| Re: NAS vs no NAS (split from "What to do ???") |
Tue, 12 October 2004 02:05   |
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Huh...interesting. I wasn't aware of that one facet of guts. My slackerly level of attention to the guts over the past 8 years of playing this game could have some detrimental effect to my playing. 
Just ran a test (however massively bungled by leaving OBRM checked w/ my standard ARM, NAS, no TT AR). Did minimal MM--only colonized 10 planets w/ each race. Both races were equally disadvantaged, having OBRM checked.
Races did just about even up till 25. @3 race was marginally more successful overall due to getting gates at year 21 vs. 24 or 25. @3 race could ahve them by 15 w/out sacrificing growth.
w/out @3 gates are considerably more expensive so you need to wait for more resources. However, this is offset by fewer resources to get to C7/8. This increased ability to gain ground. @3 race, however gains territory distance much earlier up to year 10 or so. This is important if you are playing in tightly packed conditions, as it can mean the difference between life and death by armed ships targetting SB for an early nuke.
w/out @3 definitely performed better overall, able to get to C12 on year 29 (w/ only 10 planets). @3 got C12 a year later. on 30. W/out @3 had W16 in 3 fields on year 50. @3 was a bit behind in construction by then--though I did bungle some tech levels pretty badly when I started forcing the game ahead to speed the test to 50.
In retrospect, for a more tightly packed universe w/ many players few planets (15-20 planets/player). Around 20 planets.player, the 3.5 cheap w/out @3 race probably has the advantage. But more tightly packed than that, the ability to throw up gates earlier and quicker research to C7/El4 miners probably has the advantage in survivability.
g.e./Gakl
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