Not a bug report--comment on poll

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My reasoning for voting against ranged ships is that you can achieve almost the same effect in a much more natural manner by simply playing in a huge galaxy. I've done that a few times in the OS/2 version and the effect is that you can only explore and dominate a patch of the galaxy at first, with the rest of it slowly opening up as the ships get faster and faster.

Oh, you can send a survey ship on a long, long voyage, but to get a colony ship or even a battle cruiser to those remote areas will take longer than it does to develop the warp systems that will take them there quickly.

I know that doesn't sound quite logical, but you can see what I'm saying.... ;p
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Dave,

I don't see it that way. I always buy a scout ship on the first turn of the game and start exploring as fast as I can. I colonize planets as quickly as possible aiming for the highest class planets as soon as I know where they are. Hence, I tend to expand much more rappidly on this beta than I did on the OS/2 version with ranges on. I found ranges made the game more challenging in that I sometimes had to colonize very marginal planets just to expand my exploration options or to extend my colonization opportunities. I don't remember if the AI on the OS/2 version also had to obey the ranges switch, but the game looked like it did, which gave much more of a sense of territorial control.

Certainly, on the OS/2 version, there were many who did not like ranges for verious reasons, but having the option to turn it on or off gave both sides their choice.

Cheers,
Jack
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I think they make eminent sense on a smaller map, but on the hugest map, the size alone, coupled with the slow speed tends to take care of it.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Dave,

I like the larger maps. I only use one of the smaller maps when testing just to make sure I have done so. On the OS/2 version I always used the largest possible map, and I found I liked ranges. As I tried to say, I think this is a personal choice issue, which is why having the option in OS/2 was so popular.

Cheers,
Jack