Embargo

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The sova is easily my favorite cap ship it looks cool, it hurts things BUT...i cant find any real justification for the embargo ability... When leveling up id much rather spend the points on normal combat abilities and to steal income from a single planet isn't overly useful imho...and by the time i'm assaulting a planet i already have a good size fleet built and don't care about a few hundred extra credits...what do u guys think about this ability? or am i totally off base in thinking this
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah, it needs a boost.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Don't forget that Embargo also stops civilian traffic from leaving.....wait, how does it do this again? Is it a low grade Phase Space Inhibitor???? Maybe civilian ships don't have sophisticated enough Phase Space Drives/Computers to resist it?
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah, and what's the use of doing that anyway? You're not going to stop the siege just to go squish some trade ships. It does kind of need some reconsidering.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Havent tried the ability yet, but it is interesting how it would only stop a specific type of ship. I think you shouldnt let any ship leave for a set amount of time, itd make more sense.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Then it would effectively be a Phase Space Inhibitor Ship....yay!
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
On a smaller map, having the ability to steal a % of a highly-developed worlds income could have a huge impact.

Also, let me point out that blocking civilian trade ships is also a nice ability -- it lets you interfere with the trade / refining ships that are such a huge part of end-game economy.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

On a smaller map, having the ability to steal a % of a highly-developed worlds income could have a huge impact.

Also, let me point out that blocking civilian trade ships is also a nice ability -- it lets you interfere with the trade / refining ships that are such a huge part of end-game economy.


im not saying it doesnt have its uses but when compared to the other 2 abilities its just not worth the point until its leveled up and u have nothin else to spend yer points on
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Still, having a Phase Space Inhibitor/Embargo function on the Sova would bring some balance issues into play.

Perhaps the Sova could be reduced in Hull Points and Shield Strength to make room for all the strike craft and Phase Space Inhibitor. Could also get rid of its personal weapon systems and make it more like the Light Carriers.