Game 257: SteveSmith, Deadlime in Laboratory Attack*

Got your email Steve. I didn't know you hadn't received mine until it was too late. At the moment I'm thinking the odds are stacked in your (player 2) favor. Then again I would think that being player 1, ha ha. I guess we'll see how the mission unfolds, but at the moment I'm thinking 3 scientists 7 computers is probably the way to go.
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Or maybe still have 4 scientists, but increase the VP's for the scientists/computers so that only 3 scientists need to be killed? What do you think?
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Balance wise that would probably be ideal, but personally I don't really like the idea of someone winning a game without killing/destroying all of the set targets. I think it can also be quite frustrating for players who didn't read the mission description properly (I should know, lol). It's probably just me being picky, but I would prefer to tip the balance by removing one of the scientists completely, creating an even number of forces on each side. If further adjustment is need we could increase the number of credits available for player 1 which now feels less generous than I had anticipated. ;)
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

I doubt Josrin Gale can believe his luck! Somehow I idiotically assumed you have stepped back outside. Doh!
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

And it pays. Yet another school boy error from me. :(
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

What's going on with the walls, Steve? I just fired a Rocket Launcher at one and the only things which destroyed were the computer behind it and the door.
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

I'm not sure. Looking into it...
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Erm, I'm not sure if you wanted me to do it, but I recreated the explosion. Let me know. I think the problem was that although I updated the code to make walls destroyable, I didn't update the server. Although I don't know how the computer got destroyed as it was on the other side of the wall?
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Ha ha, the only problem with recreating the explosion was my guys moved towards the wall after I fired the original rocket, so Private Trench was this time caught inside the blast radius. Don't worry about it though, you can take your turn as normal. With the mistakes I already made and the probable imbalance I don't think I can win now anyway.
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

I thought that when I saw your corpse appear! Do you want to start this mission again with changed unit numbers and credits? (Maybe side 2 could have a few more deployment squares as well?)
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Sure, I won't turn down the offer of escaping a further ass kicking! :) The reason I didn't have any huge clusters of deployment squares for player 2 was to force them to spread their men out a bit. Feel free to add some more if you think they are needed though. Do you feel we need more credits for both sides? I definitely feel we need more for player 1.
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

How many creds do you want me to put?
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Maybe just 50 more to put it up to 500, yeah? May as well do the same for player 2 as well - keep everything even.
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Done, and the game is ready. One thing that has occured to me - a tactic for the attackers might be to just blow up the whole map, and 500 creds should give quite few rockets and grenades!
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Good point. It probably wouldn't be quite as easy as it sounds, but if that is the case then we'll probably have to make some more changes. Maybe I'll give it a try. ;)
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

I was just about to equip my units and I noticed there are still only 6 computers on the map instead of 7. Do you still have 4 scientists? If you only have 3 there will be 10 vp short.
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Ooops, I forgot to change the numbers. However, as I alluded to in my other post, I think the computers will be easy to destroy with a few grenades, and the scientists will have trouble hiding with most of the walls destroyed. However, it's your mission of course, so let me know if you want to restart with the changes or continue!
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Well there isn't much point in continuing if either of us suspect there is still an imbalance. How about we change the scientist/computer ratio to 3/7 and reduce the credits back to 450 per side? Do you think that will balance it out fairly? I don't think it will be so easy to destroy as much of the map as you suggest. Feel free to chose player 1 and take on the challenge if you like. ;)
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

All done, and new game request added. I'll give you the honour of being side 1. :)
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

I still had 500 credits but I've gladly spent them all. ;)
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Damn, I forgot to update the server with that bit. One day I'll get it all right.
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

Nah. 50 points won't make much difference...
Posted by SteveSmith 16 years ago [Login to reply]

It could be almost 3 rockets worth of difference. But ok, it leaves me with no excuses this time. :)
Posted by Deadlime 16 years ago [Login to reply]

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