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JDsocbas · 21 Jun 2005, 23:49

I was wondering if it would be possible to add to engineering another focus that could help decrease travel time eta even further. Maybe 1 extra tick and it would be the same no matter what priority it would put. This would give an advantage for galaxies that coordinate defense and for planets that have advanced enough that want enlarge their score faster. Respond however you feel to the topic.

Dovai · 22 Jun 2005, 00:02

This would see xans zik's and caths tearing round the universe at 6 ticks. No thanks

furball · 22 Jun 2005, 00:30

No thanks, travel time is just too important to have it affected by engineering settings. Stats only.

Lοki · 22 Jun 2005, 10:56

agree... but I think it wouldn't cause problems as the entire universe would have eta on first priority

barney · 22 Jun 2005, 15:14

ffs then i would be able to sleep 5 hours til it is jumpie time, do you want me to loose my job

Nadar · 23 Jun 2005, 12:28

Not a good idea imo. Everyone would set their engineers to get better traveltime then and we'd all be on the same ETA again.

berzerker · 23 Jun 2005, 18:56

how about just say -1 for damn cloaked xans

24 Jun 2005, 07:18

silly idea. would completely disrupt the game mechanics + there is no way to increment it on different priorities given the discreet nature.

Ultimate Newbie · 26 Jun 2005, 06:41

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Originally Posted by berzerker

how about just say -1 for damn cloaked xans

And exactly how do you defend against ETA 6 universal FI fleets with your alliance? The only way would be for other Xans (with Sentinels) and/or a future Corvette that targets FI.

I think it would make the xan FI fleet far more powerful, as defence would be much scarcer (and with less time to respond) if that were the case.

Compare the universal ETA 6 FI fleet which has 1 tick of defence time for only one race, to the Cath CR fleet which presently has 3 ticks of defence from all four races.

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Prawn · 26 Jun 2005, 10:31

I'm with other ppl, this would give a massive advantage to people with CO/FI roiding fleets. Would also be a lot more beneficial to larger players who perhaps have a slightly more secure source of income and therefore could more easily afford, for example, to bump mining down an engineering priority to fit this in. And seeing as I'm unlikely to be one of those players I reckon that would be a bad idea

berzerker · 26 Jun 2005, 15:02

i was kidding. as if eta6 fleets would ever be allowed.

although, i suppose it would make some gals more active.

Appocomaster · 26 Jun 2005, 18:17

I do agree engineering could be more diverse, but I think the majority of players agree ETA is ok as it is currently.

26 Jun 2005, 23:47

agreed.

perhaps another idea for engineering? how about a defensive/offensive engineering setting? All ships are given a bonus of 1% - 2% - 4% to either damage or armour?

Appocomaster · 26 Jun 2005, 23:52

There used to be a 6th option for engineering, "war", which increased damage by 5%, 7% or 10%. However, when the roid allocation was changed from disturbance to pod armour in r11 after r10.5 (?) I pointed out to Spinner this would mean that pods cap 10% more roids, and he disabled it with some "all planets decided to be more peaceful" stuff.

27 Jun 2005, 01:21

might be interesting to discuss this sometime, just an idea though.... i do think that a new engineering setting could be fun

I'll pop by #support at some point in the future and have a chat with you.

Lοki · 27 Jun 2005, 08:06

I like apocomaster's idea

Ultimate Newbie · 27 Jun 2005, 08:42

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Originally Posted by Appocomaster

There used to be a 6th option for engineering, "war", which increased damage by 5%, 7% or 10%. However, when the roid allocation was changed from disturbance to pod armour in r11 after r10.5 (?) I pointed out to Spinner this would mean that pods cap 10% more roids, and he disabled it with some "all planets decided to be more peaceful" stuff.

I was under the impression that Pods, SKs (indeed EMP, Steal, Subversion, Normal) were all considered seperately by the combat engine. Surely it wouldnt be too hard to make the War engineering disabled on Pods (and SKs) whilst there still be bonues for all other types of ships?

berzerker · 27 Jun 2005, 16:25

how about having a "war" advantage that varies depending on your value or score... say 5% better att/def ability for those with low numbers, and -5% when you hit a certain size and vary it inbetween (when you hit 1mil val, you get +5%, then for every further 2mil you get -1%). that'll make it harder for bigger players to stay big, and easier for smaller players to grow.

just a thought, dont take it too seriously though. cant imagine it'd be easy on the server, doing all these extra calcs every tick, for every +1mil player.

Rocko · 27 Jun 2005, 19:52

how about -1 but only for terrens

put us poor buggers on an equal footing

Terren BS incomming,.. ETA 8!!! muhahahahah

27 Jun 2005, 21:29

Dark Link, unless im going completely mad, I'm pretty sure that was my idea.

Ultimate Newbie, I was going to ask the same thing... is that possible Appocomaster?

Appocomaster · 27 Jun 2005, 21:33

The Master, in round 10 and 10.5 we had it already - you may have thought of it by yourself, but others have already seen it in action. Obviously it is possible to some extent, although not for Round 14, but I don't know if it's possible to select which ships are affected.

berzerker · 28 Jun 2005, 14:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocko

how about -1 but only for terrens

put us poor buggers on an equal footing

Terren BS incomming,.. ETA 8!!! muhahahahah

28 Jun 2005, 19:37

ok that would be good to find out... even if its not something that takes effect for a while.

Either way you look at it dark link was wrong. lol, im being petty.

Kal · 22 Aug 2005, 13:00

declined - we don't want faster ships