New Game: Gritty Galaxy 2

[DarkAnt]

Following the success of the original Gritty Galaxy I've started up a new game Gritty Galaxy 2. We are using the Gritty Economics mod made by SJ.

[Emperor's Child]

(stands on soapbox)

Come one come all! This is an interesting mod with lots of depth, very different from your stock game. You will have lots of interesting decisions for your ships on balance of armor and offensive capabilities: You can make expensive ships that last or cheap throw away vessels, and we'll have none of this sissy repairing your whole fleet after a fight thing... You have to use drones to do all of that... You will learn to live with low supplies and damaged ships, and how to fight with them.

So, if you are into the game for the fun of building up an empire...this one will really challenge you. My most thrilling game to date has been with this mod for the very reason that it was so bloody hard to conduct an extended campaign. In our last game I had a fleet that had over 40% average damage on its ships with less than 20% supplies go on the offensive and manage to land a crippling blow on an enemy homeworld after fighting through 2 enemy fleets to get there. THATS more like reality...THATS the Gritty Economics Mod. Try it, but be forewarned, once you play this all your stock games will seem like Childsplay.

(hops off soapbox)

[Ed Kolis]

Oh man... now you've got me hooked... even though I got slaughtered in the first gritty game and I have way too many games on PBW already! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

edit: Wait a second... Suicide Junkie, I looked at the data files for version 1.11, and it looks like the weapons aren't properly gridded - the components only have one level apiece, and the techs cannot actually be researched for improvement once discovered.... I thought you said you'd fixed that?

[Emperor's Child]

Ed Kolis said:
Oh man... now you've got me hooked... even though I got slaughtered in the first gritty game and I have way too many games on PBW already! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



You just were unlucky: attacked from three sides at once and your home system went nova to boot...

[Ed Kolis]

"Attacked" from three sides at once? Nah, I brought it on myself, declaring war on everyone on first sight http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DarkAnt]

It's true, you did bring it on yourself. That and you went for extreme quality over quantity. Quantity will destroy quality any day in this mod.

I promise there will not be any stars exploding in this mod http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Phoenix-D]

Assuming no one gets nova tech that is.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

I'm in. Just need to dig up my install discs since SEIV got borked somehow during my last backup.

EDIT: found the problem. Don't delete the history folder, its sort of important. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Emperor's Child]

Aewsome...this game is already filling out rather nicely. At this rate we will be starting rather soon, and with 7 players we already have enough for a solid game. I'm for giving new players only a little more time to sign up and then kicking it off.

[Ed Kolis]

Quality over quantity? Hah, I hardly put any armor at all on my ships because it would take too much clicking http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DarkAnt]

I'm going to start this game in a few days. Last chance to get in on the action.

[Phoenix-D]

I already pointed it out in the game forum, but:

Ship Reactive Armor upgrades to Fighter Anti-Missile Pods. Be careful upgrading until the mod is patched..

[Suicide Junkie]

Got it.

Any more problems?

[Jake Monroe]

Will I be the last one to join the game? Will there be no others after me?

[Emperor's Child]

Annnddd they are off! Looks like we will kick off this weekend! See Y'all in the game!

[DarkAnt]

Looks like we need a replacement player for JAF. We aren't that many turns into the game so I think his empire is doing at least ok.