Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

I (and everyone else) can certainly argue about the realism.

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

i am not real....

p.s. as a mount is a good idea....

As then it comes down to choices... Do I go for range and damage or do i go for the auto hit...

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

Of course you aren't Tesco. You are just a bot made by that British supermarket chain.

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

I like the idea of making the Talisman make ships easier to hit. Or make the thing terribly expensive, as that will inflict cost during construction but also cost during usage.

Hell, you could make the thing make every ship in the fleet easier to hit, every ship in the system if you wanted to. It is possible to penalize the Talisman, but will that ever balance it?

And I don't think realism is worth much, other than an interesting issue to argue about.

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think that would make it more or less useless, since defensive structures play a fairly small role in the game by the time you would have the Talisman...

I'd balance it by increasing size (100k+ ???), and cost (2000,2000,2000???).

As it is, though, against experienced players, taking the Religious trait is more of a liability, since it gives the other players a reason to band against you. Lowering your Aggressiveness is just a nail in your coffin.

Sort of funny how that works. In most games, the Talisman will give you Uncontestable Power. But in others, it will bring about your Certain Downfall.

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

Is it possible to make the talisman only usable once or twice a combat turn?

And I don't think the talisman is a huge boogyman just a medium sized one. I have found in this game there are counters to everything.

And BTW one satillite armed with one talisman allows all the other Sat's stacked with it to use the 'Effect'. Talisman is a tough trait to fight but not impossible.

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

Used correctly, the Talisman is an impossible trait to defeat.

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, that is not correct. Because the other players can still gang up on you and overwhelm you even if you play the theoretical "perfect game" for using the talisman. You can do everything right but your opponents still have to not do everything right for you to win.

Geoschmo

EDIT: Not to mention the randomness of the start could have a significant impact on your ability to do everything "correctly". Even in a one on one game the tailsman player can do everything right and lose if he get's a sucky start or his opponent is skilled and fast enough to knock him out.

[ July 14, 2003, 21:12: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

If you allow them to rush you early on or you allow the other players to all gang up on you, then obviously you have not been playing very well at all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: A thought on the Talisman / Live on Pay-Per-View: Geo vs. Fyron
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">IF, sometimes I am totally amazed at the logic you use to justify your position. It doesn't matter what you say, you CAN do everything perfectly and still lose with the Talisman. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif

What does the things you do have to do with whether the other players are going to gang up on you or not? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif