not sure where to post this, but i was thinking it would be great to have in game creation menu a way to adjust the limits for custom races trait points. so the creator can make it where custom races have to be within a certain point range to be able to play in that game. also allow custom races to be played by ai races, the ai takes over if a custom race is abandoned midgame anyhow. but this option can allow the creator to allow players to make a stronger custom race or even a weaker one, even make ai controlled custom races stronger or weaker, based on limits.



just an ideal,

im sure i wasnt the first to suggest this but didnt find it anywhere, so here i am.





also could make it so that a custom made race has to put so many points into a area like tech. i personally dont take any tech with custom races cus as far as i know the only advantage it gives is that early tech at game start, which i take other stuff that lasts the whole game and can help get those techs fast anyhow. the cost of taking starting techs seems too high compared to taking something like scientist for a tech bonus overall that helps all game then one tech that would give me a slight tech advantage for the first few turns for the same trait cost.

Yip, different customization levels would be nice. i would also second your thoughts on the one-time techs but I think its an entirely different discussion.

One thing I noticed the other day was that Pilgrims had only 60 points that they could use to customize whereas other races had 65 points, and the pre-designed races had 70 or more points assigned to them. Shouldnt custom races get just as many points as the pre-designed races?



I dont know if there should be a slider or an option to increase or decrease race points allowed. It would undermine the balance of the game if one player took a premade race and the other designed his own that had more points on it. You could always just say to your friends that you are playing with "hey lets make custom races that only use 20 points as an extra challenge"

AngryAlbatross wrote:
One thing I noticed the other day was that Pilgrims had only 60 points that they could use to customize whereas other races had 65 points, and the pre-designed races had 70 or more points assigned to them. Shouldnt custom races get just as many points as the pre-designed races?



I don't know if there should be a slider or an option to increase or decrease race points allowed. It would undermine the balance of the game if one player took a premade race and the other designed his own that had more points on it. You could always just say to your friends that you are playing with "hey lets make custom races that only use 20 points as an extra challenge"

Pre-designed races, I believe, are meant to be better than custom ones. Or, at least better in the sense of being able to have the traits they want without the negatives to keep them in a point range.



I don't think I like the idea of adjusting the point range, though. While some people might do as you say, and just mess around with friends and have fun, I'm sure there are those who will just always set the thing to max and play with super-factions. Just as I'm sure that, right now, people are running around multiplayer with factions that have every positive trait in the game, thanks to that small exploit. I don't think it would be that fair.

I understand correctly that this is mainly designed for MP?

Anyways: Please post suggestions only in the proposals section. Moved there, slightly added sth. to the title.