update idea

Archived Started by Vengeance · 22/03/2006 · 02:58 AM · 9 replies · 0 reads

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V VengeanceOP

OP 22/03/2006 · 02:58 AM #1

this is an idea on how to nerf virals slightly and increase the economy of the game (i.e. cash flow to miners, which are most of the economy of the game)

well, increasing the mineral usage and upkeep requirements for the reverse-engineared ships (but keep v class the same for the newly emerging virals since those are the main ships you would use when first starting, don`t wanna make it too difficult for the newbie virals) this thereby makes the cash flow to miners increase and most virals honestly wouldn`t miss the missing flow of cash..they woudl just spend more of it, this would also slightly recuse the ammount of them that hang at teh really high power ratings to avoid counters and such making it more fun for the rest of us, also, this would hopefully increase the activity of the miners thereby increasing the ammount of mienrals flowing through the market, which overal helps the economy of the rest of the game...thats my idea for the viral race, doesn`t exactly change much for virals, they would still be the best around, but it would make it a little more difficult for them, and increase the ecconomy of the game at the same time however little it does...two good spots since viral is labled a "hard" race. and the economy (again the miners) isn`t that great right now adn teh mineral market is kinda slow...so i think this woudl help slightly

well, tell me what you think of my idea...any thougths additions or constructive criticism is welcome :)

J jonathenst

22/03/2006 · 05:16 PM #10

merlin can you please stop emphasising words using capitals? its really... really.. annoying, and unesseary -.-\"

M Merlin

22/03/2006 · 01:56 PM #9

Hawks: The problem is that no one WANTS to play aminers because they see everyone else playing Viral, or they want to make money and keep it so they play Terran

H Hawks

22/03/2006 · 07:45 AM #8

anyone that thinks a miners make less than viral dont know how to play that race, if people play miners as slavers or tax empires or cg producers then there doing themselfs a disservice. the reason people want big stocks of resourses is major dinero and other artifacts , there trying to protect there gains. i think stephen should make one of the other races good at producing minerals maybe collective or guardian

M Merlin

22/03/2006 · 07:10 AM #7

As ti the cap, only going to affect minerals, that`s the only issue there is on there. Food is fine, there`s always a glut of it. Goods are just a bonus and like candy and those get used up and cant be hoarded.

M Merlin

22/03/2006 · 07:09 AM #6

The market is inactive because you have people HOARDING!

The more minerals needed for anything means more minerals being bought from the market.

And virals have better ships, aminer ships dont even come close because they are more a defensive race than offensive, sure IF you can build up a stack as aminer then you wouldnt have a problem using it to attack, issue is BUILDING said stack without someone bashing before you can do so. And it`s no good building up starbases for protection because they dont offer much at the higher PR levels.

V VengeanceOP

22/03/2006 · 05:00 AM #5

oh, and the market cap is a good idea so long as it doesn`t affect cg`s and food and waht not...20 mill doesn`t cut it on those lol

V VengeanceOP

22/03/2006 · 04:30 AM #4

miner are not as rich as most people seem to think. yes they get money, and alot of it, but they do NOT get nearly as much as a good viral can, besides miner has more upkeep when stacking at higher powerratings, and if you havn`t noticed, mienrs suck at spamming but are great at stacking when done properly, they make alot of money because they use alot of money.

and how would increasing minerals requirements hurt the market? if anything it would help it, it is inactive, and the moment virals start needing more minerals is the moment miners would get to become a more appealing and more active race.

M Merlin

22/03/2006 · 04:23 AM #3

Increasing minerals requirements will cause issues to the market even more than there is now. Not only that every man and his dog is going viral because they see that race as a being a `good` race.

Also, why increase aminer`s cashflow ANY more than it`s needed.

What is needed, and prob going to be happening, is a cap placed on how much in minerals can be bought from the market by any player. Those caps will stop people hoarding minerals and stop newbies from missing out on them.

H Hawks

22/03/2006 · 03:40 AM #2

check out the update info on the log in page to see what changes will be made.

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