Atmospheric conditioners or ringworlds?

dbt1949 · #1 June 16th, 2003, 05:27 PM

Which is the better research Atmospheric conditioners or ringworlds?
I've been experiment around with both and I'm quite impressed with making all your planets out to max.
I haven't investigated into the research cost tho.
What are you alls preferences?

Power Man · #2 June 16th, 2003, 05:49 PM

I actually have both. I am converting planets and am building 2 ringworlds and a Sphere world !!

I actually declared "Peace" with the rest of the races so that I could finnish building the worlds before I finnished off the other races.

Now I just have to wait till friend gets back from vacation so we can can continue the game.

JLS · #3 June 16th, 2003, 06:21 PM

Both.

However, this will require two, very extenensive research, investment paths.
Stellar Manipulations and Planet Utilization.

The game you are playing, the other players must be very patent, to allow you this much time

dbt1949 · #4 June 16th, 2003, 06:38 PM

In the game I'm playing now I had already developed ringworlds and was running out of things to research.That's when I researched up to atmospheric conditioners.
It just looked to me that it should be developed before ringworld as it affects so much more of your empire.
I mean like in the case of a large gas planet.It normally only has slots for 5 facilities but after the atmospheric conditioner does it's thing it goes to 25 facilites. You convert 5 of these and you've made a ringworld(equivilant).

JLS · #5 June 16th, 2003, 06:48 PM

Agreed dbt1949, and there is that good feeling when accomplished your first Ring World, or converted your first Atmosphere

Erax · #6 June 16th, 2003, 07:57 PM

I have never built a ring or sphere world. I have this old savegame lying around that I quit when I reached the 'I know I can win' point, maybe I'll move it forward just to see what a RW or SW look like. (they have to be built on a sector w/ a star, right ?)