Sword of the Stars - Grand Menace - Locust Hiveworld

[Rototornik]

does anyone know what is the black 21? it just says "the end".

[Poerisija]

After meeting these guys in-game, I modded Grand Menace chances of appearing to zero. They out-right ruined a game I had spent 200 turns on. Fuck grand menaces. Smashing through 30 cruisers and 6 dreadnoughts without taking any damage on the mothership itself... is absurd. And yes, my techs were up to date and I had PD.

[AnomalyINC]

@Poerisija Ah yes, a "Grand Menace", malevolent dangers of the universe ruining 200 turns+ games.

We have dismissed that claim.

[NoiseMarines]

It's much worse than that, Avitus. The Locusts are said to have existed before the very evolution of mankind. Until we explore the galaxy, we have no way of knowing how many more are out there.

[Baleur]

The awesome thing is that just imagine, somewhere out there in the universe right now in real life, there may very well be a thing like this. Makes sense, a big glob of AI drones, each capable of detaching and seeking out individual targets, in the hundreds of thousands.

[ajonesse]

@Baleur They aren't AI drones. They are a trans-carbon race.  A species that escaped death by abandoning the flesh basically.

[KuhoinX]

i just saw this thing, it totally wipe out my insect ally...just one of this thing

[lego21122112]

and this is why pesticides are so important you eco-peoples :D

[stanthecanadianman]

the death star has nothing compared tho this XD

[isocryd]

Thumbs up for Dawn of War 2 music :3

[lego21122112]

@isocryd i love it when people put that music on vids... i lets me know people still have taste. :D

[kaelmato]

@GameRock123 it strips recourses from the planets it attacks, once it reaches 20 000 recourses, it copies.

[kaelmato]

@GameRock123 if you allow the hiveworld take enough recourses from planets, it copies itself

[khoid]

poor tarka bastard, never stood a chance...

[SuperNrg500]

ну я использую ракету с нано роботоми

[SuperNrg500]

надо пойти на него  линкорами только так я его унечтожел

[eltsoldier]

All I can say is, good luck beating this thing without Energy Absorbers.

[tristrim]

@eltsoldier I used dreads with phaser point def, and corrosive work well. :D

[Wep0n]

@eltsoldier yeah well, it's possible.. but I had 3 dreads with AMs out, the locusts fire turned them into Spammers

[JCcalderon1692]

So, just started playing this game last night(Yeah very late to the party) and was around the middle game when I received a warning about an unknown menace approaching one of my planets. I saw the shape of the Hiveworld and had no idea what it is at first. I'm feeling very confident that I can beat back this menace as I've defeated multiple Silicoids and Von Neumann attacks and the planet is fully defended and has a fleet of CRs and DEs guarding it.

Well... didn't "SEE" that one coming...

[dosFING]

@JCcalderon1692 Ouch.

I finished constuction of a DN on a small planet the turn after a Peacekeeper arrived on my first game. I had also foolishly rushed for DNs and they were poorly armed and was annihalated.

[konraderx]

This is Epic...

[DarkSoulHarvester]

Why post a video of you failing vs the Locusts?

[resonance01]

@DarkSoulHarvester If you read the description he saw it attacking a planet of one of his opponents so he saved and switched sides to watch it, and decided to record it.

[GeneralZergie]

PD ships with meson shields few armor with energy absorber and equipped with emitters and a PGB the battle will be one to remember against the locust

[StinkyGreenBud]

I still havent seen one and have had the game for years. wtf.

[CordovaMage]

I had these bastards show up in a game where I had no PD techs. 350 star system too....spiral shape..they must of spawned on the other side too...cause when they got to my space they were a few dozen worldships strong...yea it was game over at that point lol

[Statikstudio]

imagine the locust hiveworld's drones agains't your combat drones.

who do you think will win?

[millimies]

how I can recearch that ball

[TrickedToTheMax]

sots 4 ever

have u won the fights after that

i think u need emiter or something like that

[Statikstudio]

if a locust hiveworld attacks just set the game to automatic and the A.I will proberbly kill it.

[Hydra000001]

@Statikstudio seems to have change with the latest patch

[Dreadnought942]

good god

i remember encontering that ..THING

but 6 point defence Destroyers bade short work of all of those things

[cyclone097]

how do you get that thing to spawn?

[Toukkis36]

Missile PD will come in handy against those buggers.. :D

[WeriTR]

That Hiveworld looks a bit like a Terran Spaceship from the Perry Rhodan-Universe. Wonder why no one is makiing a space strategy game with that franchise...

[l0rf]

@WeriTR There's Perry Rhodan Operation Eastside, but it's rather old.

[deezfatnutz]

i have the first game and love it...but i cant find this one anywhere man =\ anyone know where i can look?

[Thiima52]

You can get it from lots of places, all the digital download sites like steam do it, and play do it too.

[SupCom78]

Sure Emitters against the Littlel Ones and Impactors Against the Hive World.

[barak219]

dont you wish you had mason shields?

[gallinacea1]

lots and lots of little enemy... in this battle... i think emitters would be very funny

[Arkanoid1212]

Distort the timeflow with our Time Warp Facilitator and then drop the Phasing Cloak and attack with our rapidfire Disruptors. Make sure to recloak before the distortion vanishes. Oh, dang wrong game ^^

[Futzyy]

...and i thought VN berserkers were bad, jesus. im glad i havnt encountered one of these, never had a grand menace, even after turn 100...

MOAR LIGHT EMITTERS.

[rifri98a]

Light emitters?! HERESY! Engage the Mass Drivers!

[Futzyy]

Mass Drivers?! HEATHEN! ENGAGE THE HEAVY COMBAT LASERS!

[Futzyy]

Vs. the drones, lawl.

[rifri98a]

Power to shields, Fire the nanite missiles!

[PaulAitchie]

screw the mass drivers and heavy combat lasers. BRING ON THE RAILCANNONS!!!!!

[Futzyy]

SIEGE DRIVERS!

I actually killed a Fleetworld recently as humans. CnC/Impactor dread with PD/Impactor CRs. Lost 22 ships. Most were dedicated PD vessels, some Impactor CRs (phasers/particle beams) That things a bitch to kill.

[PaulAitchie]

sweet, still have trouble wif killin other grand menaces. like the puppet master and the system killer. now THEY are true menaces. fleet of 50 dreads vs a system killer and i lost. thing nvr got scratched. argh

[Futzyy]

Never met the system killer, apparently sposed to use Kelv Torps (with AM) or node missiles as humans.

[PaulAitchie]

does exactly wot its name suggests, blows up the planet after the battle has been lost or drew. it disappers after its blown it up though. only useful thing it does XD. puppet master is a video that should be interesting

[gallinacea1]

system killer is really weak versus camo cruiser with antimatter proyector

[Statikstudio]

@PaulAitchie it proberbly didn't get damaged because it repairs it'self every time it destroys a planet

[BlitZWTF]

Combat lazoers?! Dummkoph! Engage the Antimatter Projectors!

[Futzyy]

:P I was humans! I only got Plasma :( Maybe it was Fusion?

Liir Projector Dread + AM Projector = WIN!

And now...

ANTIMATTER PROJECTORS? ENGAGE THE MESON PROJECTORS!