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General Discussion / Thematic games
« on: July 09, 2019, 10:20:37 PM »
*EDIT* Se latest post for progress. This treat is now back open for a more general sharing of themes to hold to to make games a bit more challenging or interesting in later play sessions.
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So I've beaten the game once so far, in all the months I've been playing it on and off, and while I'm now still knee-deep in my piracy run, enjoying that sweet sweet "Piracy: HARD" feeling, I've been thinking this idea over in my head for a while. I've been enjoying myself a lot, but I've never really devoted myself to any specific 'theme' for my fleets, it's always a mix. I like everything about the various ships and systems in this game so it's been hard to decide on any place to start, and I'm unsure where to do so even.
So I've a question for the more seasoned players here.
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What factions would be best suited to run a thematic game? Specifically, I wanted to limit myself to only one theme at a time, sticking to it as loyally as possible. The themes in question are as follows:
Carrier focus.
Missile barge focus.
Light-ships focus. (Frigates, gunboats, militarized civilian freighters etc.)
Medium-ships focus. (Destroyers, Cruisers, bigger freighters etc.)
Large-ships focus. (Everything above a cruiser, essentially.)
Gun-ship focus.
Keep in mind that Carriers can have the means to effectively fight themselves, but a battle-carrier that's more warship than carrier is hardly what I'd call a "carrier" myself. Also, by missile-barge I don't mean a ship with a few 1-shot torpedoes on it, I mean something that relies on missiles through the whole fight as close to 100% as possible, potential PD guns aside for instance. Tech-level for ships and weaponry is not a big deal to me, so long as the theme fits.
Any suggestions?
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So I've beaten the game once so far, in all the months I've been playing it on and off, and while I'm now still knee-deep in my piracy run, enjoying that sweet sweet "Piracy: HARD" feeling, I've been thinking this idea over in my head for a while. I've been enjoying myself a lot, but I've never really devoted myself to any specific 'theme' for my fleets, it's always a mix. I like everything about the various ships and systems in this game so it's been hard to decide on any place to start, and I'm unsure where to do so even.
So I've a question for the more seasoned players here.
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What factions would be best suited to run a thematic game? Specifically, I wanted to limit myself to only one theme at a time, sticking to it as loyally as possible. The themes in question are as follows:
Carrier focus.
Missile barge focus.
Light-ships focus. (Frigates, gunboats, militarized civilian freighters etc.)
Medium-ships focus. (Destroyers, Cruisers, bigger freighters etc.)
Large-ships focus. (Everything above a cruiser, essentially.)
Gun-ship focus.
Keep in mind that Carriers can have the means to effectively fight themselves, but a battle-carrier that's more warship than carrier is hardly what I'd call a "carrier" myself. Also, by missile-barge I don't mean a ship with a few 1-shot torpedoes on it, I mean something that relies on missiles through the whole fight as close to 100% as possible, potential PD guns aside for instance. Tech-level for ships and weaponry is not a big deal to me, so long as the theme fits.
Any suggestions?