race wizard

Pocus · #1 May 2nd, 2003, 09:14 AM

What is, according to you, the weakest cultural trait? Does one really exists?

How do you build a race? Will you each time rip some points by lowering ground combat efficiency for example?

What are your prefered traits? The worst one in your opinion?

General Woundwort · #2 May 2nd, 2003, 12:43 PM

For those of us who use Dogscoff's SEIV Code, you can check our signatures for the translation. My (new) one means, "You think I'm giving out sensitive tactical information like that? What kind of fool do you take me for?"

Seriously, I would tell you, but I'm trying to get started in PBW and I need to keep my cards close to my chest.

dogscoff · #3 May 2nd, 2003, 03:36 PM

well I don't mind losing at pbw so I'll let you into a few secrets.

Some of the the percentage scores are less "granular" than their actual effects in game, so you can drop them a certain amount without losing anything at all. For example, the only effect of lowering environmental resisitance is to lower happiness. I think it's something like every 5% dropped from ER equates to one percent less happiness. Therefore you can drop 4% without losing a thing! or drop 5% and buy that point back on the happiness scale. Repair is similar. A repair bay III repairs 8 components per turn. If you sell 5% of your repair aptitude then, it will only repair 7.6 compononents per turn (95% of 8 is 7.6). The game can't repair .6 of a component though- it's all or nothing, so it just rounds that 7.6 back up to 8 and you've got a few extra racial points for nothing.

Play around with it. Put a few searches into these forums and start a few test games. You'll soon figure out how best to twink your empire.

BTW that se4 code badly needs updating, but I really can't be arsed=-) Anyone is free to make suggestions or (better yet) take it off my hands=-)

[ May 02, 2003, 14:37: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

Fyron · #4 May 3rd, 2003, 01:31 AM

Environmental Resistance lowers Reproduction too, not just happiness.

Pocus · #5 May 3rd, 2003, 10:36 PM

Aside the FAQ, does some site hosts a library of strat articles about SE IV?

capnq · #6 May 3rd, 2003, 11:43 PM

Quote:

The game can't repair .6 of a component though- it's all or nothing, so it just rounds that 7.6 back up to 8

No, it doesn't; it rounds down to 7.

But it rounds after adding together everything in the sector, so at 95% a repair base with 3 Repair Bay IIIs will fix 22.8 -> 22 components.

Fyron · #7 May 3rd, 2003, 11:44 PM

Look in the Important SEIV Information and Stuff thread that is sticked at the top of the SE4 forum.