I don't like the fact that they're so carebear-like either. I wish they would be able to be taken over sooner if they're killed by a player rather than AI.

how are bases carebear when the attacker gets possession of all of them when he wins? carebear would be the loser gets to keep something~?

Only if you drop an outpost, rad it or wait 4 days to repair it yourself.

yes and everyone has an outpost

Yea so it's not as simple as winning. Using an outpost is a lame backdoor. Should just make it straight forward. Considering that, bases are still very carebear as you still have all the drones and base gear to protect them, plus an often large number of bases in the galaxy. Not to mention base gear is easily built and replaced. So yea they are carebear and having to know that you can drop an outpost to get it is stupid.

I think a new player progressing along wrapped up nicely in the carebear durability system might get a shock and be deeply confused when he wakes up one day to find his whole gal capped and demo'd. I think the transition is too steep to go from losing nothing in a ship to losing everything in one go in bases... maybe your right introducing them to the loss earlier might be better.

First time you realized what a pod was for.

Sorry Tallon for de railing your topic ><