Newbie Game

Arakiel · #1 September 24th, 2004, 10:43 AM

ok so it looks like we have a group of people

so far i see:
brianeyci
Rasorow
Renegade 13
Sivran
Salient
and myself
did i miss anyone?

To make sure everybody gets what they are hoping for out of the game lets talk settings...

Galaxy Size/Type?
Any Restrictions?
Tech Levels?
Homeworld Value, #, etc?
AI Empires?
Any Mod?

Personally I usually play in a large map against the AI but that's my opinion and im not sure if that would take too long to get going in Online play. Only restriction I can think of is that we all use different shipsets so we know who is who (usually). As for mods. i'm not thrilled with the idea but not totally against it if the group thinks it would make the game more fun. So what do you all think?

-Arakiel

Salient · #2 September 24th, 2004, 10:53 AM

Stock game is fine by me, large galaxy is also ok.
A few neutral AI empires could be fun.

And lots of diplomacy between the players!

Glyn · #3 September 24th, 2004, 11:43 AM

I'm interested.
I have only had the game a week, but I was planning to try PBW eventually.

Glyn

Renegade 13 · #4 September 24th, 2004, 11:42 AM

I would suggest 3 homeworlds, in order to get things going faster. Also, in my opinion, it's a lot more fun if there are no AI's in the game. They tend to really mess people up, and will not honor alliances, etc. We'd probably end up just ganging up on them and wiping them out as early as possible, so what's the point??

Low tech cost would get the game going quickly as well (makes researching new tech levels cheaper in research points) But I'm not sure if everyone would agree to that.

What do people think of these suggestions?

Arakiel · #5 September 24th, 2004, 01:55 PM

Cool beans Glyn!

Renegade 13 - You make good points, not sure I agree with the low tech approach though. Sounds like it would get going faster but also get out of control faster with everybody running around using Baseships oDoom.

If we do go without AI then I think we need a smaller map, otherwise it could be quite awhile before we meet other players. Although with 3 homeworlds that may get offset a bit.

Alneyan · #6 September 24th, 2004, 02:01 PM

Baseships are evil! Beware of them, as they may not be so great in some circumstances (well, they do shine when battles come down to a contest of numbers). But I should not digress so.

Low tech means tech costs go in a linear way, rather than in an expontential growth (or geometrical; I am not sure if there is actually a difference here) as with Normal and High cost. For example, Shields X costs 100,000 research points with low tech cost (starting cost of 10,000 times the wanted level of 10), while they would cost no less than 500,000 research points with Medium tech cost and 1,000,000 points with High tech cost.

In the JJPEAR game (low tech cost), all Empires had reached full tech more or less around turn 100, including some of the most useless technologies ever allowed to see the daylight. To the best of my knowledge, there had been few treaties and trades in this game, and none of the Empires seemed to have gone with a full "tech junkie" approach. So you should expect high-end technology to become available very early in a low tech cost game, especially if there are players loving research in the game.

Salient · #7 September 24th, 2004, 04:19 PM

Do we want a long slow game or a more fast paced one?

Myself, I'm more than willing to commit myself to a very long game.

Rasorow · #8 September 24th, 2004, 05:56 PM

Faster....

3 homeworlds is cool

Low tech is great

Good value homeworlds

mid lvl race points?

Stock game please...

No AI

My 2 cents

Rasorow

Renegade 13 · #9 September 24th, 2004, 11:16 PM

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Arakiel said:
Renegade 13 - You make good points, not sure I agree with the low tech approach though. Sounds like it would get going faster but also get out of control faster with everybody running around using Baseships oDoom.

You're very right. It may be better to have a normal tech cost game, rather than a low cost. Really, I don't care a whole lot either way, I'll be quite happy to play either way. And yes, if we go with the no AI thing, a smaller galaxy would get us in contact with each other at a quicker pace.

As for a slow paced, or fast paced game, either one is good with me, as I will play the entire game through, no matter what. (Unless something catastrophic occurs, in which case I'd have to drop out. But that's very unlikely). I look forward to playing with you all!

Alneyan · #10 September 25th, 2004, 05:15 AM

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Renegade 13 said:
As I will play the entire game through, no matter what.

So, does it mean you fully expect to win the game, or at least to survive until the end of the game? Otherwise, how would you be able to play "the entire game through"? Granted, you seem to do quite well at survival; at the rates things are going in NGC4, you will become the third most powerful Empire in the universe. Sorry, I couldn't resist making that pointless comment. Yes, I will be leaving now.