Attn: Richard/Malfador: Palace use idea

[jimbob]

Without some way to only allow one palace per empire though, it would be tough. It's have to be a gentelman's agreement not to build any more.

I guess you could give everyone one of these at the start of the game, and then make the facility really expensive to build... I'm talking astronomically expensive. Then people wouldn't build extras, atleast not until well into the later phases of the game. By then, who knows, maybe they've discovered decentralized government

[Jmenschenfresser]

automannj,
all of that can be done...except the Last two. What hinders creating effective palaces are any empire effcting abilities.

There are two ways to go. The Proportions way, where in making it a long arduous process to build alternative centers of everything, you make the homeworld indispensible. So then if the palace has abilities which significantly hurt the homeworld, you accomplished your goal. To me that is the more realistic way to go.

Or try to make the palace itself important. This is nearly impossible given the present abilities available.

[Jmenschenfresser]

You know, come to think of it, why doesn't this game contain some sort of order/command aspect like quite a few wargames.

Either every command or perhaps only every military command takes an order.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by jimbob:
I guess you could give everyone one of these at the start of the game, and then make the facility really expensive to build... I'm talking astronomically expensive.

That is certainly an option. Two problems with it though are if you have a multi planet start, you would get one on each homeworld, not just one for the empire. And secondly, if they are astronomically expensive you can't rebuild them if destroyed. That would be allright for some people, that is what they prefer for the palaces. But others are of the opinion you should be able to rebuild it if destroyed, or relocate it if needed. But just not have more than one at anyone time.

Geo

[thorfrog]

All good points. That why I put it to the attn of Malfador. Maybe they could add some more functionality to this excellent game. The ability to limit only one structure shouldn't be to hard for them to add. Also adding an emipire wide effect would be very cool too. It shouldn't even effect the current AI.

I hope they consider this addition.

[ July 23, 2002, 21:44: Message edited by: atomannj ]

[Ed Kolis]

Originally posted by Puke:
and if youre really dippy: you build your palace on top of a swamp, have it burnt and sacked twice, and keep rebuilding it in the same danm place out of pure stubborn arogance.

Haha!!! Am I the only one to get the joke??? It's the White House dummies!!!

[tesco samoa]

or.... a quote from memory from the holy grail