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Shigernafy
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
|  Posted: 2010-04-05 21:54
As the new Public Relations Director for DarkSpace (Gaifen Edition), I have the honor of presenting to the following list of upcoming changes to the game. We expect to have these changes implemented during the month of April 2010, or perhaps at another time, which we won't know in advance or give any notice.
UGTO
- Decreased energy usage on p trops and qst by 40%.
- Added Plutonium Decay Engine. This is a variant of the IE engine but which provides 66% more thrust and 60% more energy, though it is highly radioactive. This might matter when crews are introduced.
- Added 3 more QSTs and two HCLs to the EAD.
- Upped the number of repair bays on the Support Station to 5 and removed one missile.
- UGTO depots can now be upgraded to a level 2 structure which has three times the repair capacity. It costs 10 power, 1 pop, and requires 20 research.
K'Luth
- AM mines now do 3x as much damage
- Psi cannons have 40% more psi propensity, increasing the effectiveness of troops dropped onto enemy ships
- Disruptors and ADs now have 25% greater range and 25% faster recharge
- Decloak now has no timer
ICC
- CLs and HCLs now have unlimited ammo.
- Removed auxiliary shield gens.
- Refactored ion cannons. Range increased to 1310gu, but speed reduced to 45gu/s and system damage removed.
- Reduced shield regen from 17 to 14 for reactors, 27 to 19 for actives. This should give ships lots of extra energy.
- ICC cheese stores on Ocotat have been removed.
Gaifen
- Gaifen are now 1000% more awesome. Which is hard to believe, as they're already pretty awesome, but it's true.
- Added a "loose tooth cannon" to the Gaifen, which fires a projectile at enemy ships. The stats are pretty formidable, so it has quite the bite.
- Gaifen now have more intelligence and can correctly apply the quadratic formula.
- Gaifen mothers are now 40% more nurturing and protective of their young. They get a damage boost when within 400gu of another Gaifen and will transfer their own hull to repair others.
- Added a Grandma Gaifen. She can't move very fast, but she can hit hard with a broom or a handbag.
All
- Bomb bays have been replaced with asteroid generators.
- UGTO and ICC can now swap their jump drives for cloaking devices.
- Command Stations now have an Elite gadget. They all take 3 minutes to recharge and cost the equivalent of the station's entire energy bank to do so. But they're cool.
-- The UGTO Command Station has a "Shield of Mars" which spawns 32 asteroids around the ship and sends them out at 50gu/s toward any nearby enemy ships.
-- The ICC Sector Command Station has the "Stinky Cheese Wheel" which repels enemy ships by 1000gu. This helps the ICC regain some distance and provides a tasty treat for the fleet.
-- The K'Luth Colony has a "Cumulonimbus Device" which fogs up the area with a nebula providing ECM cover and what may prove to be an irresistible attraction for a herd of Gaifen...
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Zero28
Grand Admiral
Joined: August 25, 2006
Posts: 591
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:03
this is a joke right?
Aprils fool is passed 
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MrSparkle
Marshal
Joined: August 13, 2001
Posts: 1912
From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:03
Dude why you gotta nerf the cheese?
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Thugomatic
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Joined: August 11, 2003
Posts: 166
From: Missoula Montana
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:04
Cant wait too get my hands on the smoking device.....err i mean the fogger
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Nightsabre
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Joined: February 21, 2005
Posts: 66
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:21
I can't (actually I can) blieve that you would take the time to make this post instead of making a post about something that would actually be helpful.
edit never mind I got it.
[ This Message was edited by: Nightsabre on 2010-04-05 22:30 ]
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JBud
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Joined: February 26, 2008
Posts: 1900
From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:26
yea..........A not-so-funny waiste of a 5 minute read.. You now owe me my life back.
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Shigernafy
Admiral
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:36
Oh go get a sense of humor. I was being productive in the lobby at the same time, so its not a total loss.
I'm making fun of the staff as much as anything; not like I'm trying to inflame things or pick on anyone in particular.
You all need to remember:
- This is a game
- Games should be fun
- Life is too crazy to be taken seriously
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ADmiraLMaXimus (Bringer of Doom)
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Praetorian Wolves
Joined: March 09, 2002
Posts: 363
From: Earth
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:41
Sometimes You need to take a step away from the norm, and see things from a different perspective.
Reading something like this shows me who is quick and has a sense of humor and who is miserable and has an IQ of a Rock lol
too me something not so serious and yet entertaining is worth the time to read and laugh
90% of the responses so far see this for what it is and the rest read too deeply into it.
"Don't take life to seriously or you will never get out alive" (Van Wilder 2002) lol
thanks for the laugh Shig 
oh and I would like to see spinning asteroids orbiting stations in a atomic formation
that would be cool ... oh and add some kool black hole effects in
.... where they travel thru all the systems in a random pattern lol... and any ship that comes to close gets destroyed within 1000gu that would be cool
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Jamesbond
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Galactic Navy
Joined: February 05, 2003
Posts: 146
From: Venice Florida
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:45
If yall dont think this is funny than you need to reconsider you lives and hopefully do something more productive or just find a girl. So it took him all of 10 minutes to make up this stuff. Let the devs and mods have a little fun. If you dont like it than dont post and make yourself look like a total and im doing this in caps to prove a point! DBAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!
Good job Shig!
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AdmiralChaos
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Joined: October 08, 2008
Posts: 274
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:55
Sadly I thought this was legit, all the way down to the swaping jumpdrives for cloak. =(
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SpaceGK
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From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2010-04-05 22:56
Haha, i lol'd
so... are these serious changes or is it all a joke?
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Chewy Squirrel
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Joined: January 27, 2003
Posts: 304
From: NYC
| Posted: 2010-04-05 23:08
Great changes, except for one thing. The ICC still have their insanely overpowered shield generatiors AND armor! All other factions only have armor, therefore ICC shield generators should be removed in order to balance the game. Its only fair.
edit: Suggestion:How about an alternate gadget to replace the standard sensor beacon with a "Gaifen Attraction Beacon™" that brings hoardes of Gaifen toward the target.
[ This Message was edited by: Chewy Squirrel {Yum!} on 2010-04-05 23:10 ]
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Shigernafy
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2010-04-05 23:15
I'm for anything that brings in more Gaifen.
(I was going to say "attracts Gaifen" but that makes me sound kind of .... strange.)
[[I should probably also add a change that lets me backdate posts so I could claim this was posted on April 1 and you only just noticed it...]]
[ This Message was edited by: Shigernafy on 2010-04-05 23:16 ]
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Kenny_Naboo
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Joined: January 11, 2010
Posts: 3823
From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2010-04-05 23:15
LOL @ OP.
I don't know whether it's a joke or not... or whether it's half in jest.
But I like this one...
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K'Luth
- AM mines now do 3x as much damage
- Psi cannons have 40% more psi propensity, increasing the effectiveness of troops dropped onto enemy ships
- Disruptors and ADs now have 25% greater range and 25% faster recharge
- Decloak now has no timer
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LOL....
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Crim
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Joined: March 16, 2003
Posts: 1336
| Posted: 2010-04-06 00:36
To all the people who actually got angry at Shig for this, find the nearest cliff, sharp edge, or fire and use it to massacre yourself.
It's a joke, a damn good joke. Get a sense of humor.
To Shig, I'm all for the bombs being changed out to roids. I mean, that'd be a cool weapon to see.
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