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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0022185AI War 2Balance IssueNov 16, 2019 11:57 am
ReporterZeusAlmighty Assigned ToRocketAssistedPuffin  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version1.007 The Player/AI Arms Race Intensifies 
Fixed in Version1.010 Extracting Those Archives 
Summary0022185: Spire Library Hack Takes 45 Minutes on diff 9 -- A tad extreme
DescriptionGiven that multipliers on hack durations now with difficulty, this makes the Spire Libary hack take 45 Minutes to do

Now, I'm prepared to do this duration of a hack for something ***REALLY*** awesome, but 8K science does not come close

Proposal:
1) Reduce base time of hack to scale better throughout diff settings
2) Make Hacks have MAX duration length of X (15? 20?) minutes
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ZeusAlmighty

Nov 11, 2019 9:46 pm

manager  

spire hack.save (958,076 bytes)

BadgerBadger

Nov 12, 2019 12:33 am

manager   ~0054526

Agreed

Ryulong

Nov 14, 2019 2:13 pm

reporter   ~0054556

This issue also applies to Dyson Sphere and Dark Spire hacks. Both grant ship line hacks take ten minutes on difficulty 8 on 007 compared to five minutes prior to difficulty scaling on hack times.

Alternative suggestions:
-Set certain hacks to not scale with difficulty. A flat 15 minutes for spire archive hacking and five minutes for the grant ship line hacks (the pre-scaling value) regardless of difficulty seems acceptable. Personally, the Dyson Sphere hacks aren't terribly difficult regardless of duration, but the Dark Spire hacks get significantly more difficult the longer they take.
-Set Dyson Sphere and Dark Spire hacks to scale with that faction's intensity instead of AI difficulty. I have no idea how difficult this would be to implement, or if it would be worth the difficulty of implementation.

~Ryulong

RocketAssistedPuffin

Nov 16, 2019 11:57 am

reporter   ~0054596

* Spire Archive Extraction hack now only takes 5 minutes at base, rather than 15.
** With higher difficulties getting longer durations, this could lead to...well, on Diff 10, an hour long hack. Yeah.
** Thanks to zeusalmighty and donblas for reporting.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Nov 11, 2019 9:46 pm ZeusAlmighty New Issue
Nov 11, 2019 9:46 pm ZeusAlmighty File Added: spire hack.save
Nov 12, 2019 12:33 am BadgerBadger Note Added: 0054526
Nov 14, 2019 2:13 pm Ryulong Note Added: 0054556
Nov 16, 2019 11:57 am RocketAssistedPuffin Assigned To => RocketAssistedPuffin
Nov 16, 2019 11:57 am RocketAssistedPuffin Status new => resolved
Nov 16, 2019 11:57 am RocketAssistedPuffin Resolution open => fixed
Nov 16, 2019 11:57 am RocketAssistedPuffin Fixed in Version => 1.010 Extracting Those Archives
Nov 16, 2019 11:57 am RocketAssistedPuffin Note Added: 0054596