[Keir Maxwell]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:
I see no problem with the current heat/cold, productivity/sloth or growth/death scales. Different nations, themes and strategies have good reasons to take different positions on these scales, which IMO is how it should be. I have seen and played anything from +3 to -3 and consider them all viable for the right strategy. I wish I could say that for turmoil, magic, drain and luck. Any turmoil is likely to hose you, luck isn't worth the points, high magic isn't worth the points and high drain is too crippling except for standard Ulm. [/QB]

I have been experimenting with a very wide range of designs than simply because Bless effects are new and I want to try them out.

I have taken drain 3 heaps with Dom II and will continue to do so. I consider it to be the best choice for the majority of race designs I'm looking at right now. When you have 0pts (or less) after designing your pretender you end up with some funky scales and a huge amount of research coming out of the (sometimes immobile) pretender (28 one time!) so drain 3 is one of the first negative scale choices. I would have to say though that I am having a harder time finding sage sites than I in Dom1 which is a worry.

I agree with you Chris though on the rest of the scales.

cheers

Keir