Hoshinkos autocast is bad.. you need to manual tell ones to use either one.


Nothing is supposed to be high-micro the devs said.. but the autocasts don't work right, so the game is very high micro just not in a APM kind of way.

Cielo: Embolden buffs antimatter regeneration and shield regeneration. It also gives your standard weapons a 10% reduction in cooldown. But wait, theres more...it also gives 10% increased damage to all standard weapons. My level 10 Kols put out 118 autocannon damage. With Embolden it goes to 130 in addition to increasing my beam weapons damage.

Designate Target: With your Cap ship now putting out +10% damage due to Embolden, you can now bring that total to +35% with this handy little number. BTW, with a range of 9000 you can give your Sova heavy fighters/bombers (+3armor/+30%dmg) a devastating first strike against a charging Cap ship to the tune of +55% damage. If you complete your missle research tree (+30% dmg)that figure goes to a whopping +85% damage from bombers.


edit: DT long range also syncs very well with the Kodiak Intercept ability. Laser that fleeing/charging Cap ship then instruct your Kodiaks to intercept at range.


Hoshiko: Whats not to like about a ship with the ability to heal you and shut down others?

The Cielo autocast seems pretty mediocre....I watched one of mine in a battle and it almost never cast Embolden, even when it was surrounded by un-buffed ships.

The Hoshiko is better at auto-repairing, in my experience. But yeah, the autocasts need improvement in general, though even now they're leagues beyond most games' autocast AIs.