dragon de buff

[3 Terminids in a Trench Coat]

ok the games good until the enemy gets dragon riders you straight up cant kill them and it ruins the game i thre over 10 heavy defenses against it and it took over half the battle to kill ive been told imperiel cannons but that dosent work can i have some help

[Zarkonnen]

Dragon skin absorbs 15 blast and 5 piercing damage, so anything that's not a rifle will be reasonably effective. The hard bit is hitting them. One strategy that works pretty well is vertically ramming them and pinning them to the ground.

But I'll also be revisiting balance for dragonriders this week. Wanted to do it last week, but then I had to firefight crash bugs, see versions 1.0.8.5 to 1.0.8.8.

[Zarkonnen]

This should now be better in v1.0.9: https://steamcommunity.com/games/342560/announcements/detail/1606012309379056684

The AI now holds back significantly on just spamming dragonriders, and they're more expensive to maintain.

Also, a tip: The best way to kill them is to make a very high-flying ship (300+m service ceiling) with a ventral turret. The dragon can't reach it, and eventually the turret gets lucky.

[Narcoleptic Printer]

I actually have a pretty good way to kill dragons. Get a ship or tower that just has a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of cannons. I had "Potato Chip Ships", that just had like 20-30 cannon (regular small cannon, not Imperial or heavy or large, or any turrents). And this was before sponsons. So the design could definitely be improved.
The dragons take you out via blindspots, and high-damage fire. So in order to take them out you can't rely on anything heavy hitting cause they move too fast. So build towers and ships with quantity over quality. Just get a lot of cannons. That'll knock them out of the sky.
I once had my nation on an island, with 2-3 dragon nests, and the Elder Dragon. I went through countless designs, and this is what I learned.
Don't even try an AA gun platform. They shoot too slowly. Even if you got a lot of them.
I also wouldn't bother with armor. Light or heavy, dragons burn through it in a matter of seconds. Focus on something with a lot of firepower, while trying to be cheap. Although that isn't much, considering the ships I used to take out dragons were $7,000+.
Also, if your taking out a nest, I recommend a large fleet. Firepower and quantity, over armor and quality. Just my two-cents.

[Narcoleptic Printer]

Originally posted by Zarkonnen:

This should now be better in v1.0.9: https://steamcommunity.com/games/342560/announcements/detail/1606012309379056684

The AI now holds back significantly on just spamming dragonriders, and they're more expensive to maintain.

Also, a tip: The best way to kill them is to make a very high-flying ship (300+m service ceiling) with a ventral turret. The dragon can't reach it, and eventually the turret gets lucky.

I haven't played this game in awhile. But I developed Potato Chip Ships. They tore apart dragons, and my enemies alike.
Also, your game is amazing. I love it. Keep up the good work.

[Narcoleptic Printer]

Originally posted by couldbeaweeb:

ok the games good until the enemy gets dragon riders you straight up cant kill them and it ruins the game i thre over 10 heavy defenses against it and it took over half the battle to kill ive been told imperiel cannons but that dosent work can i have some help

Back in the day, a good fleet of these (5+) solved my dragon problem. They utilize rockets and cannon. Pretty reliable. Though certainly not very pretty.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1680992407

[Shypa]

Started the Game.
First enemy attacked with two ships and one dragon.
devastated my hole empire.

is there a no dragon mod ?

dragon = ballancebraker. Worst ive ever seen.

[Herr Morlock]

Tons of machineguns (I usually field hordes of mini-fighters, only armed with a single MG, into the field) will tear them apart, faster than you can think...

PS: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1968068141

[FugNugt]

Trust me, the saws ruins them. Make a solid saw ship and you will litteraly cut through them.


EDIT: It would improve the game a lot though if you (the devs) added basic starter ships of any types for players to test without having to spend too much time building them and see what they like the most as well as tabs (that you could rename maybe) that would identify them as such.

[PiscesSoedroen]

ramming them works and would also kills the dragon behind them if they don't avoid, it's even more effective if you have a small ship with a ridiculously high speed and "Ramming Speed" installed
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1562424040&searchtext=ramming+speed

for the high speed i recommend the solid fuel booster from "The Royal Armoury"
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1444147034