I believe that the stabiliser is from all factions. Standard will probably unlock from T1 kernels but as it's a random chance you'll not get an accurate picture of which factions provide better research until you're near the end of the T1 research (Which will require T2+ kernels as the amount of research you get from T1 kernels drops off the more research you do)

We used to leave Pelistal islands to the HUN corp to balance.. Recent decline in HUN activity has seen overall game balances decrease. It's rather interesting and totally unrelated to the Developers being Hungarian. For sure.

And then it'll have to store those values for when the event to change the CT quality is called. It'll also feel weird that you're somehow able to forecast the mineral cost and could just open and close the window until you get the cheapest randomisation.

I can see the issue and why it's confusing. Perhaps we could just remove cycles and increase quantities? Double the current values and refund the cycle EP or something like that.

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I agree that the events system could do with a few tweaks. Increases should still be yellow but decreases should be red. Rather than + and - before each number. And please do add the option to allow formatting the numbers to either 100,000,000 or 100.000.000 (I'd prefer comma as that's the standard in the UK and US but I don't know what the global agreed standard is.

This cannot be done simply because Cycles was implemented by a player request for the purpose of producing smaller items in larger quantities like ammo. Anyone using it for anything other than ammo doesn't understand how to produce. Each cycle will degrade the CT and a new mineral cost will be calculated each cycle.

There are two factor when producing Quantity and Cycles. Increasing cycles is pretty much the worst thing a producer can do and is only really a good idea once all your production skills are above level 5.

If you're confusing Quantity (Runs) and Cycles (Loops) then it would be a good idea to clarify. I don't produce and have no idea if the total minerals for the Quantity (Runs) is taken which it should be.

Drainers no longer effect NPC's just like any support equipment. I guess it's because they're immune to enemy warfare or something.

Either way draining NPC's should work but it hasn't since the expansion. I don't believe it's a feature as it shouldn't want any sense. I believe it was meant to be a warning and then work anyway butt the warning cancels the action.

This mainly effect short range missiles being used on slow Pelistal robots (All of them) or long range missiles vs a target faster than the missile firing robot. It just means don't fire your missiles at your optimal range, wait a few more meters. It does make it a little more realistic I guess.

You don't have enough money or a valid credit card. Did it expire? Check it. It is a valid Paypal error and nothing to do with Perpetuum.

I agree that new players are thrown into the world which is pretty much a sink of swim moment and there lacks a storyline, even a short one. It would be nice to see the fluff and tutorial linked together to get people up to speed on what to expect and not expect.
I do like the complete openness of later play but at the start I think joining and instantly being told "You can't do anything alone." is off putting to new players. (Which isn't necessarily true in all cases but most)

An MK2 Castel will probably at the very least will probably cost just over double that of a Castel. This is by no means expensive overall but the survivability of a Castel MK2 when compared with a Waspish is minimal and Waspish are cheaper. A Castel Mk2 does have its roles in the game but past being a fancy light robot for some situations where it's more beneficial than a Waspish they are limited.

I am not talking about right now. I am not saying that the current balance is wrong. What I wanted to bring forward was that gear, tactics and knowledge are great. Having them is important but robots are not hard to get, gear is not hard to get and training doesn't usually take too long to learn the basics and practise them. Numbers are another whole factor that ranges from 1 to as many as you can log in. This game is all about the big guy beating up the little guy. It's why we see so many NAP's flying around. Not always a bad thing as they never last long but does this game really want to be just another MMO that is winnable if you just bring more players?

I am not suggesting any changes. I am not suggesting anything change right now as the expansion only just released. The expansion isn't like another game expansion. The only new content to "Play through" is a tour of each island. The rest of the game stayed the same but it did what it needed to do. It got people back and playing. I just wanted to judge other players feedback (And I am sure there are more players than just CIR.. Somewhere.. Anywhere?) on the current situation.

New players enter the game lost and unable to get a feel for the game. They instantly can't communicate with others without the use of general chat or use the market and most of them comment on these. Then you have the end of game corporations that have been there and done that to just about anything. How long before they bored of amassing war funds?

I would LOVE to see the official stats on robots being created and destroyed. My guess is at the very least for every 1 robot that falls there are 2 produced or created. (Not including all the refunds)