Patch-- first impressions
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I like a lot of this. The AI has been beefed up, and seems to be playing smarter.
I feel like I'm always a few credits shy, though there isn't nearly the crystal bottleneck that there used to be. Good job team!
Like the idea of separate research labs. I hate the fact that I now need twice as many. I simply never have enough, nor enough room to put them all. It's one thing to force us to make decisions-- but research is one of the cores of the game. A simple solution might be to halve the number of logistics slots each lab takes. I've just modded my game to do this; I'll report back on how well it goes...
New and random planetary bonuses. I like that quite a bit. It's unexpected, and (as far as I know) unique. I'll look forward to playing some more...
I feel like I'm always a few credits shy, though there isn't nearly the crystal bottleneck that there used to be. Good job team!
Like the idea of separate research labs. I hate the fact that I now need twice as many. I simply never have enough, nor enough room to put them all. It's one thing to force us to make decisions-- but research is one of the cores of the game. A simple solution might be to halve the number of logistics slots each lab takes. I've just modded my game to do this; I'll report back on how well it goes...
New and random planetary bonuses. I like that quite a bit. It's unexpected, and (as far as I know) unique. I'll look forward to playing some more...
decrease the allegience to like 5% per jump and thus increasing tax income from planets, c) increase sale value of crystal and metal. In any case, even on a small map it takes a while just to get started. While this may be fine, perhaps you could make Quick Start mode where the above three (or some of the three) are true and you start with additional money. This would be so that when your playing online, you don't have to commit to a WHOLE day every time, while I will definitely do that I wont play online nearly as much if I had to set aside a whole day for just one game, then some n00b screw up the game. Love the research labs...but perhaps instead of Andrew's halving the logistic value, you could decrease the requirements in the research tab by half...say to research a High Command Training in Military, which as of now costs 12 Military Research stations, you could turn it to require 6. If you do this, people will have more options but still have to decide if it is best to research or create assault craft. Also, I LOVE the planetary bonuses!