New PBW Game - Furball V: Pinball

[Loser]

This sounds like fun!

Waitaminute... Ships with no weapons agaisnt Large Weapon Platforms with Max Tech weapons (and Relics, no doubt)... I'm not too sure about that.

Or, since Weapon Platforms use Ship weapons, are they limited to Tractors, Replusors, and PDC as well?

[Loser]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
But everyone will build system grav shields to prevent this and the game will stalemate.

Not if someone can get a Star Destroyer to the center before the Grav Shields are in.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Loser:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
But everyone will build system grav shields to prevent this and the game will stalemate.

Not if someone can get a Star Destroyer to the center before the Grav Shields are in.

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And destroy the entire universe? Boy, that's a feather in their cap. I gotta get in on this one.

[geoschmo]

If it's the same map he's used for previous Furballs there wont be a star. I was talking about planet destroyers.

[Loser]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
...destroy the entire universe? Boy, that's a feather in their cap. I gotta get in on this one.

Oh yeah.

Originally posted by geoschmo:
I was talking about planet destroyers.

Planet Destroyers work without a Star? I thought all Stellar Manipulation needed a Star in the system to work?

[ August 27, 2003, 18:02: Message edited by: Loser ]

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Loser:
Planet Destroyers work without a Star? I thought all Stellar Manipulation needed a Star in the system to work?

Nope, Planet destroyers work fine in a system with no star. Warp openers and closers as well, allthough those wont be a factor in this game.

But I believe you do need a star in a system to use a planet creator to build a planet out of asteroids.

[ August 27, 2003, 18:23: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Puke]

yep, you need a star for planet creators but not for destroyers.

and yes, weapon platforms use ship weapons, so they will be limited as well. I have ammended the games description on PBW to also include shield destroyers, so that boarding parties can be a factor.

and as to random movement and fleet assembly, it wont be a problem at all. The Last time I tested it (a few Versions back) random movement worked as follows:

The game picks a random sector, and moves all ships / bases / units towards it by X number of sectors. in this case X is 12, so that everyone will end up in the same sector at the end of each turn, but it will be a different sector each turn, and everyone will take a slightly different path to get there, depending on their point of origin.

and no, there wont be a star.