guessing the new scoring system was implemented in 1.1 beta 3? b/c my scores started getting way lower then.
metaverse busy, just wondering what scores people are getting since beta 3, and in what types of games.
main point, just wondering how ppl are doing, the rest of the post is my game details if anyone's interested
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201,750 is my top score for 1.10[b3].015
(I realize b4 is out, but i started my game before 2 days ago, REAL long one)
Played as Torians vs Drengin
gigantic size,everything abundant, suicidal, tech rate = very slow(5x tech cost), ended in 7 years
Ending Stats:
Conquest Victory
Colonies: 355
Population: >5,200B
Economy: >110,000 at 80%tax
Military Rating: >600,000
All techs researched, including technological victory (200,000pts!)
Had superiority to win at 5 years at ~95k score, ~3,000B pop. However, besides wanting to see if i could reach a higher score, I also wanted to make/break some population/military goals, and try out some strategies. wanted to figure out the sweet spot. seems to be somewhere 6-7 years.
Notes:
at >250% morale (includes resources), pretty common endgame for gigantic size universe
80% tax rate seems to be the breaking point. I could maintain ~90% approval.
at 81%tax, approval hit 1%.
Magic # for population seems to be 21million (5base+2intensive farm, advanced farms hurt because they cost more).
At this population, morale is manageable with 2-4 VR centers -->60-90% colony approval, @22 million pop the # of VR centers per colony becomes annoyingly unmanageable. need about 5-8.
Economic starbases MUCH less effective. I think they used to multiply stack(totalbonus=%bonus^starbase#), now they seem to just add(%bonus*starbase#). However, the 4/sector rule is sweet. since I had a colony cluster at a corner, I was able to have 16 starbases effect ~8 colonies. however getting 112 constructors there is not sweet.
starbases in general less effective, max econ=+50% additive (old 75%? multiplied), max resource=+49 (+59 old)
however econ starbase bonuses to research now show up correctly (used to favor military)
Error in Warp Drive MK V, for Cargo Hull. Shows 9 size in ship designer, but when u put it on, only takes up 4 space.
thankfully AI is no longer freighter screening. but wait! hundreds of unescorted colony ships, during wartime? they were trying to colonize planets behind me. a 400B drop in population from my sinking their colony ships later, they stopped when i started a wedge toward their homeworld.
