Factions Mod

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 April 27th, 2004, 09:40 PM

I wanna play! but I got no time.

QuarianRex · #2 May 1st, 2004, 02:49 AM

Sign me up. I already have too many games on the go but this one is just too interesting to pass up. Just a thought on balancing the spaceborne though. They will have a massive advantage as it is. Why not allow the other factions to research up to level3 ship construction? While they will be denied mounts (the greatest advantage of larger hulls) they will not be absolutely impotent fodder for the big dogs. Just a thought.

Alneyan · #3 May 1st, 2004, 10:56 AM

On the other hand, you may want to remove the Light Carriers (and the following hulls) from the other Factions, since this hull packs quite a lot of punch for its low research cost, and doesn't require any kind of Ship Construction research.

The Light Carrier is about as strong as the Light Cruiser, with slightly less free space, but more hitpoints (leaky armour anyone?) and basic transport abilities, so it would make a rather good hull until the endgame when Battleships and above become the norm.

Puke · #4 May 3rd, 2004, 07:54 AM

i failed to mention it, but carriers are out for non-spaceborne factions.

as for SB being at an advantage, im not sure i agree. I am imagining that if there was no diplomacy and nothing but war, colonials would win out over any other faction. the simple ability to expand to other planets makes them a shoe-in for victory.

the game would be all about fleets of small transports ferrying loads of fighters between systems. maybe some drone wars.

WITH diplomacy and trade, who can say what will happen? should be interesting. And if it turns out to be too unballanced, we can always adjust it for the second game.

Paul1980au · #5 May 3rd, 2004, 10:31 AM

What about phased weapons ?

Puke · #6 May 3rd, 2004, 05:07 PM

what about phased weapons? none of the basic technologies in the game are changed, there are already plenty of mods that re-balance the game for different strategies.

As with the stock game, DUCs, PPBs, and ABPs will probably rule the early, mid, and late game - respectively. As with the stock game, there will probably still be a few people whom like WMGs, Rippers, and Null Space guns. As with the stock game, there may be missiles used in the early and mid game.

I'm sure that everything else is still pretty useless, but I really dont want to try and re-balance the game. There are already lots of mods that do that.

It might be possible to make an "armorer" faction, whom would have access to advanced weaponry of all areas say anything above level 1 or level 5 - depending on how many levels of a technology there are - but that sounds like alot of work and it might make things worse.