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Originally Posted by Kaiba
We will have to disagree, you put far too much emphasis on faking. Although it is good it will not 'catch you up' if you are behind by 250 ticks worth of a 25% resource bonus/extra research.
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I expect everyone to unlock 70% early on, as the RP costs are pretty low there (~13 ticks for Xan). That makes the difference much smaller. Not nothing, but smaller.
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Originally Posted by Kaiba
We have seen evidence of this in multiple rounds of troll alliances that crash and lose value as xans. Early on they are a threat due to value being close but come tick 500+ then are like a fly being swatted. Invariably 1 fleet coverd or self covered. And although yes Xan is able to put more useful fleets into attacks than non cloaked races when 2-3 fleets are needed to break emp or make a land viable all that advantage is gobbled up quivkly.
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I don't think the comparison with troll alliances is fair, and '1 fleet covered' is a gross exaggeration. Planets in troll alliances tended to sit on 300 average roids all round long, focus heavily on dists rather than value-building constructions, and abstain from attacking for profit in favour of attacking for 'teh lulz', as the youngsters say. No wonder their ability to land went down dramatically as the round goes on. That is not the way a normal value-oriented Xan planet plays the game.
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Originally Posted by Kaiba
I don't see how buffing con points solves the issue. There is no amount of boost that can currently replicate a 50% pop boost or such a huge research boost. This wasn't designed to be a cat only feature but it's rubbish implementation has made it just that.
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I want to avoid making all race bonuses the same. Cat having fast research is flavourful, just like Xan having slow research and Ter having very fast construction speed is. If there's an imbalance here, then we should be able to find a way to tweak the race bonuses without turning Cat into just another Zik or Etd.
Honestly, though, I think we're fundamentally on the same page. Cat benefits most from this new feature, and we should look into re-balancing the races to create a level playing field.