A thought on killing planets

[apache]

I understand what you are saying, but all that ecosystem stuff really does fall under planet conditions. But I do agree with your assessment that a planet with really bad conditions should force the colonists to live in a dome, regardless of atmosphere type. Perhaps some planet with 'Harsh' or worse conditions would force the building of a dome on the planet until conditions improve above that level.
Of course, the problem is that no planet naturally occurs as a 'Harsh' planet. They are all 'Unpleasant' or better. This I would like to see changed. Planets should naturally occur as 'Deadly' or 'Harsh'.

[Sinapus]

Okay, I fiddled around with the damage amounts and then ran some simulator missions using a ship with a neutron bomb component.

Found that no matter what the damage setting, a Neutron Bomb I would always kill 1 million people and inflict damage to the planet equal to what I had set the amount to kill 1 population to. When I loaded up a Neutron Bomb II, it killed two million people and inflicted damage to twice that ratio.

So, raising that damage level up to keep ships with beam weapons from killing off colonies will still let all you genocidal beasts who insist on butchering entire colonies to do so with neutron bombs.

So.. what should it be raised to? 100? 200? 500? 1000?

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to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a
pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors
come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless
eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your
associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

[Emperor Zodd]

I have mine raised to 20.
Someone posted awhile back and said if you raise it higher than 20 it screws up the AI.

[Daynarr]

Sinapus, even if you put damage at 1000, when you fire with level 1 DUC at planet you will make 1000 point of damage and kill 1M of population. THAT has to be changed; if you go below minimum, damage should be ignored.
Btw. I use 50 points for a while now and no problems with AI so far.

[Sinapus]

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Originally posted by Daynarr:
Sinapus, even if you put damage at 1000, when you fire with level 1 DUC at planet you will make 1000 point of damage and kill 1M of population.

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Eeeep.... Okay. Drat, I didn't test it with other weapons.

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THAT has to be changed; if you go below minimum, damage should be ignored.
Btw. I use 50 points for a while now and no problems with AI so far.

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Okay, here I was thinking it would simply not kill off a population point until it reached that point threshold. Foo.

So much for that brilliant plan.


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"What do -you- want?" "I'd like to live -just- long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

[Commander G]

All this talk of uping the damage requirement to kill population may make Weapon Platforms much too powerful because you cannot target Weapon Platforms specifically. If it takes longer to wipe out the population, a few weapon platforms (starting tech) with long range weapons such as Torpedos could pulverize a fleet, using the damage resistant civilians as a sort of armor.

Has anyone tested this modification with Weapon Platforms?

[Alpha Kodiak]

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Originally posted by Commander G:
All this talk of uping the damage requirement to kill population may make Weapon Platforms much too powerful because you cannot target Weapon Platforms specifically. If it takes longer to wipe out the population, a few weapon platforms (starting tech) with long range weapons such as Torpedos could pulverize a fleet, using the damage resistant civilians as a sort of armor.

Has anyone tested this modification with Weapon Platforms?

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I think that weapon platforms (and other planetary cargo) get damaged regardless of what is happening to the population. If I'm not mistaken, the planetary cargo gets damaged before planetary facilities, as well.