New Race Idea

2nd perfect should be "protect", when i get on a soapbox i type faster than i think

"chemicals tend to erode cookies" seriously? what chemicals erode your cookies? 409? windex? milk?

cookies are prone to over baking, give them energy shields
cookies crumble easily, give them kinetic shields

yet these people have found a way to fire their favorite items that they spent centuries perfecting technology to perfect at their enemies in some form of cookie gun?

i try not to be this confrontational but this is perhaps the worst idea i think ive ever seen put forward in this game, ever

plus, all of these ships are cookie cutters of each other (har har), terrans have T and P class, miners have M and G, colls have R and H, guards have G L and K, maru has _ and D, etc, why does every ship suggested have the exact same feel? the whole race is unnecessary and kitsch

when you say independance, do you mean they dont have to buy or sell?

if you mean buy, comm terran still needs to buy food/CGs (unless you kill your pop) /minerals to play the game

if you mean sell, then i would say that (using algebra) it can be shown that EVERY other feasible style of income for terrans makes more money if you can find it in you to wait the 20 minutes for the market to clear

the advantage to commercial is that newbs dont need to worry about a negative income and can easily see debt coming. i cant speak to ultra cause RT keeps me occupied and i never found turn based servers that interesting


furthermore, for miners, tax, minerals, and CGs are all viable incomes, decreasing in that order, so why do we have mineral miners if tax always wins? similarly, terrans make more money as tax, then agri/CG, then commercial, so why do we not see every terran as tax also? just because something is the best doesnt mean the others should be rejected and we should imagine up a whole new race to cater to the big number lovers


heres a "few" numbers to illustrate the point; 0 lvls of infra, disregard u class for now (ferts and larges balance each other out barring 1000 gordos)
1 commercial makes 5 creds per turn, terrans have no bonus, so 5 creds per turn
1 industry makes 1 CG per turn, terrans make +50%, thats 1.5 CGs per turn, market value is 6 creds per land
1 agriculture makes 1 food, +20% means 1.2 food per land, if food sells at 5 (which it does now unless you want to wait a day for the trillions at 6 to flow through the market) then you make 6 creds per turn
tax is complicated but ill agree that its the best if there are a steady supply of cheap food (yes) and CGs (no)

being a CG miner is harder to justify, but if you realize that you ONLY need enough money to fund your fleet than you can imagine being a CG miner, if you want more more more, then perhaps minerals or tax is for you

We know bout terrans.. Do you know that blah was comm terran and its a major factor in him going through successive uw and completing his own in ultra server.. Comm terran SURVIVEs even when the chips are down.. Land area and research level plays a part..

sigh... you are all wrong about CG terrans and i would love to explain but ill need more than 2000 characters, give me a week to get my fed`s site up and running and ill explain fully

in brief:
tax terran - makes money through CG demand, when no CGs, no money (possibly even negative income)
comm terran - worst of all 4 styles
cigi terran - competitive with agri terran when food is cheap
agri terran - best option when food is expensive

I wouldnt want the name of the race and ships though.. I feel it more as a pun.. U should research more on nicer yet fighting names..

Out of 50 terrans.. Maybe 4 or less will make cg.. Due to terran various mode of income.. They will normally either agri, commerce or tax..

Look at this another way.. Another race who eats food and making cgs.. Theres cgs on the market and some agri might try and stick with the race..

Eg.. 3 terran and 3 aminer change to this race.. U will get a lot of cgs.. Less chance to wail and complain bout the lack of cgs.. But knowing spacefed, i believe ya all will find a way to whine..

:)

if food sells at 6 or less, CGs make terrans more money

You used up 43 turn(s) Credit +2,683,912 Food -150,113 Goods +9,170,694 Bonus + 134,196

im a 2 day old terran empire

Looking at the idea seriously, I think its wonderful in the light of GOODS PRODUCTION. We can make this whole race detected to goods, People will become this empire for the sake of trying out a new race, and in return we will reap off the benefits of flooded goods market. Though A.miner "CAN": be used for industry, but the problem is people do not like the play style. With an addition of a new race people will actually think about playing this race for the sake of playing another race, you know what i mean ? But ofcourse like everything it requires stephen. We should just make a remake of this game.

sooooooo hungry

i like the cookie monster :P