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Old November 20th, 2001, 12:15 AM

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well i thought i'd drudge this subject back up seeing as how the AI has gotten a little better and that the amount of player created races is getting pretty huge.

So am i the only one here that wants to be able to play with more than 20 races in a game or what? 20 just doesn't do it for me anymore. With all the great races out there now and the AI that are getting pretty tough that go with them i would love to have more than 20 races in one game. IMO this would make the game much more enjoyable and more difficult.

I am interested to see what everyone else thinks about this.
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Old November 20th, 2001, 12:35 AM

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Default Re: More than 20 ?

20 is more then enough for me. I like to play with 10 AI races (mod pack), and 5 neutrals. When I play with 20 15/5, the quandrant just gets too crowded. If AIs are close they just fight each other and stay weak. If they have some room to grow in the beginning they provide much better play - at least to me.
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Old November 20th, 2001, 12:50 AM
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Default Re: More than 20 ?

If you are not using a really huge galaxy (200+ sytems) I would suggest to not use more then 10 races at once. If you use 20 races the AI will waste a lot of energy, ships and resources to destroy each other instead of you. Sometimes less is more.
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Old November 20th, 2001, 01:04 AM

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hmm well i guess i always play in huge quadrants usually 255 systems and 20 races is not enough for me. I have actually been playing in smaller quadrants lately to make it harder on myself with 20 races.I find that the more races packed in especially if they start in the same system as you can be real challenging. That and the fact that i can never include all of the races i want to makes me think more races would be better.
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Old November 20th, 2001, 07:09 AM
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Default Re: More than 20 ?

You are not alone, I too love to play in huge quadrants and would like to play with more races. It would be nice if 20 was the number of regular races you could have, and then you could double that in neutrals, sure that would make turn gens really long, but man it would make for some interesting games.
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Old November 20th, 2001, 09:00 AM

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I HAVE THE POWER!!!. A SOLUTION, In (birth of the federation) there where random space monsters,borg, crystal entity in which they spawn etc. THIS WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, from my experince believe you me.
I also read on the MOO 3 discussion Boards that space monsters have been dropped. Too bad. Not a major feature but a nicely 'distinctive' one. If MM would pick them up I bet it would attract a lot of attention from the die-hard MOO fans. If all players can email suggestions on this to MM,. WHAT do you guys think?.
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