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Re: New PBW Game idea - "Caretaker"

what if you had extra Ais in the game, like neutrals.
Say you lose your AI, you could become a protectorate over a neutral but would have to either have a protectorate treaty with that neutral, or be colonized in their home system. Just saying "that one is mine" is not enough.

I still think the AI files might need to be tweaked a little to make it work right.

"The only thing is, what happens if you get 2 or three humans without AI's. Then they are fighting over the AI's that are left.." YEAh baby. lol It does provide a good argument against going after "any other" AI. Only way to get back into the game is eradicate the player who killed your AI. And if you can't attack ANY AI without having one yourself would mean losing your AI would severly limit your conquests plans. And if you kill off two AI's, you will be quite busy. Now, what would happen to the third player should be decided.
A kills Bai
A kills Cai
B kills A
C tries to kill B for A's ai
D sneaks past all the decaying hulks and kills Aai and wins the game.

Half the galaxy want to kill me, the other half wants to kill my AI. OH the woe's of being a lesser god!
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Re: New PBW Game idea - "Caretaker"

Remove gifting planets if possible. It would be a real pain in the butt if you were just about to take out an AI and the defending player gave the AI a new planet in another system far far away.

Then again.. Gifting planets could put a big spin on the issue. Say you gift a planet to an AI of another player that is about to be destroyed. From then on you would have control over whether the player can win or not.

Re: New PBW Game idea - "Caretaker"

Gifting can be taken out, and I was considering it. Trading of planets though cannot be prevented, except by gentleman's agreement.

Re: New PBW Game idea - "Caretaker"

Caretaker is a neat idea, Geo.

Gifting planets isn't that much of a headache, I think, because I thnk the AI will almost always refuse any gifts if it is mad at the gifter.

PvK