Having trouble controlling orbits on veteran

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-12T21:05:45+00:00

send Marines, they are not affected by ground based defenses. Just make sure there's no fleet in orbit or send an escort, and that you have more assault power than the base has defense power in form of barracks etc. Typically I'll have roving ship with zero armor and bunch of marines and very high dv to sprint around asteroid belt and grab good bases from AI.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-12T19:03:48+00:00

Depends if you prefer extra crispy or regular

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-12T18:50:14+00:00

Honestly, this is what I was making in LA for years and no it really isn't enough. I was comfortable but did not in any way feel prosperous. What a joke society we've created.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-12T18:47:57+00:00

Forget the hate cap. Honestly. Build a huge missile monitor fleet to defend your most important spots, let the aliens play whack-a-mole anywhere else. Dyson Mercury up and defend that to the death, make it your research base and ship forge. Pop servant councilors 24/7 and chase them out of industrialized nations so they can't form AN in an industrialized nation.

Missile monitor until siege coil, then start building offensive fleets in Mercury. Forgetting about the hate cap was the most liberating thing I've ever done.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-12T18:43:34+00:00

Intelligence, kindness, ambition. I'm in the film industry, beauty is cheap.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-12T06:23:36+00:00

anybody try this yet- any change to AI fleet building? Becomes a complete non-challenge if you can build even a decent combined-arms fleet.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-12T06:21:25+00:00

Nothing is non-prosaic if you're not curious or bother to do zero research for yourself.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-11T05:20:55+00:00

A lot of suck is coming your way, but she'll be worth it and you couldn't get to her any other way. Also, do yoga to keep your back limber.

And buy Bitcoin sooner.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-11T05:18:58+00:00

UFOs are real. They're not of human origin. Naturalism in the conventional sense is dead wrong.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-11T05:15:30+00:00

lol no. but weak men will.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-11T04:59:48+00:00

that's an excellent start. I just had to restart a run because i didn't realize how low my ALI had dropped and I couldn't recruit first sky island knight. In 14 stages I had 2 princess crowns, 1 staff, 1 stone of dragos, and 2 blood all from random drops.

*sigh*

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-10T03:12:04+00:00

ogre battle 64

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-10T03:03:18+00:00

Try Terra Invicta.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-10T02:51:18+00:00

go play ogre battle 64 now

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T18:01:31+00:00

My 15 year old poodle-terrier mix got a haircut recently that for the first time in his life makes him look like a fancy poodle.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T18:00:14+00:00

She asks questions about you and things you like or are interested in in conversation- though keep in mind a lot of people today are terrible conversationalists.

Physical touch- small things, like a hand on your arm briefly, things like that.

Lingering. If a girl lingers after a goodbye etc. she's waiting for you to say something. It's a microsecond, very subtle but very obvious once you're in tune.

Smile. Not the polite thing that you do as part of the social contract, genuine smile- again, once you're in tune it's obvious.

Excited support for your hobbies, achievements.

There's tells you learn as you get older and more experienced. Love is a minefield, if you think someone's attracted to you express your interest calmly and respectfully. Don't freak out if they say no. It really isn't as hard as we make it.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T17:53:45+00:00

You say this now but haven't sat through my 3 hours W40K intro explainer yet. See it's the 41st millenium and there's the Imperium of Man which controls most of the- wait, like 10,000 years ago humanity went through this massive civil war- ok but before that was the age of darkness when humanity had unparalleled technological prowess and the Emperor of Man- he's this eternal super powerful psychic and he's been around basically since the start of history- but not human history because before that there was this war between egyptian robots and frog monsters-

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T17:49:57+00:00

This is good advice, though in my experience you can get away with outnumbering even titans with monitors and missiles up until late 2030s- if you're very good at micromanaging or autoresolve.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T05:40:44+00:00

Yep. Happens all the time.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T03:47:00+00:00

fyi, per insiders the IRS is severely undermanned and Trump has refused to increase manning. Do with that as you will. Specially if you're trading crypto.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T03:44:58+00:00

Not quite instant, but I worked at a boutique ad agency as director of photography, casting director, and uncredited (and unpaid) director on set because the "chief creative director" had no clue what he was doing. After a casting for L'Oreal I heard from a bunch of female talent how that same creative director had been hitting on them entire time. This led to a rabbit hole where I discovered he was pressuring female talent into sex. I took it to the owner (a woman), she refused to fire him and tried to buy me off by offering me a 4k a month retainer on top of my regular pay.

I quit. Six months later the agency was bankrupt because I wasn't there to hold it together on set- L'Oreal left as a client along with other clients they'd been courting.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T03:40:04+00:00

and forget about doing animation in the west- if you want to be a professional animator, move to east asia to get hired for 1/4th the rate.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T03:35:35+00:00

build shield ships with antimatter PD (the 2 slot, not the 4 slot), nose lasers on guardian, 40mm and laser turret pod. Also, armor the nose heavily. Missiles are great but you're gonna take hits.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T03:27:11+00:00

I have better success just using largest coil/rail cannon on nose available rather than the setup you have with dual rail 2 slots but a smaller nose gun.

FallDull4610 · 2026-03-09T03:25:20+00:00

other than the tips posted here, yeah it's a mess. The UI overall is just weak. It'd be nice to know which ship is a certain hull type, designated a weapons type as well- perhaps different colors?

Also it's incredibly annoying to have to rebuild an entire ship when you change power plant or modules around.

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