in a base attack. Everything in the game is give and take; great at some things not so much at others. If Hailstorms are making your base weak, switch your Victory Mortars for Bombard Rockets. If missiles are getting you, switch your BRs to Flak Cannons. If ballistic is getting you, switch Flaks for Howitzers.
Think of your base defense as a game of rock, paper, scissors; if you just choose paper every time, people will choose scissors every time to counter you. You gotta switch it up to be effective.
well there is the third point as well.. what about all those ppl who are now massively disadvantaged because they do not have hailstorms due to ... oh i dont know ... having a life on NYE weekend!
when will hailstorms be released into drac salvages?
I think they should just give Victory Mortars a major overhaul, like half the damage but twice the firing rate, or 1/3 and 3x's the fire rate, etc. That or nerf the firing rate of the Hailstorms, give em a longer reload time so there's higher odds of mortars slipping through.
Honestly if they cut down the flight pattern that would help significantly. The range of the hailstorms say 28, but they will shoot at VMs at the top of the arch. I believe this allows hailstroms to fire 2 volleys at the same group of VMs.
I agree that VMs were the key to a good defense forcing players within the range of Howitzers, and not allowing them to sit back and pick off howizters one by 1.
Remove the Anti-mortar from the game KIXEYE we already had Ablative Armor we didn't need more defence against mortars.
You can gives us anti-submarine weapons instead that can replace the anti-mortars. Rocket torpedoes or something with 55 range since that is max detection range you can get with sonar 3, if you don't have BC!
How easy do you want it ? use your brain if you have one, and if you can't even take out sub's why do you even bother playing ? Use your head and stop crying and try new seteps, don't spoil it for all of us who can adapt. Anti-mortar uses a weapon slot, Ablative armor uses a special slot.
Sry but I have to agree with him. I have 5 Vic's protecting my base and at one point I could severely criple an FF fleet, however anymore not one mortar round touches ground. Maybe I need to do a lil more research on my base set up. As it stands I also don't like the new anti mortar guns for the only weapon that ever kept anyone from just strolling in my base was the vic's. Sentinell 4's dont even scratch any fleet that has ever entered my base. Remember I never stated that the Vic's destroyed fleets unless they were sitting still. They would and could do just enough damage to make attackers think twice. Also a lil jealous of them I must agree because I was away with family durring the holidays and returned to find everyone hitting me with these new ship desighns at will with barely any damage to speak of. So it is off to the drawing boards with very little hope that I will come up with anything that will help my base survive know. Wich reminds me lets get something new to help with base alterations. Moving hundreds of little walls from here to there over to here then back over there just so I can move these 6 pieces of land makes 0 sence to me. I have allready rebuilt my base three times, and this 4th time I am allready regretting without even moving a single piece yet.
Well just got done watching a video proving that even 7 Vics are not enough to Damage let alone stop a properly fitted fleet with these anti mortars even from a stand still. So adjusting my base will not happen anytime soon since it will not help. Awsome for those of you whom have won them. Also the video shows bases being crushed with just 7 missiles spread between 5 FF rest of the slots are well you guessed it.
Sry but I have to agree with him. I have 5 Vic's protecting my base and at one point I could severely criple an FF fleet, however anymore not one mortar round touches ground. Maybe I need to do a lil more research on my base set up. As it stands I also don't like the new anti mortar guns for the only weapon that ever kept anyone from just strolling in my base was the vic's. Sentinell 4's dont even scratch any fleet that has ever entered my base. Remember I never stated that the Vic's destroyed fleets unless they were sitting still. They would and could do just enough damage to make attackers think twice. Also a lil jealous of them I must agree because I was away with family durring the holidays and returned to find everyone hitting me with these new ship desighns at will with barely any damage to speak of. So it is off to the drawing boards with very little hope that I will come up with anything that will help my base survive know. Wich reminds me lets get something new to help with base alterations. Moving hundreds of little walls from here to there over to here then back over there just so I can move these 6 pieces of land makes 0 sence to me. I have allready rebuilt my base three times, and this 4th time I am allready regretting without even moving a single piece yet.
