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Re: The Altai - an IS race

Mon, 21 August 2006 19:39

mlaub

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vonKreedon wrote on Mon, 21 August 2006 17:08

Because they are a modified -f that builds factories, and quite efficient ones, in the mid to late game to make up for -f's late game economic weakness. Nice design.

Taking those econ settings on the idea of capturing enemy industry is neither new, or a bad idea. Who knows? it could work. Payoff is a long time down the road, but <shrug> it's fun trying new things.

However, if we are talking about building the majority of the factories, as JC implies, I very much doubt it would be a winning race. Perhaps I am doing something wrong with my -f's...but I have never experienced a "breathing time" that allows for a 37 year hiatis. Smile

It would take roughly 23 years to build all the factories on a 100% planet that was not over populated. Plus, it would take an extra 14 years to 'break even', compared to never building the factories in the first place (go ahead and check my math, I might be wrong). 37 years in a stars game is a big investment...I have serious questions on the abilities of your enemies if this works. Especially after initially kicking over all the neighboring anthills with your 'viral' IS...

OK, sure, you'd catch up tech pretty fast in those last 14 years, but...again...who's to say your neighbors will give you that much free time? and if they don't, you are way behind in everything. Seems like a losing scenerio building factories vs. just a standard -f setup.

By JC's definition, this is not a -f. This is something else. No -f plans on building factories, ever. It would be a nice addition to the 'wacky race designs' thread, tho.

Alternatively, you can take 1 more cheap, and a normal tech, if you drop the 'start at 3' setting and drop factories back to 5/25/5.

-Matt
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		The Altai - an IS race By: JasonC on Sun, 20 August 2006 21:10
		Re: The Altai - an IS race By: Crappicus on Mon, 21 August 2006 16:49
		Re: The Altai - an IS race By: vonKreedon on Mon, 21 August 2006 18:08
		Re: The Altai - an IS race By: mlaub on Mon, 21 August 2006 19:39
		Re: The Altai - an IS race By: Marduk on Tue, 22 August 2006 02:39
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		Re: The Altai - an IS race By: JasonC on Tue, 22 August 2006 00:45
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