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Ohhh, I missed that the xp is divided for the participants... Any info about how/when it gets divided? Will someone who "just" scouts get rewarded for it if he sticks around until the battle starts? Or he has to do something more (f.e. X damage done)?

 

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Scouting should be done during the battle too! A scout vessel should be fast, manoeuvrable, and have long range sensors. When coupled with a way to reduce enemy sensors and the evasive skill it should be an on-going task to ensure all the enemy have been spotted for the other ships to take the battle to. The advantage for the scout is that once that has been done, they don't have to stick around for the end of the battle risking their ship for very little gain as most scouts don't have the armament to take part in a real fight.

This is why I have a hankering for the Orchis IV for my first command. I want to see how it fairs as an armed scout vessel. Get the +1 sensor range, -1 enemy sensor range, +1 weapon range, and as much "Evasion" and "Targeting" skills as I can. Maybe sneak up just outside an enemy sensor range, hit "Lucky Shot" and any Active damage boost and see if I can't remove an enemy scout in a single shot. Sort of part sniper, part WoW hunter.

 

But spotting them will not give you xp, don't you think? So how will a Scout-specialist gain XP if they forgo all weapons to get really good at scouting? Or will the system make this playstyle not viable?
I'm still theorycrafting how my support playstyle can be viable here, and scouting is an interesting support-style. If a Lucky Shot can earn you "full XP", then that's something I can see part of my tactics, but I like to make specialized ships ( BTW it's interesting to me that Sol can get to 100% chance for targeting enemy weapons while Genari's max is 40%, so I'm still thinking what to do with Genari )

 

I should hope that scouting is catered for properly. How will the main fleet know there is an enemy there unless you have some decent scouts out. And you won't get anyone playing scouts unless you reward them for doing their job properly. It's one of those things that a lot of games seem to find hard. A proper scout/hunter is hard to play well, you have to know about Kiting an enemy to your fleet one at a time, if possible. I would hate to see this game devolve into a race to get to a Battleship and then walk right over the opposing forces. [I don't believe it will, having seen the work Vesuvius has put in so far, and the videos I have seen.]

And I wouldn't worry too much about the 100% weapon chance. First you have to hit the enemy, so it's not a guaranteed hit at all. Then you have the fact that if you hit the weapons systems 100% of the time, you can't hit shield generators, engines, life support, or whatever else would normally be a possibility. I would prefer to take out the engines first anyway. The prey can't run, has no more ability to generate power for use in either shields or weapons, and has less likelihood of surviving the battle than a ship with no engines that can run away far enough to get time to repair before going in again.

[CAVEAT: This is all from a logic/story point of view. I have no idea if this will work inside the game, I am NOT one of the crew, just a very hopeful (Will be) player!]

 

Speaking of which, is there a damage chart showing what systems can get damaged at what % rate etc?

 

So what can you do as a scout? Is gaining XP all about damage, or causing an opponent to rout? Or do you get some for spotting an enemy ship for the first time, forming a communications net for your side, etc?
I may be a little biased on that score from playing World of Tanks for quite a while and that was certainly useful to your side.

[Edit]:
Is it also possible to have a ship able to take out an opponent, say 1 level below them, in one hit?

 

will you ever put this game on console????

 

my general question as with a lot more i am sure is will we all have access to the early beta in the middle of december or will this be only people with access through donation or sponser/buying a ship , i ask this so that a lot of my freind who intend to play the game can orginise themselves for the date specified from this question.thanks

 

I'm curious too, when the official launch is or if there's a set date yet.

 

Sounds like you will need a lot of coffee!

 

And further details on that early access beta.

Although I would love to be invited to the internal, I'm not worried that I haven't been. As it turns out, I will be going home on the 16th until just after new year, which means I won't have internet access for the same period.

So, is there a way to download prior to the 31st January so I can be there that evening [UK time] or do I have to start the download once I get back from work? It would be a Gorram Tuesday, too, not a weekend so I could spend a serious time getting some practice in!

 

Makes a lot of sense. Just before a weekend gives you maximum possible playerbase off the bat, but if a 'big name' releases at the same time, you can assume most will be playing that title. Personally, I don'y buy many games these days, so whenever you release, I'll probably be spending as much time as I can with this.

 

I have another question, in PAX there was a 'pass turn' option which I never really tried much, how does that work?

 

In regards to the officers, will certain ships have different officer layouts? Like Star Trek Online would have say, 3 tact, 2 sci 1 engineer? Or are all officer on each ship in a quantity of 1.