New pirates shipset

trooper · #1 February 12th, 2003, 11:17 AM

Argh, just installed P&N mod yesterday and tried a pirate race.

No research center -> no troop -> no planet capture -> no ressources !!! (idem for miner satellites... far too expensive to research)

No intelligence center -> no tech espionnage

Ships still cost maintenance -> miner ships aren't profitable.

Every thing is so slow... and by this time AIs are developing... and will crush me at first sight !

What is the use of hight quality components ? low budget ones have the same abilities ?

I came to a deadlock. Did I miss something ?

[ March 04, 2003, 12:58: Message edited by: trooper ]

Fyron · #2 February 12th, 2003, 11:22 AM

High quality have more hit points. Very good for armor.

Did you select the Pirate racial trait?

trooper · #3 February 12th, 2003, 11:26 AM

Ah I see. that was what the "reliability" factor was standing for.

Yes I did select this trait.

Fyron · #4 February 12th, 2003, 11:29 AM

Pirates have to make heavy use of ship capture.

Playing as a Pirate or Nomad gives a great challenge as opposed to playing as a Normal.

trooper · #5 February 12th, 2003, 01:06 PM

and scrap them to get ressources ? oh dear...

geoschmo · #6 February 13th, 2003, 02:19 AM

Scrap them for resources, or anylze them for tech. And you don't need intel if you abandon your planets and live in true pirate/nomad style as intended. Without planets you can't make contact with other races and they can't intel you or vice versa.

Geoschmo