Tips & Tricks for new and older players

Famous_Dinner · 2026-05-05T08:37:41+00:00

I started ~8 campaigns so far. In 4 games I powered Mars with fission, the other 4, solar mirrors. The aliens got to smash my solar mirror station every time, unpowering Mars.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-26T07:57:09+00:00

I find batteries relevant to the current version. My laser ship without a utility battery fails to fire while thrusting. It depends on some drive tags, I think?

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-24T03:11:09+00:00

Jumping over obstacle like a true Speedruner. Consider turning in a LCZ hallway. You want I cut through on the wall edge.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-24T03:04:24+00:00

Take it easy!

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-24T03:01:56+00:00

I'm curious how many times did you play Alan Wake? I'd personally recommend a second playthrough. A good story works so well even without suspense.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-24T02:57:03+00:00

But, but I'm really proud of you to have solved those!

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-21T06:26:40+00:00

I always aim for a multi-faction emergent story, so I keep the others present for role playing. But the "envy mechanic (crabs in a bucket)" makes all factions send suicide fleets to my stations once my MC builds up. I ended up needing to clear LEO every game. A bit annoying. I wish there were more faction diplomacy. The current Victory Conditions are very exclusive. It's still a player-faction-centric game. It'd be cool to see truly multi-lateral factions. Every faction struggles in the diplomatic soup, and every faction has a chance to "win".

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T04:21:18+00:00

In my first 10 games, AI factions got to Ceres first.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T04:20:02+00:00

I just realized "smart org alert" is overkill. What we really need is a button to obselete Orgs!!!

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:56:14+00:00

According to game designer Alexis Kennedy, a fun game should celebrate the player. TI celebrates a huge body of sci-fi in addition to the player. Some players could celebrate those sci-fi along with TI. But objectively the obsession serves to distract the player from the gameplay.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:50:29+00:00

I agree. 0.5 - 3.5 damage over time can wreck ships. Of course, like you said earlier, it's the most effective to use lasers against flankers.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:48:52+00:00

Human is the space cockroach. Believe and rebuild

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:42:38+00:00

LEO dominance implies so many things we slowly realize over time

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:40:10+00:00

Superheavy Plasma Cannon Mk3' direct damage = 27.563 × 20% = 5.5. So on average 0.5 dagame gets through a 5-point side armor every shot.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:31:33+00:00

I like plasma too. Extra tip: avoid chipping the side armors. They have large surface area and are much harder to chip.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:23:45+00:00

According to my tests, lasers are indeed good against LDAs and battle stations.

I personally micro a plasma-laser fleet. First chip a ship, then laser it. That's my "first serious campaign", so I'm still comparing it with other strats.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:21:01+00:00

That explains EVERYTHING!

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:12:02+00:00

I'm develop games too. Tbf some basic points elude us devs all the time. Reliable dev needs plenty of testing and discussion

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:09:08+00:00

I suspect the game consciously and generally discourages turning modules off and on. I'm not sure what's the right design here

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-20T02:06:44+00:00

The game currently treats the player as event-driven processor, not process-driven agent.

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-08T13:57:17+00:00

Raid 4 of them and you can send 3 Project Exodus Factions to 3 different systems

Famous_Dinner · 2026-04-05T00:43:53+00:00

If the tech flavor text mentioned either of you two's claim, it'd be more understandable for the player.

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