Things you wish they kept from SE3

Daynarr · #1 January 19th, 2001, 11:26 PM

Yeah, it should be much faster. A good start would be if they take out explosions from fast combat - it would double the speed.

Atrocities · #2 January 20th, 2001, 03:30 AM

I never played SEIII, so I have to go by what you guys are saying. In your opinions, what was a better game? SE3 or SE4?

Kimball · #3 January 20th, 2001, 03:38 AM

SEIV is a better game, in my opinion. SEIII had a couple advantages in starting tech levels and construction qeues, but the changes made in SEIV far outweight them.

Rambie · #4 January 20th, 2001, 08:00 AM

Yes, SE4 is a much better game than SE3.

We posted the starting techs issue in the Beta forum. I believe it's on the "To Do" list, but isn't going to be easy.

I miss right-click menus too.

We were told the design of SE4 didn't allow for ships and facilities separately.

Rambie

Samurai · #5 January 20th, 2001, 11:55 AM

[quote]Originally posted by rdouglass:
[b]You CAN sentry ships in SE4. You can also clear their orders - that'll also make 'em stop.

You misunderstand. We're talking about a command that would take away the remaining movement for a given ship (or fleet) for *one* turn only.

Zarix · #6 January 21st, 2001, 02:18 AM

The starting techs should be so that you have some amount RPs to use rather than tech levels. That way it would be fair even if someone takes propulsion and other one colonising tech.

Kimball · #7 January 22nd, 2001, 04:31 AM

The starting RP's is a good idea, but I think it would have to be a heckuva lot in order to simulate 50, 75, even 100 starting tech levels. When playing the game at work (not that anyone does that) it helps speed the game up a bit by starting with the things you know you would be researching anyway. I REALLY like the way SEIII had it structured.

Just an opinion, of course.