[quote]Cotal, how are you completing these gigantic / huge games in one night ? Are you doing a game in 2 - 3 hours ? Is it all diplo ? Do you keep the other AI from forming alliances with each other ? [/quote] Yes and yes but it takes more like 5 hours . . . hehe. You have fun too and don't work yourself into the ground, catch you around :) .
This is a great idea! :)
Hiya . . . has anyone noticed an annomaly in scoring regarding huge and gigantic in the Metaverse? i.e. the scores for huge are lower but actually add more meta-points per submission to both profile and Empire Score? Pinch me if I'm dreaming . . . :) [Message Edited]
Me either . . . :notsure: . . . I kinda like meeting the other AIs ASAP . . . more tech to trade that way :)
Essex99 . . . just tried a Huge Maso, don't think I can get anywhere near 60k (its a quater the size of Gigantic) . . . The highest score I've seen for a Huge was by Ray a while ago . . . over 50k! :)
Good to see some legends popping up to say hi! Cotal . . . Currently, I am being held captive by the United States Millitary in somekind of underground sewage treatment facility in Pine Gap! My spaceboat crashlanded here four years ago when I was just stopping by to satisfy a sudden craving for 'potato soup' . . . I come from the planet . . . 567 876378 377 83837 - Have to terminate my Transmission . . . the Nurses . . . erhm, I mean guards are coming! :HOT:
Hiya, I can see that a game has been submitted . . . do you see the same? It's Anomalous though . . . thats strange . . . are you using an add-on from the libary? Some of them can mess up your score? :notsure:
Eleven? Why eleven . . . is it a Spinal Tap thing? lol . . . :D
Are you using a router with inbuilt firewall? :notsure:
Belated congrats Jedi, You are the true masters of the Galaxy . . . don't tell anyone I said that . . . hehe Oh and happy Birthday Admiral Sherbert! Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday Admiral Sherbert . . . Happy birthday to you! Hip hip! [Message Edited]
LMAO . . . you should write sci-fi Blue, your a natural! 'Blood in Space goes Everywhere . . . blue, green, purple, orange, yuck!' Thats an all-time classic LOL
Opps too late to edit my last post, justed had a quick scan of the Maso-verse . . . WOW Bluesteel, OMG (Oil My Goat) Congratulations my Commrade a whoping Gigantic maso and a deserved birth into the top 25! :CONGRAT:
Solitair . . . nice suggestion (are you psycic?). Last game I sumbited I was actuallly trying that . . . had 97% galactic influence at one stage but the game just kept on going . . . ? Ended up just vaporizing the laast half dozen or so planets in frustration . . . hehe. I'll probably drop back to huge maps and see if 60k's achievable. In the numerous 60k games I've submited I've really played poorly in a couple of them compared to others . . . kinda defeats the purpose of playing at al
Wow just tried playing against one got wiped out! So then I tried playing against two . . . got wiped out again! Less is definately more . . . difficulty-wise!
Your very very kind Mayito7777 . . . I'm almost at a loss for words. Thanks folks . . . :) I'll enjoy it while it lasts, there's alot of up and coming new talent!
Evil Steve . . . I knew it, your an ex-swampie too! I was a bit more into a kinda Art-Nouve (?sp) meets punk sorta thing Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Delorin etc etc . . .
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Theoden of Rohan . . . a great and conscice coverage of whats been a pretty interesting couple of weeks. And I'm not just saying that because you gave me such a nice rap . . . well mabye a little . . . hehe . . . well done! :)
Playing the opposite alignment of the norm seems to get higher scores . . . for example I play Pure Good and set all the AIs to Evil . . . not sure if the vice versa of this is true but it certainly seems to enhance scoring in my case . . . :) [Message Edited]
2 million big ones! Congrats oh ye Noble Thieves of the Metaverse!
[quote]I take it there is no other way than mining resources to gein empi-re wide bonuses? (I haven't got to know the technology tree yet -is there something there?) [/quote] Actually there plenty of other ways to get 'empire wide bonuses' . . . build it and they will come . . . ;)
Have you patched the game? Out of the box its pretty dicie . . . ? Apply patch 1.05 and 1.10 (Download at Stardock Central) and see how it goes . . . disregard my reply if you already have . . . good luck.
Thanks Theoden of Rohan . . . :)
[quote]What are your map settings, rare, occasional or aundandt perhaps?[/quote] Rare
[quote]I also found that giving away a rebellious colony to another civ doesn't take away the rebel mark, even if you give the colony to the civ the rebels supposedly admire? I'd say this whole mechanism needs a thorough inspection.[/quote] Well, it is annoying that the skull and crossbones hangs around if the world is conquered several times . . . Had a recent game in which I was vainfully waiting for a planet to flip only to realize on closer inspection there was no hope of that happ
quote from Gerakken [quote]Maso advice can be readily found and unless the AI can be somehow beefed up, the only way to make things tougher would seem to be to pad the maso level aliens with even more bonuses.[/quote] Hope not, there are many exploits that can be address in the game as a whole hopefully befor SD start just tacking on more bonuses to social production, millitary production, influence, diplomcy and research. That does nothing for the dynamic AI reputation of thi