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by Iron Sky
Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:35 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: War Scores and ER
Replies: 6
Views: 2782

Re: War Scores and ER

I like the idea of war fatigue and morale, but what you propose sounds like something for an expansion book rather than the core game as it would be a lot to track... maybe with two empires at war it would be manageable, but imagine 4-5 different empires at war with 1 or more other empires and it be...
by Iron Sky
Tue May 22, 2012 4:58 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: 2nd Edition Playtest Report- Terran Commonwealth
Replies: 91
Views: 39778

Re: 2nd Edition Playtest Report- Terran Commonwealth

I thought piracy was 5% for a colony with a trade lane + 5% per trade lane connected to it? Right now it seems almost casually easy to drop the piracy chance to nearly nothing. Maybe I'm just itching for their to be some action... dunno.
by Iron Sky
Mon May 21, 2012 8:27 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Lost in a Sea of Stars II - 2E Development Update
Replies: 23
Views: 7616

Re: Lost in a Sea of Stars II - 2E Development Update

So what about the Empire getting bonus resources of each type equal to its TL: a TL 5 power would get +5 EP, +5 food, +5 research, etc. Not much of a bonus, but a nice little ancillary benefit with the advantage that it helps smaller empires more as a percentage of their total income.
by Iron Sky
Sun May 20, 2012 9:46 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Lost in a Sea of Stars II - 2E Development Update
Replies: 23
Views: 7616

Re: Lost in a Sea of Stars II - 2E Development Update

I like the idea of agricultural worlds being rare and valuable and gives the Filosi more reason to trade with (or be invaded by) the NSF and giving their empires different "flavors". What about a "Mechanized Farming" facility that increases a system's Bio by 1 at the cost of 1 RA...
by Iron Sky
Wed May 16, 2012 4:35 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Lost in a Sea of Stars II - 2E Development Update
Replies: 23
Views: 7616

Re: Lost in a Sea of Stars II - 2E Development Update

I like pretty much all the changes you've made; makes things much simpler and most of it just seems right . For the spies, I like idea that catching spies is fairly easy but figuring out who they work for is difficult. What if you used the current mechanic for determining if spies were caught and ki...
by Iron Sky
Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:35 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Curious about the business tactic used here...
Replies: 40
Views: 13729

Re: Curious about the business tactic used here...

I would call it a "Government Facility" or something similar - nothing increases loyalty to a government like having a mortar-and-sand and feet on the ground watching the populace, suppressing sedition, and spreading propaganda right? If that's what the building's intent is, I think that's...
by Iron Sky
Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:18 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Curious about the business tactic used here...
Replies: 40
Views: 13729

Re: Curious about the business tactic used here...

I would think Luxury Resorts would mostly be a financial thing - mechanical representations of the tourism industry. You could have them give EPs each turn based on the system's current Morale modifiers and the number of jump lanes connecting to it and add that to the systems Commerce rating. You mi...
by Iron Sky
Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:05 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)
Replies: 174
Views: 63727

Re: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)

I skimmed a couple of them and found a few typos - would it be useful to point them out or are they known artifacts of your reorganization?

The star stuff and system generation is pretty cool - I got through quite a bit of that chapter. Not much else to report from the rest.
by Iron Sky
Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:48 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: The Road to 2E: In a Sea of Stars - Taiping Union
Replies: 12
Views: 3940

Re: The Road to 2E: In a Sea of Stars - Taipang Union

So in a regular solo game, would the player decide when to add rivals or would it be randomly determined? I would say it would be best if there was something like a % chance of a new empire activating each turn (maybe 1% per turn, increasing by 1% each turn? 1% first turn, 2% second, etc?) Maybe hav...
by Iron Sky
Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:41 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)
Replies: 174
Views: 63727

Re: VBAM 2E Playtest Files (Was: Any Updates?)

Alternately, you could make a new ship system: Interdiction Field. Have them prevent further movement of X number or X total Command Cost (or whatever) of enemy ships. That would also introduce a second new module like an Interdiction Runner that allows a ship to ignore interdiction, just make it re...
by Iron Sky
Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:06 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: December 2011 Forum Playtest
Replies: 42
Views: 13681

Re: December 2011 Forum Playtest

Depending on how this playtest plays out, the rules may shift back to having colonies be purchased with economic points instead of population points. I've gone back and forth between the two options over the last few months, and the current rules were established when it was looking like players we...
by Iron Sky
Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:47 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Curious about the business tactic used here...
Replies: 40
Views: 13729

Re: Curious about the business tactic used here...

This is an extremely niche product. If every regular at these boards bought every book they put out, it probably still wouldn't be minimum wage for the amount of time they've put in already. Not saying it is likely to help sales, but VBAM seems more like a hobby that might make a little bit of money...
by Iron Sky
Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:09 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Open Playtest
Replies: 48
Views: 17396

Re: Open Playtest

I loved Wing Commander (1, 2, and Privateer especially)! So us Fereni are essentially Kilrathi?
by Iron Sky
Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:50 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Open Playtest
Replies: 48
Views: 17396

Re: Open Playtest

Is there somewhere I missed where there's a link to information about the setting we'll be playing in? If there's going to be any RP aspect to it, it'd be cool to know what a "Fereni" is and why I'd want to be one of their warlords.
by Iron Sky
Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:30 am
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Open Playtest
Replies: 48
Views: 17396

Re: Open Playtest

I'll be a warlord, if that means I get to control a fleet anyway.