A new game

[miadon]

perhaps you got invaded by someone???

[LARAGORN]

I am wondering the same thing. The scoring system seems to change almost at random sometimes. A new colony should increase the score, and sometimes does, but it ussualy drops

A breakdown of the score tally would be nice to see

[kronon]

The score system is pretty simple. It uses (income, expenses, science income) * factor (i). I know that the scores could be calculated "more precise". But I haven't had time for that, so I came up with this simple system.
Must say that the score gives a pretty good indication, but it may bounce a bit.

[kronon]

What do you think of the next image. Is it okey for in the solar screen?

If not, how can I improve it?

P.S. Clearly I'm  not an artist( as you can see) .

[LARAGORN]

Looks good to me

[Illyria]

  I wouldn't know how a solar screen would look,like Though it's a pretty picture

[Kiirani]

Hmm. My score in game 7 is way down. I've been given the smallest system possible :/

I did, however, get Automation in game 4! After a few days of researching :/

For scoring system, shouldn't there be different categories ? (Here's where the fact that I'm a huge age of empires fan comes out)

It's just I think what about a military score, an economic score and a technology score. That way getting I guess the "full game experience" achieves a higher score than just colonising a heap of planets and building buildings on them to raise your economic income (which is all we're scored on at the moment)((So far, from my exploration of game 4, this seems to be Pestilence's strategy.. Still looking though)).

Things like size of fleet, number of planets colonised, average level of buildings, yes, economic income, too, KILLS/INVASIONS - LOSSES, Technologies researched, with perhaps a bonus if you've researched all. Systems explored, players discovered..


Edit: Ehhh?! I dropped 200 points!

[LARAGORN]

I like that idea Kiirani I am not sure how hard it would be to impliment   but it would give a much better look at ones progress.

I have seen your home system, and it is kinda small but you are doing very well for such small start. I am still trying to figure out why our scores sometimes drop for no aparent reason. Maybe our extra income becomes to low, and we are penalized for it I dunno

It isnt to hard to regain your score this early in the game. You can see that in game 5, I dropped right down after over extending my finances but I came back fighting so rest assured, you will rise to the top in no time

[kronon]

Any more thoughts on the image?

I see that some people want to know why there score drops. I don't really know why, but I can show you the score calculation.

science * 9 + income * 4 + outcome * 6

The idea behind this is the more load you can carry the stronger your empire is.
All in all thats true, but when you colonize a planet your costly colonizer is removed from your outcome.
This gives score drops.

[Garile]

Yup Yup

Colonizers give you a pretty big score bonus i the beginning so if you colonize planets your score drops, but ofcourse it's an investment for when that planet gives you more income

[Kiirani]

Ahh. So the more money I'm spending, the HIGHER my score is. And here I was thinking I needed to bring a lot more money in before starting to build ships.

Sigh. I'm at a point in game 4 where I really need to leave everything alone for a few days to make more money. (Heaven forbid I drop below 14k.. k? )

[LARAGORN]

14K ? I have a hard time getting over 7, I just spend a little too fast i guess

[Kiirani]

14K ? I have a hard time getting over 7, I just spend a little too fast i guess

I had those couple of days where I couldn't play. Anyway, it's in the earlier game. I think I have about 8 in game 5.

[Raleigh]

Too bad money can't be used to rush building like in some Civilization games...

[kronon]

I agree with the money issue. I'm trying to find an sollution for it. Funny thing is, at the beginning there whas an opposit money problem.

*Off topic* My computer works again!  \\o//It was broken for almost a year now.