JarlWolf's Custom Factions

[JarlWolf]

And what I want of them is an extreme builder. They were intended to have large armies and cities, but I don't want them overpowered.

I'll give them -3 Police, -2 Planet with a drone for every 2 citizens. How does that sound?

[ete]

hm, at -2 planet they can run green to eliminate that weakness during times they're not pop booming, and -3 police is still not a huge deal.. I'd guess that even with absurd penalties like -5/-5 they would still be a top class faction. I'll test it with those penalties (-5/-5) when I return from camping and see how it feels, if it still feels excessively powerful then maybe look into other forms of penalty? If it seems too weak, then I'll test with smaller penalties.

[JarlWolf]

Well if they go green they also are stamping down their GROWTH bonus, which is one of their biggest strengths.  Not only that they aren't fixing the Planet problem they are just reducing it: They still have -1 PLANET to deal with. I think if its beyond -3 it will just be a nightmare and not fun to play, and the AI will just have too many problems in combat. They are meant to be an intimidating empire and not an easy task to fight, even if you are a Valhallan or something.

[ete]

They can run Planned for 5-10 turns and max out all their bases population, then growth becomes irrelevant. In MP, as I understand it, the trick with pop booms is to prepare, then pop boom briefly, then prepare infrastructure for the next set. Being able to pop boom really early is core, and switching to green when you run into worm problems/a native foe is not likely to be crippling.

And you said they'd have -2 Planet, which is canceled by Green? Perhaps you meant to say -3?

[JarlWolf]

They can run Planned for 5-10 turns and max out all their bases population, then growth becomes irrelevant. In MP, as I understand it, the trick with pop booms is to prepare, then pop boom briefly, then prepare infrastructure for the next set. Being able to pop boom really early is core, and switching to green when you run into worm problems/a native foe is not likely to be crippling.

And you said they'd have -2 Planet, which is canceled by Green? Perhaps you meant to say -3?

They can't run planned, its their anti-ideology. If they are using that, that's a huge bug and nothing I can fix. And yes, I believe I did.

[ete]

Oh, right, yes. They can run not-Green for 5-10 turns in that case for the pop boom up to max, then switch to green to mitigate their worm problems. Still, -1 Planet and -2 Morale will let them be hammered by native life, and force them to divert some effort into protecting bases which should slow their crazy expansion.

[JarlWolf]

Mhm. I think that should do the trick.. and this change is needed. Lets just say the insanity levels in my AAR went to batshit levels...

[ete]

Added an example faction to the wiki: http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Crimson_Comrades

[JarlWolf]

Thank you! Is it possible for me to edit this and add information? Like backstory and such?

[ete]

Yes, just hit the edit button.

Adding graphics is easier in bulk, so I can do that later, but it's not too hard to figure out where to upload stuff if you look at examples.

Also, to make new pages, just type the title of the page you want to add into the search bar, hit enter, then hit create page.

[JarlWolf]

Got the basics down for now, the graphics and pictures will have to be added. I will also add an anthem later on too, and begin the other factions.

[sisko]

Got the basics down for now..

also, don't be afraid to link back to forum threads if needed (faction development thread, the AAR...)

[ete]

Excellent

@sisko: Good idea, and do the reverse too (link to wiki pages rather than having info duplicated a lot).

I'll be away for a week starting now, will read everything when I return.

[JarlWolf]

Will probably do that Sisko, thanks for the suggestion. Also on a side note, how are you finding my AAR? Haven't got your thoughts yet.

[sisko]

oh, it's good. very good. can't wait for the next episodes. i haven't seen so much effort put into an SMAC AAR since Hipolito's 'Join the OO faction' (even though that was another genre of AAR)

keep up the good work!