Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

[Alneyan]

Bah. You know I don't have anything against Republicans: I just bear a bunch of grudges against some very specific SEIV players, say the kind that hails from the Peach State. Granted, I do have the national skill "Mock the Americanus", but it gets kind of dull after a while.

Foreign elections are somehow a good deal funner than national ones, though. If your side wins, you can still revel in glory and triumph, and if you happen to be on the losing side... well, it's easy to rationalise as "ain't happening right there right now, so what?". I guess the French 2002 was hilarious outside our borders.

Why am I talking politics to one of them browncoats anyhow? You lost, the game is over, and that's tough luck for ya. KOTH will is to have been updated tomorrow.

[Rathar]

Rand and I have played a tough game and I have narrowly emerged victorious.

I pull upon the ceremonial bell at the base of the throne and challenge thee Glyn..

I really liked the imagination you used setting up your last game with Slynky. Would you by chance use said imagination again for this challenge?

Rathar

P.S. I will purchase SEV the instant the multi-player aspect becomes truly functional but until then..

[Glyn]

Glyn jerks awake when the sound of the ceremonial bell ringing. “Enough already I’m awake now.”

Congratulations Rathar on your victory!


Imagination? Does that mean you want something similar to the game with Slynky or something else off the wall?


(Similar to the game with Slynky)
Full tech
No Warp points connected
Three Good Planets.
Well dispersed systems on map suggest using Galactic edge
Manual placement on opposite sides of the map (left / Right)
2000 racial points
No Intel



(Different off the wall)
2000 racial points
Must take at least one racial trait of Psychic, Religious, Organic, Temporal and/or Crystallization.
No Intel
Starting Tech Level Medium
Tech Cost High
Starting Resources High 100000
Warp Points anywhere


(Radical)
Three Good Planets
No Intel
No Point Defense (or agreement to use only level one PD)
Manual placement opposite sides of map.

[Rathar]

As I issue the challenge I allow you to choose the settings. I do feel that single planet starts are slow and prefer 3 but am game for whatever! ( 1 million people on a moon with only a shipyard! Not possible I think but an example of what I mean by game for whatever)

Rathar

[Glyn]

Rathar,

I prefer the 3 good planet start too. It reduces the impact of a good/bad start position. It does make for a faster game too.


How about this setup. (I’ve never played without PD, but it could be fun?)

Three Good Planets
Manual placement on mostly opposite sides of the map.
No Intel
No Mines
No Point Defense weapons

[Rathar]

No PD sounds weird. Not that that is a bad thing! But weird nonetheless.

Think it has a chance of being a lasting pain in the rear or would it be something largely bypassed in the midgame by shields/armor?

Umm How many pts?

Have both "Different off the wall" and "radical" simultaneously?

Rathar

[Suicide Junkie]

No PD is a bit extreme... leaky PD is nice tho

All you really have to do is remove the autofire ability from the PDCs to accomplish this (See SE3-ism mod)
Then it is simply a matter of designs and strategies to make use of them.

[Glyn]

Combine the Different and radical? Might be a short game. Feel free to counter offer a setup.

Three Good Planets
Manual placement on mostly opposite sides of the map.
No Intel
No Mines
No Point Defense weapons (might be better to use limited PD to level one rather than to band it completely?)
2000 racial points
must take at least one racial trait of Psychic, Religious, Organic, Temporal and/or Crystallization.
Starting Tech Level Medium (So that it will be a viable option to start researching racial tech)
Tech Cost High
Warp Points anywhere.


SJ:
It seem to me that no PD would chew through the ships. Primary weapons would be missiles and then fighters. Once fighters come out there would be a shift to add beam weapons. Beam weapons might be more effect than missiles when the ships start close to each other.

[Alneyan]

KOTH has been updated, a week late... and I kind of doubt it'll improve much.

[Rathar]

Ok I am game. I think no PD better than lvl 1 but it'll be strange..

Tech cost high also seems a bit overdoing it but sure if you are still into it.

I'll upload an empire when I see you agreeing that we agree that we agree.

Rathar