hey Overrider720 the address for The Unofficial Escape Fourums is (url="http://"http://evforums.n3.net/")http://evforums.n3.net/(/url) not whatever you put in your sing.....

Jager

thanks for advertising us. why isn't SB advertising us he is a member and such.....
Thanks for all those people who are addvertising us. we just reached 210 posts in under 4 weeks. thats good since it isn't spam...........

SB could you put us on the saberstudios site in one of your link sections?

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(This message has been edited by Jager (edited 01-31-2002).)

Well, I hope I can do it, because I'm going to Australia with People to People, then New York. Might not be able to do it all, and still be on enough.

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SB could you put us on the saberstudios site in one of your link sections?

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Sure, I'll try adding a section for webboards soon.

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Originally posted by Jager:
**hey Overrider720 the address for The Unofficial Escape Fourums is http://evforums.n3.net/ not whatever you put in your sing.....

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Hmmm, I don't see my error, but i'll fix it. Thanks though

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Skyblade, are we going to be allowed to design new ships and weapons? In the interest of simplicity and fairness I suggest no new weapons and ship must be priced according to how much each weapon is with speed being about $1,000 per AU/h, $10,000 per point of armor, and $25,000 per shield point. And $50,000 per manueverability, with shield recharge costing about $75,000 per thing.

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Originally posted by spl_cadet:
**Skyblade, are we going to be allowed to design new ships and weapons? In the interest of simplicity and fairness I suggest no new weapons and ship must be priced according to how much each weapon is with speed being about $1,000 per AU/h, $10,000 per point of armor, and $25,000 per shield point. And $50,000 per manueverability, with shield recharge costing about $75,000 per thing.

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New ships and weapons will be allowed, although I'm going to spend some extra time on how exactly the pricing system works. It will probably be somewhat along the lines of your idea.

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Personally, I'd suggest no new weapons and strict limits on new ships, if you don't want this to break into mass arguments. I think the familiar tech, that everyone understood very well the capabilities of, was a major factor in the stability of BfS I. Once you start adding weapons, that opens the door for arguments. New ships wouldn't be such a big deal, but they'd have to stay reasonable, i.e. 4 turrets max, no more than 2 or three at most of any type of weapon launcher, etc.

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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**Personally, I'd suggest no new weapons and strict limits on new ships, if you don't want this to break into mass arguments. I think the familiar tech, that everyone understood very well the capabilities of, was a major factor in the stability of BfS I. Once you start adding weapons, that opens the door for arguments. New ships wouldn't be such a big deal, but they'd have to stay reasonable, i.e. 4 turrets max, no more than 2 or three at most of any type of weapon launcher, etc.

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No new weapons. Heh heh...
No Forklifts!!! Not allowed in web story!!! This line is a public service from SuperNova.
New outfits maybe?

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On behalf of the Confederation, I request that you allow new ships and new weapons to be created in-game.

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Government Advantages: Each government gets a special power based upon their galactic role.

- Confederation: More kills when defending
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- Lethe/Cydonia: Ability to "steal" unused cash from anyone's core worlds (when they are taken over)

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Government Freedom: Governments can organize their heirarchy and player responsibilities without limitation

Additions to Defense Fleets: Ships can be purchased for planetary defenses

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Originally posted by General Rak:
**On behalf of the Confederation, I request that you allow new ships and new weapons to be created in-game.

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On behalf of the First Mercenary Squadron, I request no new weapons. Lack of a familiarity with what weapon characteristics are is what led to the problems of BFSIII. Also, with no new weapons and set prices for stats governments will be forced to create interesting new types of ships instead of the bigger, faster, stronger ships that plagued BFSIII. And a core component of the set prices for stats is that weapons all be from ingame. Otherwise it becomes meaningless. I do like the special powers idea though.

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Originally posted by Macavenger:
I think the familiar tech, that everyone understood very well the capabilities of, was a major factor in the stability of BfS I.

Actually, Mac, there were quite a few new ships in BFS I (Confed Osprey, Rebel Komodo, Typhoon Assault Carrier, et al), but we never had stats for them. There weren't ever really any arguments, because the story was so unstructured.

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(quote)Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
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Jimmy: You excel at details.:p

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(quote)Originally posted by Lord Asriel:
**Sorry, spl, the Confederation outpowers the First Mercenary Squadron.

(quote)Originally posted by Lord Asriel:
Actually, Mac, there were quite a few new ships in BFS I (Confed Osprey, Rebel Komodo, Typhoon Assault Carrier, et al), but we never had stats for them. There weren't ever really any arguments, because the story was so unstructured.** (/quote)

The point is, they all used EV's traditional weapons. That's more important than the ships. Everyone here knows what the effect of a torpedo or Missile is on most EV ships, and it isn't hard to figure out what it does to a new ship. But what happens when a salvo of HALO Missiles goes off in a cluster of fighters, or when an HNR broadsides a Freedom Cruiser? That's a bit more open to debate. There was also the scale issue in BfS III, at least in terms of numbers of weapons on each ship. Skyblade's recalibration seems to have taken care of that, though. I think this time, we have the makings of a good story.

At least, until I screw everyone over with my unconventional strategy. Actually, it'll still be a good story at that point, though I don't know how happy everyone else will be with the Cydonians and our friends running the galaxy.

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(quote)Originally posted by Jimbob:
**Evil, evil Captain Skyblade! Never call me Jimmy again!:p

Bleh, this discussion has already grown complicated. I'll probably end up giving this webstory over to Mac again, since he did an excellent job with BFS III. Saber Studios is just keeping me waaayy too busy for much else.

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**I've gotten away with calling you "Jim" a few times.:p

Bleh, this discussion has already grown complicated. I'll probably end up giving this webstory over to Mac again, since he did an excellent job with BFS III. Saber Studios is just keeping me waaayy too busy for much else.

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You can give it to Mac ut you better be playing in this one oh great clan leader:P

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Well now, this looks like a good spot for a sig test...

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hey Cap'n Skyblade i sent you an e-mail asking to join the confeds i forgot to put the rank i want to be an Admiral or if that can't happen just a fleet Commander will do c'ya

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