A dumb question (or maybe not) ...

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Elowan:
grassy-***!
But I think that 5 Ions and 1 CT should get you at least 6 - nes ce pas?

That's not the way SE4 is designed, that's for sure. All engines must be the advanced type or the bonus doesn't apply. It's even in the manual. Pretty obvious really, contraterene 1 is more expensive than ion 3, why would you use 6 if you didn't have to.

If you want realisim, can you mix and match jet engines on the same plane and have it fly properly? Well, maybe, I dunno. But it seems like a bad idea to me -- Cessna with 767 engine strapped to just one of it's wings LOL Or can a 747 have one 767 engine, and still fly right? Hey, everything I know about aviation I learned watching Top Gun reruns on TNN. LOL

'Kay see, I played this other space 4X game called Galactic Civilizations, and every propulsion tech you got made you ship +1 or even +2 faster. If you were much faster than an opponent, you would be unstoppable. MM is trying to prevent someone who knows the tech tree better than anyone else from ruling the game, so propulsion benefits are slow to arrive.

[ September 29, 2002, 02:33: Message edited by: Arkcon ]