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November 12th, 2004, 09:48 PM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
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This should have been a poll, a bar graph of Favorites would have been nice. I expected someone to shoot down rock/oxygen for some reason I'd missed. Instead, it seems pretty popular.
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Actually that is exactly why I would shoot it down... Too many people take it. You lose trading leverage for breathers to trade when you have the same atmosphere as 75% of the other races in the game...
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Yeah but, if everybody knows that rock/oxy is common ... and doesn't take it ... then it becomes a good thing to take again ...see? |
November 12th, 2004, 11:45 PM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
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Yeah but, if everybody knows that rock/oxy is common ... and doesn't take it ... then it becomes a good thing to take again ...see?
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And if everyone knows this and takes Oxygen, hoping to be the odd one out... see? It is meaningless... |
November 13th, 2004, 06:19 PM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
I rarely play the same race twice in a row, so it usually changes from game to game.
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November 14th, 2004, 12:47 AM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
Most of the time, I pick oxygen-rock, too. I think it's just because I like those familar blue-white earth-like planets, they give me the comfortable feeling that I could live on them and breathe the air. One in a while, I pick something else at random just for variety.  |
November 15th, 2004, 02:32 AM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
I usually take Rock/Methane... because purple is so much nicer than green or orange, and rock/oxy is too common (again, lost trading potential)
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November 15th, 2004, 03:18 AM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
I believe that size matters, so Gas/CO2 or H2.
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November 18th, 2004, 01:11 PM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
Happy B-day, rdouglas, I just hit my "yearling" mark too. 
I started doing Gas/CO2 because none of the AI had it (or so it seemed) and it just kinda stuck cuz green is my favorite colour..
"No... Blue... AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhh....!!"
... but seriously folks.
I also tend to find that choosing gas giants gives you more Huge and Large planets. <Editor's Note: This observation has not been confirmed by Dr. Alneyan.> As an interesting side note to that concept, I'm involved in a PBW game right now where I totally "lucked-out" and found tons of huge breathers right next door. I'm now finding that it's a bad thing to colonize too many large planets at once early in the game.
Any thoughts on that?
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November 18th, 2004, 01:26 PM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
Yeah, in the stock game ISTR that Gas Giants don't get any smaller than medium. However, Fyron's Quadrant Mod gives all sizes of Gas "Giants" - even tiny.
I used to go with gas giant planet types - fewer planets to defend. But now I always opt for a planet type that'll allow me to colonize moons right away (again FQM has additional moons - some gas).
Check a few threads reguarding training fleets at planets with moons. With a training fac on a planet and additional training fac's on two moons, you can fully train fleets/ships in 3 turns. Training your ships is essential and should not be overlooked in the least.
If you're a gas race, you can't utilize moons (in the stock game) until you acquire other colony techs.
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November 18th, 2004, 01:31 PM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
Dammit... I guess I'm going to have to cave and install some mods to play with.
<sigh>
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November 18th, 2004, 09:28 PM
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Re: Which planet/atmosphere type do YOU pick ?
I often take gas/methane because I have a very childish sense of humor.
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