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Old September 5th, 2002, 11:53 AM

Atraikius Atraikius is offline
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Default Re: Troops/capturing intact planets

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We need to pester MM for a new strategy. An explicit 'Banzai' charge to drop troops even if other warships are present. Sure, most of the time you want to let the armed ship reduce the planet before attempting to invade, but surely we can have the choise to just charge in along with the warships and drop those troops? Call it 'Immediate Planet Capture' or something like that to distinguish it from normal 'Capture Planet'
I don't think we need a different strategy, we just need it to stop overiding troop transport strategies with the default 'DON'T GET HURT' until either the rest of the fleet is destroyed or the platforms are gone. Just make it follow the 'Capture Planet' strategy so that if transports are set to NOT break formation, they will stay in formation and follow the Targeting priorities.

In the meantime, try building a fleet of warships with 5 - 8 cargo bays full of troops on each, and only direct fire weapons. Since all of the ships are troop transports, the whole fleet should close at once, using the direct fire weapons to soften up the target, then dropping thier troops.
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