What will It Take?

Hornet X1 · #1 June 17th, 2002, 01:25 AM

Surprisingly, the game is only 3 players away from being ready to start.

I have updated the game description based on player input provided here.

1) Email diplomacy is now allowed.

2) Gifting is allowed, but direct trading and gifting of tech is still restricted.

3) Applied a new organization scheme for the game description.

Come On !!!

You know deep down you really want to join up.

Your inner mini evil galactic dictator tells you so!

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Batman,

I will need Zetor's opinion before making the racial tech requirement you suggest since he might have to redo his empire. It could be fun.

On race design - nothing stops you from taking both hardy industrialist and 1000 racial points in construction. Religious tech might be an alternative to the aggressiveness trait. Just a little food for thought.

Hornet X1

hornetx1@excite.com

Batman · #2 June 17th, 2002, 01:32 AM

Yeah, taking points in construction and taking Hardy Industrialists is the only situation that I would take HI.

If we do the tech thing, maybe we could have everyone be randomly assigned a tech. (I'm sure one of the PBW admins would do this for us.) This, of course, only works if we have a small enough # of people.

Zetor · #3 June 17th, 2002, 01:37 AM

Don't worry about me, I always use racial techs, in fact I build my races around 'em

(I think racial techs are one of SE4's biggest strengths, in fact)

-- Z.
ruler of the happy fun schizophrenic psycho people
"You're *sad animals*, do you want to *spread the wax*?"

Batman · #4 June 17th, 2002, 01:46 AM

What would people say to reducing the score display from all to allied (or even 'none')?

I always find it a little unrealistic to show total score (because people can draw conclusions about your offensive/defensive capabilities too easily from the # of ships/units/planets/systems etc)

Zetor · #5 June 17th, 2002, 01:53 AM

Fine by me -- I'll get creamed either way, newbie that I am. <g>

-- Z.
of high self-esteem

Fyron · #6 June 17th, 2002, 02:33 AM

Planetary space yards are just so much better than orbital ones. Build a space yard on every planet with 3 or more facility slots, and you wont be missing the orbital yards.

I forgot to mention the Construction bonus too.

Nothing beats a planet with a base 45% bonus to its construction rate.

Fyron · #7 June 17th, 2002, 02:34 AM

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What would people say to reducing the score display from all to allied (or even 'none')?

Score display set to None is one of the single worst things you can do in setting up a game.