has anyone else got...
 

I just redid the AI was able to get it to built a ship that carries most of the components for a ring world. I am still working at it so I don't know if they will use it.


I'll let you know how it comes out.

Has anyone else tried this before?

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Yes, I did. What I found was that you had to create a ship Large enough to handle the components with no way to restrict that ship size to RW/SW components so a human could use the ship as an uber large attack ship. I ended up creating a base specifically for RW/SW and gave it -500% offense and defense to discourage it's use for anything other than that intended.

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but if you make the cost equal to that of having to built the spaceyard ship and the bases to house the components then using it a a super attck ship would be a little costly and most humans would not want to spend the cost or the time to build one. It took over 40 turns to build the ship in the planet que.
And if they do, look at it as a doomsday ship with teh challege of trying to overpower. I am sure 5 or 6 fleets of 100 ships could put to waste one super attack ship.
Also, If humans have an avantage over the AI by building ring worlds.
I have never built one due to this.

[ 28 April 2002: Message edited by: Dracus ]</p>

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Although I never tested it, I would bet that the AI would never make use of these construction ships, even if you make him build them in sufficient number to create a ring/sphereworld. I switched once my empire with several ring/sphereworlds under construction to AI control: The AI scrapped the construction bases although there were plenty of resources and the constructions were almost finished!

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I've found the blueprints for them in the AI ship designs, but they've never built one. I tend to attack one for a while, then another, then another to keep them off balance and from growing too much.

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A well timed Crew insurrection would be awesome http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dracus:
but if you make the cost equal to that of having to built the spaceyard ship and the bases to house the components then using it a a super attck ship would be a little costly and most humans would not want to spend the cost or the time to build one. It took over 40 turns to build the ship in the planet que.
And if they do, look at it as a doomsday ship with teh challege of trying to overpower. I am sure 5 or 6 fleets of 100 ships could put to waste one super attack ship.
Also, If humans have an avantage over the AI by building ring worlds.
I have never built one due to this.

[ 28 April 2002: Message edited by: Dracus ]<hr></blockquote>