How many people set their OWN planet type to ICE??

jpinard · #1 March 5th, 2001, 10:16 AM

I usually set my own planet type to ice, and always seem to be at a huge disadvantage against the other races.

How many people, especially those that complain the game is too easy, set their planet types to ice?

raynor · #2 March 5th, 2001, 10:25 AM

I think you make a good point. When I switch from rock / oxygen to gas / methane, I find that it slows my start down by quite a bit.

Ironically, I'm playing rock / oxygen now, and it is a harder game than gas / methane in the middle of the game. Usually, by this time I have 'acquired' rock planet colonization from an enemy empire. But everyone around me is rock colony as well! I actually had to research gas giant and ice instead of obtaining it from a race when they surrendered!

Didn't someone say they thought 'none' atmosphere was the most challenging of all? I haven't tried that one yet. Any comments from those who have done this?

Daynarr · #3 March 5th, 2001, 11:50 AM

I played a few games with rock/none race and it wasn't that difficult. All those moons help a lot for such race.

alasyr · #4 March 5th, 2001, 01:19 PM

In my Last game for score in small universe I took ice/none because most AI start with rock (ice is second, gas is rarest), none of the AIs start with none (oxygen as CO2 races are plentifull, hydrogen and methane a bit less present).

Nitram Draw · #5 March 6th, 2001, 02:14 AM

I generally pick Gas giant because the smallest I've seen is a medium and most are huge. Once you convert the atmosphere you can build tons of facilities.
I find you get as better game by doing the following:
Pick only colonize home planet type option.
Pick th ehome planet type of the majority of the AI you are adding. If possible choose all players that have the same type of home planet.
This makes all colonizable planets more valuable.

Windborne · #6 March 6th, 2001, 02:30 AM

It's true, rock is the most plentiful in the universe and I consider that to be a major BUG. Just looking at our solar system alone gas giants are present in an equal number to rock with ice planets being the rarety, and ice moons being common.

Of course to really make the game work the way it should you should have an equal chance that any planet created will be ice, gas, or rock, put it at an even 1/3 percent for each type and see what happens, suddenly players would have no clue what type of world to pick at the start!