Re: GALAXY

From: dagibbs@qnx.com (David Gibbs)

Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 01:56:03 +0000

In article <3j3ftp$5or@newsgate.dircon.co.uk>, adr <adr@dircon.co.uk> wrote:

>As is often the way i realised AFTER posting the message that such a
>command would totally change the game strategy.. BUT every game can be
>improved so i for one would rather see a suggestion even if it is a bad
>one , better that than no input at all.

There actually has been discussion of changes, and even mods made
and played.

>How does it go..don't think of the mathematics behind the game think what
>you would do in the situation.. Well i thought i would at least fit
>transmitters to ships that took 4 years or more to build, and being a
>logical sort of person i would warn members of my race if they were about
>to attack a planet that was defended so well they would all die in the
>attempt.

Sure, the incoming ships know they are going to be blown away, but they
can't change course... you can find all sorts of rationalizations for
this.  Turning around isn't, neccessarily, easy.  Maybe you have to
plot a course, and it can only be changed in major gravity wells,
that is near a star?  So you can't change course in space.

>I would also build 'Motherships' that would carry groups of fighters and
>probes. Maybe even some planetary defences.

Motherships -- ie ships carrying ships was tried in one of the test games,
I don't think it added much more than complication.

What's nice about Galaxy right now is that there is a good balance -- there
is no one perfect strategy, but lots of things to try.  When making changes,
you have to be very careful with this.

>Galaxy at the moment is a good game it could become a great one.

Possibly, I'm just not sure the changes you suggest are the way to
make it a great game.  I like the decisions that commitment to
an offensive makes you take... It makes drive an important part of
the design of a war ship.

-David Gibbs
(dagibbs@qnx.com)

References

Galaxy mailing lists: where?
Simon Reed <simon@itd.tv.bbc.co.uk>
Tue, 21 Feb 1995 12:29:41 +0000
GALAXY
adr@dircon.co.uk (adr)
Thu, 23 Feb 1995 03:39:17 +0000
Re: GALAXY
adr@dircon.co.uk (adr)
Thu, 02 Mar 1995 04:00:57 +0000

Referenced By

Galaxy mailing lists: where?
Simon Reed <simon@itd.tv.bbc.co.uk>
Tue, 21 Feb 1995 12:29:41 +0000
GALAXY
adr@dircon.co.uk (adr)
Thu, 23 Feb 1995 03:39:17 +0000
Re: GALAXY
adr@dircon.co.uk (adr)
Thu, 02 Mar 1995 04:00:57 +0000