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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Not to make light of this topic, but too me SEIV is neither a science or an art form. For me stratigy in SEIV is pure luck. Plain and simple, I role the dice everytime I process a turn. Will my race be conqured by a band of green pig people, will my ship make it through the warp point without getting obliterated on the other side? Stuff like that.
I strongly disagree. SEIV far from pure luck (otherwise I wouldnt be playing it!). SEIV is built on strategy. In strategy, you direct your forces to produce a favorable result from combat.
Probability is the "roll of the dice" you mention. The Science of Strategy is predicting the outcome of combat via probabilities. Calculating this involves math and while it can be tedious, it can be solved.
The Art of Strategy is plan or method by which you finesse the probabilities of combat to achieve that favorable result. The Art involves such things as trickery, feints, misdirection, essentially strategems. The Art is the human side of combat, where you win by out-thinking your opponent.
[ 01 May 2002: Message edited by: Hank ]