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It's a challenge, yes, but the problem is also the other races. If i try to fight the feds i would have to have insurances that the other races wouldn't attack.

This could be very different if the other races were to attack each other and not playing only for the score and economic win. Of course i could have been already wiped out... or maybe the fascists and the feds would be less powerful now and i would be able to fight them, who knows.

Interesting enough i'm able to build more ships/bases in planets.nu than in here and i'm not a premium. I think the fact that there are more minerals in planets and more money/natives in planets nearby the HW is a huge motivator. I agree it maybe less a challenge but it's more fun and it's a different kind of challenge. The fact that you can build more ships faster makes fights more interesting because you have more ships with which to fight and you get more build points to build other ships. This leads also to the economic part of the game. If you don't play you economics well you can't build ships and you loose. So you have a higher mix of economics/logistics/tactics that elevates the quality of the game (and BTW the phost list for the birdmen should have more ships that could cloak and one more like the Deth Specula).

And the end condition for most games is also a good one. 200 planets for 5 turns. It makes you fight for them and in some games it takes almost 200 turns to end it. I like a game where you are the ultimate winner and conquer the other races, but since that's difficult, having almost half of the planets of the echo cluster is a good sign that your race is the best in that game.

So, maybe it wouldn't hurt if you could create a game similar in here. You had to change the code for the initial position of the planets and the quantity of the minerals in each. Take a look and see if it's possible. Maybe even borrow his code for the initial position and composition .

Oh, and the interface.......UAU!! sorry, i never liked PCC much with all those windows, etc. I love VPA and planets.nu is very similar. And i don't have to use DOSBOX which sometimes acts strangely.

Anyway, I know hosting a site like this is tough and i'll continue to play here.I think it's very well done but from time to time we have to change things...

Keep up the good work.

Wasp

ComCitCat in Re: End Condition:

From what I have seen in other games you don't have the economy to beat me no matter what.

Now if that is not a challenge, then what is?

--Stefan