Re: Simplifying Galaxy

From: Bjorn Halvor Solberg <bjorn@geocities.com>

Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

weertj@xs2.xs4all.nl (Jacco van Weert) writes:

> Talking about tech's... one thing I really dislike about Galaxy is the
> high DRIVE tech in the later stage of the game.... then the game often
> turns into a "kangaroo" game with fleets hopping everywhere and the
> "luck" factor is getting more important.

Nah, you just have to start defending your planets, without having any
clear fronts that you like to work with, and make sure you have fleets to
retaliate with.

> Restricting the DRIVE factor to say 5.0 is one of my favourite points
> of change.

Why?  Don't you usually eliminate resistance before the games get that
far? :-)

Regarding changing the game to be simpler for beginners: I don't know.  I
remember my beginner days, and it wasn't all that hard to play even
though I had very few to none tools to aid me.  As you get your hands on
useful tools, you just get better at designing "right" ships, moving them
to the right places with the right cargo etc.  Plus there's all sorts of
useful information for beginners out there now.  As a beginner you can't
expect to do everything correct right away, everything usually involves a
learning process.  I don't know if the original poster of this thread
meant to eliminate the learning process, but I find that to be part of
the fun with the game.

Bjorn.

References

Re: Looking for a good pbem
Yoni Rhein <famrhein@worldnet.att.net>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Looking for a good pbem
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Simplifying Galaxy
Stig Hemmer <stig@pvv.ntnu.no>
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Simplifying Galaxy
weertj@xs2.xs4all.nl (Jacco van Weert)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000