New Racial Tech Traits Ideas

[Fyron]

How much would someone pay for a trait called Military Strategists?

In the mod, all training facilites are system training, and train at a rate of 1 per turn. The max training is 10% (5 levels, 2 per level). Military Strategists would possibly train at a rate of 2 per turn, with a +2% max training cap. Does 500 points seem too much, too little, or just right for this trait?

Oh... I also changed the costs of the Aggressiveness and Defensiveness traits. They cost the same:

Characteristic Aggressiveness Max Pct := 125
Characteristic Aggressiveness Min Pct := 75
Characteristic Aggressiveness Pct Cost := 100
Characteristic Aggressiveness Threshold := 5
Characteristic Aggressiveness Threshhold Pct Cost Pos := 200
Characteristic Aggressiveness Threshhold Pct Cost Neg := 25

[ January 19, 2003, 22:22: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Pax]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
How much would someone pay for a trait called Military Strategists?

In the mod, all training facilites are system training, and train at a rate of 1 per turn. The max training is 10% (5 levels, 2 per level). Military Strategists would possibly train at a rate of 2 per turn, with a +2% max training cap. Does 500 points seem too much, too little, or just right for this trait?

Here's another thought: close Fleet Training out from normal races. Give the Strategists their 2%/max10% Ship training .. and 1%/max10% FLEET training.

That'd be worth 500 IMO. Maybe as much as 750.

If you stick with both training types all the time, then 500 cost seems okay for faster training ... though 750 to pay for a cap of 15% (and that 2% per turn) counds intriguing as well.

[Fyron]

Hmm... maybe I could have Master Strategists that does:

max fleet training 15%, 2% per turn

And then Master Tacticians that does:

max ship training 15%, 2% per turn

[Pax]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Hmm... maybe I could have Master Strategists that does:

max fleet training 15%, 2% per turn

And then Master Tacticians that does:

max ship training 15%, 2% per turn

Maybe 350 apiece for those. 400, tops. 8)

[Fyron]

Wait... max normal Fleet Training Facility is 5%...

I need an idea for a good tech name for the Master Strategists. Advanced Strategies sounds kinda lame.

[ January 19, 2003, 22:45: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Fyron]

Unless someone gives me any better ideas, I am going to go with:

Advanced Strategic Planning

Advanced Tactical Manuevers

[Ed Kolis]

{looks at Stars! and MOO2 for inspiration}

Hyper-Expansionists - Gets a modified colony ship hull that can carry 7 engines (fastest thing in space!), and cheaper colony components; enhanced population growth facilities (like Organic)

Stealth Masters - alternate cloaking devices which cost less research and resources; stealth armor that provides level 2 and 3 cloaking; modified base hulls with level 1 built-in Active-EM cloak

Warlords - muchos advanced weapons and big ships!!! also a maintenance reducing facility like the Crystalline Restructuring Plant, and training facilities... this one should be expensive! (since I combined Stars! "War Mongers" with MOO2's "Warlord")

Inner Strength - better armor, shields, repair, minesweepers

Space Demolitionists - hyper-advanced mines & warheads; mines get built-in long range scanners/anticloak scanners

Interstellar Traveller - cheaper open/close warp points components; open/close warp points facilities (if such things are possible); enhanced supply components & cheaper resupply depots

Space Miners - greatly enhanced remote mining (such that it's more profitable to remote mine than to mine normally)

Master Spies - better intel facilities/ops, small ships get built-in scanner and/or cloak

Ramscoop Engines - can build Ramscoop engines, which move very slow but use no supply

Recyclers - gets advanced recycling facilities right off the bat

Alchemists - gets resource converters right off the bat

Bleeding Edge Technology - would require duplicates of ALL other techs, but it would be cool - new techs initially cost double, but they
improve faster

Cybernetic – Better repair components; healing armor