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April 25th, 2004, 08:46 PM
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Re: I\'m feeling ambitious...
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And then all that's left is to make empire protraits of Kurita, Marik, Davion, Liao, and Steiner.
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Ha! Ahh... Batletech flashbacks. So many memories.
As far as the race setup goes I agree that all the races should be human dirivatives (a.k.a. Oxy/Rock) but the rest of the setup should be as diverse as 2000 will allow. Empires usually war/break-up due to their differences, not their similarities. Having a segment of the empire succede due to industial-level-genetic-engineering/reckless-manipulation-of-the-temporal-continuum/economically-unbalancing-reliance-upon-crystaline-technology/ultraorthodox-devotion-to-an-outdat ed-faith/the-emergence-of-the-mentally-gifted-next-stage-of-humanity is far more likely (and more interesting) scenario than a litteral war of the clones.
Granted, since this is the first generation seperation of humanity it may be prudent to have a max limit of one racial tech per race so it doesn't get goofy. This could be a very interesting game.
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April 25th, 2004, 10:08 PM
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Re: I\'m feeling ambitious...
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#2. And don't forget Devnull mod and Proportions
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If you want PBW use of the mod, I suggest not incorporating Proportions, unless you want to limit the number of ways to play games to a very small selection (eg: small map with 10 planets, no huge galaxy 20 player games, etc.), or have games take far to long for 90% of the PBW populace...
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There was a mod that did this several patches ago. Derick's Mod or something. IIRC, it wasn't as extreme as Proportions. Population wasn't as massive and reproduced faster.
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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.
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April 26th, 2004, 01:58 AM
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Re: I\'m feeling ambitious...
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I dig number one. But they should all be the same race, Oxy-Rockers I think, with the same empire build-out, or very, very close to the same.
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You read my mind. Human oxy-rockers, definitely, perhaps even using the same shipset, but with the players sumitting their own Main and Racial pics.
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You need not fill all the facility slots on all the colonial worlds, leave that for later development.
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An excellent idea.
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The old-homeworld should be absolutly badass: many, many Large Plats, Fighters, Troops, defensive Star Bases.
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Again, you read my mind.
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And then all that's left is to make empire protraits of Kurita, Marik, Davion, Liao, and Steiner.
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That's up to the players.
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Originally posted by QuarianRex:
As far as the race setup goes I agree that all the races should be human dirivatives (a.k.a. Oxy/Rock) but the rest of the setup should be as diverse as 2000 will allow. Empires usually war/break-up due to their differences, not their similarities. Having a segment of the empire succede due to industial-level-genetic-engineering/reckless-manipulation-of-the-temporal-continuum/economically-unbalancing-reliance-upon-crystaline-technology/ultraorthodox-devotion-to-an-outdat ed-faith/the-emergence-of-the-mentally-gifted-next-stage-of-humanity is far more likely (and more interesting) scenario than a litteral war of the clones.
Granted, since this is the first generation seperation of humanity it may be prudent to have a max limit of one racial tech per race so it doesn't get goofy. This could be a very interesting game.
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Another excellent idea.
RE: MOAM Mod, the idea was to gather all the general mods into one package, with a seasoning of ideas from the more "comprehensive" mods like Proportions, P&N, and Star Trek. I just liked the idea of having all the major improvements and options available for basic SEIV available in one mod. But, as PvK noted, it's shaping up to be a Herculean task.
Keep the feedback coming, I'm moving closer to a decision...
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April 26th, 2004, 03:34 AM
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Re: I\'m feeling ambitious...
1) Sounds like a really fun game. If you wanted to be really tricky you could make the factions different sizes but tweak tech or starting ships to balance out. Would make for action from the first go.
Edit: dont type one handed with a baby in the other....
[ April 26, 2004, 02:35: Message edited by: Joachim ]
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April 26th, 2004, 09:59 PM
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Re: I\'m feeling ambitious...
#2. I'm a solo player, so that MOAM sounds right up my alley. Can't wait to see the final product.
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April 26th, 2004, 10:15 PM
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Re: I\'m feeling ambitious...
I've started a sign-up and discussion thread for idea 1 (titled "A House Divided"). Four slots left, hurry hurry!
Idea 2 (MOAM Mod) is not abandoned, it will just go a bit slower. Once "A House Divided" is set up and running, MOAM moves to the front burner.
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