Well i've been playing Escape Velocity for years on and off, i love it, a simple game yet complex in gameplay.

Im wanting to start again, as i do every six months

but last time i rememeber when taking over planets some just wouldnt work, ermm for example, one planet where you would demand tribute, they would send out their forces you would own them then you would demand tribute again to get your $$$ and they would send out their forces again.. over and over and over again

are there any patches out for this sort of thing? and updates? (yes, i have/had the latest version)

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Happens to me all the time, only it usually takes two or three demands to dominate the system. Sometimes it takes more, sometimes it takes less... Wether or not it's a bug, I have no idea.

-edit- Welcome to the forums, by the way. -/edit-

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(This message has been edited by Captain Skyblade (edited 01-22-2002).)

ta

Ambrosia should consider making escape velocity an online game, i know i would monthy fees for it

also, when i run escape on a faster computer (G3/G4) it goes TOO fast for me to control : anyway to prevent this?

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(thats if it isnt already an online game??)

arghh, sorry for my exesive posting but also :D, some planets are just bitches to take over, i had 7 rebel crusers(sp??:) all fighting mars or earth or luna or something and i was sitting there for HOURS and there seemed to be not let up in the forces that were being sent out. is this a bug?

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Originally posted by SoVeReIgN:
**(thats if it isnt already an online game??)

arghh, sorry for my exesive posting but also :D, some planets are just bitches to take over, i had 7 rebel crusers(sp??:) all fighting mars or earth or luna or something and i was sitting there for HOURS and there seemed to be not let up in the forces that were being sent out. is this a bug?

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There will never be an online Escape Velocity. If you ask Ambrosia to make one, you might not get a kind reply.

Most of the major planets and core worlds have a defense fleet of thousands of ships. Sol is a pain to take over, and will likely take days to capture the whole system (a real waste of time if you ask me). However, as Soviet Mikee told me, the defense fleet numbers do not boost back to full status if you leave the system. You can demand tribute, pound as many ships as you want, leave the system (refuel, restock ammo, get more escorts perhaps), and then attack once again. You will slowly wear away your enemy's defense fleet in doing this.

Don't worry about the posts... We all have questions sooner or later.

-edit- and nope, this isn't a bug... -/edit-

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(This message has been edited by Captain Skyblade (edited 01-22-2002).)

Oh, and regarding EV Online... it's probably not going to happen. There are a lot of issues with it -- check out the FAQs for the reasons.

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Originally posted by Starkiller:
**Oh, and regarding EV Online... it's probably not going to happen. There are a lot of issues with it -- check out the FAQs for the reasons.

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As far as I'm concerned, the closest thing to an EV online would be a sweet multiplayer plugin for Ares... EV Ares was a good attempt, but was plagued with problems. I shall make another attempt one of these days.

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Why is it that people think that large defense fleets are a bug? This is the second time in the past few weeks that this topic has come up... I for one think that it makes perfect sense. Think about it: how happy do you think a planet would be with paying you a tribute every day? Not very, so you should have to fight for it. They have a defense fleet to defend the planet from enemies (you forcing the planet to pay you puts you in that category).

As for the waves of ships, that makes a bit less sense, but still rather logical. Why send all of your pilots to their deaths? If I were in charge, I'd make it so I only send a few, then wait to see if the guy gives up. If he does, great, I've saved the lives of 50 of my fleet. If not, well, crap.

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Sol is a real ****** to dominate. I know that in reality a planet would have thousands of ships to defend it, but I suppose that taking over a 1000-strong Confed Cruiser with your 36 crewmembers from an Argosy is realism too :p.

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