[BlackRose]

I was wondering what (or if) there was a magic thing that makes the TDM game so hard.

Game 1 - TDM 3.40 MOD Custom ship set with Custom EMP files, no special tech, 5k racial points

8 AI, 11 Neutral. High Bonus, Hard difficulty

HARD game although I dont care much for score i'm in 4th now but I only have about half of the score of the 3rd place, and 1/5th of the 1st place player. At one point I had to frantically seal my emprie away from all the others by closing warp points. I just opened up and slammed into the Cue Cappa (Intel attacks are so devastating) Took 7 systems in a pinch and am considering closing down again as I'm getting pounded by their intel. AI has massive fleets and they often seemed to be grouped together instead of spread out. Taking any planet is an exercise in pain, mostly the Weapons Platforms cause it but the 100's of fighters arnt much fun either.

OVERALL: VERY HARD, probably hardest game I've played.

GAME 2: STM 1.75 MOD Dominion, 5k racial points.

7 AI, 12 Neutral AI using STM Major Systems Map.
Set mode to team, so all AI are allied against me. High Bonus, Hard difficulty

Seems Easy. Not being pressured by Intel, keeping up in the tech war without much difficulty (3 races have better tech than me). Ships that come at me are often destroyed before they can fire, havnt lost a combat ship yet. I'm in 8th place but not having a hard time.

So I'm wondering what the difference is? Why is TDM so hard vs other mods i've tried? is it the AI bonus? or something else? Possibly Team mode isnt as challenging as it supposed to be?

BTW I love the challenge this mod provides!

[ June 23, 2004, 22:46: Message edited by: BlackRose ]