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Re: Don't Let the Stars Fade Away Tue, 22 May 2007 08:49 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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m.a@stars wrote on Tue, 22 May 2007 10:57

I'd rather eliminate the chore of micro management itself rather than the features that beckon it. Rolling Eyes
LOL, yea but if micro management pays off players WILL micro manage.

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Take away Commerce raiding and what will SS and SD excel at?
Removing freighters as seperate ships doesn't necessarily mean removing raiding and disruption. You could still do blockades and if desired implement an abstract system where minerals sent to system are captured if the system is under blockade. This might even give the Mass Drivers a comeback - they're not much used as it is. Perhaps then PP will finally be a PRT worth playing Smile

As for SS and SD they're very strong PRT's regardless of raiding freighers or not Smile
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I'd rather just automate the freightering to the point the player needs only a few personal adjustments over the whole operation.
I'm all for automating certain features, but if you leave an opening for the player to make adjustments you need the automation to be 100% effective or the player will end up micro managing anyway.
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Plus, the idea of a pan-galactic "Bank" where every colony can draw from the Imperial pockets, besides being highly artificial in itself, would make Economy the undisputed king of every game. Yuck
I recall reading about this. However I don't see the need of such a bank - the minerals should still be present on each system - I'm only out for the freighters Smile

Anyway, ask ten players and you'll get ten different suggestions on how to change/improve/remove a feature. My point is merely that adding a crapload of features to Stars! and removing all limits (like ship designs) wont necessarily make it a better game.

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