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Probably no point making this suggestion but i have nothing else to do.

Why not have 2 new races? One being cloaked stealing ships and one being cloaked emp ships?

i dont know how difficult it is to add races but maybe this is an easy change that will add another challenge to the game?

Thoughts?

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No.

Cheers

Kargool

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any reason kargool? or do you just not like change?

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If a new race were to be implemented, it would have to be something original and creative.

We dont really need new races at the moment, we got to many as it is allready as the players who pick the wrong race (xan this round) will get screwed over and quit.

We need less races and easier ways to recover from crashing.

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If this round has shown us anything, it's that appoco can't balance a set of stats with 5 races, let alone 7 (or more).

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i dont think appoco made the stats for this round

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Make a suicide race, the ships explode on arrival for massive damage. Massive XP no value. Haha.

..or raise max cap to say 40% if on launch you set a "no recall" option. Get ready for epic crashes late round! (..and some interesting new strategy)

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He didn't, but then I never said he did.

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I vote for a Shogun -like system. Allow more flexibility to fleet slots (e.g. more slots, through research or so). Additionally, home slots recuperate destroyed/damaged fleet slowly over time. I.e. keeping a partially destroyed fleet home for a given period repairs part of the losses essentially cost free (which opens up extra stuff on research and construction side for repairs).

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don´t think more races will add anything to the game, apart from giving a even bigger headache to balance the stats.

more reasons to attack is what i would go for...

like giving good xp for killing structures
or giving xp for killing ships
placing a virus in the system of the planetary defence (fleets cant be launched for x ticks)
stealing ressources
stealing ships with good value gains
sabotage asteroid mining (roids only give 50% income for x ticks)
destroying asteroids

in addition defending fleets or attacking ones turn sides last minute (if ordered ofc)

etc etc...

expecting something like that is like waiting to win the lottery though ;)

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All the games has the Orc race
could be like that:
fighter - grunt ship
destroyer - throll ship
Battleship - Ogre ship

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Just give us stats that dont require stupid team ups just to land

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Here is a new race concept; subversion, like zikonians did back in the teenage rounds of Planetarion. For those not remembering subvert, they were ships that would turn other the opposing ships against each other.

I also think that you should bring back cargo ships...

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appoco didnt make the stats but he does attempt to balance them before they go final..

I would actually like to see fewer races, its too difficult to balance 5. I miss the tech tree!

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I've already said he didn't make the stats, just that he can't balance them worth a shit either.

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Make it easier to land. T1 Targetting

Simple way, Single Targeting, sod this t1 t2 t3 crap, give races clear holes, have zikonian ships steal at a loss of 50% or 60% not 100% in most cases. Make sure XP isn't overpowered and we should have a good round of roid swappage but people still playing for value and it with T1 targetting it will be easier to land.

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This is the greatest suggestion PA has ever seen.

Give us the orc race, and all will be well in the universe.

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Gives good tech tree choices too that.

'Red warpaint' : -1 ETA.

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Gate: Oi Crab, got SK?
Crab: Yeah.
Gate: Send them to defend my target.
Crab: Wait, what are you talking about?
Gate: Trust me this will be good!
Crab: But, hang on, you are attacking, why do you want me to defend him, I, uh...
Gate: Shut up and just do it!

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not only that, but it would bring that nostalgia feel back to planetarion, may get more people playing again, people love nostalgia

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Think any new headache is welcome. Try a suicide race with fast recovery. Some troop landing transports and napalm to harm base... Some transformers switching units to other race's similar with a cost, or able to build only the technology u last landed on.

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Interesting, but remember how that round turned out? ;)



Agree on this, though make them the same class as each races pods, or "off class" like SK's are?


To the OP: Planetarion doesn't need any new races IMHO. To bring flavor back to it, focus on the tech tree, and give it many exclusive branches. Rework race bonuses. Rework governments. Make population mean something.

There's plenty of room to improve the game, it simply all falls into the "not enough time" or "not enough resources" bin.

I continue to watch, read, and keep my fingers crossed.

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this

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I cant quite remember as it was one of my first rounds back from a slight break, but it was awesome; so re-work and balance it though, not every ship needs to be a subvert ship! But that was great stuff, and yea, thats what the idea of the new cargo ship, either pod class, or off class... since PDS will never happen! :P

one idea i just got without thinking is a "zombie" race, perhaps scanners could play this one. weaker type ships, greater construction/research bonus or something of that sort, but the ships infect the planet, spreading damage over time, making them effectively useful. something like, emping 25% of any fleet that defends against it for 3 days. dunno... highdea..

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or just go back to single target where people could land without having a stupid teamup?

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: to get me signed up and playing, this game doesn't need new races (per se).

It needs a return to round 4 rules (including in gal roiding) and a free round.

I would be all over that like a cheap suit.

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An idea i had to make the game more interest is to somehow cut down on the travel time, as i t can take a whole day to att with bs, which means if u have to recallm its a waste of a day coz you cnt att again untill the next nite atm. Maybe if there was some kind of penalty involved, but allows you to get your fleet back early, like say if u cap X roids, u can give up say 15% of your cap(to burn as fuel, whatever) which allows you to return your fleet instantly or say in two ticks or so.

It would encourage more attacking / fleet movements etc, but there are flaws like, ppl not able to FC etc. Or if u dnt cap u r screwed(unless u could burn % of fleet to get home quicker etc).

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A failed attack does not take 20 hours, but 12, since you know if you're through at eta 4. If you're covered by ally def, that number goes down to 4 to 6 hours.

(On an unrelated sidenote, your post would have a bigger impact if you used her majesty's english instead of sms language.)

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But in r3 planetarion was really gd i play then it was multi target took much skillz more than stupid single target is shit LOL.

You gusy rly dn get it that multitarget is gd bc it was used bfore napoleon was brn so its rly the only option otherw i quit this game and im a hc player game needs me million more like me out there.

LOL.

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rinse repeat in typical PA fashion.

(On an unrelated sidenote, your post would have a bigger impact if you used her majesty's english instead of retard language.)

i did lol though :)

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(On an unrelated sidenote, your post would have a bigger impact if you used her majesty's english instead of sms language.)[/quote]


Well if u (you) managed to understand wot (what) i typed then it cnt (can't) be that bad! I was trying to type it as fast as i could, coz (because) my gf (girlfriend) was threatening to chop my bollocks off, if i didnt come off the comp! (computer!). (just incase you couldnt understand my reply, or it didnt have the desired impact). :rolleyes:

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I was just trying to be helpful, in the assumption that you want people to actually take your posts seriously, but if you're going to be a dick about it, then you can **** right off.

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I think our dedicaded full time coders will think about your suggestion..

.. and answer with "too much work" after - let's say - 2 seconds..

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I agree

and i said this before you !! no-one listen to me but my pa brain is like ze best.

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oh and people are too lazy to bother using their brains on this game regulary, so for this game, at this stage in it's life (in the hospital dieing) it should be easier to land so less people crash so less people quit and it'll make it easier, so more can play! single targetting for pa now is good. in r3 it would of been bad, but now, come on keizari :P

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But I was being VERY VERY serious. Like, VERY. You can expect something like this on the other thread, however.

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How about SK's with stealdamage? would add an interesting and extremly annoying aspect to the game :D

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Unified ETA

Fi/Co that target BS/CR

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Unified ETA? As in all the ships have the same ETA? Yes, let's make the game worse....

FiCo that Target CR/BS? Yes, let's make teamups even more needed.....