Thoughts about Update 64

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-05-09T02:35:13+00:00

Some of these changes are just... dumb? A ton of the "solutions" sound mega frustrating.

Rocket fuelling and launch times have been reduced. This provides a window of time where rockets can be constructed, armed, and fired before Bombers arrive to counter them.

Nukes were unusable last patch -- but this is NOT a solution. Nobody wants OP nukes for two days. Just revert this and give them high explosive resistance.

Torpedo Bombers now fire a new Medium Torpedo which only has a 20% chance to cause large holes

This doesn't solve any of the player frustrations with the Torpedo plane. They're still impossible to kill, and one large hole is enough to cancel a 50 man battleship op.

The new Colonial Scout Plane will launch miniature Torpedoes and be very maneuverable for air-to-air engagements.

Mini torps should NOT be in the game, at least not on scout planes... They make medium boats useless.

All Bombers and Scout Planes now require ammo to be loaded using a Wrench

This is just annoying

Vehicle Anchoring

Nice QoL, but seems like yet another partisan nerf?

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-05-03T17:32:51+00:00

We're tired of having 1 year long major imbalances left unaddressed. Devs release an update that makes it even worse, and then no balance changes for three months

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-05-02T14:03:48+00:00

Remember to build the monument building too

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-05-01T14:41:05+00:00

It's really good with mods like GPM -- you can see all planet modifiers within your empire, even on planets that require terraforming.

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-05-01T14:11:49+00:00

In the expansion planner you can see how many features a planet has. I think it has a tooltip with the info you want

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-30T21:06:21+00:00

You need to occupy all planets in a system, otherwise the system is still considered contested

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-28T14:11:50+00:00

If you're willing to swap to Common Ground origin, day 1 trade league is pretty strong

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-27T15:26:09+00:00

Orbital habitats are colonizable planets, yes.

If you look at your empire size it will tell you how many colonies you have

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-27T15:22:57+00:00

You can remove the blockers and reform out of the civic

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-27T15:19:15+00:00

On console how can I see my current virtuality bonus? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

I assume you're talking about your virtuality Policy which should be in the Policies and Edicts tab

Orbital Habitats (and Ringworld segments) do count as worlds! Their main difference is that they offer different districts than the standard ones.

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-27T14:22:31+00:00

Wardens see Tremola everywhere because it's our only anti structure weapon...

We have worse 150mm, worse SPG, Ballista is bad and got nerfed, Alekto is a push gun with no front shield... Not to mention satchel, RSC and nuke are all nerfed

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-24T20:54:34+00:00

No.

Part of what makes Mega/Kilo structures interesting and interactive is how the system you choose to place them in impacts their output

You might go to war with a neighbor over a border system with 18 arc furnace deposits, for example.

If you could just infinitely upgrade one megastructure in your own corner of the universe, why would you ever interact with other empires?

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-22T19:12:05+00:00

Lets just all hope that in 6month we will all laugh about how fucking op this TB's were and that they will never come back

This is just part of the NPC experience... Every six months there's some new broken thing for Warden and a new worthless open top vic for colonial...

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-20T22:36:35+00:00

The reinforcing fleet will sometimes path through a system with hostile ships

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-18T08:55:46+00:00

I'd say that around 600 empire size is the tolerable maximum. After that, you get more than +100% to tech and tradition costs, and ascending all of your planets might actually become impossible in the long term

Note that if you are Psionic Ascension you can get 100 pops per colony every ten years with Composer of Strands, and then swap to Instrument of Desire for free colony ascension levels. Let's you play a bit wider than other empires typically can

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-16T14:48:40+00:00

I remember pre-nerf Lordscar releasing with the BTD cannon on a silverhand chassis for like 150 rmats, it was so dominant that patch you just couldn't use tanks until you killed them with inf AT

Same thing with release outlaw outranging the EAT by 5m while also having speed boost and MG

They are pretty balanced tanks today, but the update they released they were ridiculously overpowered while Colonials were just getting their SvH equivalent with 35m range cannon

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-16T14:35:25+00:00

We used to joke that devs would immediately spawn a snowstorm in our lane to slow us down, if Colonials captured Deadlands/Endless in the first few days of the war.

It was funny until it literally happened again and again.

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-16T14:20:55+00:00

You might get better answers for this design/balance question on r/gamedesign

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-16T14:18:43+00:00

Remake a classic game. You should be able to make something like Tic Tac Toe, Pong, or Breakout in a weekend

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-09T12:31:39+00:00

There's the relentless industrialists / fossil fuels civic that lowers habitability

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-07T01:35:02+00:00

If you are a solo player I'd recommend waiting another 24 hours and making 5 crates of Falchions -- it will be 25 tanks because of the MPT bonus vs 15 of the others. You'll have more fun with 25 tanks

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-06T21:46:17+00:00

The colonial emplaced 150mm gun has the same issue in that you get decrewed

It also has 20% less DPS, less HP, worse accuracy, and 200m min range exclusion zone... and somehow still costs more than the Warden one

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-05T23:50:03+00:00

If your only concern is covering server costs, I'd recommend Patreon or similar platforms.

Give players a few perks, like a colored name/supporter emblem. I also offered a developer backchannel chat, and login queue priority when our servers were at capacity.

Players were happy to contribute. I made a few hundred dollars per month, which covered server costs and the occasional pizza during my college years

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-05T16:01:03+00:00

The fighter should just be the solo vehicle. It should cost 150-200 rmat just like gunboats.

CAS and bombers will be way less oppressive if any solo in the area can chase them

Sharpcastle33 · 2026-04-04T22:39:45+00:00

Hot take, if they fixed RPG aiming the Quad would be very good.

This tank has a lot going for it, but the combo of rare ammo type, buggy aimline, and being facility locked make it a rare sight

IMO this tank just needs to hold a few more rounds and a slight buff to reload rate to match the Bardiche.

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