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Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 6:20:36 AM

Tyranicus

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Is there a way to up the max ship from 1500 to anything higher?

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 7:59:29 AM

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Not sure if it's feasible to do so as such big ships could become mostly engines. As to a way to do so I don't think there's one atm.

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 1:05:42 PM

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Not sure if it's feasible to do so as such big ships could become mostly engines. As to a way to do so I don't think there's one atm.

You mean...
You cannot mean...
It is not possible...

You mean: no DEATH STAR?

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 1:47:46 PM

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Only death among the stars

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 4:11:43 PM

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Dang cause my cap ships are bout 1700 to 1800 and my personal flagship is bout 2700.

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 6:57:55 PM

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Can you post a screenshoot with their designs? I'd love to see their specs.

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 7:35:05 PM

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Sure let me try to get a screen shot in

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 7:54:49 PM

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 8:13:02 PM

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awsome, those things are terminators....galaxy terminators
I remember there were some ways to bypass the cap but I'm not sure now. How did you come to have them? Even if you find a ship that's beyond the cap you can't modify it and these look like you built them....but then the cap should apply once more.
I'll search the forum a bit to see if I can get the old threads on this.

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 8:14:26 PM

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I built it and put it in the game thru the editor.

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 8:17:54 PM

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Aaa, that would explain it. There was an old issue where you can design a "base" to actually be a ship...since planet side bases can be of any size you'd effectively bypass the ship size cap.
But I've already doublechecked your screenshots and this was not the case.

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/9/2011 8:27:41 PM

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Its a pretty effective ship but maintance is high.

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/10/2011 12:27:19 AM

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Good grief, he has got weapons on this beast that I have not survived long enough to even see...
There is more in IGard's cargo bay than I ever imagined...

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/10/2011 5:02:31 AM

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Good grief, he has got weapons on this beast that I have not survived long enough to even see...
There is more in IGard's cargo bay than I ever imagined...

Remember TJ, Igard has you on camera from the last time you were in his Cargo Bay!

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RE: Ship size capped? - 8/11/2011 12:01:40 AM

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And I thought I overdid it with 1000 size cap ships.

The AI, not being able to match those massive designs becomes far too easy when you build ships that big. And unless we get a way to put in our own ship designs as templates for the AI, building anything too big is just overkill and puts the game into super easy mode.