Re: Why game is so easy?
 

OK. Now you move to this statement. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Fyron, AIC has always been designed with the intent to have less ships in play then se4.
This may make for a more manageable LAN and Multiplayer game… Some players may not like to manage tons and tons of ships http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

I think we are getting really far from the original point of the suggestion, to make a Version of AIC that is more akin to the stock game than to Proportions... none of the human player options come close. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

Agreed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif


Actually I do plan on this, as it states in the AIC Readme.

But I may hold off until se5 for its base http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ January 24, 2004, 20:58: Message edited by: JLS ]

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Not true. Use option OP1 and you will able to fill colonies with research centers or mineral miners VERY fast without shipping any population at all.

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

We already went over that Oleg... even with that option, it still takes a long time to get productive colonies. 3 turns for piddly resource production per facility is not what I would call very fast.

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

There are plenty of people that like playing with 1000s of ships. They are certainly manageable, that is what fleets are for. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't know about you, but that's when I start running out of individual names for my ships.

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

Well a few files of 1000 randomly generated names help a lot. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif And of course, so does stopping naming them all when you get that many.

I probably should have said "that is what fleets and auto-destination way points from build queues are for." http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ January 25, 2004, 20:11: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

There really should be a drop box for ship names that connects to your design names file minus the names that are used...that would make my life easier!

Re: Why game is so easy?
 

Indeed it would! But it would make savegames a lot bigger to store the names you already used, or would have a noticeable delay every time you open the drop box, as it would have to search every single entry... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif