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Disclaimer: I am not a member of the new party, nor have I ever been a member of any party. I have no agenda beyond having fun and playing this game successfully. Those who know me here will agree that I am open-minded and amenable to any well reasoned idea. Disclaimer ends. I hate how I feel I have to say this.
For quite a while the idea has existed to change to FM and experience dramatic energy and tech increases whilst our bases are small enough to cause little environmental damage and it is easy enough to control drones. This idea has been promoted largely by Archaic, who for some reason seems to be rather unpopular amongst many SMAC forum regulars. I listened to Archaic's arguments some time ago with an unbiased mind, engaged him in discussion about it and have since concluded that a switch to FM whilst we are small enough to for it to be practical could bring about enormous benefits to our faction. Yet time and again the idea has been defeated in polls, and more so, openly rubbished.
This is my question to all those who disagree with attempting this strategy for even a few turns trial: why? I have never used FM much before, but Archaic has convinced me and others that it is more than worth a try. And why not try it? The most we have to lose is a couple of turns of riots in bases (which can largely be circumvented if paid proper attention) and a few EC from changing back. Surely this possibility warrants serious consideration.
It is this consideration that I think is sadly lacking from some posters' minds when they see ideas posted that may not be their own personal preferred strategy. I ask everyone to think about it: would you rather just ignore what may be a very good idea, or try it out? If it fails, at least we tried, and it shows that we are all the more willing to work together and do our damnedest for faction and unity. And we lose so little from trying.
Perhaps there are some excellent reasons against even trying FM - please post them here. In Game reasons only please - none of that RL discussion which has no bearing on how we play the game itself. I don't give a flying monkeys whether FM causes pain and misery and gender imbalance in RL - what will the SE choice do for our faction in the game? Please, everyone think hard - is it really worth abandoning this idea without due consideration?
Disclaimer: I am not a member of the new party, nor have I ever been a member of any party. I have no agenda beyond having fun and playing this game successfully. Those who know me here will agree that I am open-minded and amenable to any well reasoned idea. Disclaimer ends. I hate how I feel I have to say this.
For quite a while the idea has existed to change to FM and experience dramatic energy and tech increases whilst our bases are small enough to cause little environmental damage and it is easy enough to control drones. This idea has been promoted largely by Archaic, who for some reason seems to be rather unpopular amongst many SMAC forum regulars. I listened to Archaic's arguments some time ago with an unbiased mind, engaged him in discussion about it and have since concluded that a switch to FM whilst we are small enough to for it to be practical could bring about enormous benefits to our faction. Yet time and again the idea has been defeated in polls, and more so, openly rubbished.
This is my question to all those who disagree with attempting this strategy for even a few turns trial: why? I have never used FM much before, but Archaic has convinced me and others that it is more than worth a try. And why not try it? The most we have to lose is a couple of turns of riots in bases (which can largely be circumvented if paid proper attention) and a few EC from changing back. Surely this possibility warrants serious consideration.
It is this consideration that I think is sadly lacking from some posters' minds when they see ideas posted that may not be their own personal preferred strategy. I ask everyone to think about it: would you rather just ignore what may be a very good idea, or try it out? If it fails, at least we tried, and it shows that we are all the more willing to work together and do our damnedest for faction and unity. And we lose so little from trying.
Perhaps there are some excellent reasons against even trying FM - please post them here. In Game reasons only please - none of that RL discussion which has no bearing on how we play the game itself. I don't give a flying monkeys whether FM causes pain and misery and gender imbalance in RL - what will the SE choice do for our faction in the game? Please, everyone think hard - is it really worth abandoning this idea without due consideration?
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