All turrets need more range than they currently have, 4/500m makes them too vunerable to anything with more range, increasing base from standard to hitec, as well as maybe a optimal range buff from boosters as well would be a good start.

Also, even standard turrets should be somewhat tough, comparable to a plated mech/heavy at least.

Ok, a second, probably easier to implement idea.

In order to activate terraforming control for yourself within 1000m of an outpost, you must build a road (would require new "stuff"), it has to be at least 1 tiles wide and extend to 1000m from your terminal, walls, buidlings and plants cannot be place/grow on here, you need to place the terminal down first, and the road can be transfered to a new terminal as long as it is connected.

3 new "things"

Road layer module

Road layer chargers (sold by npcs for 50k nic a piece)

Road repair charges (much cheaper than the road charges, repair x amount of health to a road tile)

Road can be place on tiles which are passable for every bot type, they give a +[Something]kph speed boost while on them, they cannot be shot, or blow up with bombs, but they do degrade like walls do (much faster if the terminal it was around is destroyed/removed and the limit/effect disappears, and they degrade 20x faster), they show up as a "concrete flooring" like effect that is already in game.

These tiles would act as a single entity in terms of control, the owning corp can set was relation can recieve the buff, maybe make them "powered" by your energy network via a reciever node.

You cannot build roads within 1000m of another teminal, and only 1500m from your own.

Another corp cannot build a terminal within 1500m of yours

Quick example : http://i.imgur.com/NTGcJ.jpg

Next problem, how to stop long range bots from easily destroying your base/turrets/buildings from afar.

Feedback for Terraforming Beacons

1 - Should affect a larger area, 100m per beacon or so.

2 - Should terraform more per cycle, right now it is pathetically slow.

3 - Beacon charger module should have a 10--15 second cycle time, i know 1.7s is ony for testing though, and have a range of 400-500m.

*REMOVED*

+1 maybe.

Added on to this, give it 500 masking and 5 detection, unable to capture passive saps, no cargo space.

Also i'd say base speed should be 180-200kph, can go 147-148 or so with the right setup now.

Bump, mainly for the squad stuff.

Thought i'd just add some stuff to this, instead of making a whole new topic.

http://i.imgur.com/MBE3j.jpg

In this image are some changes that i would like to see, some are more important than others, the idea is to balance some of the gameplay, move the early warning of beta away from gates/teleports(so detectors/probes have more important roles instead of just 1 day old trial accounts),  and make some of the modules that are never used more appealing.

As a person who has a max skilled kain pilot, i agree they need some love.

Thats for bumping the thread ville, even if it is just to post crap.

Looks like you can't do that anymore

#1 It would be nice, not sure if devs would agree, but maybe expanded to 2 or 2.5 times current values 200m/250m Base, 40m/50m per Adv Squad Level, 20m/25m per basic Squad level.

#2 is one that has been needed for a long time, same kinda applies to stuff like demobs and suppressers it that highest effect should win, i'm not sure how difficult this would be to impliment.

There are a number of ways they could do #3, one option for it i'd like the see is the squad system overhauled, and sub-groups added, the squad or sub-group leader would have the option for which nexus effects they want in order of importance.

For example

Sub-group A Is made up of Ewar Mechs, Order of importance would probably looks something like:
Ewar > Speed > Shield > Evasive > Recharge > Locking Time > Locking Range>Everything else in no particular order.

While Sub Group B is made up of combat mechs, lets say they are speed fit, order would look something like:
Speed > Assault > Crit > Repair > Recharge > Shield > Evasive > Locking Time > Locking Range > Ewar  > Everything else.

Of course they are just a quick ordering i came up with now, they are probably not perfect.

You could go one step furthur and have a personal or squad priority list.

I have some more ideas on the specifics of a squad management overhual that i may post at a later date.

I think it is supposed to be a large phallic object, made of walls.

Hmm.. a new bonus would have to be something comparable to the other races bonuses, Tyrranos/Gropho get a locking time bonus (which is odd that it is not a weapon bonus, but still somewhat useful), Artermis/Seth get a Crit Bonus, I'd like a small precision firing Bonus of maybe 1-3% per level  to offset the horrendous accuracy against anythng smaller than a mech/ewar mech, but it probably won't happen if the devs want to keep magnetic weapon as the hard hitting low-mid range inaccurate weapon.