| Re: 2450; 25K; En normal; non-AccBBS; tiny dense. |
Mon, 01 October 2007 21:32  |
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Mmm, yeah. 2450/25k/small normal does feel a bit easy. But that's why it's considered a *minimum* benchmark  If you can't hit 25k most tries, unopposed or against the alarmingly helpfull 'expert' AI, in those settings, then you need to take a good look at your race design and playstyle. For more serious testing, then you'd want to be looking at how many of x design ships you can chuck out by 2450. I don't testbed that seriously though, so I don't really know what'd be a reasonable target.
Regarding en-normal... 1/10 AR can do ok with en-normal (don't forget, this gives more RW points to AR than taking other techs normal does,) but it does slow you down at the start, which is a Bad Thing for AR. I'd also shy away from it because I like having more strategic options in mid game. With en cheap you always have the option of sitting tight and teching en to improve your econ if your neighbours are too strong to conquer. Without it, then researching en gets less appealling very fast, with some massive times to wait to get a return on research. My opinion is that if researching the next level of en will take 10 years to repay itself, then you could probably do better building fleets and increasing your econ through conquest (yeah you heard that right. AR. Attacking.)
[Updated on: Mon, 01 October 2007 21:36] Report message to a moderator
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