I honestly don't remember, but try it in Entrenchment. If it works it must have been an accidental reversion with 1.2, otherwise it was never possible.

Magnetic clouds have always disabled abilities including starbase construction.

Haha well that is what it is doing lol

I thought that was Gas Giants, which are supposed to deal damage to nearby ships when one explodes, kind of like an explosive mine went off.

That is likely the result of a script the devs wrote to add that line to every planet entity file...you'll notice that all planets also have the same health regen rate, even the uncolonizables...

I have a hard time believing magnetic clouds never affect SB construction unless SBs were at some point created without the use of an ability....

They won't be as much fun without their abilities.

????

Only SC and structures would be able to use abilities, since those things aren't included in the target filter...

well at least the vasari have a way to get a starbase in a magnetic cloud.  Makes me all warm and fuzzy thinking about how they could use this as another highly effective brute force tactic. 

How can any fleet assault a mobile orky in a magnatic cloud with support?

brute force.

Yet vasari are best brute force fleet, so its a steep uphill fight.

And y'all call me a troll....the audacity....

You cannot build them unless you are VR but then you can jump 1 in. Another thing that benefits vasari.

My God.....The Diplomacy Graveyard lives.

the necro has relevance however, as a situational aspect (although rare) has changed and players have been alerted to the change once VR are balanced.

Ironically, this may prove to be a small added (and unintended) economic advantage for the Vasari Rebels.