I dont get it...

[Toxxic]

I dont get it. Whats the big deal of playing spacetrace. You get attacked by another player, you loose everything, you rebuild everything and then you are the one who is attacking. Is there any possibility to kill another player? I dont get it, if you cant capture enemy planets or just kick another player from universe by attacking it, then what you can???? Is this all about score??? if it is, its the main disadvantage of a game

[Lord Philemon]

Yes it is all about score. The score shows you
how good you and your tactics are, compared to
the other players.

[ This Message was edited by: Lord Philemon on 2002-12-13 08:40 ]

[spacetrace]

in the beginning we thought of the game concept, and we thought it wouldn't be fun to be attacked and lose all stuff or even get destroyed totally.
the main element of the game is the confrontation with other players on a fair level (same mp, chance to rebuild). if you could be destroyed totally this would not be much fun.

this game system is made for:
-> space battles between players with nearly the same recources
--->(leads to)---> cool fleet combinations (build a cool fleet and show your opponent that you can beat him with the same amount of recource)
-> alliance play (get better by playing with your allies)
-> diplomatics (if one player would have 10000 ships more, he wouldn't be force to cooperate, he could simply rule the others)

just destroying other players that way that they can't play anymore isn't really fun

the score is just for measuring the winner of a battle

[ This Message was edited by: spacetrace on 2002-12-13 12:35 ]

[limsky]

This remind me of the game of chess.

[Lord Philemon]

Yes, I think chess is a good comparism.