Removing the max research cost limit
Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 20:46
There is a limit on how much a research item can cost, capped at 450, enforced at the C++ code level. This makes no sense. If a limit was desired, surely the sensible way to implement it would be to change the stats to cap them there. So I would like to remove this hard-coded limit. What I'm not sure about, is what to do about all the research items that exceed this limit in MP. These are:
One idea is to cap them all at 450, then everything will be like before. Another idea is to halve or third the excess over 400, so that they get a bit higher than 400, but not so much as above. A third idea is to leave it as it is, and see how it turns out. Maybe people will focus more on getting research lab upgrades, and it will just balance out that way. Maybe we can delay changing things until later.
Your opinion? Put it below.
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Gas Turbine Engine Mk3 now costs 531
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Hi-Energy Laser Emitter Mk3 now costs 1350
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Thermopole Energizer Mk3 now costs 1350
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Advanced Missile Warhead Mk2 now costs 900
Advanced Missile Warhead Mk3 now costs 1350
Advanced Missile Allocation System Mk2 now costs 900
Advanced Missile Allocation System Mk3 now costs 1350
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Rail Gun ROF Mk2 now costs 900
Rail Gun ROF Mk3 now costs 1350
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Archangel Missile now costs 900
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Wide Spectrum Sensor Tower now costs 512
Satellite Uplink Center now costs 900
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EMP Cannon Tower now costs 900
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Plasteel Mk2 now costs 687
Plasteel Mk3 now costs 750
Heavy Body - Wyvern now costs 1562
Multi Turret Body - Dragon now costs 1718
Superhot Plasmite gel Mk2 now costs 475
Superhot Plasmite gel Mk3 now costs 537
Advanced Manufacturing now costs 475
Self-Replicating Manufacturing now costs 600
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EMP Mortar Pit now costs 900
Vindicator Hardpoint now costs 937
Whirlwind Hardpoint now costs 937
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Twin Assault Gun Hardpoint now costs 468
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EMP Missile Launcher now costs 781
Depleted Uranium MG Bullets now costs 475
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