Talk:Terraform

Cheating?

I first thought this might be considered cheating, but now have a better understanding. I had written previous comments before information was made public about how many fields were added and the basis for the pricing. I no longer feel that this is cheating, though I do wish this was less expensive.

Edited: 500070673 18:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

BFG is not a charity. The "cheaters" are the ONES WHO MAKE THIS GAME POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF US. They are the ones who are providing the money so you can play. Without them, there is no Starfleet Commander game. You want the same privileges as those who actually pay money to make the game possible? Then pay, like they do. Reality is not a computer game. Reality is salaries and man-hours to make the computer game happen.

How many?

How many fields will it add? I believe it is 5 every time.

Can you increase the temperature of the planet? I don't think so.

I tried terraforming to see what it would do and for 32k in credits approximate on a planet of size 127 or so it would raise the fields by 5 pts. and nothing else was affected from initial plans. It waited for approval which I did not go ahead with.

Seems like robbery to me

A planet with 170ish fields might be a good candidate, but 50k+ in credits for five additional fields is crazy overpriced. I wouldn't worry about it unbalancing the game too much; people with credits will still find it more economical to re-colonize. I suspect this is an endgame ability to be used when, say, your home planet needs just a few more fields to squeeze in the foundry or something.

Blue Frog made this comment about it:

"I think you and everyone else complaining about the large cost of upgrading an already huge planet are missing the point. You'll never fill a 306 field planet, or even a 206, so why would you terraform it? If we based the price such that it were affordable for a 300 field planet, which nobody would ever terraform, it would be way too cheap for a 150 field planet which will be terraformed frequently.

We're just now getting to the point where people are filling their home worlds (163 fields) after the game has been live for exactly 4 months. And since buildings cost exponentially more with each level, you'd have to play for probably at least a year just to fill a 185 slot (assuming you're not intentionally doing stuff to overbuild like Factory lvl 10).

The price for upgrading your home world is about 53k credits. That's been fairly common already."

Max

Can this increase a planet's size beyond 320? I heard that was the max base size.

Why would you want to? See the above comments by BFG. --Rob 20:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Because I'm rich and bored. The question is not why should I do it, but whether it can be done. The information is to keep the wiki thorough.