Community Q&A Event

CM_Zardon

Some of you may or may not have noticed that Star Supremacy has been officially launched by Aeria Games, LeKool, GameSamba, and a few other companies in the US market.  We are getting ready to expand into the European market and when I say "getting ready", I mean the launch will be announced any day now.
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% V' B1 f0 e7 \  uIn preparation of the expansion, we are pre-launching a Community Q&A Event for all of our gamers.' S2 b8 c& y7 q8 V: Q1 }4 O  D: N

0 H$ }0 q$ {* E( Y) AHow will this event go?& U+ N2 R* z* R8 d- ~
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Post any question on to this forum thread and we will answer as many question as we can.  We'll give you guys a full week from now to send in questions.
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What is the purpose of this event?
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It's simple.  We want to open ourselves up to the gaming community and let everyone know who we are and what we do.6 ], C# o9 R$ C9 j

; u" i$ s6 p1 C+ K  D; o3 X3 vAsk us any questions you want.....what is your favorite food...what do we do in our spare time...what inspired us to work in the gaming industry...what are your plans for the end-game of Star Supremacy...etc etc& X1 r# j  e1 j/ g9 R& K

0 ~, L: U, }* q% C0 a5 S, W8 ~Your questions will be answered by any of the staff members.  Keep it clean, keep it mean, keep it jelly bean...(in reference to The Battle at the Berrics...not sure if the quote is accurate though)

Neminsis

Do these Battle Cruisers make my Intercepters look fat?* s* ]- a& u  E9 g/ b
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Do you ever wonder not if we're alone in the universe but that we're not and that maybe they're all just pointing and laughing?
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Ever consider a randomly generated terrain sandbox type mmorpg mapped onto a sphere, similiar to the ship creation system in SS but  with an expanded number of modules and choices of weapons, engines and counter measures on multiple vehicle chassis types with real time physics and then tying it into the Star Supremacy story line with a terraforming/colonizing ground combat rts spin to it?6 ?; k, }) p' g5 N

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CM_Zardon

I have the strangest feeling in the world that you're being sarcastic.

Neminsis

I have the strangest feeling in the world that you're being sarcastic.& U! z+ H4 C; z  T' w, a$ l
CM_Zardon Posted at 2012-6-15 00:46

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8 Q( v& _( @  s9 f" M" I: uThe first question was a trick question. It should more properly read "Do these intercepters make my Battle Cruisers look fat?". With acceptable answers being "yes, no, maybe and no, you're playing as ueo and your BattleShip looks likes a doughnut.1 O0 X# X: o5 I
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Another trick question. Of course we're not alone, yes they are pointing and laughing but they're also occasionally saying "pull my finger" or at least that's what I hope that translates to O.o.$ i% `" }1 s/ ?: v" u8 ~

# D. X: M) L3 ~% U" P. ^This one was more of a test to see how far I could push the boundaries on design questions while simultaneously seeding the discussion for potential design questions from others. This game does after all hold tremendous potential for expansion and the developers have shown themselves willing and capable of implementing this evolution, albeit the process is often frustrating for both users and Barbily staff alike. I wouldn't know since I'm a very happy user (just please don't mess up my account during merger...see I'm smiling...happy user...yes yes)
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# Z2 |4 n9 i3 d! z7 tBut I really do want to haz a hamburger..

rhonan

when are the supremacy stars opening up?
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2 @) d4 p& b9 ?  Zcan we play against the players on these other game networks or are they going to be isolated playerbases (eg like lekool)
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when are we going to get tools to let us talk to each other9 K& |/ ~2 }9 ?9 v+ A6 c7 ~1 D* I

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, T- m+ n2 r) J$ m" z* x* g7 Vwhen can i get fancy images for my commanders...  i have one that'd be just perfect in a hot bikini
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when can I buy Nemisis and Ende some Kool-aid?  bosom buddies like that need to drink the right stuff

rhonan

will SS be a game with an end-game scenario such that it can be won - or is something where you can never "win" but it continues playing for ever?8 n% c; P& L/ t+ B! d- L( v

9 P$ b- ]- _- T! O. ?) Qwhat do you see as the objective of the game?  is it a combat game or a sim-city type game?  just curious
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how many are there in the dev-team..  i know your previous project before this was small but well received - but this was a huge leap and gamble to go from  Light of Altair to this..

Chiroteuthis

Would you consider completely remaking the model of the battleship? To me, it doesn't inspire the feeling of power that it should.
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Also, to reiterate Tir's question, what is the ETA on Supremacy Stars?

deleo22

are you ever going to do anything to the ridiculously unbalanced arena matching system?3 M1 o& I: u6 C; x! }/ N
case in point, I just requested a 'easy' match for my 10 fairly pathetic star frigates, I'm a color sarge, ranked 139 on the server, so what do I get?7 y9 x3 L9 }& V
one shot killed by a LT Colonel ranked #4 with 7 overpowered battlecruisers >.<
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; K' |1 B* B9 w' h$ N% e. x" o% fwhen you remake the battleship, can I murder the old one?# D3 b, c5 s' Z7 `6 e
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Neminsis

@ deleo22 - "I just requested a 'easy' match for my 10 fairly pathetic star frigates"..."so what do I get?" "..."7 overpowered battlecruisers "* _* t" ?+ Y+ w" C& H: t2 {& D! A
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10 star frigates at a strength of 10 each puts you at 100 strength and 7 BSs at 20 each would have him at 140 strength so unless your numbers are off or hit challenging by mistake it didn't happen quite this way.- o" V) Z% ^( G
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However, I agree with  your point here.
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; j5 Q1 t' f: |7 \. jThe problem as I see it is that an empty BC/BS with basic guns for weapons will have the same fleet strength as one fully reinforced, max tech and weilded by a max rank player with a maxed leader with Z lvl supership attack and defense skill.
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Perhaps the simplest solution would be to add damage output and defense together and use them as an additional modifier to fleet strength when it chooses opponents?3 W" Q% Z0 K- M( E; @5 u

7 T- a7 Z+ @; v: Y  C( E@Barbily - so when does the "answer" portion of this begin?

makemap

Will you change the Arena challenge into a more balance ship type?- t# Z( u# C$ f' U( s/ Y$ `
I had 28 guns ship and had to face 2 BC and BS that is just overpowered for easier opponent. At least 45 gun ships can take out 1 BC. Also how about the Reinforce balance too. This needs to be tested as all those high rank players are basically hogging the arena with 2-4 BC and BS. I'm using non-reinforced gunships and find them way too strong especially for and easier opponent I checked. This ruins the fun of Arena. At least make it BC when you start to use frigates or enough numbers of corvettes.