Customizable starbases

[Cerl]

We really need a way to be able to customize starbase loadouts other than simply being able to build hangar / missile / gun emplacements.

Seriously, what the BLEEP is this armaments loadout? 8 medium gun emplacements, and only ONE of them is anti-armor/hull while all the rest are shield rippers? The loadout was exactly the same with coilguns (tier 2 kinetic) so upgrading to railguns did not cause the base to suddenly replace a bunch of energy mounts with kinetic.

Starbase loadouts tend to end up with the most ridiculous and idiotic weapon loadouts the ai can come up with as a design. Just like we can fully customize the weapons loadout of everything else in our empires, we really need to be able to customize our starbase loadouts.

 

[C4st1gator]

Yes, this would be a good feature for all the defensive empires. Being able to put large long range weaponry on a starbase makes it harder to ignore, while the current weapons are unable to adapt to any given enemy.

 

[shadow737]

Actually I agree we need to have some modification system for star bases. Makes zero sense for a base to remain the same in a system that has a shield disabling feature beyond defensive platform specialization.

Wouldn't anyone build a heavy armor station with armor and hull eating weapons mounted on the star base when there would be no shields on that base to start with even before building a single defensive platform? An alinement that would maximize the defensive value of building in that sort of system would seem like a natural decision.

Or what if your neighbor is big on missiles or assault craft, wouldn't maybe a nation want to build bastions with some AA as a base part of defense?

Even offering a selection of options on star base configuration would be a good place to begin.

 

[Armagodura]

Actually I agree we need to have some modification system for star bases. Makes zero sense for a base to remain the same in a system that has a shield disabling feature beyond defensive platform specialization.

Wouldn't anyone build a heavy armor station with armor and hull eating weapons mounted on the star base when there would be no shields on that base to start with even before building a single defensive platform? An alinement that would maximize the defensive value of building in that sort of system would seem like a natural decision.

Or what if your neighbor is big on missiles or assault craft, wouldn't maybe a nation want to build bastions with some AA as a base part of defense?

Even offering a selection of options on star base configuration would be a good place to begin.

The pulsar starbase specifications could pretty much be an automatic feature

 

[GhostDanny]

Yeah, atleast have starbases auto adapt to being in a pulsar/shield stripping nebula system.
If it detects being in a shield stripping system, swap out shields for more armour or crystal hull plating.
While also not using shield stripping weapons.

 

[shadow737]

I'd even love it if we could opt to build a stripped down star base with a shorter build time reflecting the bare bones nature of the station, that we then have to develop independently.

As in start with no shields, light armor, and only one missile battery as if all that was done was immediate expansion of the original outpost station to accommodate the larger personnel of the station.

 

[exi123]

I would love to have a second tab in the fleet designer for starbases, there we can plan starbases like ships and define how we want our anchorages, shipyards and bastions look like for all sizes.

This could also solve the boringness of upgrading starbases with 10000 clicks in the lategame. Select a design, the size of the base and let it build for 1000 days.