Turn reporting thread - - Life is Only a Game

[AndiD]

Obviously not, apparently I was too confused because of that tech choice.

Corrected save on the way... and sorry for the delays.

(Is there an upper record for the duration of the first two turns in a PBEM game? )

[Enigma_Nova]

ChairmanSlick's position is still open in Waterworld. It's 2102.

[Chaunk]

2103 to enigma.

/me looks at rules.

No DW upgrade... pants. There goes that plan...

[Googlie]

No - you can upgrade through the design workshop - you just have to do it at turn's end. The intent of this rule in the original Apolyton Tourney was to prohibit the "Oh, I've popped a mindworm" - into the DW to upgrade that scout from regular to empath, then back to the game to kill or capture the mindworm

You fight the battle(s) with the weapon, armor and abilities that you started it with

Of course, these rules I put up at the beginning were my recommendation only - it's your game and you can amend them by majority decision as and when you want

G

[Chaunk]

My preference would be upgrade anytime using design workshop. It's the way I play in SP, and it's what I'm used to.

It has pluses and minuses:

On the plus side any unit upgraded can move and fight after being upgraded, which is unlike upgrading a solitary unit where that unit cannot move or attack again.

However, it means that all units of that type are upgraded, including any currently in production. Thus, in Googlie's above example, in order to upgrade the scout to empath, every single scout would have to be upgraded, possibly at a massive cost.

I think it makes battles more interesting, attacking and defending more fluid - there's a scout. Is it just a scout or will it be upgraded to a 4-3-1 soon? - and generally adds a lot more strategy to the game.

Therefore, I'd like to propose to change the above rule:

> Upgrading units with the design workshop is allowed at end of turn only. However, supply crawlers upgraded in this fashion can still be used to advance Secret Projects or prototypes in the same turn.

to this:

> Design workshop upgrades in the field allowed at any time.

[Enigma_Nova]

Second that.
I move for Upgrades at any time.

On an unrelated note, turn to AndiD!

[AndiD]

Difficult decision... But since I'm also here to learn the one or another thing, I suppose it might add quite a bit to that experience...

Apart from that, 2103 to Detrius.

[DetriusXii]

Turn 2103 complete and submitted to CHaunk

[Chaunk]

2104 onto Enigma. I forgot to give it a subject, but hopefully it won't get spam filtered because of that. Let me know if you need a resend at all.

[Enigma_Nova]

It's in the mailbox.
I'll play it after I spam the Heart of Fire thread.

VOTES IN REGARDS TO UPGRADE ANY TIME:
For:
Enigma, Chaunk, AndiD
Abstain:
DetriusXii

Measure passes.
Upgrades can now be done at any time via the workshop.

[Enigma_Nova]

Turn to AndiD.

Here's the power chart. 3 of the bars were kinda small so I piled them together.

[Chaunk]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
Here's the power chart. 3 of the bars were kinda small so I piled them together.

You know all that tech is just gonna make your bases more juicy targets though

[Enigma_Nova]

On the off chance that Mystery Beeline X was X Missile Rovers,
What do you suppose Plan B Beeline is?

And on the off chance that the Spartans and the Believers started adjacent, whose fan will the **** hit?

[Chaunk]

Dunno... If I was you, I'd make sure it was PB's...

Course my beeline is somewhat shorter

[Enigma_Nova]

Is there enough confusion over my beeline yet?