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Author Topic: Emperor of the Fading Suns PBEM turn 63 - closing comments and analysis  (Read 89883 times)

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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #330 on: March 14, 2009, 03:44:23 am »
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #331 on: March 14, 2009, 08:32:01 am »
Hey guys, I'm gonna be gone for a couple days.  Oh the suspense.  Be back Tuesday or so.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #332 on: March 16, 2009, 02:42:16 pm »
I'm delaying my turn till tuesday (might as well now) for some diplomacy stuff.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #333 on: March 17, 2009, 01:36:22 am »
I was just thinking, how annoying it is that it's impossible to conquer a city built on an island without hovertanks. I know that mainiac has got at least one already, but maybe we should add another rule and prohibit any further buiding of cities in this way?
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #334 on: March 17, 2009, 02:27:46 am »
Maybe a force limit on such islands?
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #335 on: March 17, 2009, 04:25:39 am »
You know, I've changed my mind. It's an interesting idea to have such nigh-impregnable fortresses in game. At least there's something to fight for and be happy about when you conquer/claim such an island.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #336 on: March 17, 2009, 04:47:43 am »
No problem.  One tile islands are pretty rare, and it's not like you can fit much on them anyway.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #337 on: March 17, 2009, 04:06:39 pm »
Sorry about the delay, it's up.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #338 on: March 17, 2009, 05:17:21 pm »
Done and sent.

Only now do I remember that I never got around to conducting any diplomacy.

And hardly anyone contacted me.

I feel a powerful sense of foreboding...
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #339 on: March 17, 2009, 07:23:29 pm »
Quote from: Aqizzar on March 17, 2009, 05:17:21 pm
I feel a powerful sense of foreboding...

I think you are safe for lack of enemies.  I doubt Il Palazzo is going to be in position to hurt anyone but me for a while.  And I'm not going to overstretch myself by launching some adventure far from home when I've got plenty to worry about taming local threats.  Pax is on the opposite side of the galaxy from you.  3rd republic is far off and the church doesn't have reason to hurt you right now.  So you are perfectly safe.  Unless...
The imperial guard!  Watch out!  They're planning something...

Speaking of Byzantium, what does everyone else do about food there?  Because I keep buying food from the Agora, but as far as I can tell, no one else is doing so.  Is there automatic buying to prevent starvation or somesuch?

And now for something completely different...  I'm going on break soon.  I was thinking starting a homebrew mod for EFS to keep myself busy.  Would any of you guys be interested in helping me playtest/design?  I have a pretty good idea for the core concepts of the mod, but feedback would be great.  And I certainly wouldn't say no if anyone wanted to provide new ideas, particularly on a new unit roster, new "personality" for the houses and map making.  I'm not looking for a huge commitment here, I'm going to do this casually.  But second and third opinions would be nice.

To briefly summarize my goals for the mod: The game is a crusade against the symbiots.  Players need to co-operate to reclaim Symbiot worlds, where most of the sceptors are, but only one player is emperor, so don't co-operate too much.  The economy of the game is going to be tweaked to make it less of a 4X and more of a struggle for limited resources.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #340 on: March 17, 2009, 07:27:06 pm »
Happy to playtest when you're done.  I always thought the whole "oh god space bugs are eating the galaxy" thing should have been a bit more important.  The Vau too but whatever.

Re: food.  I've just used my freighters to carry some food there every once in a while.  You do that you know.

So, how'd the election go?  Do I get to Declare myself Regent now?  I think you're supposed to win twice in a row or something.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #341 on: March 17, 2009, 07:50:05 pm »
Quote from: Aqizzar on March 17, 2009, 07:27:06 pm
So, how'd the election go?  Do I get to Declare myself Regent now?  I think you're supposed to win twice in a row or something.

I think I'll be the first to find out who won the election, since my turn comes first.  If you won, I think you could declare yourself regent.  But it wouldn't accomplish much other then starting fighting on Byzantium for a turn.  You control 6 votes, we control 15.  You'd need to win two more elections, one a turn after declaring yourself regent, one 10 turns later.  You'd almost certainly lose the first election.

Quote from: Aqizzar on March 17, 2009, 07:27:06 pm
Re: food.  I've just used my freighters to carry some food there every once in a while.  You do that you know.

I always seem to have more urgent needs for my transports.  Of course, until recently, I had fewer transports then you guys.

Quote from: Aqizzar on March 17, 2009, 07:27:06 pm
Happy to playtest when you're done.  I always thought the whole "oh god space bugs are eating the galaxy" thing should have been a bit more important.  The Vau too but whatever.

You playtesting in alpha?  The initial economic overhaul would be where feedback is needed the most.

I agree that the Vau could stand to be a lot more interesting.  EFS suffered from an unfinished development cycle and the Vau were one of the casualties of that.  Fixing that would be beyond the scope of what modding could do and what I want to do.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #342 on: March 17, 2009, 11:40:28 pm »
turn done.

mainiac:
1. food on Byzantium: there's more than one agora there.
2. Il Palazzo was never willing to hurt anyone but you, mainiac, and even this in purely retaliatory fashion. Stop painting me as the gung-ho berserker.
3. I'd be happy to test whatever modding you'll come up with. Good luck.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #343 on: March 18, 2009, 12:32:35 am »
Interesting.  The election was a tie.  So offices remain the same for another 10 turns.  I don't mind.

Pax, that little scouting mission against the symbiots I tried ended BADLY.  Hit by a stack faster then you can say "zerg rush."  But the first battle station at Stigmata is done, so it shouldn't be too hard to defend that.  Assuming the symbiots even keep trying to attack now that you took out their starting fleet.
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Re: EOFS PBEM - Turn 30. We're all equal during the elections. Except for Hawkwood.
« Reply #344 on: March 18, 2009, 01:25:37 am »
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