You have how many VMs on your base? Awh so sweet, where can I come for my new farm, the ones I have now are starting to dry up as I forgot to let the warehouses grow :crying:
And no I don't have the anti mortars fitted to my Hammerheads.
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Well just got done watching a video proving that even 7 Vics are not enough to Damage let alone stop a properly fitted fleet with these anti mortars even from a stand still. So adjusting my base will not happen anytime soon since it will not help. Awsome for those of you whom have won them. Also the video shows bases being crushed with just 7 missiles spread between 5 FF rest of the slots are well you guessed it.
where's this vid I want to see it.
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anti morts do not take out all the shells fired it will get 1 in 3 or 2 in 4........i dont mind the feature and my vmsx2 at lv4 still work well and some players with lv38 fleets well no
Actually no. My base (all towers lvl 4, DU4, 7-turn gauntlet) was just beaten for the first time in ages by a guy with a HH B fleet. He had mainly mortars, some missiles, and, essentially, one or two Hailstorms on each ship, plus RA3. My sents hardly scratched him. My 3 VMs were shot down in mid-flight. He had very good steering skills and took out my spread-out 3 Howies from a save distance. Now I have no problem being beaten every now and then, but the thing is, this guy can come back every 36 hrs from now on and I have no way whatever to defend myself. And this is just not right. The only solution: Increase howie range. I see no other way out of this predicament.
u have no flak.....u are wide open to missile attack.....u just haven't had a good player hit ur base yet, do the math, 13 siege missile, 17 hailstorm, RA3, Solid fuel Booster, titanium 4, = ur base %100 destroyed, sry, not trying to make u mad but i had very close to same base as u, layout and gun placement, i to thought i cldnt b touched, till i met a fleet as i just described....
If you don't already know, you better ask somebody!!!
Remove the Anti-mortar from the game KIXEYE we already had Ablative Armor we didn't need more defence against mortars.
stop complaining... first off VM did crap against any ship that had eng 2 or higher on it.. so mortars never were an issue.. and with anti-mortars it makes them even less of a issue.. thanks kixeye for adding them.. btw it was nice to have something that can help on fvf mortars
You have how many VMs on your base? Awh so sweet, where can I come for my new farm, the ones I have now are starting to dry up as I forgot to let the warehouses grow :crying:
And no I don't have the anti mortars fitted to my Hammerheads.
if he has lots of good turns then they might do some good damage on them
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Guy Kixeye set ya'll up for Drac Base weapons come on everyone you been down this road before. When the Drac base weapons comes out you will be back on here going not fair can't hit a base now to hard. Game of chest it is roll with it.
NOPE not true dude try 5 vm's firing at your fleet. thats a total of 20 salvo dropping.
yep very TRUE dude.. i have same in my base, its like raining to their ships, they can only catch that if they put all antimortar in their weapons bwahahaha
Remove the Anti-mortar from the game KIXEYE we already had Ablative Armor we didn't need more defence against mortars.
You can gives us anti-submarine weapons instead that can replace the anti-mortars. Rocket torpedoes or something with 55 range since that is max detection range you can get with sonar 3, if you don't have BC!
no they dont have to. i have built a base that defends from mortars with anti mortar and missles with anti mortar and can stillsink the fleet.....get out there and redo ur bases like swag said.
Can you imagine being a high level player that DIDN'T get hailstorms during the last raid cause you were on vacation or whatever??? Limited item you can't get now and it's dominating new base hitting fleet design. Talk about getting the bone from Kixeye!!!
Of course new players will NEVER get it (apparently)...so good luck when you get big guys!
You have to see this from both sides; you're only focusing on what Hailstorms give you and not what you lose. For every Hailstorm that you have on a ship, you are loosing an offensive weapon. If you have a fleet of 5 FF and you have 2 Hailstorms on each, that's a total of 10 less weapons in your fleet, and thus you lose time in a base attack. Everything in the game is give and take; great at some things not so much at others. If Hailstorms are making your base weak, switch your Victory Mortars for Bombard Rockets. If missiles are getting you, switch your BRs to Flak Cannons. If ballistic is getting you, switch Flaks for Howitzers.
