Angels MY 2121-2130

[Mart]

Our turn was out yesterday, so I think Geo you may be already succesful with internet connection in your new hardware. I guess it achieves quite high speeds? hope to be able to keep up with you...

In such case, when road is not completed, I think it would be better if the former was doing something else than only riding for 2 turns to a new tile. The idea of it making improvement on the tile it currently stays is a good one.

[GeoModder]

Turn is on the Spartans now, so by tonight (GMT) turn will probably be ours again. If so, I might squeeze in a turn before saturday, or at least a pressend save.

[GeoModder]

Turn downloaded, the good news is I'll be able to play it tonight...

[FlameFlash]

[GeoModder]

2125 Turnreport

• Units moved as agreed upon, Mart was right about the former on 21.63. KC former moved to the nut and started a forest (4 turns). Next turn the remaining two formers will join.
• Probe... erm... let's say 000... is closing in on the Hive base, and no synth to be seen ATM.
• The other Probe, 111 then, is scouting the east, there is still a chance for a landbridge north over there, check the circled section of the screenshot below.
• Started a cp in Kodycryptor, forgot if that was what was agreed upon. Can still be changed the next two turns if necessary.
• Tinkered a bit in the SE screen, we're now on 40/0/60 energy allocation. It offers us 2 extra energy/turn ATM. Next turn we can switch SE settings if we wish, we got 40+ energy then.

That's about it.

[GeoModder]

Check the point where the tile enters the black. The land there appears to go up, so another land tile must be under the black.

[Hercules]

Looks good

[FlameFlash]

Yes, it does.

Say, if SnowFlake has a scout patrol, upgrading it at the monolith we could probably kill the closest fungal tower before it started to grow assuming our SE choices don't dampen our morale.

What are our current SE choices? (What we can choose and what we're on.)

[Mart]

We have presently all initial SE choices. Morale modifier is zero. I guess next turn we are going for free market? then we should have still morale zero, but there is unfortunatelly other factor - our planet rating will fall to -3, as I recall. In battles with native life there is then -30% modifier. I think if we switch for free market next turn, scout patrol probably won't reach the fungal tower. Fighting with -30% is not a good option. We would probably better wait for changing free market for something else or design in the future empath units.
Making a prototype gives also only to this unit one morale upgrade, so having some future infantry prototype + monoloith upgrade might improve chancess. i'm afraid that a disciplined scout with -30% might not be enough. Anyone had any experience with it? I'll check it in the scenario editor and be back....
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scout patrol
PSI: 3
disciplined +0%
planet - 30%
strength: 2.09

fungal tower
PSI: 2
larval mass -12%
fungal tower + 50%
strength: 2.62

odds are 3:4

that modifier for fungal tower 50% is something I was not aware of before. maybe I knew but recently forgot. it does not look promissing...

[GeoModder]

My recommendation is to switch to Wealth rather then Free Market. We already have a few scouts build without the morale penalty, those can be used to tackle the Fungal Tower. At least two of them should be used to such an attack IMHO, and I hope for a rover pod popping soon...

After the Fungal Towers are no more, and sensors are up around our vulnerable bases, we could think about a change to Free Market, but by then probably Green will be an option as well.

[Mart]

I thought that we were going to FM - gathering that 40 EC. In this case, when with Wealth, the situation would look like this - after enacting Wealth:

scout patrol
PSI: 3
(disciplined) but green +0%
strength: 3.00

fungal tower
PSI: 2
larval mass -12%
fungal tower + 50%
strength: 2.62

odds are 8:7

I have to check what if scout reaches fungal tower before enacting wealth

[GeoModder]

If we're going Wealth, that will be available in 4-5 turns.

[FlameFlash]

Don't morale modifiers in SE choices impact all units? Not just the ones newly built?

[GeoModder]

Mart, new testing needed...

[Drogue]

Originally posted by FlameFlash
Don't morale modifiers in SE choices impact all units? Not just the ones newly built?

They do, so there would be penalties switching to Wealth before psi-combat.