mod idea

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 July 3rd, 2003, 03:08 AM

as it popped up, breifly, on se4. in a sort of stars! mod? no the game way.
stars! style research, with only 6-10 research paths. each path would give a different type of bonus, so empire diversity would be in wether you had fast ships or strong weapons.

Taera · #2 July 3rd, 2003, 03:34 AM

HMMM
a good idea

but can be exploited and abused dont you think? the winning strategy would be to get big research ASAP and go to the tree most opposed to yours.

still a good idea

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 July 3rd, 2003, 03:39 AM

Taera · #4 July 3rd, 2003, 03:43 AM

did you mean racial techs?

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 July 3rd, 2003, 03:48 AM

no, things like construction, biology, propulsion, weapons. so, research would be very general.

Taera · #6 July 3rd, 2003, 03:49 AM

so what would prevent one from having the strongest, fastest, biggest ships?
(sorry i didnt play Stars! so if im realy missing the point tell me now)

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 July 3rd, 2003, 03:58 AM

well, if you researched say eight levels in construction when everybody else only had five, that would leave you less for weapons. or electronics or whatever. i don't know if you missing the point. um, what do you think the point is?

Taera · #8 July 3rd, 2003, 03:59 AM

isnt it the same in SE right now? if you went straight up for DN's you'd have them way before everyone else - but then remember the Eee, who have DN's running around with shields I, sensors I, ECM I and APB I.

narf poit chez BOOM · #9 July 3rd, 2003, 04:03 AM

well, yeah. escept research would be a lot more general with only 6-10 techs. i imagine mostly people who like stars would play it. we could even give the techs and stars funny names like wammalammadingdong.

Taera · #10 July 3rd, 2003, 04:17 AM

okay got you

works