Brinnie wrote: ↑Sun, 28. May 23, 11:53
I am looking to build my first defence platform, which would be my second station built counting the HQ, so I am looking for some ideas.
I came across this section of the forum and it looks I have found more than I could have asked for, nice feature Egosoft.
Your station design looks really good to me and it is similar to what I had in mind for the fact that it is circular, but I was worried that the turrets would shoot at their own station. Infact that is the main reason I was looking for ideas in the first place. I could see myself designing some very elaborate plan, costly in time as well as game resources only to obtain the same result that could be achieved with a self destruct order.
I was going to ask you:
1- are the weapons clever enough to not damage the station?
2- are some weapons not ideal for this reason? I like Flaks but I understand they do area damage?
3 - are there things to keep in mind when building the station to avoid this potential "self harm"?
4 - can a similar build be done without Terran modules?
5 - has this plan seen some action?
Specifically, I see the plasma turrets pointing towards the storage units. There is a ring structure in that direction, if the enemy would approach from that direction would the turrets be capable not to hit it (the structure)?
cheers
1.) Yes they are. No line of Sight -> no fireing.
2.) Imho you should not be concerned about flaks. 99,9% of the time the station fullfills it's duty in low attention without the player present, where there are absolutely no issues with AoE Flak friendly fire. Even in High Attention most bogeys get vaporized before they even come close to the structure. Friendly fire would mostly concern other Ships near the target, not the Station. Hardly had any issues while with that i either. But you can absolutely replace the flaks if you wish.
3.) Other that clipping defense Modules inside other modules - No. Build them in places where you minimze the blidspot tho
4.) Certainly could, might try some build if i find some time.
5.) See the Live Action Feedback below.
Regarding the approach from below, first of all, Xenon tend to "pull up" and everything else tends to stay on same level. and even IF something should approach from below most of the modules (3/4th of the Ring( should always have a free line of sight)
btw: The Container Storage in this built is purely cosmetic and serves no real purpose. You might delete it aswell.
But just in case you want to be sure, just place the Plot slightly below the ecliptic line and there should be no engagements feom beneath at all.
Some Live-Action Feedback. (Notice the "I" and "K" wreck in front of the Xenon Destroyer)
PGS Bullwark Class Defense Platform.xml
