[geoschmo]

I think the lack of ECM/Sesors/training was almost all of your problem. Other than that just the misfortune of losing the early battles over the disputed system. That was the choke point in the quadrant and whoever controlled it was going to have a big advantage in the game. If you had been able to push me back the next system was an asteroid system with two warp points leading to different parts of my empire. I would have been unable to simultaneously defend both and train my ships. You could have broken through either and I would have been on the defensive. I don't know how fast you expanded, perhaps sending your first colony ships a little farther out would have helped, but that's hard to say for sure. It's always a balancing act early on. Sometimes the smart move in one game will be a mistake in another.

The carriers with the heavy mount weapons can be a devastating early game weapon. Luckily for me by the time you got them into play I had started laying mines and had ecm on some of my ships. I was a little suprised you didn't have any fighters in them though. They can be effective by themselves, but a few fighters thrown in can help tip the scales. At least until the enemy gets the higher levels of PDC.

EDIT: Also, I highly recomend considering the Advanced Storage Techniques racial trait next time. I use it for all Koth games, and most of my other games as well. For what you get compared to the cost I think it's the single best use of your racial points at game setup.

Geoschmo

[ September 24, 2003, 15:28: Message edited by: geoschmo ]