expansion class on VP and CEO difficulty not viable because of 2 starting claims

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When playing on VP or CEO difficulty the expansion class only starts with 2 claims, the same as the other classes. This potentially makes them not viable at these difficulty levels.

I understand you gain an extra claim once you upgrade to L2. But by then it's to late.

This could be balanced in various ways, reducing claims of other classes at lower difficulties. Or retaining the 3rd claim for expansion only at higher difficulty. Thats very raw. Alternatively on CEO level expansion could be forced to suffer early and snowball after L2, creating a higher risk/reward setup.

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

id just like to follow this by saying that if not everyone starts on the same handicap starting claims may vary. i'm not sure on the exact tables, but my inital point still stands.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Soren said somewhere that the game has only currently been balanced at the default handicap. Balancing the handicaps will come later. FYI, you get an extra claim for founding later/last and faster black market access (too buy a first claim) so VP is playable. I play scientific on VP so expansive should be playable since you get +1 claim over that! CEO however, I'm not going there.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Adding tooltips to the difficulties made it on my list! Thanks for the feedback!