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This is going to be a little long a rambling, sorry.

It has taken me a bit to realize a problem with game balance.
My problem is with the Dominators strength.

What I want is a galaxy about 50% to 60% occupied, or thereabouts.  Enough to make quests and resource trading profitable in the early game.  Have the Doms slowly and relentlessly grind in until about year 4 or 5 or so until the glaxy is mostly occupied, and then have the good guys start to push back right about the time I start to have the ability to help them do so.

Instead, on Normal the good guys really don't need my help.  They start whipping the Dominators early and by the time I'm ready to start Dom hunting, 3/4 or more of the map is now cleared.  I'm never a crucial member of the military effort.  I might hurry things along, but by the time I can start putting a real effort into fighting the Doms are already on the run.

Ok, so I bump it up to 150% (actually, all that is really needed is to move the Dom difficulty up a notch).  Now things are too far the other direction.  Most of the map is occupied.  Quests?  Forget it.  You can't even reveal much of the map because all the surrounding systems are occupied.  Two years in or less, in most cases, the good guys are losing badly, leaving you unable to really build yourself into a fighting machine and leaving you virtually no allies to help you liberate systems.

So, either I'm not really needed on 100% difficulty or, by the time i could conceivably start helping, it is too late on 150%.

It is annoying and frustrating because I now find normal difficulty Dominators boring.  However, turning things up just a bit makes the game nearly impossible. 

But maybe it is just me.

Iskandar
One of the way - start generation with planet on 4 technical level. This gives a starting rocketguns for sale (on planet or bases in sistem).

Hm, I should have figured that out on my own.  Crap starting equipment plus hard dominators...

Well, that kind of sucks.  I kinda liked crap starting equipment.  Meant that I was able to stay on top of the equipment curve.  Nothing more annoying than to save up for that shiny new engine and just when you have enough, everyone's tech level is now 1 or 2 higher.

150% dominators is not hard :) , 200% - really hard.
Also your need - experience game.

By March 3300 you must be 30000-35000cr (at the start trade), ship v=350-450 with forsazh.
1 year (maybe 2 or 3) you need trade (luxury) and protect from attacks Kellers of black hole. Spare parts sell on Science base.

Wait still rocketguns for sale (it will be when planet go for 4 level) and go to battle.
Start with 4 level (on planet :wise: ) just makes easier game, and only.
Dominators (red & green) dont attack your last 5-7 sistem (on 150% dominators), just Keller of black hole.

150% dominators is not hard  , 200% - really hard.

I confirm this.
I haven't enough game experience and mastership, but on the difficulty (150% - doms, damage of ship equipment - 50%, all other - on 200%) I have end the game with result 13230 points on 15 march 3333 (15 march is my birthday :)). I think, it's not a little for me. :)
Sorry for my bad English ;) 

Guys from Russia, don't forget that people from Europe and USA much less hardcore than you are.
Actually, they are casuals.

Iskandar, there are lots of special ways to make things better in the initial part of the game with 150% or 200% doms. One of them is to get some antidom prog-s (for dropping) and camouflage. Then you should find those doms wearing expensive stuff and using your dropping progs strip them violently :evil:  in the day when they drop 3 pieces of their equipment. Then accelerate your engine and try to run away from that system with the looted stuff! Then you may either sell it or install into your own hull.

Цитата: Alr от 21.04.2009 05:52:20

150% dominators is not hard  , 200% - really hard.

I confirm this.
I haven't enough game experience and mastership, but on the difficulty (150% - doms, damage of ship equipment - 50%, all other - on 200%) I have end the game with result 13230 points on 15 march 3333 (15 march is my birthday :) ). I think, it's not a little for me. :)

LOL man you waste a lot of time just to get 13230 points? Look at my last results and date of victory, kekeke. 17600 for ending game in 16-17, don't remember. I made this one in 3 days. That's all about skillz and tactics ftw  ;)

Iskandar, you can configure each setting by yourself, you don't need to choose strictly 100% or 150%...