Ikael
King
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2005
- Messages
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I think we can all agree that one of the most usual complaints about BE is its distinct lack of flavour. Albeit balanced, everything feels a little tad bland: Sponsors, wonders... and affinities too, to an extent.
In order to solve this, I have devised a completely rebalanced and remade system of affinity specific buildings in order to tie affinities with different styles of gameplay and city building too, due to the magic of asymetrical balance game design, with some affinities being better in some areas than others, yet keeping its overall balance.
For reference, these are the affinity specific buildings with its current, original effects and yields:
And here there is my counter-proposal:
SUPREMACY
The supremacy landscape is covered by nodes, manufactories and other hi-tech improvements that operates autonomously, almost no soul to be seen at the city's
outskirts. Enter into its arcologies, however, and you will discover them filled to the brim with a vibrant community of post-humans specialists augmented in order to reach the highest heights of their respective fields of knowdegle.
Supremacy cities will be uber-specialized due to its augmented populace and its unique percenteage-incresing buildings, and will usually be ahead of other affinities in terms of energy and science output, while running a bit tad short on popullation, hence the need for city specialization and improvements with passive yields that "works by theirselves".
Specialization techniques: City placement, special buildings, augmented specialists
Excellent at: Energy and science
Good at: Culture, production, health
Lacks of: Food
Look for:
Improvements: Nodes, generators
Resources: Firaxite, silica, fiber
Specialists and specialist slots
Supremacy affinty buildings:
HARMONY
Harmony cities are hugely popullated yet healthy, filled with greenery and surrounded by preserved forests and miasma where aliens roams free and convive with its human neighbours. These cities were adapted to make the best use of their surroundings rather than the other way around, benefitting of its nearby countryside resources and providing lots of local, home-grown food and regional goods.
Harmony cities will have a more general purpouse feeling than other affinities, with specialization being a result of their location rather than a conscious wanted outcome. All of them will have food and health aplenty thus providing a "white canvass" for specialization, but high production and high culture harmony cities will be only possible if the landscape allows it to happen since they are tied to specific resources and terrains, while its lack of high tier science buildings will force you to rely on growth in order to keep developing your technology.
Specialization techniques: City placement, special buildings
Excellent at: Food and health
Good at: Culture, production, energy
Weak at: Science
Look for:
Resources: Xenomass, alien nests, fungus, chitin
Terrains: Forests, miasma
Harmony affinity buildings:
PURITY
Purity cities are hugely popullated and beautifully crafted metropolis that helps to tame and terraform the surrounding lands, with highlh productive and cultured cities helping to make its pheripery more productive and apt for the needs and purpouses of their inhabitants, that is, more like the good old Earth of yore.
Purity cities will be specialized trought the extensive use of expensive improvements and trought the betterment of said improvement by its special buildings, creating huge synergies and combos, thus rewarding careful placement of its expensive purity buildings and shaping the landscape according to the needs of your empire. They will be culture and production powerhouses, and they will greatly reward having citizens to work and tame the surrounding lands. Their unique buildings will be some of the most powerful ones of the game, but beware! All of this intensive use of the land will come at a hefty price in terms of energy consumption and unique resources.
Specialization techniques: Special buildings, improvements and terraformation
Excellent at: Culture and production
Good at: Science, food, health
Weak at: Energy
Look for:
Improvements: Domes, terrascapes, biowells, manufactories, farms
Resources: Floatstone, geotermal
Purity affinity buildings
I intend to make a mod out of this someday once I gaing more skills, but until that day arrive, feel free to critisize, suggest and improve my ideas (or propose your own!!) ;D
In order to solve this, I have devised a completely rebalanced and remade system of affinity specific buildings in order to tie affinities with different styles of gameplay and city building too, due to the magic of asymetrical balance game design, with some affinities being better in some areas than others, yet keeping its overall balance.
For reference, these are the affinity specific buildings with its current, original effects and yields:
Spoiler :
And here there is my counter-proposal:
SUPREMACY
The supremacy landscape is covered by nodes, manufactories and other hi-tech improvements that operates autonomously, almost no soul to be seen at the city's
outskirts. Enter into its arcologies, however, and you will discover them filled to the brim with a vibrant community of post-humans specialists augmented in order to reach the highest heights of their respective fields of knowdegle.
Supremacy cities will be uber-specialized due to its augmented populace and its unique percenteage-incresing buildings, and will usually be ahead of other affinities in terms of energy and science output, while running a bit tad short on popullation, hence the need for city specialization and improvements with passive yields that "works by theirselves".
Specialization techniques: City placement, special buildings, augmented specialists
Excellent at: Energy and science
Good at: Culture, production, health
Lacks of: Food
Look for:
Improvements: Nodes, generators
Resources: Firaxite, silica, fiber
Specialists and specialist slots
Supremacy affinty buildings:
Spoiler :
HARMONY
Harmony cities are hugely popullated yet healthy, filled with greenery and surrounded by preserved forests and miasma where aliens roams free and convive with its human neighbours. These cities were adapted to make the best use of their surroundings rather than the other way around, benefitting of its nearby countryside resources and providing lots of local, home-grown food and regional goods.
Harmony cities will have a more general purpouse feeling than other affinities, with specialization being a result of their location rather than a conscious wanted outcome. All of them will have food and health aplenty thus providing a "white canvass" for specialization, but high production and high culture harmony cities will be only possible if the landscape allows it to happen since they are tied to specific resources and terrains, while its lack of high tier science buildings will force you to rely on growth in order to keep developing your technology.
Specialization techniques: City placement, special buildings
Excellent at: Food and health
Good at: Culture, production, energy
Weak at: Science
Look for:
Resources: Xenomass, alien nests, fungus, chitin
Terrains: Forests, miasma
Harmony affinity buildings:
Spoiler :
PURITY
Purity cities are hugely popullated and beautifully crafted metropolis that helps to tame and terraform the surrounding lands, with highlh productive and cultured cities helping to make its pheripery more productive and apt for the needs and purpouses of their inhabitants, that is, more like the good old Earth of yore.
Purity cities will be specialized trought the extensive use of expensive improvements and trought the betterment of said improvement by its special buildings, creating huge synergies and combos, thus rewarding careful placement of its expensive purity buildings and shaping the landscape according to the needs of your empire. They will be culture and production powerhouses, and they will greatly reward having citizens to work and tame the surrounding lands. Their unique buildings will be some of the most powerful ones of the game, but beware! All of this intensive use of the land will come at a hefty price in terms of energy consumption and unique resources.
Specialization techniques: Special buildings, improvements and terraformation
Excellent at: Culture and production
Good at: Science, food, health
Weak at: Energy
Look for:
Improvements: Domes, terrascapes, biowells, manufactories, farms
Resources: Floatstone, geotermal
Purity affinity buildings
Spoiler :
I intend to make a mod out of this someday once I gaing more skills, but until that day arrive, feel free to critisize, suggest and improve my ideas (or propose your own!!) ;D
