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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message
news:Hx1Lxu.zFE@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.gaming, Wesley Davis wrote:
> > We could consider giving some players a merchant ship plus an • Imperial...
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> I'd think it would actually skew things in favor of the merchants. Not
only...
Very good points. Chris Weeks and I have talked about how to make
non-pirates viable as players. We just have not come up with a solution. In
the end, I'm not sure it's really a problem. The enjoyable part of the game
is the ship combat. Economic games are very different, and require careful
balance of the economic options. I'm just not sure that it's worth doing
this work.
> > 2) I have a large number of Imperials. Some players will probably play • them
> > and try to hunt the pirates down/play escort/go on patrol/go explore
> > islands/treasure hunt.
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> Now that's something that has some possibilities. You could designate • them as
> Privateers (gov't-sponsored pirates) and just use their uniforms/flags to • denote
> which government they work for (and therefore which navy/privateers • they're safe
> from...but can't attack). You could also pay them bounties (adjusted for • game
> balance, of course) to go hunt pirates if they're regular navy.
That could work, but again, is the effort worthwhile? Why not just crew up
some ships with imperial sailors, and otherwise let them play as normal?
Frank
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| (...) I'd think it would actually skew things in favor of the merchants. Not only would they be controlling the same number of guns, but they'd have more carrying capacity where the escort's cannon would have been, and they'd have the advantage of (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates)
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