OK -- there's a ton of nonsense in this thread, and some info that's interesting but nonapplicable. For example, my previous comment, while germane to a point raised by another commentor, had nothing at all to do with the simple answer to the question asked by the original poster.
(I say "simple"...)
It's all in the host order, mate. @Muiu had half of it.
So let's say for the sake of argument that last turn, in our hypothetical game, there was maybe some fighting, which brought the number of ships below the limit. And some ships were built at random bases, and some people were awarded Priority Points for vacant bases.
Now it's this turn, and you think, "Hey - I got some points last turn. Maybe I should try cloning something." So you go out to set it up and you give it a try.
Host runs. In the reports, you see that your base produces Priority Points but doesn't clone anything, and in the Scoreboard you see that once again you're right at the limit. So what happened?
What happens here is that, under the Priority Queue system, there are now three discrete (plus one combined) build phases. The first is reserved for priority builds, the second for random regular builds, and after that phase there's a combined subphase for cloning. Then, after combat, movement (things blowing up in minefields and ion storms), that sort of thing, there's a third build phase with NO priority and NO cloning.
It's possible in PQ to set up a situation where there's enough available builds after the first priority build phase to permit some random construction, but only because recycling comes before that first build. You'd have to recycle a LOT, but on the other hand, there's not many priority builds on any given turn, so maybe not so many.
But cloning at this point, when some starbases somewhere still had standard ships queued, was considered a "loophole", which was subsequently closed back under the PBP (or "Classic Queue") system in order to protect the sanctity of the "Advanced Cloning" advantage in Campaign games.
A person would have to recycle one heck of a lot of ships to have cloning take place post-limit in a PQ game. I'm not saying it's not possible -- the queue doesn't stay all that full in the new system -- but it would surely take some effort. |
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