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Re: make PP what they are suppose to be Mon, 06 February 2006 11:57 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
rowenstin is currently offline rowenstin

 
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Ok, just another crazy idea. What if PP races could “fling” ships, giving them a 1st year speed boost? It could work this way: A fleet that leaves that year a planet with a mass driver has an Effective Warp Speed (EWS) of ((Fleet “nominal” speed)*(mass driver speed))/(Fleet speed+driver speed), rounding down.

So, in the first years of playing, a fleet traveling at warp 9 (using FM) would travel a single year at warp 9 + (9*5)/14, that is, 12. It would travel 144 light years the first year, and 81 the next ones. Even having only a warp 5 engine, he could have a boost +2 warp speed, going 49 LY the first year instead of just 25. This ability would help starting empires, allowing them to expand faster.
Later in the game, with warp 10 engines and warp 13 mass drivers a fleet could travel a mind numbing total of 225 Ly in a single year; really good to defend your empire when you are not a IT or launch surprise attacks, so PP races would be military stronger.

If the bonus is too big, maybe it could be toned down to ((fleet speed)*(driver speed)/(fleet speed+driver speed)) – 1. That´s a bonus between +1 and +5, depending on the drivers and speeds.

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