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Re: New game idea - The nuclear football game Fri, 09 July 2004 17:26 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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SnakeChomp wrote on Fri, 09 July 2004 20:56

Intercepting packets? I'm no stars expert so could you tell me how that actually works?


craebild already did a good job explaining that.

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How would a certain race design be better off because defenses are not allowed? Do you mean pop dropping wise? I've never seen anybody kill a large planet simply by throwing colonists at it, but I haven't been playing forever either.


Like vonKreedon mentioned the WM PRT will be at a less disadvantage since everybody will have bad defense coverage (namely "none" Grin). They'll also have it easier to use their popdrop advantage. IS loses the advantage of cheaper defenses.
As for other factors: -f usually don't build defenses since loosing a planet means nothing to them, while HPs need defenses to protect their precious factories. (exceptions in both cases of course)

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I think I like the idea of 5000kT packets better than bombing fleets. Even if the destination planet decides to offload all of its pop, the player launching the attack could prepare for it ahead of time and have warships nearby the destination planet. Once all the people are offloaded, they have to take an entire turn to re-colonize the planet while the pop is still in frieghters. You can give your warships battle orders to kill frieghters and send them in killing off alot of colonists. You could then sneak a colonizer over with some frieghters of your own and steal all the minerals. Grin It doesn't take very long for warp 16 packets to get where they're going either.

I think using huge packets allows defenses to still be useable by players while still banning mass drivers. Why use your own mass driver if you can control a warp 16 5000kT mega death bomb anyway? Very Happy


I understand you want to use packets and in the right circumstances they are indeed a better choice. The most important matter is to get them big enough to hurt and actually kill a planet with full defenses. And if possible get more than the 5 original suggested planets (one in each corner and one in the center) depending on universe size of course, to prevent interceptions.

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Just one problem, how to get megatonnage of minerals on all the overseer packet planets without pre-genning 1000+ turns?

That's the least of your problems. Use the zero cost hack. You can hack the Stars! exe and make the tech needed for a nub zero in all fields and make the cost of a nub zero resources and zero kT in all minerals , possibly stuff them with an item that you also make zero cost, build a few million (they will cost you nothing) of them in the first turn with your Overseer race (other races play with their normal exe and won't be able to do this). The next turn the change the mineral cost to the highest possible number (forgot what that was) and scrap them. Voila, tons and tons of minerals at your disposal to bring joy and happiness to the other races in the universe. Smile

Note that you won't be able to use AH for those first turns.

mch

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