Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:25 am by vorticaldwarf
The reason we created all these rules was because the original game was too subjective. If we only allowed vetrans to play we could make it work, but the idea of this RPG is that it is open to anyone, and as such needs rules to keep the nOOb insanity in check.
Here is a list of all my suggestions. Instead of posting all over the place I will simply edit this post if I think of anything else.
Sign-ups--- Wait at least a week to 10 days after the sign-up board is posted before anyone posts their turns, to give enough players time to sign up.
System exploration--- we need to eliminate or severly reduce system exploration. If it proves to be a feature we cant do without I would suggest that players could attempt to "discover" the 2 unknown systems from the game (the place with the monkeys and the nomads). If we decide to incorporate the order and the nomads into the game they could each start out with one of those systems.
Capital ships/bombers---
A. Capital ships would not be able to attack bases other than those initially owned by Houses or corporations (even if the ownership of a base changed its location would not so the rule would still apply). A good rule of thumb would be that if a base is not on the trade lanes, capital ships can't get to it.
B. Ships larger than a gunboat can only enter and leave a system through the jump gates. If a faction (such as the corsairs) wanted to build capital ships they would need to construct a shipyard in a system with a jump gate. They could build a shipyard in an unconnected system if they so desired, but the ships would not be able to leave that system.
C. Since capital ships would no longer be able to attack criminal bases, all factions would be able to build bombers using the following method:
1. Research bomber tech (same cost and odds as VHF research).
2. Upon sucessful completion the player would then have the option during his turn to convert existing HFs or VHFs into bombers for a cost to be determined later.
3. Conversion would take one turn. During that time, the fighters being converted can not move or particpate in battle. Each fighter being converted would also occupy one construction space in the shipyard just like they were being built from scratch.
4. To convert a ship it must be moved to a system with a shipyard. (in other words if the fighters you wanted to use as bombers were in an enemy system you could not convert them on the battlefield. You would have to move them to the shipyard, convert them, and move them back again.
5. A bomber would have starting stats of 1 FA, 1 FD, 5 CA, 3 CD, 9 BA, 4 BD(I'll explain this later)
6. If it were necessary to give smaller factions more of a head start you could also change the rule so that minor factions would only have to research bombers, everyone else would have to research VHFs before the could research bombers.
bases--- bases would have upgradeable stats like ships. Large bases would have better stats than small bases. Possible starting stats would be:
small base 6 FA, 8 FD, 4 CA, 4 CD, 3 BA, 4 BD
large base 8 FA, 9 FD, 5 CA, 6 CD, 3 BA, 5 BD
For those of you who haven't figuered it out yet BA and BD are base attack and base defense. For bases they stand for bomber attack and defense (since it is fairly difficult for bases to attack other bases). When a bomber attacks or is attacked it uses the appropriate set of stats like any other ship. So if a bomber is attack by a fighter its FA and FD are used, if it is attacking a capital ship it uses its CA and CD, you get the basic idea.
We also need a system to capture bases and planets rather than destroy them.
Perhaps something like the original rules where the attacker could use transports as boarding ships, but make it more difficult to accomplish. Planets would only be able to be captured since we don't have superweapons (death star for sale, lightly used, slight plasma damage).
Customizeable stats--- Perhaps for advanced players who want to add more strategy, use a Dungeons and Dragons style if deciding ship stats. Everyone would get a certain ammount of status points which they could divide among the different ship stats during their first turn.
There are two ways I can see to do this. A) One would be to give the player a grand total of stat points for each category (FA, CD, ect.) which they could divide among all their ships. This would allow the person setting up the rules to make certain factions better in some areas and worse in others The other and probabbly better alternative B ) is to give the player a certain amount of points he could divide between each ship type such as fighters, capital ships, bombers, transports, ect.
I will give an example of how this assignment phase would work in another post since this one is getting so long.
Edited by - vorticaldwarf on 11/30/2004 1:58:02 PM
Edited by - vorticaldwarf on 12/1/2004 7:34:32 AM
Edited by - vorticaldwarf on 12/1/2004 7:35:04 AM
