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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 7:06:51 GMT -5
so a couple of things, probably picking on my part.
I have played all my first games on a new release on normal and the 100 map.
1. already covered the notifications problem
2. I miss the button on the individual colony screen that would allow me to go to the list. I know the fix of the back button fixes that, but old people get stuck in a rut.
3. my RP seem to go nowhere. I am at turn 85 and just went from 8-10. Is this by design? is this to force us into building spice dens? because the only reason I am not still at 4 is because I colonized another rychart world and built 3 spice dens around turn 70 so I could get some things researched.
4. my maintenance rate has been over 100% since turn 5 and over 110% since turn 40. This NEVER happened on hard or cray sooooooo early. at turn 85, I am at 114% and a morale of 9. I am sure the 3 spice dens aren't helping, but how else do I research?
Men, sorry I am coming across so negative. I do like the new visuals, but I am going to need time to get accustomed to the content.
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Post by Officer Genious on Jun 3, 2014 8:12:35 GMT -5
so a couple of things, probably picking on my part. I have played all my first games on a new release on normal and the 100 map. 1. already covered the notifications problem 2. I miss the button on the individual colony screen that would allow me to go to the list. I know the fix of the back button fixes that, but old people get stuck in a rut. 3. my RP seem to go nowhere. I am at turn 85 and just went from 8-10. Is this by design? is this to force us into building spice dens? because the only reason I am not still at 4 is because I colonized another rychart world and built 3 spice dens around turn 70 so I could get some things researched. 4. my maintenance rate has been over 100% since turn 5 and over 110% since turn 40. This NEVER happened on hard or cray sooooooo early. at turn 85, I am at 114% and a morale of 9. I am sure the 3 spice dens aren't helping, but how else do I research? Men, sorry I am coming across so negative. I do like the new visuals, but I am going to need time to get accustomed to the content. Can't help with 1 and 2... 3: How many planets do you have, and what populations do you have on most of them (around 3-4, 4-5?)? 4: I just updated, but my other game typically puts me over 100% even earlier and one planet spent entirely too much time crying about 12 pop with 22 of 17 quality even with so I extend for 20 people. e.e I was ready to space some people. |
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 8:42:11 GMT -5
so a couple of things, probably picking on my part. I have played all my first games on a new release on normal and the 100 map. 1. already covered the notifications problem 2. I miss the button on the individual colony screen that would allow me to go to the list. I know the fix of the back button fixes that, but old people get stuck in a rut. 3. my RP seem to go nowhere. I am at turn 85 and just went from 8-10. Is this by design? is this to force us into building spice dens? because the only reason I am not still at 4 is because I colonized another rychart world and built 3 spice dens around turn 70 so I could get some things researched. 4. my maintenance rate has been over 100% since turn 5 and over 110% since turn 40. This NEVER happened on hard or cray sooooooo early. at turn 85, I am at 114% and a morale of 9. I am sure the 3 spice dens aren't helping, but how else do I research? Men, sorry I am coming across so negative. I do like the new visuals, but I am going to need time to get accustomed to the content. Can't help with 1 and 2... 3: How many planets do you have, and what populations do you have on most of them (around 3-4, 4-5?)? 4: I just updated, but my other game typically puts me over 100% even earlier and one planet spent entirely too much time crying about 12 pop with 22 of 17 quality even with so I extend for 20 people. e.e I was ready to space some people. 3. I just colonized planet 6. I just started researching my 4th tech. usually on normal, it moves along more quickly and with six planets, I would be in the upper teens/low twenties on RP. 4. but your maintenance rate is high because of your over quality. I don't let any planets go over because the hit maintenance % for that is way worse than the over population %. my worst planet is 15/17 quality. my worst population is 5/6 on a relatively new colony. that colony is also my only one below 10 morale (6). one trade embargo and one alliance, so they should offset a bit an not be wholly responsible for being 14% over. I am guessing there is a twerk in the mechanics that I need to learn to understand. What I am positive about is that when the xeno show up in the next 50-80 turns, I won't have the income, tech, or ships to deal with them. and this is on normal. |
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Post by fallen on Jun 3, 2014 11:03:39 GMT -5
nails - you are highlighting some really spot problems with the only the explanation of "it didn't do this before." If you want to share more details about your Empire Summary, planet count, what upgrades you've built, that might help us address the way in which you've built your empire. If you go over Quality, you've always paid higher maintenance. This kind of "it didn't do that before!" isn't true and kind of clouds up the whole picture and makes it harder to help.
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 11:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 11:24:14 GMT -5
I understand about over quality etc.
My standard build up is this:
build my first three colonies.
when each colony has built 3 habs, 2 factories, and 2 mines, each one builds a colony ship.
Cadar usually reaches this first, then DeV, then Rycart.
After building their colony ship, typically, they each build another round of 1 mine, 1 hab, 1 factory, 1 hab.
After that, it depends on space. if there is enough room, I like to have another hab, a palace, and an exchange. then a spice den if possible.
I do not colonize a new planet until I have $700 in the bank so I can build the basic 2 hab/1 mine/1 factory right from the start
right now Dev Prime has 15/17 qual, 6/10 housing, 10 morale, 7 habs, 3 factories, 3 mines, a den. Cadar and rhycart prime are one cycle of building behind, but they both have dens so I could get some research points and both have a max quality of 17.
the three newbie planets are all way under on quality, are finishing one build cycle, and none are maxed out on population.
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 11:25:28 GMT -5
Should RP on the main screen = research on the colony screens added up (not including penalties)
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Post by fallen on Jun 3, 2014 11:27:57 GMT -5
nails - which main screen?
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 3, 2014 11:29:56 GMT -5
Should RP on the main screen = research on the colony screens added up (not including penalties) No, the Faction sub-screens are still incomplete in this build. |
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 11:30:07 GMT -5
nails - which main screen? Sorry. main=map |
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 12:41:22 GMT -5
Ignore me, I'm am idiot.
I would post the screen shot from 10 turns later but it won't let me.
maintenance rate now 94%
rp have shot up to 20.
I don't exactly understand why, but that isn't necessarily my place.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 3, 2014 12:47:59 GMT -5
Ignore me, I'm am idiot. I would post the screen shot from 10 turns later but it won't let me. maintenance rate now 94% rp have shot up to 20. I don't exactly understand why, but that isn't necessarily my place. SOLAR WARS! I really appreciate you coming back on and posting an update. That helps us a lot. Thank you. |
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 12:56:13 GMT -5
There was minimal politics though.
Whatever.
i am once again a happy dictator.
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Post by Officer Genious on Jun 3, 2014 17:40:57 GMT -5
There was minimal politics though. Whatever. i am once again a happy dictator. When I was talking about being super-over-quality, that was FAR later in the game. I'm typically over maintenance early on as I'm investing heavily into mines, so I was trying to figure out how you managed NOT to be over your maintenance early on.  |
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Post by nails on Jun 3, 2014 20:21:12 GMT -5
There was minimal politics though. Whatever. i am once again a happy dictator. When I was talking about being super-over-quality, that was FAR later in the game. I'm typically over maintenance early on as I'm investing heavily into mines, so I was trying to figure out how you managed NOT to be over your maintenance early on. I am considering posting my general start-up procedure. just not tonight. |
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