Mist Wrote:So, that would make me the fifth on board. Let's roll
Cool
Lemme actually download the mod and at least find out what the starting options are, and we can get to picking leaders!
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Planetfall PBEM Tech Thread
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Cool Lemme actually download the mod and at least find out what the starting options are, and we can get to picking leaders!
This is gonna be fun to watch
(except Mist's thread, after the first 10 posts...if he makes it that far :neenernee) Bobchillingworth Wrote:we can get to picking leaders! Can't volunteer to make you a map, I've got no clue what's balanced. I can at least help out with rolling dice for you guys, though. Do you want a pick order, or to send in ranked picks ala FFH and have ties broken randomly, or what?
EitB 25 - Perpentach
Occasional mapmaker
Thanks, Mardoc! I'm up for whatever in regards to picking leaders. I'm probably going to run at most one test game to learn the very basics of the mod, so I'm thinking I may just got Random.
Mardoc Wrote:(except Mist's thread, after the first 10 posts...if he makes it that far :neenernee):neenernee  Wanted - a dedlurker to keep a thread up to date. I offer cookies and possibly a pint or two ( dozen ) if you ever make it to my neighborhood with a visit 
As someone who is at work right now, who are even the leaders, and what are their traits (or equivalents thereof)?
Nicolae Carpathia Wrote:As someone who is at work right now, who are even the leaders, and what are their traits (or equivalents thereof)? I can tell you the names, and the names of their factions, but that's pretty much all I know.
As for traits...I could make guesses based on Alpha Centauri's versions of these guys, but they'd only be guesses. You could probably do as well from this SMAC faction description. I think you're pretty much going to be going in blind, though, aside from the general theme of a faction  .Edit: or you could read Selrahc's post for some actual information
EitB 25 - Perpentach
Occasional mapmaker
Depends on if we include expansion era leaders.
The default leaders are: Lady Deidre, Gaians. "The Ecologist" Gets a bonus to Planet rating in all cities, which gives Psych(Culture) and better interaction with native life. Forests and Hybrid Forests improve happiness. Units get a woodsman promotion. Colonel Santiago, Spartans. "The Survivalist" Gets more elite units,Commando promo, and the equivalent of hereditary rule. Academician Zakharov, University of Planet. "The Scientist" Heavily boosted research rates in return for a vulnerability to espionage. CEO Morgan, Morgan Industries. "The Mogul" Heavily boosted trade route yields, more energy from merchant specialists, cheaper to buy units. Can build specialized Morgan Industry buildings. Less military production. Brother Lal, Peacekeepers. "The Humanitarian" +100% GPP, +50% wonder production, a free specialist in every city... massively increased war weariness. Chairman Yang, the Hive. "The Despot" An array of bonuses to military and general production, a bonus to defence and an easier time dealing with unhappiness. Sister Miriam, Believers "The Fundamentalist" Substantial boosts to units if you have religion, particularly against non believers. A massive boost to spy defences. A boost to growth rate and happiness. Comes at the cost of planet rating/base, which means poor culture and angry mindworms.
Played about ten minutes of a game, to figure out what some of the new map options do.
I'm pretty sure we want Scattered Landing Pods enabled, otherwise everyone will start really close to each other. The FAQ on Civfanatics recommends having tech trading but disabling tech brokering; apparently doing otherwise screws over Zakharov in some unspecified manner. I'm not sure about this. Are we even going to have diplomacy? Edit: Actually, would no-brokering tech trading be semi-palatable if there was no diplomacy besides a banter thread. Using regular barbs seems mandatory. Game doesn't really work with them off, and jumping into WB revealed huge amounts of them even on the regular setting, very early on. |
