Time to nerf upkeep

A AchillesOP

OP 19/09/2006 · 09:27 PM #1

I`m tired and really don`t have the time to chase virals everyday who hit you and than spam to 100`s of million power using cheap maru ships. The funny thing is i use to do the same thing lol and i`m a viral; However, seriously going past 100 million power should be a major accomplishment not just something any viral can do. If overall power of the top 5 is lowered by increased upkeep you will see allot more action throughout the entire server. Most of the other maru ships upkeep to power ratio is not too bad 1:4 But pyths and D angels really should not be available to virals at current upkeep. Viral is a rich race and this more than anything has unbalanced the server.

From my understanding it`s relatively easy to change the code for upkeep; However, if this is not the case another solution would be to make pyths and d angels only available to Maru. I be losing 2 of my favorite ships but i`m sure i be more happy to see a more active server as a result.

----- Achilles (Viral)

D drunkenmasters

20/09/2006 · 03:07 AM #15

Maybe only for the top 10 as suggested before, there is no point to increase upkeep and price of viral ships, that will make young viral empires unplayable... Pyth and Angel for more than 1 mil with 20k upkeep will be too much for them, don`t you think? Especially on slower servers...

D DarckKnight

20/09/2006 · 02:57 AM #14

add that RT needs a full research reset every 2 years, people are too rich with a simple use of turns they go to 100 mill withought a problem with heavy upkeep ships

A AlphaRED

20/09/2006 · 02:36 AM #13

Isnt VIral meant to be hard? big increase not a little.

K Kikyo

20/09/2006 · 01:51 AM #12

Accord, the difference between guard spamming to 100+ mils and virals spamming to 100+ mils would be the quality of the ship.

Imagine G.corrundum/ G something ( my memory fails me ) at 100 mils vs angels/pyths at 100 mils, no way the guards can fight.
Ruby/tourmaline/hunli spam up to 150 mils ( 10k ruby 1k hun li ) cost around 6 billions, while virals spend maybe 9 bils?
Guards earn 15% while virals earn 70% so you do the math lol

O Omegian

20/09/2006 · 01:32 AM #11

Not saying tax is bad, since i was a tax viral ... *bah*

O Omegian

20/09/2006 · 01:32 AM #10

... If tax, than food on RT is going to skyrocket in demand ... but oh well, i guess more agri terrans and comm terrans will sell food above 18 ... thus redoing the tax mod for viral might be in effect if food never dips below 18 ...

G gronoria

20/09/2006 · 01:13 AM #9

upkeep for pyth and angel should be the same as the upkeep for the herc in my opinion. Virals are supposed to go tax karo, that hardly anyone does that is another lol.

M Macbeth

20/09/2006 · 01:00 AM #8

I find it very funny that you are suggesting this as your probably the biggest user of pyth spam in the game lol. But yes upkeep on reversed maru ships needs to be increasd. 75% of the ships power would be good maybe?

O Omegian

20/09/2006 · 12:29 AM #7

50% upkeep increase on maru ships would be sufficient but costs would have to go down, or why both having maru ships then, when a nirv and herc are just about the same ...

L Loof

19/09/2006 · 11:49 PM #6

yes upkeep should be alot higher, but building cost would have to go down as well, this of course doesnt matter much on rt, but on slower servers its actually often not the cheapest way to gain pr to build pyth/angel as their build cost is very high....

A AGM94

19/09/2006 · 11:21 PM #5

well anyone that spams strafez that high deserves the low upkeep :P strafez is also much easier to beat at a high pr like that

D DrunkenMasters

19/09/2006 · 10:56 PM #4

Maybe only increased upkeep for Angels and Pyths in the top 10... Do not completely remove them. You can also go high with strafez if you want (300% lower build rate but still very low upkeep) ;)

K Karolinerna

19/09/2006 · 09:49 PM #3

eventhough I find it rather amusing that u are the one suggesting it I have to agree with u. a little nerfing of upkeep wouldn't hurt anyone. although not as expensive as herv nirv and tyr since we actually make 30 % less then terrans. would be great to not have to build the whole day just to have one battle so thumbs up =)

A AccordEX

19/09/2006 · 09:32 PM #2

Achilles stop making a flame here, haha only messin, i agree with you but at the same rate its just as easy to get to 100mill + with guard because of there low income so if you think of it its virals and Guards that make it up there with ease, Hence thats why there paid races =)

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