Galactic Overlord - Game Thread

[DrSpike]

SC is on my list. Trokair is top of it though. Bloody DLs.

[:) Smiley]

Is the Evil Antler God out to lunch again?

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by DrSpike
SC is on my list. Trokair is top of it though. Bloody DLs.

Ah, the lion only attacks the weakest in the herd. I blame you for being sooo weak. I was not the only one who saw the weakness.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Originally posted by Smiley
Is the Evil Antler God out to lunch again?

What are you going to do, PinkTulips, throw buildings made of blocks at me?

[Jamski]

Ohhh.... handbags!

I think I have orders from everyone except Ljcvetko... let me check...

Oh, and that DrSpike too. We might get the round 5 update this evening, eh?

I had an idea to slightly adjust combat to make it less luck-based. Simply double the Hitpoints of every ship, and fight all combats over two rounds. So instead of submitting an OoB of :

Fighters->Lasers->Torpedoes

You would submit an OoB of:

Fighters->Lasers->Fighters / Torpedoes->Torpedoes->Lasers

If one fleet was destroyed after the 1st round of combat, the second wouldn't be needed. This adds a bit more tactics to the mix, and only a little more complexity.

Comments while we wait for Doc and Lj?

-Jam

[Ljube]

Such profound changes can only be applied in the next game. But I do support them, as I support Skanky's combat system.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy


Ah, the lion only attacks the weakest in the herd. I blame you for being sooo weak. I was not the only one who saw the weakness.

You were lucky - dodgy combat system.

[Jamski]

Pah, they both post, but neither sends orders.

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

Same could be said for the 1st attack against you.

Oh and I support Skanky's combat system, but I like 2x instead of 3x. This way there is still some luck involved, but if you come in with a vastly superior force, you will prevail....as one should even with a crappy admiral.

[:) Smiley]

2x or 3x may lead to even more devastating defeats for roughly equal fleets though. Ships will be able to destroy enemy shipping in excess of their own tonnage.

Example:

MarkG
1FG/L x1
1FG/F x1
1FG/T x1

DanS
1FG/L x1
1FG/F x1
1DB/T x1

MarkG's OoB: L-F-T
DanS's OoB: T-L-F

Result is that MarkG would deal 6 points of damage to DanS's fleet, utterly wiping it out, while taking only 1 loss.

Is this good or bad though?

[Jamski]

There's no reason not to combine both the multiplier option and the double Hitpoints option.

Lasers are x2 vs Fighters
Fighters are x2 vs Torpedoes
Torpedoes are x2 vs Lasers

Compare the scores and deal damage to the loser equal to the difference. Simple. That way 2 Lasers beat 3 Fighters, draw with 4 Fighters and lose to 5 Fighters.

And I'm still waiting on Doc and Ljcvetko, who have both posted in this thread since I last mentioned that fact...

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

Okay maybe I'm not seeing this right, but if player 1 has
8-L
10-F
5-T
player 2 has
13-F
9-L
10-T
Then the result would be
player 2 takes 3 hits
player 1 takes 8 hits
player 1 takes 5 hits

Is this how it works (with the 2x)?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Jamski
And I'm still waiting on Doc and Ljcvetko, who have both posted in this thread since I last mentioned that fact...

-Jam

Jesus we waited about 3 months for Trokair with no complaints from you.........what happened to low stress TM?

[Jamski]

Okay maybe I'm not seeing this right, but if player 1 has
8-L
10-F
5-T
player 2 has
13-F
9-L
10-T
Then the result would be
player 2 takes 3 hits
player 1 takes 8 hits
player 1 takes 5 hits

Is this how it works (with the 2x)?

Yes. And then you'd go round again, as the OoB would now be six items long.

Hey, no stress Doc, just the traditional complaing about those that post and don't vote (send orders etc)

I'm just itching to see what happens in round 5

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

So you are saying that two OOBs will help balance the combat?