Think of your base defense as a game of rock, paper, scissors; if you just choose paper every time, people will choose scissors every time to counter you. You gotta switch it up to be effective.
I'd rather get hit and lost 28 mils, than spending few days to switch turrets because I can just get those 28 mils back in 20 mins.
antimortar isnt the big problem. RA3 IS. it effectively nerfs the sents to the point of them being almost useless. they are and should remain the staple base defense. RA should be cut in half. also, rockets should not be able to be fired at docks. we also need a launchpad cool-down. the dock rocketing is just retarded.
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antimortar isnt the big problem. RA3 IS. it effectively nerfs the sents to the point of them being almost useless. they are and should remain the staple base defense. RA should be cut in half. also, rockets should not be able to be fired at docks. we also need a launchpad cool-down. the dock rocketing is just retarded.
Dock Rocketing is Strategic planning. If players are doing it to you, do it right back at them. They will learn quick enough not to it. RA3 is not a problem. High level players need to adjust their turret layout and stop relying on sents to do the damage that protected them so well in the lower levels.
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You can please some people most of the time, and you can please most people some of the time, but you will never, ever be able to keep those bitchy little whiners who inhabit yours forums from having a cry about every single thing you ever do (or don't do).
*In my best old man voice* Kids these days have no idea how easy they have it. All these new fangled gadgets and no idea how to use it.
solid fuel boosters are not a issue. there great. check my post on bigballs video. regarding the seige missile set.
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Gotta adapt yes... but switch it up?? Seems like something said from someone who doesn't need to worry about the time and cost involved in changing (mod/dev.. or hack). The game isn't designed or plausible to continually change up your base and it's defense to counter. It has to be a jack of all trades or you're a farm.
well there is the third point as well.. what about all those ppl who are now massively disadvantaged because they do not have hailstorms due to ... oh i dont know ... having a life on NYE weekend!
when will hailstorms be released into drac salvages?
Honestly if they cut down the flight pattern that would help significantly. The range of the hailstorms say 28, but they will shoot at VMs at the top of the arch. I believe this allows hailstroms to fire 2 volleys at the same group of VMs.
I agree that VMs were the key to a good defense forcing players within the range of Howitzers, and not allowing them to sit back and pick off howizters one by 1.
How easy do you want it ? use your brain if you have one, and if you can't even take out sub's why do you even bother playing ? Use your head and stop crying and try new seteps, don't spoil it for all of us who can adapt. Anti-mortar uses a weapon slot, Ablative armor uses a special slot.
You have how many VMs on your base? Awh so sweet, where can I come for my new farm, the ones I have now are starting to dry up as I forgot to let the warehouses grow
And no I don't have the anti mortars fitted to my Hammerheads.
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where's this vid I want to see it.
http://forums.kixeye.com/threads/159878-(un)Questionably-the-greatest-base-(part-deux)
How many BR do you have in your base?
stop complaining... first off VM did crap against any ship that had eng 2 or higher on it.. so mortars never were an issue.. and with anti-mortars it makes them even less of a issue.. thanks kixeye for adding them.. btw it was nice to have something that can help on fvf mortars
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yep very TRUE dude.. i have same in my base, its like raining to their ships, they can only catch that if they put all antimortar in their weapons bwahahaha
Of course new players will NEVER get it (apparently)...so good luck when you get big guys!
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I'd rather get hit and lost 28 mils, than spending few days to switch turrets because I can just get those 28 mils back in 20 mins.
Dock Rocketing is Strategic planning. If players are doing it to you, do it right back at them. They will learn quick enough not to it. RA3 is not a problem. High level players need to adjust their turret layout and stop relying on sents to do the damage that protected them so well in the lower levels.
You can please some people most of the time, and you can please most people some of the time, but you will never, ever be able to keep those bitchy little whiners who inhabit yours forums from having a cry about every single thing you ever do (or don't do).
*In my best old man voice* Kids these days have no idea how easy they have it. All these new fangled gadgets and no idea how to use it.