Base Shield

[Syrus]

Pinched a copy of that siege calculator, whys everything related to bases so mathmatically heavy. Having said that its not as complicated as my base supply calculator ...

Oh yeah, I got one of those as well.

Lemme just quote a single line from there to calculate how much SHP the base has at the moment, if the sheet was updated correctly:
=if(B18+B19+B20-(D4-D2)*'Daily Supply'!D11>0;if(AND(C18=0;C19=0);B18+B19+B20-(D4-D2)*'Daily Supply'!D11;B20);0)
That's just one cell...

Anyway, as I said, I agree with bases having to be hard to kill. But if they were made impossible to kill, they'd need to be regulated somehow. And right now, they are really borderline-impossible to kill. Only a mistake of the caretakers or an inside man with the PW (so, yes, another caretaker) can destroy a high-core base. Core 1 and 2 can still be killed by BS fleets, but just barely on Core 2. Having all repairs available means you need more BS than the server can handle, pretty much. And I think the only faction with enough BS would either be the Corsairs, LN (if they'd ever get organized) or the RNC (though I doubt that, while they are active, there are normally only the same players every time). But hey ... honestly, when did you ever see 20-30 or even 40 BS from the same faction at the same time in the same system shooting the same object with everything and all they got? (Also, LN doesn't utilize the Carrier, so, they rely on Medium BS mostly, which'd mean you need even more BS.)

Something that can harm the base, while not killing it quickly is needed.
Like draining repairs by destroying the weapon platforms (which I don't like thaaat much, I'd prefer draining ressources somehow by shooting the base itself instead, but which makes at least a little sense).

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