If you want peeps to be able to move without a helper then build a mower into the game.

We could type in a macro string into cnsettings...or just use a canned macro.

Just modify ewarp to mow instead.

I mean who in their right mind uses ewarp
when a mower works better?

Interesting Idea.... never considered looking for it that way.

What you should be worrying about is the fact the fighter hit disco problem is STILL there, its not fixed, if anything its worse. People like me enjoy grid wars. I find more fun in that than any aspect of the game. Were gonna do it no matter how expensive it is lol. TV

You're thinking unlims, not turn games.

So you're saying that you won't grid in a turn game if these changes are made?

You would soon have no grid at all if the decay rate was that high.
What's the purpose in that?

33% grid decay with a max of 1000 figs per sector.
You could then put 10k figs in the sectors you
wanted to keep.

That would reduce grid down to only those sectors
you needed to keep, while eliminating the rest.

Yes, this would leave people's bases exposed.
Yes, the edit would have to carefully balance
this to prevent a complete blow-out. Yes, there
are ways to make this benefit scripters.

But...

Since people want to be able to move around
the universe w/o having to run into figs all the
time, even if the game is 3 months old, I don't
see any other way to accomplish this.

If you limit the grid down to a percentage, then
you still give people the ability to setup shop
around dock and terra and block access to the
universe, which is the big complaint here. If you
then setup a "DMZ" then you prevent people from
being able to colonize around fed, which is also
something many of these people enjoy doing.

So I see no other way to give people free wondering
ability than to make grid decay. Anything else just
won't do as well.

Yes it makes most grid useless. That's the point, it
makes all players have essentially no grid at all.

Wouldn't higher tpw grid ships also accomplish keeping the grid down? That we already have the means to implement.

No, it wouldn't.

I can see the value in the feature but 33% seems excessive .
And sector figs guarding base would be worthless.

2 things...

1) The % should be sysop configurable and on the *
so you know in advance...

2) That's why there's an "up to" level. If it's, say, 20%
up to 1000 loss, then the figs at base would be fine.

So I'm guessing that there will be an "OFF" setting or 0%?

so
100 figs => 80 figs => 64 ==> 51 ==> 40 ==> 32 ==> 25 ==> 20 ==> 16 ==> 12 ==> 9 ==> 7 ==> 5 ==> 4 ==> 3 ==> 2 ==> 1 ==> Zero figs

GRId decay in 17 days @ 20%


That seems reasonable.

this makes sense to me. anyone who looks at fleet operations- boats, cars, planes, tanks, w/e- knows that at any given time only a percentage will be available... and stuff breaks down. but it shouldnt be fixed should it? could we put a randomizer in? so it would be like 'up to 20%' instead of '20%'?