Game Discussion, Turn 2101 - 2120

[Kody]

Here's your first 9 squares so you can start some discussion.

Seems like we're still not allowed to attach directly.

Edit:
Wow that's service, it's fixed already.

[GeneralTacticus]

All I get a is a big red 'X'.

[Kody]

Sorry about that I fixed it.

[Googlie]

crappy start - not a river or special in sight (I just hope that Buster's remembered to prototype the rover chassis for us)

(The podpop will prolly be a monolith, though !!)

[Googlie]

which begs the question

Do we pop that pod with a Colony pod, or with the Rover?

And, 2) do we let our defensive - and offensive - units get a morale upgrade or 2 from the mindworms before passing them thru any monoliths?

[Kody]

Spartans have free prototypes. That means if Buster forgot to prototype the rover chassis it's a plus for you. Since it doesn't cost more, but you get an morale upgrade.

Remember to plant base before popping the pod. Otherwise it won't be a monolith.

Buster gave the sort of starts random map generators do. However, he's landformed the map extensively.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Kody
Remember to plant base before popping the pod. Otherwise it won't be a monolith.

Not true.

In a series of 20 quickstarts, 14 had a seedpod beside the 2cp's and the rover, and here are the results of popping with the Colony Pod:

3 produced a monolith, 2 a nut special, 1 a sunny tile, 1 a 25 ec bonus, 1 a 50 ec bonus, 1 a mindworm (!!), 1 a fungus bloom, 1 another Unity Rover, 1 a cloned colony pod (yeah!!) and in 2 I couldn't get the pod 'cos it was in fungus

These seem to be about the same odds of a goody versus baddie effect as popping within a base radius

[Kody]

1 a cloned colony pod (yeah!!)

Is that possible?????

I remember the Hive trying something like that really early before I got involved in the game. So later on when I read that I went to the scenerio editor to see what the chances of that were. I never managed to clone the colony pod....

In a series of 20 quickstarts, 14 had a seedpod beside the 2cp's and the rover, and here are the results of popping with the Colony Pod:

What I mean if you plant a base with one colony pod then pop the pod it seems to always give you a monolith (not well tested). If you don't plant it then it seems to give you more random effects.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Kody

Is that possible?????

well - it just happened on my test run

What I mean if you plant a base with one colony pod then pop the pod it seems to always give you a monolith

I'll give it a try and log these results

G.

[Kody]

Cool, I'll look back here to see what you came up with.

*goes back to compiling links to make it easier for new players to join*

[Googlie]

OK - results of test, with the base established and just the CP to move - choice of 2 pods to pop, no appreciable difference between the pods when popped - 15 of each

(Can't attach files here - Kody, you must get Mark to allow file attachments in these private forums - so the .sav is here)

in 30 starts:

nutrients: 9
monolith: 7
minerals: 5
energy: 3
ec's: 2 (2 x 25 and 1 x 75)
AA: 2
Rover: 2

Normally when the start position is poor, you might see a preponderance of nutrient pops, but this was a good position with moist tiles around

(the foil came with the start, so I just put the rover in it to move it away)

[Kody]

I raised the issue with MarkG

[Kody]

MarkG said he fixed it. I'm just checking.

[GeneralTacticus]

Success, it would appear.

[Googlie]

still a lousy start position !!

(I liked all of the starts I got in my 50 or so tests of podpopping !!!)