SE4 Stock Balance Mod

[Rollo]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
...After a little digging I think the problem here is not as serious as we thought. The stock Norak AI has a call for combat sensors..., but being that the custom AI's are not as high a priority for this as teh stock AI it's not a deal breaker I don't think...

Oh, I didn't realize that we are talking stock AI only here. It wasn't clear from SJ's orginal post:

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
The three objectives:

• To maintain compatibility with existing AIs
• To improve the balance of the game, and increase the effective number of strategic options.
• To make as small of a change as possible to the stock game.

Nevermind then.

Originally posted by geoschmo:
EDIT: Although it appears that the UF specifically do not have the design call for combat sensors. I am not sure for the reason behind this,... The custom AI's can always be revised. It's not uncommon for this to need done after a new patch anyway.

Well, the reason behind this is quite simple. The UF doesn't use combat sensors. It changes combat tactics during the game. Pre-Talisman: seekers and ramming; Talisman: direct fire.
While I agree that custom AI can be (and sometimes must be) revised, it is a different issue whether this is done after an official patch or to accomodate a mod. Don't expect to have all the AI modders jump through the hoops that you present for them.

change of topic:
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Here is another proposal for PPB. Similar to Geo's, but with range reduction. Btw, this is copied from the DevnullMod data files. I consider this quite balanced.

Research Cost: 10k
Weapon Damage At Rng := 30 25 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon Damage At Rng := 35 30 30 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon Damage At Rng := 45 40 40 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon Damage At Rng := 50 45 45 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon Damage At Rng := 60 55 55 55 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A severe increase in research cost like 50k, is going way overboard IMHO.

just my 0.02
Rollo