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maybe its Flottila. dont know the exact word. Doesnt matter, you got what i was saying. the problem is, they WILL move together on the first turn when you shift-selected them, but then they will move on their own.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The type entry describes the type of design of the ship. IE. attack ship, defense ship, carrier, mine sweeper, etc. I have tried entering specific types on this line with no luck. The game seems to put in whatever it pleases.

Kim

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, but even on the first turn although they seem to move together, they won't attack together.

Geoschmo

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Did you use the Attack order or the Move To order?

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Funny, I've used it, and they attacked together... Maybe they don't attack together in simultaneous, I wouldn't know.

-Paladin

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I used it to attack a super-heavyweight defended planet in simultaneous (Play by LAN). I shift-clicked to send in an unfleeted Battlemoon, a fleet of support ships, and two 120 ship fleets.
Result: one combat, with 250 ships spread across the entire right half of the combat map.

About five ships shot at the planet (since they started in range), and a transport decided to retreat to the far corner. As it passed the planet, it decided to drop its troops as well.
The fleet stopped firing at the 30-odd massive platforms since my troops were on the surface, and my ships got ripped to shreds.

The only survivors were: the battlemoon, the minesweepers and repair ships, and the troops on the surface.

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that sure sucks. Why didn't your troops capture though? I would've thought that would've been good as you could've gotten the planet at least semi intact.

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In P&N, there is only 1 ground combat round per game turn (or is it 2, I forget). In the normal game, there are 10. So, it takes a while to capture the planet. Of course, dropping more troops on the planet starts another ground combat, so multiple transports can make more than 1 round of ground combat happen in a turn.

Re: Formations - what\'s your strategy
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I used it to attack a super-heavyweight defended planet in simultaneous (Play by LAN). I shift-clicked to send in an unfleeted Battlemoon, a fleet of support ships, and two 120 ship fleets.
Result: one combat, with 250 ships spread across the entire right half of the combat map.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Interesting. Apparently this was changed at some point since I tested it, cause I just ran some more tests now and confirmed what you are seeing. Don't remember what Version I was using before when it didn't work. Nice to see it does now, but I dont' see anyhting in the history anywhere that it was changed.

Geoschmo

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They did eventually capture it, but the troops took heavy losses, and almost two years. (See fyron's note)

I'd dropped at least 5 thousand troops, but the planet was huge, breathable, and had 12 billion people on it.
(Don't ask me how the AI crammed 'em in; that size planet only holds 9.6 billion with advanced storage)
My -50% to ground combat hurt, but with 5,000 troops, you just can't go wrong http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

PS: yep 2 years = 20 turns
I didn't dare try to send reinforcements during all that time, 'cause the platforms were still operational. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ November 04, 2002, 03:03: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]