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[Suggestion] Asteroids with Choice

February 8, 2008 10:19:45 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Hello,

I'm new to Sins, I wasn't in the beta and just purchased the download copy the other day. One thing that irritates me a bit is being forced into Metal Mining or Crystal Mining based on the Asteroids surrounding a planet.

Early game it can be quite frustrating having to go to the black market to buy crystals for almost anything you want to do.

While I see merit in Asteroids that are only suitable for one type of mining, I think it would give the player more strategic choice if there were "Hybrid" asteroids where you could mine for crystal OR metal, your choice as a player.
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Astax
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Reply #1 February 8, 2008 11:01:49 AM
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That would make the point of crystal mute. It's there as de facto limiting agent for almost anything higher tech. And it serves that purpose well! Very often even thou I control whole solar system, I put max refineries on all ice worlds and im sitll low on crystal
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Alexi281
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Reply #2 February 8, 2008 11:30:41 AM
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That always happens to me as well, usually for the first few hours or so of a game I'm only limited by crystal.

The restriction does make the game more interesting though. It also makes ice planets much more valuable (they have all crystal asteroids).
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Reply #3 February 8, 2008 12:09:18 PM
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Would defeat the entire Sins economy. Might as well eliminate the differences in planets, thus eliminating a major portion of the economic strategy in Sins.

In other words...no.
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Reply #4 February 8, 2008 12:30:38 PM
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Sometimes I'm scarce on metal and rolling in crystal. Just depends on whether I get ice worlds or volcanic.

It makes each game different.

However, I think the mod tools will make it possible to change the asteroid/planet-type distribution so you can have more interchangeable resources if that would be more fun for you.
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Reply #5 February 8, 2008 12:34:28 PM
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It could be a rare / special asteroid that occurs very infrequently in the game.

It just feels odd being forced to buy Crystal from the black market for the first 1hr of the game.
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