Good idea. In v6.4, I've added the possibility of two or three alien empires of the same species sharing the same planet. It's a 9% chance for 2 and 1% for 3.
I agree. I do need to completely overhaul the diplomacy system. In a month or two I plan to have a few days off and do some programmingOh, but don't wait that long to release 6.4! Maybe give us a 6.35 in the meantime?
Steve
Having communication established and good relations with the alien race before someone else attacks them should probably counteract that somewhat.
I think another look at the diplomacy system would be nice right now. Currently the only thing you would want to do (not including RP reasons) is destroy every other alien race in the galaxy. Allies have almost no benefit and most the time are even a detriment.
Awesome possibilities to have an alien race divided into several empires and while an all out race-race war would see humans lose badly you could outmaneuver them by triggering an internal war between their factions! And then strike while they are weakened (or alien NPRs using the same strategy against you... )
One thing that struck me both in this and the previous campaign - would an alien race's reaction to being attacked by human scum be nuanced enough to only go to war with a single empire, or would they attack all the empires associated with that race? You might want to put in the possibility of negative diplomatic events spilling over into affecting attitudes towards other empires of the same race too....
John
Yes, Russia responded to the accidental attack and then China counter-attacked. The attack on the Jovian ship was also an accident and didn't trigger a Chinese war against he Jovians. This is all working as intended.
So, Steve, is it back to the drawing board, or are you going to leave this sort of thing as a possibility?
Assuming that you as the player didn't respond in kind to the Chinese missile strike, would China declare war on you? Sounds like Russia counterattacked and only then did China counter-counterattack. If I'm right, then I guess it's okay to leave it working as-is. Players would learn not to use active sensor missiles, and if NPRs go to war with each other then that's just good fun and drama for the game.
Too bad Russians don`t have their signature railguns.
Is there an in game mechanism of claiming systems so to discourage other Solar powers colonizing them?
Yes, I think that action has just made the test of the fifteen year countdown a little redundant! i pitty the number of interupts you must have clicked through for that little update.
