Alpha Centauri 2

Community => Chiron News Network => Topic started by: Dio on July 17, 2014, 04:25:53 AM

Title: Alternate Original Seven Text Files Package Version 2.0
Post by: Dio on July 17, 2014, 04:25:53 AM

Alternate Original Seven Text Files Package Version 2.0

http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=265 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=265)

My second attempt at the alternate original seven factions. This time I included much more visually appealing effect description text for each faction. I am also attempting to more fairly balance my factions against each other.

Title: Re: Alternate Original Seven Text Files Package Version 2.0
Post by: TarMinyatur on August 18, 2014, 04:21:40 PM

Playing with this now...

I am using kyrub's latest SMAC patch. Everything is default in alpha.txt. I like the artwork and appreciate the effort involved in balancing the factions here.

Playing on Transcend level, I chose the Archons (Zakhorov). I had serious energy deficits mainly caused by drone-control facilities, since police can't suppress bureaucracy drones. I guess Zak could have lots of pop-3 bases in the beginning but that's not viable long-term. It is really challenging. Allocating energy to Psych defeats the advantage in research that they have as a faction.

An early war with Miriam didn't help. The Conclave was centered in the Jungle, so she could grow and send waves of zealous Impact units. I was soon eliminated.

Of course Transcend level is supposed to be hard! So I'm not complaining.

My current game is on Thinker level.

This makes a big difference for the Archons! After 250 years or so, the Gaians are nominally unsurpassed (Deirdre had a fungal continent all to her own and she's vying for Supreme Leader victory), followed by the potent Morganites, and then my Archons, which are building Robotic Assembly Plants after a long investment in Tree Farm and Hybrid Forest. The Hive and Spartans are in the dark ages. The Spartans had very poor resources at their starting locale. Morgan crushed the Conclave after Miriam unsuccesfully invaded my territory.

The challenge now is my war with Morgan. He can easily do Total Thought Control over any city that doesn't have a defending Probe Team. Morgan also has the Hunter-Seeker Algorithm so I can't spy on him. This makes for an interesting battle. Our combat power is Shard vs Tachyon, Fusion vs Fusion reactor. A good game.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Alternate Original Seven Text Files Package Version 2.0
Post by: Nexii on August 25, 2014, 08:37:09 PM

I play with drones flag=31 although I thought B-drones could be suppressed by police at any setting?  Either way the other flags make drones/4 more difficult, much more superdrones.

Archons would probably do a little better in my SE set where Police State isn't completely crippling (+2 POL, +3 PROBE, -1 EFFIC).