Posted by: The Forbidden
« on: January 31, 2019, 04:58:20 AM »You know if you restart a campaign, I think (and this is just my opinion) that a cross between NATO vs USSR and Solarian Empires would be a nice idea for a start. You have 2-3 player empires, so you can make at least some diplomacy and power blocks, and the NPRs across the solar system will provide the early game interest while keeping the micro of several nations to a reasonable level. Plus it would probably let you test out planetary invasions relatively early on if the NPRs are on the war mongering side.
Yes, I did consider just rerunning Solarian Empires. I'll probably go with a smaller version of Colonial Wars, except with Precursors and Swarm, and after a while turn on NPRs. I need to test ground combat and the new wealth rules and that will be easier with competing player races. I will run a campaign at some point with NPRs in Sol, but I don't want too many things at once to test. Precursors and Swarm will allow NPR fleet combat testing.
Ah, so interstellar diplomacy will be back, nice ! It's too bad we never saw if those Martian IPM (Inter-Planetary Missile) were actually viable in Colonial Wars.
And we'll get some sweet sweet ground combat on top. I can't wait !
In any case, good game and have fun !