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ballpark posted 04-20-99 02:28 PM ET
Since upgrading to 3.0, I have not been given the opportunity to build the base facility know as the Skunkworks. You are supposed to get that facility after you discover Subatomic Theory. Has anyone else noticed this as well?
Frank Moore posted 04-20-99 03:12 PM ET
If you happen to be playing as The Spartans, you will not be able to build that facility as prototypes for The Spartans are free.
ballpark posted 04-20-99 04:55 PM ET
Sorry, Frank, I'm currently playing The Hive. Previous to this I was playing The Morganites. It was the first thing I thought of, though...
trippin daily posted 04-20-99 08:12 PM ET
What difficulty are you playing your game on. I've heard, although I haven't tested this myself, that on some difficulty levels (the lower ones), you cannot build the skunkworks facility. I believe this is due to the prototype cost being removed at lower levels, so the facility is not needed.
ballpark posted 04-21-99 08:34 AM ET
Trippin,
While I am playing on the lower level, "citizen" I believe, I find my hands tied on several occasions by the lack of "Prototypes". First, the development screen will always show me the cost of the prototypes, until I get one built. Second, my cost for upgrades significantly drops after I have built one.
I'm not trying to deny the fact that you maybe correct and the "Skunkworks" are not available on the level I'm playing. However, I am not encountering evidence to that effect, nor do I find any references to this "limitation" in the Rule or Hint Books.
THavoc posted 04-21-99 11:42 AM ET
Ballpark,
Trippin is in fact correct. I didn't know it at the time, but when I started off at the lower levels, I didn't have a prototype cost. I had thought (since I didn't read the manual) that maybe it was built into the cost. I didn't realize until I played at the higher levels that the prototype costs show up in green and I can build a skunkwork to off-set this additional cost.
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Author	Topic: SubAtomic Theory/Skunkworks
ballpark	posted 04-20-99 02:28 PM ET Since upgrading to 3.0, I have not been given the opportunity to build the base facility know as the Skunkworks. You are supposed to get that facility after you discover Subatomic Theory. Has anyone else noticed this as well?
Frank Moore	posted 04-20-99 03:12 PM ET If you happen to be playing as The Spartans, you will not be able to build that facility as prototypes for The Spartans are free.
ballpark	posted 04-20-99 04:55 PM ET Sorry, Frank, I'm currently playing The Hive. Previous to this I was playing The Morganites. It was the first thing I thought of, though...
trippin daily	posted 04-20-99 08:12 PM ET What difficulty are you playing your game on. I've heard, although I haven't tested this myself, that on some difficulty levels (the lower ones), you cannot build the skunkworks facility. I believe this is due to the prototype cost being removed at lower levels, so the facility is not needed.
ballpark	posted 04-21-99 08:34 AM ET Trippin, While I am playing on the lower level, "citizen" I believe, I find my hands tied on several occasions by the lack of "Prototypes". First, the development screen will always show me the cost of the prototypes, until I get one built. Second, my cost for upgrades significantly drops after I have built one. I'm not trying to deny the fact that you maybe correct and the "Skunkworks" are not available on the level I'm playing. However, I am not encountering evidence to that effect, nor do I find any references to this "limitation" in the Rule or Hint Books.
THavoc	posted 04-21-99 11:42 AM ET Ballpark, Trippin is in fact correct. I didn't know it at the time, but when I started off at the lower levels, I didn't have a prototype cost. I had thought (since I didn't read the manual) that maybe it was built into the cost. I didn't realize until I played at the higher levels that the prototype costs show up in green and I can build a skunkwork to off-set this additional cost.