Patch wishlist

jc173 · #1 April 12th, 2001, 10:23 AM

I like the new mine field placement idea. It might help the AI defend it's warp points better. It would be nice if the AI would deploy sats at warp points along with mines and bases (Not sure if it does already, but I haven't seen it yet personally) Would be nice to also have drones that carry one shot missiles or mine clearing charges for warp point assaults kind of like the SBMHAWK pods in some of the Starfire novels.

Marco · #2 April 12th, 2001, 11:42 AM

I Think my suggestion of placed minefields needs some refining for warp points:
I have considered only the case of a enemy fleet tryng to enter a warp point defended by a mix of bases, armed sats and mines, I forget to consider that the same fleet needs to leave the same warp point on the other side located in target system, and even there can be placed a defensive mix of mines, sats and bases.
I don't see a easy way to deploy the warped fleet and the defensive minefield.
May be the formations utilized to place minefields and satellites needs some restrictions: a forbidden area around the warp point et a forbidden area near the boundaires of the tactical map to allow the deployment of the enemy units.
In any case I think the idea of placed minefield remain workable at least for planets defense.
Any suggestion ?
Thanks.

Mark Walton · #3 April 12th, 2001, 12:34 PM

What's really frustrating is, I had a couple of REALLY great ideas in mind, but when I read the rest of the thread by ideas went! I can't remember them.

Anyway can a pro-RTS person explain how the game will still be playable? In real time 1 turn = 1 month . I can barely stand to wait a couple of days for the emails.

dogscoff · #4 April 12th, 2001, 04:41 PM

Two more ideas: - They wouldn't make a huge difference to gameplay but would be a nice touch:

I think an undomed planet should be able to hold a small domed population - 5 million? -
Without the cargo / facility / population capacity penalty.

This would make my second ideea possible:

Populations move by themselves- A small percentage of a population's growth on a planet represents immigration from nearby planets.
Example - Planet A has a growing population of Terrans. I then colonise nearby planet B with captured Phong. A few years later, planet A has 400m Terrans and 2m Phong. They have not been moved there by me but have migrated there on their own.

This could work for nearby allied worlds as well - After all, any country in the world today has a small population of resident foreigners from friendly countries.

What do you think?

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tictoc · #5 April 12th, 2001, 09:52 PM

What would be very handy is the ability to printout your setup (options) at the beginning of a game prior to running it.

tic

[This message has been edited by tictoc (edited 12 April 2001).]

Nitram Draw · #6 April 12th, 2001, 10:02 PM

That first one is a good suggestion. I never understood why the cargo capacity was effected by the planet type. And why can the population be so large?

capnq · #7 April 13th, 2001, 01:02 AM

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I never understood why the cargo capacity was effected by the planet type. And why can the population be so large?

I imagine the cargo limits are mainly for play balance. Why do you think the populations are too large? I've wondered why they weren't larger. An average rock/oxygen Homeworld only holds 4000M, but the current population of Earth is already over 6000M, and the most common estimate I've seen for the maximum Earth can support is 10000M.

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