To all who are playing the P&Nv2 HomeComing Scenario

[Suicide Junkie]

I am curious as to how many people have tried this scenario, and how you are doing.

I am sure that I picked the very worst direction to go. The middle of a warzone, a planetary wasteland (a total of two planets with one out of three values above 50%) from multiple glassings, and constant baseship attacks.

I've now reached the point where I have the income to support 4 out of 17 Dreadnaughts that I own, and am using my Legacy fighters (Flare MK2s & 3s) as a primary defense on my planets.

On the positive side, my four active Dragons are all Elite or Legendary, with a +50/+60 Experience total (including fleet XP). That raises my max range accuracy on the MSG to a respectable 70/80%, and I am making a profit scrapping captured baseships!

As an amusing side note, there is a "rebel" player who is in 19th out of 12 surviving. Apparently, he has a lower score than the players who have been defeated! Before you cry Impossible!, think tech levels & stuff.

-<Download my HomeComing scenario>- (For P&N v2.3b)
-<Download V2.3b>- (Fixed rare RCE from AI; just extract to your SE4 folder)


[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 11 September 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

So, nobody has tried this scenario?

Nobody wants to take control of a race during their darkest hour, and attempt to drive back the night?

Are there no valiant souls willing to rebuild and defend an empire against five AIs ten times your size?

Resist their military pressure, refuse to be defeated by relentless terrorist attacks, and never surrender your right to survive!

[BadAxe]

I downloaded it, am looking at it, am tempted. I am tired of starting from scratch. It looks like fun. Oh, OK, I will try it.

[Rollo]

I am playing it as well, but I haven't gotten very far (the sun hasn't exploded), yet. Between PBW and doing the Vikings AI, I don't have much spare time to play solo games. But when I do, I run a few homecoming turns .

Rollo

[Suicide Junkie]

Some pointers:
- Glassing planets results in a huge value loss (~30%!)
- Morale is critical: the 40% difference in production from Angry to Jubilant can make or break your empire.
- As a bloodthirsty race, battle victories are critical to happiness.
- Tactical Combat is critical to battle victories. Unless you are can form a strategy to get 3 DNs to win against 15 Psychic Baseships, Tactical is nessesary.
- Remember the value of ship capture. Taking a Baseship can net you over 3000 minerals, enough to run one of your DNs for 1/2 a year.
- Make good use of Nature Shrines, and monoliths. You're in this for the long run, and the shrines should overcome the inevitable sabotage events.
- Always have two SpacePorts! Losing your spaceport can potentially lose the game.
- Always have two spaceyards, but don't waste facility slots on them. Use your construction ship to build two or more factory bases.
- Resupply depots are not critical. You can fleet with a base, or use emergency supply pods. Resupply bases are useful for fast turn around time, when you're trying to defend an empire with three ships, though .

[Rollo]

Did a few more turns. Building planets in the east. Happily expanding into the south and west. Captured some alien colonizers, now have Oxygen, none and Hydrogen breathers (Hmm, where are the Ukra-Tal hiding? Don't spoil please). Also built some carriers to move the fighters to nearby systems. Now building transports to move the population out.
Hey SJ, when does the sun blow up again? I kind of forgot .

Rollo