My god that was awful all round. Suicidal bombing run (I really don't know why I bother with them), multiple detri feeds, nukes all round yet somehow even Zenith couldn't end it.

I'd say this map earned its name.

You'll just have to build it closer.

but nuke can be stopped by front antis

The point of game enders is to be op to the point of ending games.

Both Zenith and starlight have opportunity costs for striking out against than critical targets. Zenith loses meteors which means a wasted alpha. Starlight's opportunity cost is longer time to start murderifying other more valuable targets.

This is beside the point, as games are supposed to be ended fairly quickly once game enders come online. These are pseudo win conditions, and building a Zenith or Starlight should have enough range to strike at all critical targets. The means of shutting down said win con should rely on a lack of intel or distractions and not on a lack of range on critical infrastructure.

If all else fails, having additional range on starlight, DRP, and Zenith tied to grid could make things more interesting. I read that there was interest in overdriving superweapons, so maybe this could satisfy the complaint by having overdrive impact superweapons with additional range + damage (or perhaps beam rotation speed?) for starlight, fire rate + range for DRP, and meteor attract rate + range for Zenith.

Having it tied to grid would also keep it as a game as you'd need to take into account how defensible the grid connection would be and it would require you to maintain defenses around the grid. Maybe in addition to this, there could be minimum grid requirements for the devices to function (at underclock speeds, perhaps?). An example idea of this would be:

Starlight

State	Grid Energy	Malus/bonus
Off	below 100	Cannot operate
minimum	100	-50% range, cannot craterpunch
Underclocked	150-225	Craterpunch reload +50% - +0% time
Overclocked	226+	+1% range per 50 energy, Craterpunch +1% reload speed per 50 energy

Here the bonuses could be minor enough, but pouring more eco into pushing range could become a strategy.

To be honest, I'm happy with superweapons not having unlimited range. As in this case, it meant a sufficiently obstinate team on a large map could fight back even despite the supposed win button being on the other side. Simply investing 40K metal in a well protected spot shouldn't be a win button by itself. Some additional thought or effort ought to be required. I'd very consciously positioned my attempt to raise a DRP nearer the centre of the map precisely in order to be able to rain on as much key infrastructure as was possible. Had it occurred to me a lot sooner to build it, the game may have been over a lot quicker. Of course, it's always a bad sign when I'm the first one who thinks about building a superweapon.