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Atrocities February 4th, 2004 03:55 PM

When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
Something occured to me while I was reading another thread that made me think. I honestly cannot remember the Last time I made a ring world in a game of SEIV.

I can remember the wonder and awe I felt when I made my first ring world, and then later my first sphere world, but I have no clue as to the Last time I made a ring world.

One of the magicial things about SEIV is the ability to make planets out of asteroids, ring worlds, spherew worlds and warp across the map with warp point generators.

God I miss the simplicity of non modded, original SEIV gold. The races that came with the game, the wonder of discovering new technology, of exploring new systems and seeing new planets and wonders of the game for the first or hundreth time.

Now it all seems to be a blur, I honestly can't recall the Last time I played a simple basic game of stock SEIV using a stock race.

I love ring worlds, and if I was not so God awfully burned out on the game at the moment I would start a new game and go make me a ring world.

Ragnarok February 4th, 2004 04:02 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
The Last time I made a Sphere/Ring world would have to be when RTH was still running. In that game I had 10+ already built with another 5+ on their way to being completed. Truely a great game!

tesco samoa February 4th, 2004 04:15 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
RTH I had 12 sphere worlds going and 6 more almost complete

Captain Kwok February 4th, 2004 04:21 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
I've built a ring world in a solo game a long time ago. I was very proud of my achievement at the time, but now it wouldn't be so difficult!

rdouglass February 4th, 2004 07:56 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
I haven't done it in a while myself. I guess with FQM having ample 5-star systems, it got to be 'old hat' after a while.

In my current solo game, I own at least 3 5-star systems, maybe I'll start seeding bases again to build components....that's cool; having 5 SW's in 1 system... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

gregebowman February 4th, 2004 08:03 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
The only time I built a sphere world was in my first game, and that was towards the end. I don't recall building a ring world, though. I just haven't played any of my games since then that far. It's kind of hard too, when you got so many mods to choose from. Plus, it seems I'm getting less time to play on the computer right now. I'll have to make an effort to do so in the near future.

Fyron February 4th, 2004 08:31 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
Quote:

Originally posted by rdouglass:
I haven't done it in a while myself. I guess with FQM having ample 5-star systems, it got to be 'old hat' after a while.

In my current solo game, I own at least 3 5-star systems, maybe I'll start seeding bases again to build components....that's cool; having 5 SW's in 1 system... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Even better is that all of your orbital defense get scattered around from the random system movement! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

rdouglass February 4th, 2004 08:40 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by rdouglass:
I haven't done it in a while myself. I guess with FQM having ample 5-star systems, it got to be 'old hat' after a while.

In my current solo game, I own at least 3 5-star systems, maybe I'll start seeding bases again to build components....that's cool; having 5 SW's in 1 system... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Even better is that all of your orbital defense get scattered around from the random system movement! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nah, I turned that off... I can handle all the damaging WP's but not my bases/ships moving around willy-nilly. That's the only thing about FMQ I changed. An occasional spacial anomoly for some unexpected movement, OK; but not every turn... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Alneyan February 4th, 2004 09:26 PM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
I never built any Sphere or Ring World, for lack of the need to do so. (Well, in a regular game that is, I tried once to check how it was done)

Incidentally, I fail to see a reason why you would want to build a Sphere World. These require a *lot* of research points compared to Ring Worlds, and they require twice as much resources and build time than a Ring World. Besides, you would need fifty turns to outproduce a non-breathable ring world, and one hundred turns to have more facilities than a breathable ring world. So many turns are needed for this Sphere World to be more profitable than a Ring World.

So is there any reason why you would want to build a Sphere World, unless if you do happen to have few stars at your disposal? I admit I fail to see why you would want these. (Apart from trying to build the fabled Sphere World boasting 240 Cultural Centers. That is what I call a very strong planet indeed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif )

narf poit chez BOOM February 5th, 2004 12:55 AM

Re: When was the Last time you built a ring world?
 
because i like maximizing my resources, silly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif


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