Heh, you guys beat me to it. I read this thread earlier but didn't have the chance to reply. Yeah, worker AI won't be advanced enough to be capable of something like intentional treason.

I wouldn't mind repairing damage, nor using ammunition, but I'm not sure I like the idea of being indefinitely stranded in space. I agree. I like the idea of needing to repair damage and requiring ammunition, but my proposals also try to avoid the possibility of deadlocked gameplay states. Very muc...

At the OP in general... I'm immensely surprised nobody mentioned the prototype before Josh said something. That did have stuff set up so you could command multiple fleets. Josh wouldn't stray too far from that general style of gameplay, at least as far as combat goes. To have nothing but a single fl...

Even exploration really falls under #1. In my opinion, #2 is for stuff like Dwarf Fortress megaprojects... rose-gold-plated abodes, for instance, that kind of thing. Things that while monetarily impressive, don't really have any real purpose in gameplay. (although in DF, it still had the purpose of ...

Works for me. As you can only have one system loaded at a time, other systems won't really count as choke points to begin with, which I suppose is as it should be. In the vastness of space, the idea of getting a "choke point" doesn't really make sense, unless everyone makes a bee-line for whatever t...

I'd consider that a success. With a lot of games, it's fun to sit back and watch them simulate on their own. I imagine Limit Theory would be just as cool to do that with. If the game stays about the same without the player, that just means that the AI is successful in matching and emulating player b...

Huh, I wrote code for something like this. I may post it later. It allows you to "theme" names to different systems, so that, for instance, one system will sound Greek, the next might sound Norse, etc, but all procedurally generated. That sounds impressive Talvieno. :thumbup: Thank you. :D I certai...

Huh, I wrote code for something like this. I may post it later. It allows you to "theme" names to different systems, so that, for instance, one system will sound Greek, the next might sound Norse, etc, but all procedurally generated.

I enjoyed it too. It really helped make the game better, in my opinion. They could've done without the awkward pauses between convo bits, but that's easily fixed.

(Edit: On rereading, this might almost need to be moved to the suggestion board. thoughts?) All right, I don't know if this has been suggested, but how about this. If Josh was to implement a "reputation" value of sorts specific to jobs, that could very easily solve this issue. If a NPC takes up a co...

Everything sounds like a DF reference. I think it's past time for me to go to bed.

Just going to drop this here.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodwinsLaw

The nodal nature would make a good "transition" sequence (as in, a way to move the camera from point A to point B over vast distances), if you put it together correctly, but I'd be careful not to overdo it.

Honestly, I think there should be a cinematic trailer AND a Gameplay Trailer - One to show off the large-scale AWESOME, the other to showcase the smaller details that make it worth buying, like the economy or nation-state AI. On that note, I am of the opinion that we need a three minute video just ...

DISCLAIMER: Take all of this with a grain of salt... as I've said elsewhere, I'm in a weird position and have no way to purchase Limit Theory when it comes out, so I likely won't be playing. I don't know, therefore, how valid my opinions are to you guys, but, as a writer, I thought I'd speak up. A ...