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Author:  JR [ Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:21 pm ]
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Hey y'all,

As an old timer who's just begun playing again I survived my first all out assault on a developed home base today but I have a couple of questions that are puzzling me.

First, according to my shipboard computer one invader died FOUR times from cannon blasts. I thought it's 3 and out. Is that a configurable number (deaths, I mean) or is there a glitch somewhere?

Second, I was also under the impression that if you're destroyed in a sector with an L6 planet that has interdictor turned on, your pod stays in that sector. That didn't happen today either. Or rather it happened to invader #2, but not the first guy who got killed 4 times. Am I wrong about pods and interdictors? I'm going off what I faintly think I remember from 10 years ago :)

thanks,

JR
Author:  Draconis [ Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:15 pm ]
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Okay, can't answer everything based on not knowing edits....BUT....

1.) Death Delay could be turned off, which would account for multiple pods.
2.) If you SHIP kill someone, a PIG will hold them in sector most of the time. If they enter sector and pod, their pod leave.
Author:  Harley Nuss [ Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:00 am ]
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It could have been death delay off, or it could possibly have been twice before extern, twice after extern. As to a PIG holding a pod, it has no effect on it. If you are podded by a cannon, your pod will always go to the game defined previous sector. You can check out http://www.tw-cabal.com/strategy/podlocations.html for more info on what would be your previous sector. If you are killed ship2ship, your pod will flee to a semi-random location. Contrary to somewhat popular belief, I have never seen any actual testing that backed up the idea that a PIG will affect pod flee. That is just a myth.
Author:  Speed Demon [ Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:00 am ]
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Did exturn run during all of this?

Could count for the 4 deaths, was he #SD# out after the 4th death or was he in a pod?
Author:  JR [ Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:52 am ]
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Thanks for the suggestions all. Ok, I was just wrong about a PIG holding pods. Been too long and my memory was never all that great anyway :). But the 4 deaths were all during the day, no extern involved. He was indeed #sd# after the 4th. I say 4 based on my computer messages. The daily log shows him ship destroyed only twice. Heh...come to think of it, maybe I should just split the dif. (4+2)/2 = 3. No problem!

I didn't get a screen shot but the first death, per my computer, it just said "ship destroyed" but not what type of ship. The other 3 reports mentioned ship type. I couldn't find what the death delay is set to to check. I looked at the settings (both "S" and "*") and didn't see it, either I overlooked it or it just wasn't there. But I suspect it's the typical 3 deaths and the computer report was screwed up somehow. Would be nice to know, though. I need to pay their base a visit and playing solo I kinda need to maximize my deaths. :)

Thanks again.

JR
Author:  JR [ Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:53 am ]
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quote:Originally posted by Harley Nuss (teamEIS)

If you are podded by a cannon, your pod will always go to the game defined previous sector. You can check out http://www.tw-cabal.com/strategy/podlocations.html for more info on what would be your previous sector.

Thanks for the link, that is some good info.

JR
Author:  Slim Shady [ Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:36 am ]
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each podding counts as a death, so if he mothed more than 3 times in one day, there can't be a death delay. after your third moth you dont get a pod, you are just gone with death delay on.

Slim
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