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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That reminds me of an old saying..."Ready or not, here I come!" -- from the great game of hide and seek. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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I'm going to try converting one of those null asteroid fields either this turn or next, so if the game breaks you'll know why. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Grrr....you better not break the game... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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yup, it was primitive, he stuck his head thru the warppoint into my space this turn with a single battleship - and of course - ran away.

i imagine he's going to bring friends with him when he returns http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

what else would a BERZERK, non-existant strength race with - adv.storage, adv.propulsion, temporal, crystaline, hardy industrials and maxed out ship combat stats do???

*waits for the **** to hit the fan*

[ April 09, 2004, 16:26: Message edited by: Cirvol ]

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Well, I didn't break the game, but I didn't get a planet either. I wonder if remote mining will work? Those "asteroids" have some nice values.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Wow, that sounds like my race! Hey Primitive, let's be friends. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ April 09, 2004, 18:38: Message edited by: Spoo ]

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I'm wondering...is there any advantage to using battleships as your main combat force rather than dreadnoughts? Because it seems like I've heard a few times that battleships are better to use for some reason, but I've never heard why. Could someone tell me please?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Battleships are faster and get the same type of weapon mounts.

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Faster yes, but there's also 200kT less space for components. Yeah, battleships also have less space taken up by life support and crew quarters, but if you have the master computer (an expensive component) that doesn't matter, and with dreadnoughts you'll use fewer master computers total, as you won't be able to afford quite as many ships as you would if you went with battleships. So are there any super-important reasons, besides speed, that say I should go with battleships?? And is 1 point in speed that important? By the way, thanks a lot for the help http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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One point of speed can be crucial for catching that raider fleet or if you are the raider, getting away http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

For a fulltech game with ample resources like RTH, expect to see plenty of Baseships in the main battle formations. Smaller and faster ships like Battleships are more usefull for scouting, raiding and suicide missions to slow down the enemies main fleets.

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Note that Baseships get a 40% defense penalty, so be careful using them.