Inti,s SEV Game

[arthurtuxedo]

Noticed a couple balance issues. It seems that Light Carriers make all other ship types redundant. Only 10% of space needs to be fighter bays, so that's 720 kT of usable space vs. 300 on a frigate and 500 on a colony ship or freighter.

Also, this seems like it will be much slower-going mod than stock. High cost to research stuff + low amount of research per turn + high cost of building colony ships = lots of turns. This might be intentional, but the gain in realism isn't worth the slow pace, IMO.

[Randallw]

I have some experience with eclicpse in Se4 so I remembered the slower tech progression, but still it is a bit of a surprise that you have 130K research in first turn and then only 3K on second. I know you get extra on the first turn for vanilla but that is only times 4.

[Ed Kolis]

Keep in mind you don't start with a full homeworld, and the game now has Capitals ala Galciv... so if you want, you can build a research capital in your home system and fill up your homeworld with research centers...
Another balance issue... Metropolises seem overpowered compared to the regular facilities - they do TOO MUCH of everything for their low cost and small size! (20% the research/intel of a research facility, 33% the mining/farming/refining of the appropriate facilities, plus storage, all packed into a facility half the size and 40% the cost of a standard facility! ) Do they simply not advance as well with research? I haven't poked around in the data files so I don't know...

[Kevin Arisa]

Metropolis resource generation increases by 20, 15, and 10 points every level up to 50 levels. Resource dedicated facilities raise by 100, 80, and 60. They also begin with a significantly higher rate. Metropolis is an excellent choice if you need a little of everything, but is not efficient in any one task.

[geoschmo]

I'm trying to resolve why the server can't seem to process the turns. I doubt you have ground combat on turn 1.

Were there any last minute updates to the mod before the game started? I haven't followed every word of this thread. I've got you using the data files for Golden Eclipse Mod v1.0 Beta. That's correct is it not?

Geoschmo

[Intimidator]

We also used an fix from Kevin, you can find the link in the Eclipse mod thread.

[geoschmo]

I can't seem to access Kevins site at the moment. Did he patch the mod and not change the version?

Geoschmo

[Ed Kolis]

Kevin Arisa said:
Metropolis resource generation increases by 20, 15, and 10 points every level up to 50 levels. Resource dedicated facilities raise by 100, 80, and 60. They also begin with a significantly higher rate. Metropolis is an excellent choice if you need a little of everything, but is not efficient in any one task.

Yes, it is an excellent choice if you need a little of everything - but shouldn't the player be penalized for attempting to hedge his bets on future resource needs with a metropolis vs. dedicated facilities, not rewarded? Especially given that metropolises are much cheaper to research than researching all the other techs combined!