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From: chris@momenta.com (Chris Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Spaceward Ho 2.0 Suggestions
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.013600.11424@momenta.com>
Date: 5 Jun 91 01:36:00 GMT
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I would generally agree with those who value playability over realiam. I think
that playability is one of the best aspects of Spaceward Ho and would hate to 
lose that. 

I also like some of the assumptions abput instant transport of metal, not
contacting fleets in transit, no retreats, no cloaking, etc for playability 
reasons.

I liked the suggestions of:

indicating which planets have ships queued.
double click on explored planet list to see a planet
way to indicate quickly to spend the bare minimum on this planet !!
battle report that is quick, but has tabluar output of what ships were
 involved, destroyed, etc
mark unprofitable planets on budget list for b&w players
fancier battle graphics  	

Teraforming technology seems unnecessary as it is easy enough to teraform
later in the game and hard enough to begin with and technology would tend
to make it easier at the end and harder at the beginning.

Other possibilities:

how about getting some % of scrap metal for the winner of the battle?

tankers for refueling?

Some people suggested building a second more complex game on top of the 
current easy to play one. That would be fine with me.

How about adding diplomacy with non player characters? 
	"let's attack player 1"
	"player 2 is going to attack you"
	"let's be makea neutral zone"
	"can I trade you some metal for those fancy engines?"
	"got any used ships I could buy"