Unique Race abilities

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So on a couple of posts (including one of mine) there's been talk of giving races unique abilities. I think it would be good to brainstorm about possibilities. I'll lsit a couple -- hopefully people will add others/motifications.

Yor: somehow factories produce population and they have no farms. Perhaps they could have an additional slider on the economy screen for what percentage of the factories are going towards population.

Iconians: Dedicated to scholarship: they can spend money to speed up tech research. Or perhaps something with adaptive technology.

Korx: Able to negotiate specific mercenary deals. For example, you could agree to take out a specific fleet for someone for 2000 bc or to take a planet (and turn it over to someone) for 2500. They are supposed to be the ultimate mercenaries...

Thalan: Something with the hive mind....

I haven't played all the scenerios yet... that might help generate ideas.

-- hintikka
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I like unique racial abilities........ sounds good to me.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sounds great maybe thet could make it in v 1.3 or you (not me for i am a lazy Ba****d) make a mod to do so
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sounds great, however, I'd like to see it as an option. It is really hard to balance differing abilities and I'd like to turn those bonuses off if I want a completely fair game.

BTW, if I remember, the Yor may be machine, but they were built to consume food, so farms seem reasonable to them.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'd love it, I was shocked that they didn't exist. And while the Yor would need food (whatever it is, they can't be perpetual motion machines), I agree that factories should provide pop increase. Farms should still set the cap, but factories produce more. Thus, you could crank out a whole lot of people if you knew you would need them for a war.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Dont fix whats not broken, game rocks, this idea is good just like the "carrier idea". It sounds good but it would fuck with this game to hard, expecialy factorys that produce people....
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Okay, so maybe the game isn't broken, but I, for one, think it could use some more character. The races all feel really generic to me. That said, I think it is a good game but it could be improved, no doubt.

Anyway, even if it is the best game in the world that doesn't mean they shouldn't try to improve it.

The idea of turning off the unique powers sounds like a reasonable one to me. That way it wouldn't break anything in a permenant way -- just turn it off if you don't like it.

-- hintikka