Any ideas on how to deal with the Grox?
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: LunaJupi on 2008 October 10, 04:31:52
But that's too expensive and will make everyone else hate me. Even that "Planetbusters don't cause hate" mod doesn't work for me for some reason. If I make the planets T3, can the Grox bring them back down to T0 or not? If they can't, that's just as effective as blowing up the planet.
Only those within 10pc will witness the act and hate you. Since you are all the way in a distant arm of the galaxy, and the only people who will witness the atrocity are the Grox, because you are kinda DEMOLISHING THE BOWELS OF GROX SPACE, no one will care!
As for expensive...you are amassing a coalition of 6-25 of your own races in a massive effort to eliminate an empire of some 2.4K planets from the galaxy. No matter WHAT you do, it's going to be expensive! Either it will cost you a fortune in cash, a fortune in time, or, most likely, BOTH! Get used to it!
EsotericPolarBear:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 October 10, 14:26:09
because you are kinda DEMOLISHING THE BOWELS OF GROX SPACE, no one will care!
Except the Grox who won't know whether to love you because you're using planet busters or hate you because you're using it on them.
Dopp:
I haven't actually met the Grox yet, but I am wondering if I should. If the 'normal' path to the galactic core involves fighting one's way through Grox space, and if the Grox can mount retaliatory attacks on your homeworlds halfway across the galaxy, and if the typical Grox attack is powerful enough to destroy the most heavily defended colony, and if you can't make peace with the Grox afterwards, and if all you get afterwards is a lousy staff with 42 charges, then what's the point? You'll be fighting off Grox attacks forever and you can't even 'sort of' ignore them like you can with pirates. It sounds like attempting to follow the game's tutorials (specifically the 'explore galactic core' one) condemns your race to eventual extinction at the hands of the Grox.
J. M. Pescado:
There's also that minor problem the Galactic Core being a MILLION BAJILLION KAJILLION MILES AWAY. Even the most generous starting position does not exactly put it anywhere close to reasonable range!
jsalemi:
And the Grox seem to have more advanced interstellar drives than everyone else, because they can show up a bajillion kajillion miles away from their nearest world to thump one of your colonies.
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