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1949 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes ago

Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Intercept on test failure

Hi,

I was testing a solo game on test.nu on the ipad. I had a bio #35 intercept Cygnus #46 at warp 7 with plenty of fuel and PE =Colonies. The Cygnus ended up moving 27LY to the spot the Bio was at and got destroyed by the SB the Bio was at. The Bio however had moved to the point the Cygnus came from seemingly intercepting before the Cygnus moved. I was thinking maybe this happened because it was the Ipad and I was off a grid but the time machine shows the correct intercept grid/target and the Bio ended up at the spot the Cygnus started its turn at.

Fortunately, I had dumped fuel to the SB from other ships in orbit and they didn't fight. I did send one firecloud#52 to intercept the Biocide to be able to chunnel him from wherever he ended up and that self intercept worked.

So, I am not sure why my Biocide intercepted to the spot the Cygnus started at instead of where he ended up at (well within my reach since it was the actual SB the Bio started its turn at). Its almost as if the Bio intercept happened first then the Cygnus moved to where my Bio started. Even if the Cygnus had its own intercept mission to one of the ships at my SB (which it can see because its a Hiatus scenario), the higher ID cygnus should intercept first and then my Bio would have intercepted to the correct spot no?

Cheers,

MEGA

1949 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

I believe intercept orders only work on ships in deep space... if they go to a planet (not just the warp well), you lose their location and your ship goes to their last location.

This is traditional VGA Planets rules according to my memory.

1949 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Hi Glyn,

You can definitely intercept ships going to a planet. This is a great use for all those w1 engine ships you have sitting in your fleet doing nothing. You set those ships to warp 0 intercept and you know where the ship you are tracking ends up. This works on ships 3000 LY away so long as you have them spotted with another ship or share intel. This provides dual use for SDSF (awaiting recycling), w1 Merlins (awaiting sacrfice) or w1 Lady Royales sitting at a planet making cash. Basically, any ship without a mission can warp zero intercept and this even will track ships that cloaked that turn so you know where they ended up. I always make a full effort to track cloakers with various and sundry techniques that don't require a Loki

Cheers,

MEGA

1949 days, 19 hours, 11 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

I've tried to intercept ships going to planets, it didn't work. Are you sure?

1949 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Hi,

Yep, just set warp zero intercept and you will know which planet a distant ship went to. You aren't actually intercepting the ship though, merely detecting its waypoint the following turn. I am pretty sure I have performed actual intercept to a ship running to a planet but not recently enough to recall

Cheers,

MEGA

1949 days, 18 hours, 44 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

You most certainly can intercept a ship that goes to a planet, and would normally disappear. I am surprised that you can intercept a ship that cloaks. I'll have to try that out.

I have also seen intercept missions glitch in the same way that Mega described in his OP, where the intercepting ship merely goes to the last location of the ship it was trying to intercept, making it resemble more like just a regular move to your waypoint, rather than an intercept.

It makes me wonder if there is a problem somewhere of intercepting ships who are also on an intercept mission. I know that the host should check if the ship you are intercepting is also intercepting, and then check again until it finds a ship not intercepting, and move that ship first. But maybe this doesn't always work right?

1949 days, 18 hours, 35 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Quick google search... no intercepting ships you can't see or are 200ly away.

This has changed on Nu? I have no idea. But what I described is traditional VGA Planets, no intercepting of ships hidden from view (planets, in nebulas I'd assume).

1949 days, 18 hours, 23 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Hi,

In classic, you can MOST DEFINITELY warp zero intercept any ship you can see. You need to have the ship within sight of one of your ships or in shared intel. Warp zero intercept allows you to track the destination of any ship, even if it cloaked. I knew where virtually every enemy ship was in my last game using this technique. I did however have the aid of an ally with 25 lady royales making cash at a planet each of which was set to warp zero intercept visible ships so we could keep track of fleet movements. Again, this even works for ships that cloake that turn, your warp zero waypoint will end up at the planet they headed towards. You of course lose them the following turn. When you don't have a Loki, you learn to make due. I think the old Donovan pages are referring to ACTUAL intercept where your ships physically moves in an intercept attempt. I don't think you can do that beyond 200 LY in Nu either but haven't tried it.

Cheers,

MEGA

1949 days, 17 hours, 58 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

It worked correctly.

First, Bio intercepted Cygnus and moved there.

Second, Cygnus intercepted something where Bio was (One of the ships with no fuel). (Since level scenario, could see at planet.)

Intercept works in ID order. This is one of the few times it pays to have a high ID ship. It is impossible to intercept ship #500 that has an intercept order.

1949 days, 17 hours, 54 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Note: ID order is ALWAYS from lowest to highest, except "cloaked intercept combat." (Not the intercept portion, but the combat portion)

1949 days, 17 hours, 46 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Sounds like a bug. If your ship cannot intercept because it is more than 200ly away, its heading should probably not be changed to point to the target ship either.

1949 days, 17 hours, 38 minutes ago

RE: Intercept on test failure Hi, I was testing a solo game...

Hi,

Ya, thats it, the cygnus isn't a cloaker so it would intercept last because of the higher ID. Thx MJS

One cloakers bug ia a non cloakers feature :)

Cheers,

MEGA