First I just want to say that once I figured out "level boosters," the game sort of opened up.
Currently running "The Blackavar" Heavy(?) Cruiser:
Bridge Level 8
Photo Charged Thrusters Level 6
Optimization Unit Upgrading to Level 7
Level Booster III Level 7
Bunine Rad Thrusters Upgrading to Level 6
Upgrade Ventricle Upgrading to Level 7
Level Booster III Level 7
Fusion Metal Materializer Upgrading to Level 7
Particulate Synthesizer Upgrading to Level 7
Plasma G90 Synthreactor Level 7
Sidewalls Level 5
Interferant Optic Armor Level 3
Level Booster II Level 6
Level Booster II Level 6
Level Booster II Level 2
Siphoning Energizer Level 6
Prismatic Optic Armor Level 4
Lasers Level 7
Q-Switched Phaser Level 6
Level Booster II Level 6
Level Booster II Level 6
Level Booster III Level 7
Full Spectrum Integrator Level 5
Parallel Wave Phaser Level 6
Counter Missiles Level 6
Level Booster III Level 7
Level Booster II Level 6
Photonic Tracking Level 6
Full Spectrum CM Integrator Level 7
Hypervalent System Level 6
DNI Intellic Simulator Level 6
Hypervalent System Level 6
ECM Level 7
Ternary ECM Proc Level 4
Level Booster II Level 6
Level Booster II Level 6
Level Booster III Level 7
Magnetic Field Level 4
BuShips Intelic ECM Integrator Level 5
BuShips Intelic ECM Integrator Level 6
Engineering Level 6
500mm Alloy Armor Level 3
800mm Alloy Armor Level 4
Level Booster II Level 6
Level Booster III Level 7
Photonic Computer Level 4
Intelic Evasion Computer Level 5
Nanite Fluid Distributor Level 4
Diagnostic Unit Level 4
Weapons Level 6
Level Booster III Level 7
Prototype Z-AZ Booster Level 4
Magnetic Field Level 4
Payload Projector Level 5
Grav-Wave Disruptor Level 4
Warshawski Bubble Level 6
Optic Channel Ballistic Armor Level 6
All of the above, I thought, was fantastic. I had it in the Manassas (?) Sector before arriving at Elric. I was floor stomping in the last sector. Took a while, and I even spent a bit of real world coin so that I had cash to keep the fight going (warp charges) when I went binge hunting.
Unfortunately, wow.
Continuity problem:
How in the blue blazes does a destroyer get the throw weight of a battleship or dreadnaught? I'm running a heavy cruiser. I can launch 7 missiles per "tube" as the game has it, which means 21 missile per broadside for throw weight. I run into a destroyer that not only outpowers me, but demolishes me with 1) far faster launches than my pretty-darn-decent defenses can recover, 2) more missiles than I can hope to launch.
A Star Knight Heavy Cruiser has 12 Broadside Missile Tubes. But if you tack on 12 x 7 missiles/tube that is currently in game, that's an 84 missile broadside, or 3 short of a broadside of a Gryphon Class Superdreadnaught.
So when a destroyer out missiles a heavy cruiser that is already armed almost as well as a super dreadnaught class vessel, and isn't a (P) format vessel, there's a bit of a problem.
Havenite Destroyers are out-powering Havenite Battlecruisers from the previous sector(s). Drones are outpowering Havenite BC's from previous sector(s). It isn't just a continuity problem, its a power creep problem.
I understand that you developers want to make us pay for fast upgrades and power creep because that's how you get paid, but the curve is ridiculous. If destroyer at level 48 have the throw weight of a Gryphon Class Superdreadnaught, then I am scared to death of what a Havenite SD(P) can do, and what it will do to my video processors.
I had kind of figured based on early game performance that the game would also more or less follow a line of what each ship/class is actually capable of.
Technical Problem:
My phone simply cannot handle that many missiles flaying around and the game lags horribly, usually resulting in a quick death. So there's the question of changing platforms over to say a tablet. I have a Nexus 7 and a Galaxy Tab 10.1 to choose from.
Which leads to another problem: My progress. I don't want to lose it, especially since I've slapped down some actual coin to build towards said progress (you know, to support the further development. How to I transfer it to another device?
Other issues: Many grammatical errors have been noticed in dialogue. "Theirs" where there shouldn't be.
Overall, thus far because of the ridiculous difficulty curve, I am regretting spending money. I didn't expect "easy," I just expected a lighter curve.
That and running into a Havenite LAC with the firepower of a small moon...
Guys... did you read the books?
