Research L-Gate Activation technology (12,000 physics points).Method 4: buy from curators (5,000 energy, 10 years cooldown until the next, no luck required).Method 3: research repeatable 'L-Gate Insight' technologies (starting at 2,000 engineering points, no luck required).Method 2: minor artifact action (50 minor artifacts, 10 years cooldown until the next, indirectly highly dependent on luck).Method 1: find anomalies (free of costs and cooldowns, highly dependent on luck).

For gameplay enjoyment, balance and AI performance reasons, there should be a safety net that enables a determined empire to still complete the L-Cluster chain under such circumstances.Īs a reference, the L-Cluster chain currently features these steps, the main bottlenecks being #2 and #4:

However, there are situations where the randomness can go so far that it effectively breaks the race for some empires, and sometimes going so far off the rails that the L-Cluster may as well not have existed in that game as it will not be reasonably accessed before the midgame is over and any excitement from the L-Cluster has long since faded. The random distribution of L-Gates inserts some randomness, giving some empires a headstart and others a greater challenge. 'The race for the L-Cluster' can be an exciting part of the game, and if the AI gets there first it can really spice things up. If you see anything that you think can be improved, changed or clarified, please take a minute to share that thought.)

Please read the proposal and make up your own mind before voting on it. (Note that this new version retains downvotes inherited from the original version, but has been significantly changed. Edit - version 2.0: overhauled, improved and rebalanced after feedback

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