An Idea about Racial Techs...

Baron Munchausen · #1 July 12th, 2002, 10:58 PM

Yes, this is the 'research aptitude' idea used by MOO 3. The laws of physics are the same for everyone, but some races are better at certain kinds of research. All you would need is a set of 'aptitudes' to match the racial techs. A race with a specialty would research that specialty at far less cost (maybe ten times less?) than the other races. But a race willing and able to pay the high research costs would be able to research any specialty.

Ed Kolis · #2 July 13th, 2002, 03:22 AM

Actually, the "research aptitude" was around in Moo1, they dropped it in MOO2 for some reason, and it's coming back in MOO3. Stars! had it as well, BTW... Though I like the original idea... it never made sense to me how in the Xiati's description they just "happened upon" Temporal technology - if so, why is it so Special (tm) that no one else can steal it from them, etc.?

EViL JiM · #3 July 13th, 2002, 03:50 AM

I think the racial techs give color to races.. something that says 'this is what we do, this is who we are' rather than some super empire which can do everything in a 3 week long game.

James Demacek

capnq · #4 July 13th, 2002, 04:53 AM

I'm fairly certain some people have done things like this in their mods, but don't recall offhand who.

Suicide Junkie · #5 July 13th, 2002, 05:48 AM

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it never made sense to me how in the Xiati's description they just "happened upon" Temporal technology - if so, why is it so Special (tm) that no one else can steal it from them, etc.?

It was the Xiati from the future, who came back and taught them about temporal tech.

Scientists from any other race would blow their minds thinking about all the inherent paradoxes, and fail miserably at the temporal tech analysis.