Re: refiting an existing ship
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is not an exploit. This thread covers the subject rather well:

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...038;p=3#000031

Slick.

Re: refiting an existing ship
 

On a similiar note, here's an expensive little trick I used in a solo game. I play a psychic race so I capture a lot of enemy ships, but I always refit them to my own designs. One of my enemies had a very dissimiliar dreadnought that was more than a 50% difference on cost, and I couldn't refit. As a solution, I created a design that was about 1/2 way between it's cost and the cost of my own dreadnought. I then did a refit to my "middle" cost ship, then immediately refit again to my design.
I favor dedicated "scrapyards" where I build 2-3 repair bases (with 4 repair bays each) so I can refit and completely repair a dozen or so ships in one turn, then send them back out to the fight.

Dominictus

Re: refiting an existing ship
 

Slick :

I'm unsure if i'm really that devious, but the first time I saw retrofit, the idea of finishing ships by refiting appeared almost immediatly in my mind... I dont like the idea of spending two turns on a ship because my SY produce 3000 minerals of working power and my ship costs 3100.

Anyway I'm speaking of solo play here, so no big deal. In MP I doubt you can spot a player doing that (not that I will do this if I ever goes MP).

Re: refiting an existing ship
 

Retroseries building is a widely accepted strategy in MP games. Most people I have talked to about it (and that is quite a few people http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ) do it themselves from time to time.

Re: refiting an existing ship
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">As stated, unless specifically disallowed in multiplayer, retrofitting to shorten build time is generally allowed. There is a trade off: it does cost a lot more to go through several retrofits than to build it from scratch. So you save time at the cost of much more resources. It's part of the game. Most people believe that if you want to pay for it, it's fine.

Slick.

[ April 27, 2003, 08:10: Message edited by: Slick ]

Re: refiting an existing ship
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sounds hugely expensive, especially on a dreadnought.

Re: refiting an existing ship
 

You should try it one stellar manipulation ships. Don't even talk about Ringworld type bases. The expenses can be mind blowing!