[Bug] Upgrading ships auto-loose

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from Stardock Forums

Pretty sure that's a bug and not a game feature:

Whenever you initiate a ship upgrade on your planet (possibly at a starbase as well) and it gets attacked, your upgrading ship will auto-loose without firing or taking a shot (in battle view).

Cheers.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Its intended upgrading a ship makes it defenseless during the upgrade process usually 1-2 turns

Its kind of like taking your computer apart and complaining it wont turn on
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

If GalCiv3 meant to be "realistic" the way you've mentioned, then planet's population (and many other mechanics) would be more meaningful and complex than they currently are.

But if it's really meant to work like that, maybe it should be mentioned for example in the game's manual.

Cheers.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

"Realism" has little to do with it.  Ships are defenseless during upgrades mostly as a game balance feature.  Usually it's for when you upgrade deep in the reaches of space in enemy territory.  That way you can't send out a lightly defended ship somewhere and turn it into a Death Machine in two to three turns.  Well, you can, but you have to worry about someone tapping you with a pointed stick in response. ;)

With pirates running around, it's also meant as a brake on the player/AI so they won't just send out ships willy-nilly and upgrade without any concerns about loosing the ship.