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Bennvdm -> Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/13/2012 5:11:33 PM)

Hi. I know you cannot use standard nukes for bombardment of planetary shield planets, but will heavy mass driver perhaps work as also does bombard damage of 1m & bypass shields?

Anyone try this yet on Legends?

Will do so next time I run into planetary shields.



szabferi -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/13/2012 7:08:33 PM)

IMO bombardment in it's current form is completely useless and must be avoided. You just make your prize you are fighting for (the colony) completely useless if you bombard it. I would like to see the possibility to prioritize the bombardment's target (eg: population, army, infrastructure etc).



ASHBERY76 -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/13/2012 8:04:25 PM)

Actaully I find bombardment very usefull.I would say it's actually overpowered in its quickness to destroy an empires colonies.One does not need to occupy when you can exterminate quicker.



jseah -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/13/2012 9:51:14 PM)

I have found it useful to bombard hard targets at times. As a Boskara Hivemind (and hence being able to declare war willy nilly), I have occasionally just turned enemy homeworlds into smoking nuclear wasteland instead of wasting troops.

Sure, you lose a good planet, but there's tons out there. You can always terraform it back if you really want it.



Apheirox -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/14/2012 12:50:53 AM)

I don't believe there is any way to bombard a planet once it has a shield up (outside of planet destroyers).

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Bombardment is very useful. Even if you reduce the size of your 'prize', it also makes it much easier to conquer. Trying to take over a homeworld planet with poor tech and weak economy early in the game is next to impossible. A little nuclear devastation does wonders then.



szabferi -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/14/2012 12:36:15 PM)

Hold on: so terraforming facility restores the planet quality after bombardment?



Bingeling -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/14/2012 1:31:11 PM)

I think it very well could.
I noticed the AI suggests to use them after disasters, so they probably restore to (or towards) original quality.



feelotraveller -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/14/2012 7:51:38 PM)

Planets will return to their original quality anyway but a terraforming facility significantly speeds up the process.



szabferi -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/14/2012 8:28:02 PM)

If I saw well, in case of natural disasters, the terraforming facility eliminates any reduction IMMEDIATELY (I had one disaster hitting my homeworld, so I was very upset, but I was not far away from the research of the necessary tech...)



feelotraveller -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/14/2012 8:32:16 PM)

Well that is 'significantly'. [:)]



Gareth_Bryne -> RE: Planetary shield bombardment heavy mass driver (9/15/2012 8:42:01 AM)

szabferi, that was probably a racial ability, not the terraformer



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