[Openme-developers] More changes to racial abilities

[Michael v. D. <mi...@ci...>]

The race abilities setup version 3

K, I'm leaving out the race descriptions to shorten the file. There are
several important points to note before starting

1)	Several modifiers were dropped due to coding restrictions
2)	A production/building/research modifier will be inserted for
each race
3)	I will no longer fill in the values
4)	And most importantly, this is an alternative. Not meant to
replace previous versions

Goals :

Promote teamwork
Force players to choose a style
Create diversity
Balancing tool for ship list

Possible coded modifiers :	

Research
Production
Building
Personal race relations
Global race relations
Racial kill
Local tax
Maximum Alignment
Xp loss upon death

*All subdivided into positive and negative

Possible non-coded modifiers :	

Starting Alignment
Xp gain upon kill

*All subdivided into positive and negative

Default assignments per race :1 permanent positive bonus (PB)
					1 permanent negative (PN)
					1 building modifier (BM)
					1 production modifier (PM)
					1 research modifier (RM)
					1 starting modifier (SM)

 
Perceived race segregation :

Zyck'lirg - A bug race that has so much population that building is fast
and xp means very little. Their ships are meant for traveling long
distances and they range from medium sized traders to large warship.
Since most of their ships are biologic they do not show up on any long
range scanners.

Xollian - Evil Hunters that have trouble getting along with other races
in various ways. Their main power is the cloaking technology and their
efficient weapons factories. 

KEA - Major traders that are friendly with everyone but have trouble
producing due to inefficiency. They are liked by all other races for
their trading abilities and can continue trading even all the races are
at war with each other

Paragon - A tech loving race. They are masters of deception even going
as far as masking their own ships. Due to their love for technology they
keep large supplies of  power ready so they can install the latest
devices.

Mawlor - Born warriors that are good at fighting but don't like to lose
and consider building  beneath them. They dislike sharing any of the
glory of combat with others of their species so they rely on a few per
ship compensated by immense amounts of robotic drones

Now to assign abilities to each race without values

Zyck'lirg :	PB) X% less xp loss upon death
		PN) unaffected by positive global race relations
		BM) X% less building cost
		PM) X% more production cost
		RM) X% more research cost
		SM) -X global race relations

Xollian :	PB) Do not pay local taxes on selling goods
		PN) Max alignment < 500
		BM) X% more building cost
		PM) X% less production cost
		RM) X% less research cost
		SM) -X alignment

KEA :		PB) Unaffected by negative global race relations
		PN) X% less gain upon kill
		BM) X% less building cost
		PM) X% more production cost
		RM) X% less research cost
		SM) +X alignment

Paragon :	PB) X% more xp gain upon kill
		PN) Maximum personal race relations < 500
		BM) X% more building cost
		PM) X% more production cost
		RM) X% less research cost
		SM) +X personal race relations with all races

 
Mawlor :	PB) Maximum personal race relations > 500
		PN) X% more xp loss upon death
		BM) X% more building cost
		PM) X% less production cost
		RM) X% more research cost
		SM) -X personal race relations

Someone with more knowledge of game numbers and stats will have to
assign the actual values

As always feel free to comment