How about initial res for more then 50 roids

[Pilatus]

How about just change the Heavy Cargo Transfer a bit, and let the initial research allow you to mine efficiently to 100, 150 or 200 roids instead of 50. Experienced it to many times, that when someone just joined a gal and comes online on irc or ask for help on galforum, that they have already initiated more roids that they can mine. Atleast this wouldn't let so many new players loose to much resources until they can get help from their galm8's.

The reason i suggest 100, 150 or 200, is that the ones i've experienced it with, usually have more roids then 100 and less then 200.

[Shyne]

Reasonable suggestion - the game can surely cope with a difficulty curve in play.

It is perhaps unreasonable that even to get started you have to be as active and work as hard as possible.

[Ultimate Newbie]

If i remember correctly, and i am fairly sure about this, by the time a new player has joined late enough in the round in order to initiate ~100 roids, they would already have the first level of all research (including the HCT branch) completed for them. Thus, new players should always be able to mine (at least most) of the roids that they can initiate if they start mid-round.

Having said that, i wouldnt personally mind the first HCT research bumped up to 100 roids, as always having to start with that research first every round is kinda predictable. Making it second would liven up the debate a little bit as to what to research first.

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