Last night I was answering alot of question on the multiplayer chat and the comments for Colony, So I decided to create a little FAQ to save my time and answer questions. I will add more as I see fit. Also do tell me if I have made a mistake or need to add anything
Colony FAQ:
Q. Multiplayer keeps glitching out on me!/ Why does the server keep crashing? A. You are not glitching out, the server is designed to hold roughly 200 players and at times, it peaks to around 500 players. Thus, the server can not handle this and it crashes, kicking you out of multiplayer. More servers are coming in the future to sort out this problem!
Q. Multiplayer is too hard! A. Multiplayer in some cases is alot harder than the Campaign and Quickplay. You are playing against a real person, not a computer, and therefore the player can counter your units and really give you a run for your money. If you still think it's hard, play a bit more and learn some tactics.
Q. When is V2 coming out! A. It's out when it's out. The 1st Version has only been released, V1 is still being perfected and V2 is not on mind right now.
Q. How do I get more advanced units? A. You can get more upgraded units by upgrading you're Outposts and Forges. If you upgrade it once, you get a Tier 2 unit, and upgrade it again you get a Tier 3 unit. You can only upgrade it 2 times.
Q. How do I stop units advancing just after they are built. A. Press Q, and you should see a little flag light come on the middile of your command bar on the screen, if that light is on, your units should stay infront of you're base untill you give them the command to advance. Press Q again to disable it.
Q. How do I make missiles? A. To make missiles you must 1st make a Special operations. Once that is constructed, you should be given the option to make 2 missiles. They both cost differen't amount of resource, so be carefull when you purchase them.
Q. How do I get missiles to fire? A. They auto fire once you make a missile.
Q. How do I aim a missile? A. They auto aim at the nearest enemy unit, and if there are no enemy units, the missile targets the enemys base.
Q. Missile's arn't that good. A. Missiles are actually quite an effective tool in Colony. It does kill all units upto Tier 2 with easy. You can not kill Tier 3 units very easily because they have anti missile armor which reduces the amount of damage done to unit.
Q. What ability does each class have? A. Communist = Faster Manpower Regeneration Rate Capitalist = Faster Money Regeneration Rate Fascist = Faster Building and Spawning Rate
Q. How do I rank up? A. You rank up by winning games in multiplater, the more games that you win, the higher you rank will be.
Capitalist just have more money income therefore tech faster, but they do not have any resource advantage. The "more resource" comment is probably due to all buildings requires large amount of money, where capitalists can pull them out faster therefore have a head start. In the end-game this advantage would becomes meaningless when the racial advantage of communists and fascists come into play.
Communist is the hardest race to play because they tech the slowest.
also remember options like team chat rally point and continues building can just be clicked, u dont need too press x or shift, they are just above youre building options, not hard too miss
