Bigger Nukes!!

[Provost Harrison]

Shagadelic baby! And ransom the world for a million $

[cassembler]

I kinda like the idea of SMAC where some things were directional (the "grass" grew on the east side of hills, etc.) and so after a nuke was used, there could be perhaps a direction of wind that randomly sends the radioactivity to nearby terrain... So if you nuke a nearby area, you should have to worry about the wind giving your citizens cancer for the next 10 turns or so (and killing your horses too ).

[d_dudy]

i just hope there's atomic weapons (1 sqaure with pollution on 3?) and hydrogen bombs (2 sqaure destruction with pollution on 4?)

[Ironwood]

Originally posted by Simpleton
I always hated nukes and planet busters. After building up a great city the computer would somehow always find it and nuke/planet bust it even though I never did a thing to it. It sucked!! If the computer would play a little more cautious with these weapons I may support a larger radius than the 2 which I chose. But for now I choose 2 max.

You Simpleton!

I loved getting hit by planet busters, or rather, *one* planet buster. I always tried to ensure that the UN Charter always remained standing (and I think the militants tipped the balance in only one game). This one game, I was building defenses on my west side, because the Hive was just across the sea and harrassing me. Unfortunately, I neglected my eastern frontier, and Santiago, up to this point friendly, decided to invade. I rushed to go full military mode, and started to expel her from my territory. She didn't like this very much.

So, she planet busted my best city. Tragic loss, true, but what I gained was *every* faction on the planet at war with her. I quickly rolled back the remainder of her assault, and soon began taking over her main island, while Zhakarov reclaimed much of his own territory, and also took part in the carving up of her domain. Any carrier that tried to harrass my east side was killed by Yang (who was still at war with me, but only nominally). All because she was stupid enough to drop a planet buster on me. What an idiot!

[Boris Godunov]

I edited the rules.txt file to remove nukes from the game. I hated the way the AI used them at the drop of a feather. And realism be darned, I want to live in a world where nuclear weapons do not exist.

Cheers.

[d_dudy]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I edited the rules.txt file to remove nukes from the game. I hated the way the AI used them at the drop of a feather. And realism be darned, I want to live in a world where nuclear weapons do not exist.

Cheers.

that's a great feel good sentiment

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by d_dudy


that's a great feel good sentiment

Hehehe, ain't it, though? Made me feel good!

[Simpleton]

Originally posted by Ironwood

So, she planet busted my best city. Tragic loss, true, but what I gained was *every* faction on the planet at war with her. I quickly rolled back the remainder of her assault, and soon began taking over her main island, while Zhakarov reclaimed much of his own territory, and also took part in the carving up of her domain. Any carrier that tried to harrass my east side was killed by Yang (who was still at war with me, but only nominally). All because she was stupid enough to drop a planet buster on me. What an idiot!

Your story is painful to hear because it has happened oh too often in SMAC. You finally start kicking the computer's butt out of your territory, even though they attacked you, then they drop that THING!! On my best city. Yes, its true that it helps you crush the one who dropped it BUT for me.....YEEEECH!
I hate it.

[TheRussianKing]

Im sorry if I wasnt clear about "berry Nukes" not A berry Nuke! this is actually supposed to say BURRY them sory for spelling. in other words: NO NUKES.
I really thing 4 squares does go too far unless its an asteroid. (hey most ppl seem to agree on 2 sq. like me that must mean Im a reasonable person hehe)
3 squares should have come in CTP and CTP2. because they have good future technology.
Nukes should also DESTROY the city, because the center is everything and the rural area will die off anyway... therefore Nukes are used against an Enemy to show Power or to show that U dont want their stinky city! u just want revenge!!

[TheRussianKing]

And By the Way:: if u get the problem of getting nuked: remember, ur not invinsible!! if u get ur cities captured, It just means u cand build enough SDI's and I wish there was no protection from nukes, Ud just have to build borders around urself so the nukes crash into them.
U just have to watch out! otherwise the game is boring!
FIRAXIS: take note!!

[Gangerolf]

There should be several kinds of nukes:
S, M, L, XL, XXL

[SITS]

Maybe surrounding cities will also lose pop points and have a slower growth because of the wonderful effects of nuclear weapons.

[TheRussianKing]

Originally posted by SITS
Maybe surrounding cities will also lose pop points and have a slower growth because of the wonderful effects of nuclear weapons.

yeah but only those within the radius.

[SITS]

I was thinking about the longer term effects of a nuclear explosion. The radiation from Chernobyl could be found on Welsh hillsides. So I would say cities in a 10 sq radius would be affected by a nuclear explosion.

[Inverse Icarus]

there should be "unholy armegheddon world buster missle" which could be a major wonder.

"don't f*ck with the romans, they have the unholy armegheddon world buster missle!"