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Re: CA Balance Sat, 12 February 2005 16:02 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
PricklyPea is currently offline PricklyPea

 
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>IMO 500 res for an OA is an overkill. Remember that CA can not do normal terra.

My modified version leaves the CA the ability to terraform for 50 resources (half price).

>They'd need to invest 3000 res into 6 clicks of terra other races would do for 600.

They start off with an OA and so can terraform at 2% per turn immediately.

I don't think 3,000 resources is a fair number, since (ignoring cost of hull) you have 500 for a 1 OA ship. In 5 turns of terraforming, you recover your outlay. In reality you recover it much faster since your OA would be able to terraform your starter worlds much faster than your colonists would and so you get the benefit of extra resources and growth too.

>Since you can also change the RW points for a race then I'd

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't want to make too many changes right now. I want to do a test game for the CA/AR changes.

>BTW would you mind posting the way you did those changes?

There's nothing magical about it, there are several ppl on IRC who have looked deeply into stars and probably know a lot more about it than me. It's just a question of looking at the code until you understand it - so it require a high level of computer knowledge in that respect.

I will announce a new game in the new game forum shortly.

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