> http://planets.nu/#/sector/235806
Game setting analysis (just so players know what they're getting into):
1. The planets are a bit closer together than normal at 6400 LY^2 per planet vs. the normal of 8000 LY^2 per planet. This makes planet-hopping easier.
2. With 12 players in a sector having only 400 planets, combat will start earlier than normal.
3. With 12 seed debris disks and the increased planet density, there will probably be 20-30 actual debris disks, making this a VERY mineral-rich game, even though the average mineral density is set to low. High minerals means LOTS of ships built.
4. The Wormholes and Sphere will accelerate combat.
5. The Fog of War will probably slow down initial combat, then have little effect.
6. The aggressive FoF setting (1 planet every 2 turns) will accelerate combat.
7. Even with the higher than normal planet density, the homeworld clusters (verycloseplanets: 6, closeplanets: 12) will stick out. Fog Of War will only hide this for a few turns. This will accelerate initial build-up and combat.
8. The adjustments to the PQ parameters (productionstarbaseoutput: 10, productionstarbasereward: 20) completely change the starbase dynamics. They generate MUCH more PBP, both when idle and when destroyed. Fortunately, in a game with a ship limit of 999, this won't mean much until the ship limit is hit. I hope the post-999 build bug has been fixed.
9. This is a zero-ally game, again accelerating combat.
10. The limited (and non-standard) Safe Passage and Share Intel will make mega-alliances difficult, fragmenting the players and accelerating combat.
Overall, while this looks like an interesting game, the settings are too far from Standard to make it a valid test of what a game without a ship limit would be like. Virtually every possible setting change that could accelerate combat has been made.
The simplest (and least controversial) way to simulate unlimited ships would be to take the Standard settings, increase the ship limit, cut the players to 8, the planets to 360 and the map to 1700x1700 (rectangular), with no other changes. |
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