Waterworld!

[Kirov]

But it can be countered with basic units and you know the threat and how to handle it. Conversely, enough damage from Bree and a player may be out of the race. Just something to consider when CMNing, I'm not saying it must happen this time.

[Kataphraktoi]

I already lost 100+ worth of minerals to that hoverboat and my scouts just location a second, healthy boat inbound from the other direction :/ Maybe it is my fault for thinking the AI wouldnt attack units behind my HQ at turn 12(!)

I can only hope others suffer similar levels of damage

@atlantis

[Geo]

Such is life...

2120 to .

[Vishniac]

"It rains the same on the bad and the good guys."
Watchmen

I was lucky but it didn't last long: Bree naval unit in my territorial waters!

Turn rate: I'll have erratic hours to play my turns this week and not much time, but at least once a day perhaps more.

To the Technos

[Kirov]

I don't want to worry anyone, but I've just discovered I don't play on Transcend. Please check if your second worker is a drone or the SE price. We can all play the lower level, but usually in such cases there's a mix of difficulties and we need to restart.

[Kataphraktoi]

The free drones have no SE switch possible and as a result of a faction ability dont recieve a second drone. No idea what my difficulty level is unfortunately

@atlantis

[Geo]

The second citizen of all my bases is a worker (unmodified), so I'm definitely not on Transcend.
No extra info about my faction's police bonus in the base screen, so I gather it is not in effect yet.

[Vishniac]

2nd citizen (unmodified) is not a drone.
Changing to Police State cost 24EC

To the Technos

[ete]

ah crap, i was sure i'd done force current difficulty and set transcend.. i guess the choice now is reset or play on? if everyone's same level at least.

[Kirov]

On to the Drones.

ete, I'm 100% sure this option is bugged somehow. I had the same with my scenario and the "force" option was definitely on. The only thing you can do is test a given scenario and if it doesn't work properly, just click and unclick that option several times, then try again. You know, like restarting a Windows 98 computer.

EDIT: aah, I just needed to say it - this morning I was sworn in as a sworn translator of English. The red tape was long, but I'm finally nearing the end. Time to celebrate tonight! 

[ete]

Something's odd with that option.. maybe something happens which resets it to default difficulty even if you turn it off. Annoying. And other than today, I am not going to have even an hour free with an AC enabled computer for seven months, so it's probably best to play on?

And congratulations on becoming a qualified translator!

[Kirov]

It's still possible (and even likely, I'm afraid) that Kata is on Transcend. We need to check it and in the worst-case scenario, t_ras or some other CMN can fix it for us.

ete, can you send your copy of the game to t_ras, BU or somebody else?

Kata, attached is an older save with PlaNet pre-accepted and sent to you. Can you check your level?

[Kataphraktoi]

It costs 24 EC to switch to planned

[Kirov]

So I guess we can play on.

[Kataphraktoi]

I am not so sure. We may all be off transcend, but what difficulty are we on?