Multiplayer games

[aegisx]

I've only played a couple of PBW games, but it seems that the expand as fast as possible and build loads of research is a bit too effective of a tactic.

I was thinking that increasing the maintenance cost of colonies might be a way to slow things down. They would force a player to build extraction facilities, rather than colony ships and research labs.

[Suicide Junkie]

At the moment, GGmod is a bit too far on the other side of that I think... I'm planning to boost resource production.

The nifty thing is that the maintenance costs are unrelated to the build cost, but rather match the descriptions. They're quite high too.

For example, you have a cheap hydrocarbon power plant, which takes up 500 space, and burns 500 organics to produce 500-1000 energy (depending on tech level)

Mineral mines soak up organics for the workers pretty fast.

And greenhouses use up lots of energy (offset by the number of stars)

The more efficient resource extraction facilities like fusion power plants cost a lot of time to build.

[aegisx]

It seems populations really don't use much in the way of resources. Upping these values seems like it would make resources be a part of the game. Right now, they don't seem to be much of a limiting factor.

[aegisx]

In fact, populations do not use minerals or radioactives.

[GuyOfDoom]

I believe resources are only not limiting in Large, long-term games and in short games, with the small amount of planets at least 30-50% of your resources are going to maintaining your facilities and defense.

[aegisx]

It doesn't seem to really matter though, as players are able to to get 80 colonies in 30 turns and a few hundred thousand rp's. Resources don't seem to limit rushing tactics.