Lest we forget: SPORE
Gus Smedstad:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 September 14, 11:59:08
I've never played on anything *BUT* Hard.
That being the case, have you played as a carnivore? If so, how did you manage it? Seriously, I'd love to see some tips.
I did finish Creature as a predator. No choice really, because no matter what parts I equipped, I never managed more than 25% on the charm bar. Or is that 50%, since half way is success? In any case, even with perfect mimcry and +5 socials they weren't impressed.
I did not, however, feel like I did it well. Past a certain point, I lured each target back to the nest where I was invulnerable, and incidentally had a bunch of back up. That worked because you get a minimum of +10 DNA for each kill, even if you don't get credit for the final kill for the quest. That only ended when I reached the end brain stage, where you're eligible to advance to Tribal. At that point I suddenly had twice the hit points of anything around, so I went around slaughtering things so I could get the DNA and parts I wanted to get my creature to where I wanted it for aesthetic reasons.
Tribal and Civ weren't difficult. Tribal was dead easy, though I discovered that if you're deep in the red zone, getting alliances with 4 out of 5 villages will still make you Industrious instead of Friendly. Turns out that killing enemy raiders counts against you being friendly, hah. Civ was mildly challenging, since I had to pay off my neighbors repeatdly before I could buy a military city. I really wanted to buy a religious city to try that out, but they all got wiped out before I could buy one.
Anyway, I'd like to see some definite ideas on how to really be a predator in Tribal / Hard. I do wonder if part of the problem is that so many creatures were built in the editor, rather than with the much more limited DNA budget of an evolved creature.
- Gus
Zazazu:
Quote from: Li'l Brudder on 2008 September 14, 06:29:27
On Normal I always get stuck next to the people who attack me because I don't believe in Sporn or whatever.
Spode. Damn, I wish it was Sporn. That would be hilarious.
I have three races in space right now, and each run is easier than the next not necessarily because of my learnings, but because of my neighbors. First run had to be abandoned because I was surrounded by militaristic Spode followers who wanted my blood before I'd gotten a single upgrade. Second run is still ongoing and decent...two Spode empires are now firmly ambivalent to me. I have a decent number of allies and am flitting about for giggles. Third run, even the Spode worshippers like me pretty easily. I even took a risk and started allying early. So far, so good...I have 20 allied empires and no issues.
I'm a little disappointed that you can't use terraforming tools on planets with saved games.
Had a couple planets not render on approach, but be fine once I was on the surface. Then I had my first crash. Boo.
Faizah:
Woo, I just reached the center of the galaxy last night. That was hard. Ended up having to quickly jump from hostile system to hostile system to make it. Died twice. (Thankfully respawned at a nearby colony instead of my home colony, that would have been painful making that long trip again.)
If anyone has any tips on how to reach the next place (if you've hit the center you'll know what I mean), PM me. (I do have some idea regarding the general area, but it is a much larger area to search than 'the center of the galaxy', and with no helpful arrow...)
Zazazu:
I went through a wormhole and now I'm nearly at the center, and probably too soon (I'm only at The Legendary). I decided my colonies can go fuck themselves, the whiny bastards. Go make another ship and fight off your own pirates.
Faizah:
If there's a way to get to the center without ignoring your whiny colonies, I certainly haven't found it. (Ungrateful bastards. Do I have to do everything around here? Let the damned ecology collapse, I can repopulate it later. Spice raid? Let 'em have it, I won't be back before the storage space runs out, so I won't miss it.)
It's even worse when it's other colonies. Enemies calling to extort you, allies calling for help, or just to give you a random $10k (like you can even buy anything with that) etc.
I like cell stage. Two options: eat, and attack. Simple. Space is awesome, but occasionally annoying.
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