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Re: FFA: Free For All

Sun, 12 June 2016 18:41

neilhoward

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Race Restrictions and Penalties
Factors to consider for balance and fun:

1. Standard differential of performance among PRTs, and balancing (nerfing) the econ powerhouses
Joat, IS, IT, CA, & HE are all strong econ PRTs primarily for what they do with their pop (planet size, growth in space, transport via gates, instaform colonization, and doubling MPGR.
HE needs less intervention because their primary boon is already partially nerfed via half cap planets.

2. Game setup specific differential of performance among PRTs
Because of larger universe size and in combination with a gap to be crossed, both IS & IT have an added advantage relative the other three econ PRTs.
HE lack of gates hurts more than usual in this scenario.

3. Non-pop balancing needs
HE restriction of no -F is required for historically demonstrated reasons.
Several races receive a boon in detection (built-in hull based scanners, tachyon detector, gate scanning, and crystal ball). The Joat built-in scanners are not necessarily the most powerful overall, but that which has greatest utility in early game. This indicates the additional restriction of no NAS for Joat, in addition to the race wizard penalty based on item 1 above.
The different amounts scrap received further remediate starting tech imbalance among econ PRTs, as well as their differential return on early research (e.g. CA).

4. Universal research limitations
Mac puts his finger on the exact reason for W expensive.
Con not cheap is influenced be the same reasoning, but has a greater effect in nerfing the WM which becomes ascendant when the econ PRTs are balanced.

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		Re: FFA: Free For All By: Raindancer on Thu, 09 June 2016 20:14
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		Re: FFA: Free For All By: ludek on Fri, 10 June 2016 16:03
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		Re: FFA: Free For All By: ManicLurch on Fri, 10 June 2016 18:12
		Re: FFA: Free For All By: ludek on Sat, 11 June 2016 16:56
		Re: FFA: Free For All By: Raindancer on Fri, 10 June 2016 22:27
		Re: FFA: Free For All By: LittleEddie on Sat, 11 June 2016 14:09
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		Re: FFA: Free For All By: vmanuel on Sun, 12 June 2016 00:46
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		Re: FFA: Free For All By: neilhoward on Mon, 13 June 2016 00:52
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		Re: FFA: Free For All By: neilhoward on Fri, 17 June 2016 04:16
		Re: FFA: Free For All By: Raindancer on Wed, 22 June 2016 14:58
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		Re: FFA: Free For All By: vmanuel on Fri, 24 June 2016 21:05
		Re: FFA: Free For All By: neilhoward on Sat, 25 June 2016 10:26
		Re: FFA: Free For All By: ccmaster on Mon, 27 June 2016 10:49
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