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Old May 30th, 2003, 03:35 PM

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Hmmm... I'm not sick. At least not with a cold.

You can say sometimes I have the "Blues" lately. But then, I just spend a little time in "Heartbreak Hotel," Baby. Shake-it-up!
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Paragraphs 4.4.7 and 12.1 have the same purpose- riots. IMO it is better to incorporate all info about them in one place and place references when needed smth like this:

4.4.7. Rioting Planets do not construct anything, as the construction queue will display "Never." To resolve Rioting see '12.1 Riots & Riot Control'
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Paragraphs 4.4.7 and 12.1 have the same purpose- riots. IMO it is better to incorporate all info about them in one place and place references when needed smth like this:

4.4.7. Rioting Planets do not construct anything, as the construction queue will display "Never." To resolve Rioting see '12.1 Riots & Riot Control'
Yes. There are a few places with redundant information, but in this complex game, sometimes it is hard to keep the info only (or all) in 1 place because of how the aspects of the game are inter-related. Sometimes it is just cleaner to be slightly redundant so that the reader is not jumping around all over the place chasing paragraphs. In this case, you are right in that there is room for improvement and I'll see about making those two sections less redundant like you suggest for the next update. Thanks for the input.

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Mini update:
-- added a new paragraph under Waypoints
-- fixed a quote attributed to the wrong person
-- sections 4.4.7 and 12.1 now reference each other. This redundancy still needs some work - for the next major revision.

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Please post any feedback to the FAQ in this thread if possible to keep the main FAQ as close to the top of the thread as possible.

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"Don't wait to long to research medical bays".
I still haven't had any use fo rthem. I can see that they can be good to have when you need them, but there are other things I think are more important, i e computers (System wide enhancements).
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I put that on my turn checklist when I once got hit with a random plague. If you are facing an opponent who uses plague bombs, you need medical bays as well. Level 1 is all you need for the random plague event because all random plagues are level 1. Agreed that it shouldn't be too high on the priority list, but research for level 1 is pretty cheap and worth having "before" you get a plague.

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Mini Update:

Added Weapons Report for Proportions Mod to section 25 courtesy of Deccan. Thanks!

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Mini update:

- Updated the link to DavidG's Modder.
- Added section 11.2.3 courtesy of Grand Deceiver.

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Herc,

Thanks for the feedback. The first thought that went through my head when I saw that post was the same as Ruatha's and I questioned the value of the FAQ because it now seems that it can greatly benefit the pirates out there with no documentation. I guess that we will have to live with that since there was never an intention (nor a way) to restrict the information to people who bought the game.

I have to say that it was pretty crass of that guy to make that post and he should be Banned from this forum. But he already got what he wanted. Such is life.

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