Idea submissions

[Suicide Junkie]

Just put them all in the queue. The way SE4 (non-divide evenly mode) distributes the points means you don't have to worry about spreading your points or losing the excess. Not to mention that you get all techs except the Last one faster.

And, the point of the grid techs are that you don't HAVE to do all three at the same time or the same rate.
Two players could have torpedo weapons, and while one player researched excellent range and accuracy, the other researched damage only.

[ December 16, 2002, 20:22: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

[Pax]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
And, the point of the grid techs are that you don't HAVE to do all three at the same time or the same rate.
Two players could have torpedo weapons, and while one player researched excellent range and accuracy, the other researched damage only.

Or better, Player A researches the range and accuracy; he will ccurately ping you, repeatedly, from long range.

Player B focussed on build-cost and damage. He doesn't hit terribly often, and has to get right up close to even try ... but he's got LOTS of the blighters, and when they hit, something goes *boom* in a [b]BIG[/] way.

Meanwhile, Player C went for range and damage; long range, not terribly accurate, with good punch; Player D went for accuracy and build cost; lots and lots of hyper-accurate close-range "ping"-ing ...

And so on.

[Stone Mill]

S.J. - the grid tech idea has some really cool potential... I like it. To go further:

Maybe bury a few research "Easter Egg" goodies by crossing 2 special racial techs deep down the tree. This could be a really funky weapon or facility. At least make them more useful than the ancient techs in the existing game.

[Stone Mill]

What I would like is improving the longevity for seekers and units (drones, fighters, missiles).

Point Defense is the End-All for units and seekers. The game would be more interesting if your higher tech units were:

1. enabled by a ECM that made them harder to hit
2. beefed up with a substantial damage tolerance
3. reduced in cost, so that someone would actually build large fighters

[Desdinova]

how many points of damage does it take to destroy a seeker? i know with a mk V pt def canon 1 hit will destroy a seeker. but it takes more hits with earlier ones.

[Suicide Junkie]

The seeker damage resistance is displayed at the bottom of the component window.

Compare that to your point defense damage power.

[DarkAngel]

well i intended it for ideas(no matter how off the wall or wild)that through conversation,tweaking,and playtesting become a reality....basically what i'm saying is say whatever ya want,just as long as it actually gets somewhere rather than just bounced around till it dies off,thus going nowhere and taking up space and wasting time