Experience points for a race: What the heck?

Antra · #1 May 22nd, 2003, 02:26 AM

Do these just show how much you've played a certain race or what?

TerranC · #2 May 22nd, 2003, 02:27 AM

Yeah, pretty much.

Antra · #3 May 22nd, 2003, 02:48 AM

I was hoping I wasn't right

Ed Kolis · #4 May 22nd, 2003, 03:03 AM

Actually, it's a good thing IMO... if they actually had any significant impact on the game, that would mean that some races start out with an advantage just because you played them more, which reeks to me of creeping munchkinism...

Ragnarok · #5 May 22nd, 2003, 03:04 AM

They were originally supposed to give some sort of bonus to your empire; but it was decided that it would be too easy to exploit this in not only single player but also multiplayer, so Aaron took it out.

dogscoff · #6 May 22nd, 2003, 09:38 AM

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which reeks to me of creeping munchkinism...

I had that once. A course of antibiotics cleared it right up.

PvK · #7 May 22nd, 2003, 11:40 PM

BTW, I noticed recently that you can edit your empire however you like for a new game, and it won't reduce in experience.

PvK

Fyron · #8 May 23rd, 2003, 01:13 AM

I use race age for roleplaying purposes.

Ed Kolis · #9 May 23rd, 2003, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by PvK:
BTW, I noticed recently that you can edit your empire however you like for a new game, and it won't reduce in experience.

Just like fleet experience... Yeah, we're an experienced fleet... nevermind the fact that 90 percent of our ships haven't even seen each other, much less an actual hostile alien vessel

Taera · #10 May 23rd, 2003, 05:07 AM

there's another use for ages i've never seen noticed before - you can judge the power of an empire by their age. for example if you're infantile you should examine a young enemy carefully - but a newborn would be an easy target. and so on, can be quite useful. remember that age stands for military victories, researches and stuff built so races higher than you should be dealed with carefully