26-09-2003 19:11									#1
	A faction idea I had, Farmers. Suffering from ads?

So I was think it would be kind of neat to have a faction based on farmers, not terraforming experts per say(though farming goes hand in hand with all terraforming)but people who just want to be left alone to raise their families and crops.

Now I was thinking the faction characteristics.
Pacifist and builder are a given.
Centauri Ecology(so they can get their farms up and running) is a given.
Not sure about politics, I could see them being demo loving I guess. Not really sure about what else(dont think they would want a police state).

For modifiers. Here are some ideas
+1 industry maybe(making do with what they got,taking parts from something old and broken and using it)
+? planet(I could see them not wanting to pollute their farmland)
+? growth(needing children to help run the farm)
+1 nutrients from farms(expert farmers)though is this even possible to add?
-? morale(just want to be left alone and not go to war)
-? research(keeping your mind on work and not have your head in the clouds if you will)
-? support(resource spent on farming not fighting)

Free stuff.
Free former at start(this is a given)
Free facilities, Recycling tank(reusing stuff and making do with what they have)Tree Farm(though this might take away from the whole farming aspect)

Course all this is the easy part, its making graphics and stuff that scares me(cant do much when all ya got is MS Paint :P)

So questions,suggestions,comments,flames?

	26-09-2003 23:34									#2
	Suffering from ads?

I dont belive its possible to give them a bonus nutrient in farms. The nutrient output of farms can be changed in the alpha but it would aplie to all factions equaly. You can improve fungus resorces though.

I might be able to give them acess to Soil Enrichers and Super Formers at the start of the game by making it one of their free tecnologes.

Also their bonus seem a bit strong to me (they get +1 of everything) so dont expect them to be balanced.

	27-09-2003 04:45									#3
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Nah I dont mean they get all those pluses and negatives, I was just throwing around some ideas of what to give them. Same with free facilities dont mean they get both(or any)just throwing out some ideas.