atmosphere / type of world handicap

Taera · #1 January 26th, 2003, 08:12 PM

rock/methane is NOT rare.
i've been playing as rock/methane for a while and i can say that rock/methane planets are a little rarier than the rock/oxygen but they're always either very big or very rich. Rock/methane is a great combo, and its in no way a handicap.
ice/hydrogen though seems to be the rariest in all my games.

trooper · #2 January 26th, 2003, 08:17 PM

I was speakinbg about methane breather races, which are rarer than oxygen or carbon dioxyde breathers. I tried to create a race that doesn't use the classic planet conditions... I

Fyron · #3 January 26th, 2003, 10:59 PM

No, Andres, there are exactly as many Ice planets as Rock planets in the standard game. Go count them in SectType.txt if you don't believe me. I think there are either a few more of the larger Gas Giants, or some specific calls for Huge ones in SystemTypes.txt. Either way, they aren't at a serious handicap. The only fuzzy area is the None atmosphere planets, with a lot more tinies, but no Gas planets.

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Originally posted by trooper:
I was speakinbg about methane breather races, which are rarer than oxygen or carbon dioxyde breathers. I tried to create a race that doesn't use the classic planet conditions... I

Do you mean the methane planets, or the number of races that breathe methane? There is a huge difference, and I am beginning to suspect it was the latter....

[ January 26, 2003, 21:00: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Taera · #4 January 27th, 2003, 03:03 AM

trooper: both of my alien races are ice/Co2 and rock/CH4. glad to see im not the only one

PvK · #5 January 27th, 2003, 05:40 AM

I'd say the best choice from a "competetive edge" perspective, would be to figure out the least popular combo, so you have the least competition. Of course, the random variation is going to drown out any minor difference that might exist, and if any did have an agreed edge, more players would choose it and end up struggling over it. Not that it often makes all that much difference in the unmodded game, anyway, unless you choose the options restricting colonization, because colony tech and colonists are so easy to steal or trade.

PvK

Desdinova · #6 January 27th, 2003, 05:48 AM

it would seem gas giants would be a safe way to go. i havent encountered very many races that use that, most seem to be rock.