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Old May 31st, 2002, 12:23 AM

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hey the victor always writes history.

I agree with you baron. I know the game very well.

Scary thing is that I am still learning it.

The 20000 units has really changed the style of game.

The PPB ship is still powerful. But the unit counters them easily
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Old May 31st, 2002, 12:36 AM

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So, we should send an email to MM saying we're all tearing our hair out at how boring the game has become and please add something quick?

Mounts restrictable by tech levels would be good.
And/or mounts for shields and armor.

Multiple weapon damage types for a single weapon, too.

Then add new abilities like 'Double damage to Shields' and 'Half damage to shields' so weapons can have both advantages and disavantages.
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Old May 31st, 2002, 02:23 AM

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I totally agree with Baron M.
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We want more STUFF!!
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Seriously it isn't that overpowered. All games have something that just does wonders. Can't remember if it was Mech Inf or somethign before that in Civ2 but its just something you have to deal with. And believe me it can be dealt with. As easily as most other new inventions.
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Old June 1st, 2002, 08:08 AM

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Very well, i dont know. After a lot of thinking i agree that major changes to the weapon might hurt the game too much. Still, it is a powerful weapon and is too easy to research early on bringing you great advantage. So i still think it should be changed - either by decreasing damage a little or increasing the research cost.
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Personally, I like what I did with PPB in Proportions - I smoothed out the advances in damage, and then made PPB 1-5 into PPB 8-12, and added PPB 1-7 that start out short ranged and weak (except of course they go through shields!) kind of like SE III PPB's. So, the powerful PPB's are still there (though it's really a major research investment to get them in Proportions).

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Old June 1st, 2002, 06:51 PM

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The idea is good and was mentioned before. still, people say it would cripple the AI
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