Catastrophies...some thoughts

[raynor]

I leave it set to frequency low and max severity at catastrophic. During a typical 200-250 turn game, I'll usually see a couple of planets reduced in mineral value. A couple of games, I have lost entire systems when a star exploded. That *has* to be the most annoying and most devastating event. In another topic, one player reported that his *home* star system exploded, I think.

For the most part, the events affect the game about as much as intelligence: you occasionally notice it but it doesn't really seem to affect the long term outcome of the game. (This is assuming that you are constantly expanding and don't lost a planet or solar system before turn 50...)

p.s. The events are definitely random; they don't target just the strongest player only.

[This message has been edited by raynor (edited 01 February 2001).]