@jip said in Questions about performance: Cybran build drones:

My question to you all is - what do you think, and do you think it is worth changing for the more sim speed?

I don't usually post in these threads as my FAF experience is purely me and a couple of friends doing comp stomps on the weekend. We're filthy casuals, so not exactly uhh... involved members of the community.

But since you asked: Yes I think it is worth it. I am always keen on anything that has the potential to increase sim speed, as that's the number one drag on my games. One of my friends is always playing Cybran.

@jip said in Questions about performance: Cybran build drones:

My question to you all is - what do you think, and do you think it is worth changing for the more sim speed?

I don't usually post in these threads as my FAF experience is purely me and a couple of friends doing comp stomps on the weekend. We're filthy casuals, so not exactly uhh... involved members of the community.

But since you asked: Yes I think it is worth it. I am always keen on anything that has the potential to increase sim speed, as that's the number one drag on my games. One of my friends is always playing Cybran.

Hang in there! While Australian internet is pretty bad by global standards, you should be OK once you get out of the hotel with its crappy guest WiFi. Typical Australian fixed line NBN connections are usually 25 or 50mbit. 100 is common as well. So from that perspective FAF will be OK as log as you can survive your stint in quarantine!

Latency-wise the only thing I can add is that you will want to be aware of what your ISP is doing when you sign up for a plan. Some Australian ISPs including my own use Carrier-Grade NAT (CG-NAT) which can affect peer to peer games. My ISP allows users to opt out of CG-NAT if they have a valid reason - and gaming is definitely something they list as a valid reason. That said, this may not matter much once Geosearchef's mentioned fixes are in place.

Thanks again for providing this mod!

One thing I've noticed since switching over from Sorian-AIx to Uveso-AIx is how easy it is to prevent Uveso-AIx from nuking me. If I have just one SMD or Village shield (from the Nuclear Repulsor Shields mod) I am pretty much guaranteed to not get nuked there. Even if the enemy clearly has enough nuke launchers to overpower me. I've actually found Sorian to be more challenging in turtling games because of the nuke threat.

I tend to play vs AIx with a 1.7x multiplier or so. The only way I'd get nuked vs Uveso-AI is if enemy nukes were inbound before I had time to get defenses up at all. With the new 35 minute timer before nukes start flying, perhaps the AI could be a bit more willing to test my nuke defenses in the late game?