Could the number of available turns be upped?

[Shadowstrike]

Hmm.... maybe the port regen rate could be bumped up a little. I noticed the picking are getting slim today (I usually log on after school, so all the goodies are usually gone by the time I log on).... It might be the 400 turns as opposed to the old 250 turns.

[Hutak]

Actually, the port regen rate was upped to around 12% IIRC.

[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

quote: Originally posted by Hutak on 04-27-2001 11:05 PM Actually, the port regen rate was upped to around 12% IIRC.

Actually, I've since bumped it up to 30% and it's still hard to find ports that aren't tapped out.

The few reasons I can figure for why this has happened are:

1) A lot more people are playing than I expected, and the universe is just way too small. I expected about 10 people to play at most. Next time we go for a big (3000 sectors or more) universe I think =)

2) 400 Turns a day instead of 250 is definitely eating into port levels, but I think the port regen at 30% will help this.

3) Aliens were set to move around and trade while the server was dormant. I have disabled this option so aliens will only move around while someone is on the server.


Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

[yin26]

Actually I found 2 totally untapped ports today! I think people just haven't started scouting far from home yet.

[CapTVK]

I have gotten the same results as Yin26. It's just a matter of finding new ports. The real problem is that players just don't bother to go off the beaten track. Once you start exploring the outer reaches you'll stumble on 100% ports.

No problem with trading there!