What would happen if...

[wierdbob]

What would happen if you removed all the weapon technolgies from ships and forced the computer to use boarding and troop technolgies for conquest? Do you think it would be able to addapt or would it build empty hulls filled with ECMs and combat sensors?

[Emperor Zodd]

That's a weird question, Weird Bob!

[Puke]

i think you would have to add the ship caputure components to the design files if they are not there already. the answer is to tweak the ai build files, not the available components.

a no-shield no-weapon game would be very interesting and different though. i think who ever got the lead early would win though, once you caputre their ship caputring ship, you have twice as many and they have none. it would snowball from there.

[wierdbob]

I see, so you would need to modify both. Your right, a snow ball effect would occur. However if we allowed weapons platforms that could defend a planet against incoming ships there would be some attrition. I was wondering if the AI would use troop transports on a large scale. I'm not even sure if a planetary invasion can happen in strategic combat.

[ColdSteel]

Well, I've never seen the AI do a planetary invasion in strategic mode but it sure works fine when I do it myself.

I created a new strategy called "Strip Planet Defenses" which does just that. I send in the first wave with that strategy and once the skys are clear I send in my troop transports to take the planet. Works great. I love taking planets, not only do you get a nice world complete with facilites and a workforce, if they breath another atmosphere you can use them as seed populations on planets with that same atmosphere. Works great. Wish the AI would use that strategy more, it would make for a much tougher struggle.

[DirkHowitzer]

Steel, could you send me your strategy file? If so e-mail it to...: LeviathanDreams@excite.com



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