The NESer Neptune's Pride Thread!

[Benefactor]

Neptunes Pride has recieved a pretty large update recently. http://triton.ironhelmet.com/#landing

From what I can gather the main differences are:

HTML5 so works on smartphones/tablets.
New UI that works much better on small screens.
No more speed research, so ships stay slow and ponderous for the duration of the game.
7 types of research vs the 4 of NP1, and research is much slower.

 

[Daftpanzer]

First impression is mixed, just looking at the screenshots. I hope they've thought through these tech changes - did I see a 'banking' tech in there?

 

[Lambda Ignaceae]

Who is down for a game just to find out!?

 

[talonschild]

Ooh! Ooh! Pick me!

 

[thomas.berubeg]

I could be.

When would we start?

 

[qoou]

I really love the smartphone compability bit.

I really hate the speed tech bit, since that was the one tech I always blitzed and blitzed.


I'd be down for a game, provided that one of terrance/Thlayli/Iggy was also in.

 

[Terrance888]

Sigh. It takes a village to precipitate academic disaster. I'm in.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I'm about to be away from a computer for a while after my exams finish, so this isn't a good time for me.

 

[Daftpanzer]

I'm not quite feeling an NP mood right now either. I'm sure we can arrange another game later, if peeps want to test things out in the meantime - happy to sit back and watch this one

 

[qoou]

It's also turn-based apparently, with 12-hour turns?

 

[Lord_Iggy]

That probably means 'payout every 12 hours'.

 

[qoou]

No, as in ships only move every 12 hours. That, combined with the Speed tech removal, would seem to effectively gut the game.

 

[talonschild]

From what I'm seeing, there's only the addition of a turn-based option.

I'm counting five interested parties so far.

 

[qoou]

From what I'm seeing, there's only the addition of a turn-based option.

I'm counting five interested parties so far.

Oh. That's not bad.

 

[Benefactor]

I'm interested & I think the turn based is optional. The removal of speed tech keeps things sane for me, was checking the game all the time towards the end of the last one.

I think you can research/build things to allow fleets to move faster between your own planets but I'm not sure on that.

 

[talonschild]

"Warp Accelerators". Expensive as all hell, though.

 

[Terrance888]

The Aries Corporation is willing to engage in more Multiversal Federation Shenanigans!

 

[qoou]

"Warp Accelerators". Expensive as all hell, though.

All is not lost! Instead of building 10 science early-game to rush Speed, I'll just mass WAs, np np.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

So, someone gonna start a game and link it here?

 

[talonschild]

I'd love if that happened - I'm not Premium, and can't create a game, but... someone else?