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Re: AR design Thu, 04 September 2003 02:39 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
freakyboy is currently offline freakyboy

 
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Immunities for AR are wonderful. The biggest factor in the resource formula is the planetary value.

Proof of this can be found with this race...
AR
IFE, ARM, ISB, NAS, RS
Grav immune
Temperature immune
80mr to 100mr (i know there's no planets on 100mr)
17% growth
25 eff
Energy, construction cheap
weapons normal
others expensive

It's very capable and a resource monster (25k by 2450) with loads of minerals thanks to ARM. But it's weak on technology (if such a thing is true of AR).

But back to the point...

the sqrt of 10 and the sqrt of 25 don't have such a massive difference between the 2. You start with low resources but the growth rate combined with the immunity counter-act this very quickly.

Thats the reasoning behind the 25eff setting. The closest I got to 25k with an 10eff race was with one of Apelords designs that got me upto 18k - by switching to 25eff and expanding the hab range and increasing the growth rate I got the same race to 21k.

I'd say to take your favourite AR race and alter the eff to 25 and spend the points however you want and then try again.

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